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2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster

12 Minnie Bittell

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Minnetonka
  • Hometown Minnetonka, Minn.

Biography

2024 (Redshirt Senior):

  • First Team All-Midwest Region Attacker
  • GLIAC Commissioner's Award recipient
  • First Team All-GLIAC
  • GLIAC All-Tournament Team
  • Four-Time GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week
  • Member of the 2024 IWLCA Honor Roll squad
  • Selected for the IWCLA 2024 Senior All-Star Team
  • CSC Academic All-District Team
  • Played in all 19 games for the Wildcats, starting in 18 of those
  • Recorded 72 goals and 36 assists for 108 points
  • Tallied 39 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers, and 85 draw controls
  • Reached 300 career points on 4/28/24 vs Concorida-St. Paul
  • Scored her 150th career goal on 2/10/24 vs Aquinas
  • Tied her career-high six goals in a game on 2/10/24 vs Aquinas
  • Ranked number 9 in NCAA D2 Women's Lacrosse for Total Season Goals with 72 goals in 19 games and is ranked number 10 in Goals Per Game sitting at an average of 3.79
  • Reached 100 points in one season - breaking the school record
  • Hit the milestone of Most Games Played in Program History

2023 (Redshirt Junior):

  • Spring GLIAC Commissioner's Award recipient
  • Named to the All-GLIAC First Team for the third consecutive season
  • Member of the GLIAC All-Tournament Team
  • Earned a spot on the IWLCA Honor Roll team for the 2022-23 academic year
  • Became the program's all-time leader in career goals (147), assists (61), and points (208)
  • Led the Wildcats in goals (56), assists (19) and points (75), all good for third in the GLIAC. Also led the 'Cats with four GWG's
  • Second in the GLIAC in FPGs (19), third in shots (112) and shots on goal (87), and fourth in draw controls (81)
  • Tied her career-high six goals in one game in a 15-11 win on 4/28/23 against CSP in the GLIAC Quarterfinals

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore):

  • Named to the All-GLIAC First Team for the second consecutive season
  • Played in 16 matches, starting all but one 
  • Rewrote the record books for the Wildcats, setting a new benchmark for the program in goals (52), points (71), shots (124), and shots on goal (90).
  • Bittell was also named GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week on March 21 after an eight goal and one assist weekend leading the 'Cats to road wins over Concordia-St. Paul and Upper Iowa. 

2021 (Redshirt Freshman):

  • Named to the All-GLIAC First Team 
  • Started all 14 games 
  • Set single season school records with 19 assists and 85 draw controls while tying the record for points with 49 
  • Finished second on the team with 30 goals
  • Her 59 shots on goals are good for second-best in program history 
  • Recorded a five-goal and three-assist performance against Ashland on April 11 
2020 (Freshman):
  • Five appearances and five starts in debut season
  • Finished second on the team with nine goals and 13 points 
  • Added four assists 
  • Led the Wildcats with 19 draw controls and eight caused turnovers 
  • Posted five ground balls 
  • Scored five goals against Lewis 
  • Had six draw controls against McKendree and Quincy 
  • Tallied four caused turnovers against Lewis.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    12
  • 12

    2021Freshman

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    12
  • 12

    2022Sophomore

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    12
  • 12

    2023Junior

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    5'10"
    12
  • 12

    2024Redshirt Senior

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    5'10"
    12