2024: Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the Fall 2023 semester … Appeared ion all 19 games, starting in 17 … Closed out the season third on the team in overall scoring with 38 points and in total goals with 30 … Added eight assists to her tally, which was third most on the team … Additionally, chipped in with 10 ground balls, four caused turnovers and a pair of draw controls … Finished with at least one goal in 14 of the 19 games, including six games with a hat trick or better … her first two hat tricks came in back-to-back games, both in conference play, against American International (Mar. 20) and No. 1 Pace (Mar. 27) … Her third hat trick of the season came against No. 21 Assumption (Apr. 10) and also sparked a season-ending 10 game streak with at least one goal in every game … All totaled, racked up 21goals in that stretch, including a season-high of four on the road at Saint Michael’s (May 1) … Split her eight assists across six games, with a pair of assists each against Southern Connecticut (Apr. 3) and Saint Rose, with the latter of those amounting to her season-best of five points.
2023: Appeared in all 19 games, making three starts … Finished the season with 16 total points on 14 goals and a pair of assists … the 14 goals were tied for the sixth most on the team … Also added six ground balls, a pair of caused turnovers and four draw controls … Opened up the season with her first multi-goal game as a Chargers, finishing with a hat trick on the road at Molloy (Mar. 1) … Extended that season-opener to five-straight games with at least one goal in each, and three of those with multiple goals … Overall, split her 14 goals across 10 different games … Added additional multi-goal games against Jefferson (Mar. 11) and Rollins (Mar. 17), with a pair of goals in each … Earned Academic Honors (Fall 2022) and Academic Distinction (Spring 2023) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following the spring semester.
2022: Made an appearance in eight games, coming off the bench in all … Finished the year with one goal, her first collegiate tally coming in conference play at American International (Apr. 10) on a free position attempt … Also added a pair of ground balls and two caused turnovers … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the spring semester.
2021: Played in 11 of the Charger games, making one start against Southern Connecticut on (Apr. 26) ... Finished with eight draw controls, including a season-high three against Saint Rose (Apr. 3) ... Registered three free-position shots, all at Saint Rose ... Had four total shots on goal for the season.
High School: Four-year varsity member of the Indians girl’s lacrosse team at Brentwood High School where she served one season as a team captain … Finished her sophomore season with a career-high 20 goals while adding three assists … Named All-League in Volleyball … received an Advanced Regents Diploma … Also played four years of volleyball and three seasons of basketball for the Indians … Named to the Brentwood Honor Roll all four years.
Personal: Daughter of Yajaira Matos and Jose Hernandez … Has one younger sister, Kyara … Majoring in marketing.
