2025-26 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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40 Emma Verhoest

  • Class Junior
  • Position M/Draw
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Newton, Mass.
  • High School Dexter Southfield
  • INFLCR emma-verhoest

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
IWLCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team 2025
All-BIG EAST First Team 2025
All-BIG EAST Second Team 2024
BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week 2025: March 17
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week 2024: February 19, April 29
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 2025: February 10, February 18
CSC Academic All-District 2024-25
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2023-24, 2024-25
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

2025: Exploded for the top season a Villanova draw taker has ever put forth … Picked up IWLCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team after racking up 174 draw controls for the most in a Villanova single season … Earned All-BIG EAST First Team as a 17-game starter with 9.67 draw controls per game … Now the VU all-time leader in draw controls per game (8.18) and second for career draw controls with 278 … Totaled double-digit draws in eight different contests … Tied her then-record of 16 draw controls against both Navy and Columbia … Broke the Villanova single game record with 17 draws won versus Xavier … Controlled 12 and 13 draws respectively in BIG EAST wins over Butler and Marquette … Added three caused turnovers on the year, one in three different games.

2024: Contributed a dominant freshman season as the main draw taker for Villanova … Earned All-BIG EAST Second Team as one of the top draw specialists in the league … Picked up BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors twice … Started all 16 games in her first season on the Main Line … Led the Wildcats with 104 draw controls, placing fourth in the VU all-time rankings for draw controls and DCs per game (6.50) in a single season … Tallied double-digit draws four times in her debut season, including a tie for Villanova's top single game mark with 16 against Xavier … Caused three turnovers and picked up five ground balls.

Dexter Southfield: Played four years of varsity lacrosse and field hockey as a scholastic … Two-time All-NEPSAC selection … 2022 Under Armour All-America Highlight Team and All-Tournament Team … 2023 USA Lacrosse Academic All-American … 2022 USA Lacrosse National Tournament MA/RI Team 1 member and 2023 All-America Senior Game watch list … Four-year high honor roll member and national merit scholarship recipient in 2022.

Personal: Born 08/21/05 … One of two children of JoAnna and Patrick Verhoest … Has one sibling, Joshua … Chose to attend Villanova because of "the supportive community and excellent opportunities to grow as a student, athlete and person" … Plans to major in finance.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2024Freshman

    Attack/Draw
    5'11"
    40
  • 40

    2025Sophomore

    Midfield/Draw
    5'11"
    40
  • 40

    2025-26Junior

    Midfield/Draw
    5'11"
    40