Lyndsay Erickson

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
	High School: Los Gatos HS

	Height: 5-7
	Position: D
	Experience: 3V

General: Goes about her game quietly and consistently executes her duties • A well-rounded, consistent, talented and versatile team player • Makes very few mistakes.

Cardinal Career: Scored 30 points (9 G, 12 AST) in four seasons on The Farm • Played in 75 games with 59 starts • Four-time NFHCA All-Academic.

As A Senior in 2005: Served as co-captain along with fellow senior Tammy Shuer • Played in all 21 games, starting 20 • Helped anchor a defense that notched three shutouts • Recorded two goals and two assists for six points as a defender • Also tallied eight shots • Named to the 2006 NFHCA Academic squad for the fourth season.

Individual Game Notes (2005)

Game-By-Game Statistics
10/7 at Davidson - 2 G ... second career two-goal contest, helping the Cardinal to a 5-1 win and tying her career-high of four points • 9/13 vs. Bucknell - 2 AST ... recorded her second career two-assist game, bringing her career total to 12 assists

As A Junior In 2004: Managed to score six points (1 G, 4 AST) despite playing primarily on defense, moving to the position after registering the second-highest point and goal totals on the team as a forward during her sophomore campaign • Added one defensive save • Started all 20 games • Named NFHCA All-Academic for the second straight year.

Individual Game Notes (2004)

Game-By-Game Statistics
9/25 at California - AST • 9/14 vs. Drexel - G ... gave Stanford early 1-0 lead in eventual 2-1 win • 9/8 at Northwestern - AST ... aided Aska Sturdevan on only goal of the game in 1-0 win • 8/31 vs. Providence - AST ... assisted on an Aska Sturdevan goal that tied the contest in an eventual 3-2 comeback victory • 8/28 vs. Hofstra - AST ... assisted Aska Sturdevan on first Cardinal goal of the campaign

As A Sophomore In 2003: Had a breakout season, ranking second on the team in both goals (6) and points (15), as well as tied for second with three assists • Scored four of her goals and nine of her points during six conference games • Ranked tied for 10th in the NorPac in goals per game (0.32) • Second on the team and first among regular starters with a .316 shooting percentage, scoring her six goals on just 19 shots • Played in all 19 games with 18 starts • Scored 13 points in a seven-game stretch from September 5-27 • Named NFHCA All-Academic.

Individual Game Notes (2003)

11/1 at Pacific - G ... scored Stanford's only goal in 4-1 loss • 9/27 vs. Pacific - G, AST ... first career game-winning goal, first contest with both a goal and an assist, and a career-high-tying four points • 9/20 vs. California - 2 G ... first career two-goal contest, scoring the final two Stanford goals in a 4-3 over-time loss ... career-high-tying four points • 9/10 vs. Richmond - 2 AST ... first career two-assist game • 9/7 at Old Dominion - G • 9/5 at Virginia Commonwealth - G ... first career goal in 3-2 Stanford win

As A Freshman In 2002: Played in 15 games with one start, contributing three assists • Named NFHCA All-Academic.

Individual Game Notes (2002)

11/2 vs. California - AST ... assisted on Amanda Billmyer's game-tying goal late in regulation of an eventual 2-1 loss • 9/10 at Colgate - AST ... contributed to a 5-0 win • 9/5 vs. Albany - AST ... picked up first career collegiate point when she assisted on a Tysie Sawyer goal

High School: A 2002 graduate of Los Gatos High School • A First Team All-Central Coast Section choice as a senior and a First Team All-League selection in her final two prep seasons • Moved from defense to center midfield as a senior and responded with 18 points (7 G, 4 AST) • Team made the Central Coast Section finals in each of her four years • A section finalist in the triple jump in her senior season • School's Female Athlete of the Year as a junior in 2000-01 • Also participated in track and field (long jump, triple jump, 4x100 relay) • Earned several high school academic honors and finished with a 4.3 overall GPA, graduating in the top 5% of her class.

Other Amateur Field Hockey: Played four seasons with the Los Gatos Wild Cats squad, participating in the Cal Cup and National Hockey Festival in each of those seasons.

Coaching Staff On Erickson: "Lyndsay is a quiet leader that does things by example. She's a friend to and trusted by all the players on the team."

Getting To Know Lyndsay Erickson

Born:	February 9, 1984
Parents:	Wayne and Sandra Erickson
Major:	Mathematics
Did You Know?:	Lyndsay was a competitive gymnast for seven years prior to high school
My earliest field hockey memory is:	Playing field hockey with a soccer ball instead of a normal ball
Athletic Family:	Lyndsay's father played football at Principia College and participated in crew at California
Last Summer:	Lyndsay spent last summer working as a private math tutor and coaching field hockey
For me to improve as a person, I need to:	Voice my opinion more
My favorite pregame ritutal is:	Writing down my goals and then visualizing me completing them
The best advice I've ever received was:	Don't look too much into the past or future, instead enjoy each moment of now