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2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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99 Ellie Horner

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School St. Catherine's School
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.

Biography

2025 | SENIOR SEASON
Academic All-Ivy League selection who started 10 of 12 games, recording 486:07 minutes with 83 goals allowed ... posted 10.24 goals against average with 56 saves ... also contributed 18 ground balls, two caused turnovers, and five draw controls as a field player ... earned victories in seven of 12 appearances ... allowed three goals in 30 minutes during Jacksonville opener ... made key saves in 16-14 victory over Brown with 14 goals allowed in 60 minutes ... posted solid performances in road wins at Penn State and Columbia ... finished with .403 save percentage and 7-3-0 record ... served as primary goalkeeper for majority of season.

2024 | JUNIOR SEASON
Had a 6-6 record in goal with a 12.54 goals against average and .378 save percentage in 14 games in net, which were all starts ... recorded 88 total saves ... finished tied for second on the team with 19 ground balls and had five caused turnovers ... posted two double-digit save performances against Columbia (14) and at Harvard (12) ... her 14 stops and .778 save percentage versus the Lions earned her Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors ... also had two ground balls and a caused turnover in victory over Columbia ... put together save percentage of .400 or better in five outings against Columbia, Jacksonville (.556), at Harvard (.480), at Binghamton (.444), and Le Moyne (.429) ... secured season-high three ground balls against Golden Bears, at Princeton, and #3 Syracuse ... 

2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Posted a 7-7 record in goal with a 12.41 goals against average and a .408 save percentage while starting all 15 games between the pipes for the Big Red ... registered 113 total saves ... second on the team with 27 ground balls and chipped in four caused turnovers ... notched four games with double-digit saves, including a career-high 16 in a win at California ... added three ground balls and a caused turnover in the victory over the Golden Bears ... posted an 8.50 goals against average and a .605 save percentage in triumphs over Colgate and at Cal to earn Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week ... credited with 13 saves apiece against Princeton and Harvard and 10 at Penn State ... also secured five ground balls, a career-high, against both the Crimson and Stanford.

2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Made 10 appearances in goal as a reserve, posting an 11.40 goals against average with a .400 save percentage in just over 126 minutes of action ... had her collegiate debut in a win over Binghamton, making three saves without allowing a goal in 19:25 between the pipes ... recorded four saves off the bench against Connecticut and three vs. Yale in a career-high 26:13.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Horner was a two-time all-state goalkeeper at St. Catherine’s School ... earned first-team all-state accolades as a senior after being picked to the second team as a sophomore ... league Player of the Year as a senior ... three-time first-team all-conference and all-metro pick ... named team MVP in 2019 ... part of two conference championship squads ... five-year member of the varsity team ... Richmond Times Dispatch Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the St. Catherine's Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year in 2021 ... also starred in field hockey and track and field ... was first-team all-state in field hockey, earning a spot at the state championships and capturing a league title ... won three state titles in indoor track, two as part of the 4x400 relay team and another in the 4x200 ... helped team to a pair of indoor track state team championships.

PERSONAL
Mary Eleanor Horner is the daughter of Sherman and Cecilia Horner and has two sisters ... she is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 99

    2022Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'6"
    99
  • 99

    2023Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'6"
    99
  • 99

    2024Junior

    Goalkeeper
    5'6"
    99
  • 99

    2025Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'6"
    99