Senior Year (2022)
Stats: Started eight games before injury…recorded four points with a goal and two assists…fired one shot on goal.
Best Games: Opened season with a three-game point streak…tallied an assist in the Raiders’ win at Merrimack (Aug. 27)...also notched an assist at Rider (Aug. 28)....helped Colgate to victory with a goal against Bryant (Sept. 2)...played the entire 60 minutes against Yale (Sept. 16).
Honors: Served as team captain.
Junior Year (2021)
Stats: Played in 12 games starting all of them …recorded three points by one goal and one assist …fired six shots including five on goal.
Best Games: Tallied an assist and logged a shot on goal against Lehigh (Sept. 25) …found the back of the net against Cornell (Oct. 3) …put a shot on goal at Holy Cross (Oct. 8) and at Towson (Oct. 24).
Honors: Earned a spot on the NFHCA National Academic Squad …also named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2020-21)
Stats: Started all five games for the Raiders … led the sophomore class with three points by one goal and one assist … recorded five shots, landing four on goal.
Best Games: Scored the game-winning goal in the season opener … added an assist for a three-point performance in Colgate’s first win over Bucknell since 2007 (March 7) … posted a season-high of two shots on goal in the 1-0 win over Holy Cross (March 21).
Honors: Named to Second Team All-Patriot League honors … earned Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on March 8 … named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad … earned a spot on the Raider Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman Year (2019)
Stats: Appeared in all 17 games, making 10 starts for the Raiders … recorded three goals and one assist for seven points … tallied nine shots, landing all nine on goal for a perfect 1.000 SOG % … topped the freshman class with her seven points.
Best Games: Scored first career goal in just her second collegiate game in a 4-1 win against Saint Louis (Aug. 31) … scored again against then-No. 19 Syracuse (Sept. 22) … had a two-game point streak by earning an assist against eventual Patriot League Champion American (Oct. 26) after scoring at Bucknell (Oct. 19) … marked a season-high of two shots on goal in back-to-back games, against Saint Louis (Aug. 31) and Lock Haven (Sept. 6).
Before Colgate
A 2019 graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy … senior season featured four goals, nine assists, and three defensive saves … served as team captain in 2018 … a 2018 First Team All-State selection … four-time Catholic Academy League Runners-Up from 2015-18 … named 2017 Defensive Player of the Season … All-State Academic Team member in 2018 … National Honor Society member … also competed with the Mystx Field Hockey Club since 2013.
Personal
Born: Mari Kathleen Kniezewski in Abington, Pennsylvania.
Family: Daughter of Stanley Kniezewski and Sharon Carney … has one sister … cousin Meghan Carney is a 2018 Colgate alum … aunt Lisa Eldridge is a 1988 Colgate alum who played rugby for the Raiders.
