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2026 MIT Women's Lacrosse Roster

Larry Petulla
Larry Petulla
Gil Talbot
Larry Petulla

8 Nina Petulla

  • Position A
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Natick
  • Hometown Natick, Mass.
  • Major Biology and Chemistry

Biography

Career Highs: 
  • Goals: 5 vs. Coast Guard (April 18, 2026) 
  • Assists: 2 – Seven times, last vs. Smith (April 22, 2026) 
  • Points: 6 vs. Smith (April 22, 2026) 
  • Groundballs: 4 vs. Salve Regina (April 13, 2024) 
  • Caused Turnovers: 3 vs. Westfield State (March 1, 2025) and Springfield (April 16, 2025)  
  • Draw Controls: 5 vs. Smith (April 22, 2026) and Babson (April 29, 2026 – NEWMAC Semifinal)
Accolades: 
  • 2026 NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team
  • 2026 NEWMAC Laurels of Academic Excellence
  • 3x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2024, 2025, 2026) 
  • 2025 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
  • Graduates tied for 21st all-time at MIT in career points (134) and ranked 22nd for career goals (100) 
2026: 
  • Played in and started 18 games 
2025: 
  • Played in 20 games, started 17 
2024: 
  • Played in all 22 games, started in 15 
2023: 
  • Played in 11 games, started one 
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from Natick High School 
  • Bay State Conference All-Star First Team 
  • Captain and four-time varsity letterwinner 
  • Varsity Dance Team two-year captain, four-time varsity letterwinner, choreographer, coach, and mentor 
  • Earned two varsity letters for cross country 
  • Valedictorian 
  • National Honor Society 
  • AP Scholar with Distinction 
  • High Honor Roll all four years 
  • Harvard Book Award Recipient, Society of Women Engineers High Honors Recipient in recognition of excellence in science and mathematics 
  • Joseph T. Slattery Scholarship, Natick Youth Lacrosse Connor Heffler Memorial Scholarship 
Personal: 
  • Undergraduate Researcher with the Straehla Lab at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research 
  • SHINE for Girls* dance program director 
  • Camp Kesem counselor 
  • Alpha Phi sorority 
  • Tour guide 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “Beating Babson during my freshman season.” 
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
  • “Getting to practice every day with my best friends!” 
Club: 
  • Gold Star Lacrosse 

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2023First Year

    A
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2024Sophomore

    A
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2025Junior

    M
    5'5"
    8
  • 8

    2026Senior

    A
    5'5"
    8