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2026 MIT Women's Lacrosse Roster

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7 Lydia Birknes

  • Position M
  • Height 5-4
  • Class First Year
  • High School Waynflete School
  • Hometown Yarmouth, Maine
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Highs: 
  • Goals: 2 vs. Mount Holyoke (March 28, 2026) 
  • Assists: 1 vs. Mount Holyoke (March 28, 2026) and Clark (April 1, 2026) 
  • Points: 3 vs. Mount Holyoke (March 28, 2026) 
  • Groundballs: 4 vs. Mount Holyoke (March 28, 2026) 
  • Caused Turnovers: 1 vs. Mount Holyoke (March 28, 2026) and Clark (April 1, 2026)
2026: 
  • Played in seven games 
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from Waynflete School 
  • Two-time All-Conference First Team 
  • USA Lacrosse Academic All-American 
  • Soccer All-Conference First Team 
  • MABC/McDonald’s Maine Basketball Senior All-Academic Team 
  • Earned four varsity letters for lacrosse, soccer, and basketball and was the captain for all three teams 
  • Cum Laude 
  • Waynflete Scholar all four years, Engineering Department Award 
  • Leader of West-End Mentoring Program, Math Team, Science Olympiad, and Science Bowl 
Personal: 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “Winning the lacrosse state championship my junior year.” 
Club: 
  • Maine Elite (Maineiax) 

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