As a senior (2017): Appeared in and started all 18 games for the Bulldogs ... NEC Defensive Player of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... IWLCA All-Northeast Region Second Team ... Fielded a career-high 47 ground balls as a senior ... Also caused 29 turnovers and won 13 draw controls ... Tallied an assist in a win at Saint Francis on April 21 ... Was the first NEC player to ever be named NEC Defensive Player of the Year in consecutive campaigns ... Graduates with the most games played (74), most caused turnovers (106), and second most ground balls (150) in team history ... In addition to her standout play on the field, she was also named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a junior: Appeared in and started all 18 games ... NEC Defensive Player of the Year ... All-NEC First Team ... Led squad with 32 caused turnovers and 41 ground balls, sitting third and eighth in the league in the two categories, respectively ... Added a career high of 13 draw controls and scored her first two career goals, coming at Winthrop (3/12/16) and against Sacred Heart (5/1/16).
As a sophomore: All-NEC First Team ... Started all 19 games on defense for the Black & Gold ... Led the team with 44 ground balls and 29 caused turnovers ... Ranked fourth in the NEC aqnd 36th in the nation with 1.53 caused turnovers per game ... Ranked sixth in NEC and 50th in the nation with 2.32 ground balls per contest ... Added 11 draw controls ... Dished out a pair of assists, one each in wins over Manhattan and Siena.
As a freshman: Appeared in all 19 games as a rookie on defense, earning the start in the first 10 games on the season ... Totalled 18 ground balls, including a season-best three at Yale March 5 ... Added 10 draw controls and 16 caused turnovers, good for third most on the team.
Before Bryant: Four-year varsity starter on defense at Long Beach High School … Led team to the conference semifinals as a junior and senior … Named an all-county selection in 2012 and 2013 … Also played four years of varsity basketball, where she was also a two-time all-county pick … National Honor Society member.
Personal: Daughter of Nancy and Patrick Martin, Molly Martin was born April 29, 1995.
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 1, twice (last vs. Sacred Heart, 5/1/16)
Assists: 1, four times (last at CCSU, 4/22/16)
Points: 1, six times (last vs. Sacred Heart, 5/1/16)
Ground balls: 5 vs. UMass Lowell (3/30/16)
Draw controls: 5 at Sacred Heart (4/10/15)
Caused turnovers: 4, three times (last vs. UMass Lowell, 3/30/16)
