2020 Lacrosse Roster

24 Makayla Ward

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS
  • Hometown Sudbury, MA
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

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Ward's Cal Career Game Highs/Lows
Shots Faced (High): 41 (vs. Virginia, 2020)
Shots Faced (Low, Complete Game): 26 (at Winthrop, 2020)
Saves: 13 (at UC Davis, 2020)
Save Percentage (High): 1.000 (at Fresno State, 2017)
Save Percentage (Complete Game): .632 (at Winthrop, 2020)
Goals Allowed (High): 18 (twice, vs. Saint Joseph's, 2017)
Goals Allowed (Low, Complete Game): 7 (at Winthrop, 2020)
Minutes: 60:00 (six times, last at Arizona State, 2020)
Ground Balls: 7 (at San Diego State, 2020)
Caused Turnovers: 1 (vs. Virginia, 2020)

Cal Career (2017-20)
• Played in 28 including seven starts all as a 2020 senior and posted a 2-6 overall record, possible with 54 starts during her four seasons at Cal, playing 747:27 minutes in goal and allowing 157 goals on 376 shots faced with 113 saves, a 13.69 goals against average, a .419 save percentage and one caused turnover


Senior (2020)
• Started all seven games and posted a 2-5 record in a season abbreviated by the COVID-19 pandemic, playing in the team's first 382:56 in goal other before being removed for the final 37:04 in the last game of the campaign at USC
• Allowed 83 goals on 217 shots faced with 62 saves, a 14.13 goals against average, .428 save percentage, 18 ground balls and one caused turnover
• Played in all 60:00 of each of the first six games of the season in her first campaign as the starting goalkeeper
• Earned her lone two collegiate victories in back-to-back games at Mercer and Winthrop
• Allowed a career complete-game low seven goals in an 11-7 victory at Winthrop with 12 saves and 26 shots faced, while holding Mercer to 10 goals with six saves on 27 shot attempts and one ground ball
• Also kept an opponent to single-digit scoring in the season-opener in a 9-6 loss at UC Davis, picking up a career-high 13 saves and adding two ground balls while facing 31 shots
• Had 11 saves, three ground balls and one caused turnover while allowing 17 goals and facing 41 shots against Virginia
• Registered eight saves and had a career-high seven ground balls while allowing 16 goals and facing 40 shots at San Diego State
• Had seven saves and four ground balls while allowing 17 goals and facing 36 shots at Arizona State
• Was removed from the game af USC after allowing seven goals in the first 22:56 while picking up five saves and one ground ball with 16 shots faced

Junior (2019)
• Played in seven games all off the bench and did not post a goalie decision while totaling 108:28 in goal
• Allowed 18 goals on 49 shots faced with 17 saves, a 9.96 goals against average, .486 save percentage and four ground balls
• Picked up seven saves and one ground ball while allowing three goals on 14 shots faced in 17:03 at Colorado
• Had three saves at George Washington and vs. USC while adding one ground ball against the Trojans, allowing two goals on five shots faced in 12:48 at George Washington and one goal on six shots faced in 10:10 vs. USC
• Registered two saves vs. Denver and at USC while adding two ground balls against the Trojans, allowing one goal on three shots faced in 4:07 vs. Denver and eight goals on 16 shots faced in 33:13 at USC
• Allowed two goals on four shots faced in 17:03 vs. Colorado and one goal on a single shot faced in 1:07 in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals against USC

Sophomore (2018)
• Played in seven games all off the bench and did not post a goalie decision while totaling 119:46 in goal
• Allowed 25 goals on 52 shots faced with 18 saves, a 12.52 goals against average, .419 save percentage and three ground balls
• Had eight saves and one ground ball while allowing 10 goals on 21 shots faced in 30:00 at Stanford
• Registered seven saves and one ground ball while allowing four goals on 15 shots faced in 37:28 at Colorado
• Recorded two saves while allowing one goal on three shots faced in 20:57 vs. Stanford
• Had one save while allowing two goals on three shots faced in 10:53 vs. Fresno State
• Had one ground ball while allowing five goals on seven shots faced without a save in 13:37 at USC
• Allowed one goal on a single shot faced without a save in 3:45 vs. Mercer
• Allowed goals on both shots faced without a save in 3:06 in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals vs. Oregon

Freshman (2017)
• Played in seven games all off the bench and posted a 0-1 goalie record while totaling 136:11 in goal
• Allowed 31 goals on 58 shots faced with 16 saves, a 13.66 goals against average, .340 save percentage and four ground balls
• Took a goalie loss against Saint Joseph's when she came off the bench and had seven saves and three ground balls while allowing 18 goals on 33 shots faced in 57:54
• Had four saves while allowing three goals on seven shots faced in 14:41 vs. Michigan
• Had two saves at Butler and Fresno State, allowing four goals on seven shots faced in 12:46 at Butler and shutting out Fresno State on two shots faced in 12:12
• Registered one save and one ground ball vs. Saint Mary's while allowing three goals on six shots faced in 15:41 vs. Saint Mary's
• Allowed goals on both shots faced without a save in 15:17 at Oregon and a goal on the only shot faced in 7:40 in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals vs. Stanford

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS (Class Of 2016)
• Helped her 2016 senior squad to a 15-2 overall ranking, a 9-0 Massachusetts Intercollegiate Athletic Association Dual County League mark to win the conference for the second time in three seasons and a final No. 4 ranking in the state according to MaxPreps
• Played for an 8-5-1 team that reached the MIAA's Division 1 North Finals as a 2014 junior
• Team finished 14-6-1 and won an MIAA Dual County League title during her 2014 sophomore season
• Wore No. 40 in lacrosse
• Also played volleyball

Club Lacrosse
• Garnered the most saves at Under Armour Tournament in 2015

Other
• Born July 25, 1998
• Daughter of Michael and Sarah Ward
• Has a younger brother
• Graduated from Cal in May of 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration

Last Updated
July 24, 2020

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    2018Sophomore

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    2019Junior

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    2020Senior

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