2021 Lacrosse Roster
Julia Lisella
- Position:
- Goalie
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Littleton, Colo.
- High School:
- Columbine
2018 CU Athlete of the Week (March 6, March 21)
2018 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (March 12)
2018 Inside Lacrosse Midseason DI Media All-America First Team
2018 Inside Lacrosse DI Media All-America First Team
2018 Inside Lacrosse Goalkeeper of the Year
2018 Tewaaraton Watch List
2018 Tewaaraton Top 25 List
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2018 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
2018 All-Pac-12 First Team
2018 IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region First Team
2018 IWLCA All-America First Team
2018 IWLCA Goalkeeper of the Year
2019 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American
2019 Tewaaraton Watch List
2019 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2020 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 10)
2021 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (April 5)
2021 Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
2021 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
2021 All-Pac-12 First Team
2021 IWLCA All-Region Second Team
FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR (2021): Started in all 15 games and played in all 903:29 minutes … allowed 164 goals for a 10.89 GAA, which led the Pac-12 and was 28th in the NCAA … recorded 151 saves for a 47.9 save percentage, the best in the conference and the 14th-best in the NCAA … faced 422 shots during the season … had seven games with 10 or more saves … recorded her 500th-career save with her first save of the game against Denver on April 29 … led the Buffs with 43 ground balls … her average of 2.87 GBs ranked second in the Pac-12 and was 27th nationally … Lisella also had seven caused turnovers … named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Buffs to a pair of win at home against USC and ASU, April 2 and 4 … she recorded 22 saves in the two games for a 50.0 save percentage … she made 13 in the come-from-behind win against USC, helping CU defeat the Trojans 13-11 … she made another nine in the win against ASU … the week prior against ASU in Tempe on March 28, she tied her career-high with 17 saves in a 16-11 loss to the Sun Devils … Lisella was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year in addition to earning spots on the All-Pac-12 First Team and Pac-12 All-Tournament Team … she was also an IWLCA All-Region Second Team honoree.
SENIOR (2020): Started in all five games for the Buffs, playing in 282:46 of 300:00 minutes … her 48.4 save percentage ranked second in the Pac-12 and was 24th in the NCAA … her 10.40 goals-against average was 29th in the NCAA (also second in the conference) … averaged 9.20 saves per game (second in the Pac-12) and 2.80 ground balls per game (fourth in the Pac-12) … recorded 10 or more saves in the first three contests of the season, which included a season-best 13 against Florida (2/8) in the season opener ... the only game she did not make 10 or more saves was against Oregon and that was because CU’s defense held the Ducks to just seven shots on goal.
JUNIOR (2019): Returned to net for the second straight year and earned 10 wins ... recorded a .470 save percentage, which was 28th in the NCAA, and a 10.19 goals-against average, which was 19th nationally and second in the Pac-12 ... also recorded 34 ground balls (third on the team) and four caused turnovers ... faced 480 shots in 1,080:55 minutes during the season ... in the NCAA First Round game against No. 18 Dartmouth (5/10), she recorded 15 saves and helped the Buffs to a 16-13 win ... in nine of the 18 games played, she made at least 10 saves ... another big game was CU’s first win at McAlister Field (in L.A.) against No. 14 USC ... she made 11 saves while allowing eight goals in the Buffs 9-8 victory ... she was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team, Pac-12 All-Tournament Team and the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention squad.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2018): Earned the starting goalkeeper position for the Buffs … by the end of the season was named the IWLCA Goalkeeper of the Year for her outstanding season ... also named to the IWCLA All-America First Team and was a member of the all-region team … additionally she was an All-Pac-12 First Team and Pac-12 All-Tournament team honoree, as well as a member of the Tewaaraton Top 25 List ... Inside Lacrosse recognized her as a midseason All-American and went on to place her on the DI Media All-America First Team ... IL named her its Goalkeeper of the Year for her second national honor of the year … she led the Pac-12 and was 10th in the NCAA with a 50.3 save percentage and was second in the Pac-12, seventh in the NCAA, with 9.34 goals allowed ... faced 456 shots during the season; 163 found the back of the net, while she stopped 165 en route to recording a 13-4 record as a starter ... made her first appearance of the season against No. 11 Northwestern, coming in to start the second half ... allowed seven goals on 14 shots and made three saves in addition to recording three ground balls and one caused turnover ... as the season went on, she improved and shined in net ... CU hosted No. 19 Virginia Tech on March 4 and defeated the Hokies 18-3 ... she made 11 saves in the game and allowed just three goals, which was the fewest goals CU has allowed against a ranked team ... in 17 games, she allowed 10 or fewer goals nine times … in four of those contests, she let in less than five goals ... in the game against Arizona State (March 18), she set a personal best with just two goals allowed ... saw her share of shots during the season ... in the Pac-12 season opener, she faced 43 shots against No. 18 Stanford ... in the first half, she allowed the Cardinal to score 12 goals but came back in the second half to hold them to just four ... CU ended up coming back from a 6-12 score at halftime, to defeat SU 18-16, thanks in part to the strong defense ... she had a then-career-high 16 saves in the win and when coupled with the 11 saves in the following match-up against California (March 11), she was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week ... she recorded 10 or more saves in eight games, which included a career-best 17 against Southern California (March 16), which is tied for the fourth-most in CU history.
SOPHOMORE (2017): Redshirted sophomore year.
FRESHMAN (2016): Played in two games as a freshman … served as the team’s backup goalkeeper … did not allow a goal and had two saves in 36:19 of action, facing three shots ... stopped one shot in just over six minutes of action in a 19-4 win over Marist on March 21 ... played the entire second half of a 23-0 win over Saint Mary’s (Calif.) on April 15 and made one save to preserve the shutout.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in lacrosse playing goalie at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. … her junior year she was the top-ranked goalie in the state and 12th in the nation … in 2015, she and her team won the league championship ... in her final season, she was named Jeffco League MVP, earned All-Colorado honors and was named an All-American honorable mention ... in addition to lacrosse, she played softball and basketball.
IN THE CLASSROOM: Earned her bachelor’s degree in speech, language and hearing sciences in May of 2021.
PERSONAL: Born in Denver, Colo. on December 12, 1996 ... has coached lacrosse during summer breaks … has done modeling for the Donna Baldwin Agency ... her favorite foods are steak and potatoes … her favorite movie is Friday Night Lights … her favorite football team is the Denver Broncos and her older brother was an offensive lineman on the CU football team, John Lisella Jr. … after graduation, she would like to become a physical therapist.
