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	#30 - Abbey Swift
	Class: Senior Height/Weight: 5-11     Hometown: Baltimore, Md. Position: A     High School: Towson

2008: Played in all 16 games for the Retrievers and made 13 starts… Ranked second on the team with 22 goals and 27 points… Also collected 13 ground balls, won 12 draw controls and caused four turnovers to go along with five assists… Scored at least one goal in each of the first five games of the season… Posted seven multi-goal games and three hat tricks on the year, with a season-high four goals and five points at Binghamton… Also scored three goals against Vanderbilt and Howard… Picked up a season-high four ground balls at Towson… Won a season-best three draw controls against Yale… Earned recognition on the America East Academic Honor Roll.

2007: Played in 17 games for the Retrievers, starting 16… Tied for third on the team with 26 goals and ranked fifth with 31 points… Collected 19 ground balls, won 20 draw controls and caused six turnovers on the season to go along with five assists… Scored three goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist against Oregon… Scored a career-high four goals against Mount St. Mary’s and a career-best five points on three goals and two assists against American… Posted nine multi-goal games on the season, including four hat tricks… Ranked 10th in the America East with 4.53 shots per game.

2006: Saw action in 10 games while recovering from a knee injury… Scored five goals on the season… Picked up five ground balls, won five draw controls and caused four turnovers… Scored two goals in the season opener against Howard.

Background: Was a second-team all-division selection as a junior… A Towson Times honorable mention as a sophomore and junior… Named a “Player to Watch” by the Towson Times and The Baltimore Sun as a junior and senior… Helped lead her team to a county championship… A high school teammate of current Retriever Kyle Routson... Also lettered in soccer and basketball at Towson… Daughter of Debbie and Tim Swift… Is the fifth of six children… Has three brothers, Matt, David and Scott, and two sisters, Kelly and Danielle… Brother Matt played lacrosse at Washington College, while sister Kelly played lacrosse at Delaware and brother David played lacrosse at CCBC-Essex… Born March 13, 1987… Undecided on her major.