Despite starting the 2026 season 1-5, St. Joe’s women’s lacrosse has experienced many ups. One of those ups is how the senior class has been etching their names into the record book.
Senior attack Alexa Capozzoli is having a fantastic season, one-upping herself from last year where she set the record for most assists in a single season.
Capozzoli, who set the program record for most career assists Feb. 27 in an 8-6 loss against Georgetown, said setting the record was not something she thought she would achieve when she was a first-year.
“It’s just something that kind of happened throughout my time,” Capozzoli said. “I feel like I’ve had a pretty decent spread of goals and assists throughout my career … Last year, I found my niche of being able to work on assisting out of a dodge and assisting in different ways, rather than just standing still the whole time.”
Capozzoli also became just the fourth player in program history to reach 200 career points, and said she is super grateful to have hit that milestone.
“It definitely feels very surreal,” Capozzoli said. “I never thought that I would reach that coming in as a freshman and now being here as a senior. I owe a lot of credit to my teammates for that because a lot of my points are assists, so them being able to catch the ball and finish inside is huge.”
Senior attack Kate Fuhrman, who has been Capozzoli’s running mate the past four years, recently passed the 100 goal mark against George Mason University. Fuhrman said she was very proud of herself for achieving the milestone.
“I’ve played a lot of different positions on the offensive end of the field,” Fuhrman said. “Some years, I’m assisting more than I’m scoring goals. Some years, I’m scoring more goals than I have assists. I think that 100 goals really helped me realize that I can do both.”
Fuhrman, who had a career day against George Washington University March 18 when she recorded nine points, said the big day gave her confidence a boost moving forward.
“I feel like a game like that, where I’m just having good luck in the middle and catching and finishing, definitely helps with my confidence,” Fuhrman said. “Knowing that I can finish those plays out really helps me. I struggle a little bit with confidence sometimes, so definitely games like that helped me.”
Senior midfielder Ellie Webb, who has been teammates with Capozzoli and Fuhrman these past four years, said the two raise the standards for the team at practices and games.
”They’re the steady rocker,” Webb said. “I would say [they’re] the anchor that we need to really go out there and win.”
Webb said the senior class came in as strangers to each other and have grown very close over the years.
“We were different people coming in freshman year, and then we kind of grew up together,” Webb said. “I think each of us found our voices, and within that, we became stronger together.”
The team has just two regular season games left, but the seniors have created a bond that will last forever. Capozzoli said there are too many memories with the senior class to pick a favorite
“Anytime outside of lacrosse when we’re together, it’s just constant laughter,” Capozzoli said. “We usually do a big beach trip all together every summer and just make it a point to get together. I think it helps our bond so well that it’s something we can look forward to and something we know we can escape and have each other’s backs outside of lacrosse.”
