Major Accomplishments:
NFHCA 2024 Division III Watchlist
Liberty League Honor Roll – 10/14/24
Liberty League Honor Roll – 10/21/24
Liberty League Honor Roll – 11/4/24
2024 Liberty League First Team
2024 Liberty League All-Academic
2024 NFHCA Senior Team
2024 NFHCA Second Team All-Region
2023 NFHCA First Team All-Region
2023 Liberty League First Team
Liberty League Honor Roll 10/9/23
Liberty League Offensive Performer of the Week- 9/25/23
NFHCA 2023 Division III Watchlist
2022 Liberty League Second Team
NFHCA Offensive Player of the Week- 10/19/22
Liberty League Offensive Performer of the Week- 10/17/22
Liberty League Honor Roll- 9/26/22
Liberty League Honor Roll – 9/27/21
2024: Appeared in 18 games with 17 starts after overcoming an offseason injury...Finished the year with seven goals and six assists for 20 points...Notched three game-winning goals...Concluded her career fifth all-time in assists with 35...Descalso scored a goal in the 2-0 victory over SUNY Brockport (9/18)...Over an eight-game stretch from Oct. 12 to Nov. 8, recorded 18 points on six goals and six assists...Notched two assists in back-to-back games at Rochester (10/12) and RPI (10/18)...Scored a goal in each of the next four wins against Vassar (10/20), Skidmore (10/25), St. Lawrence (10/27) and Oswego (10/30)...Gave the Bombers a shootout win by scoring the game-winner against Ursinus (11/2)...Tallied two goals in the Liberty League Semifinal against Skidmore (11/8).
2023: Started all 22 games and finished the season with seven goals and 13 assists for 27 points...Notched three assists in Ithaca's 4-2 win over Misericordia (9/6)...Scored a goal and tallied two assists in Ithaca's 6-0 win over Oswego State (9/8)...Tallied an assist in Ithaca's 2-0 win over Brockport (9/20)...Scored two goals and tallied an assist in Ithaca's 4-0 win over Union (9/23)...Tallied an assist in Ithaca's overtime win over Scranton (9/27)...Tallied an assist in Ithaca's 1-0 win over Geneseo (10/4)...Tallied an assist and scored the game winning goal in Ithaca's 2-1 win over St. Lawrence (10/7)...Tallied an assist in Ithaca's overtime win against New Paltz (10/10)...Notched an assist in Ithaca's 4-0 win against RPI (10/20)...Scored the game winning goal in Ithaca's 2-1 win over Vassar (10/22)...Notched an assist and scored a goal in Ithaca's 3-0 win over Vassar in Liberty League Semfinal (11/3)...Scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the NCAA Second Round game at Endicott (11/8). |
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2022: Played in all 18 games with two starts...led IC with 27 points on nine goals and nine assists...also notched three game-winning goals during the season...Recorded an assist in Ithaca's 2-1 win over Geneseo (9/1)...Scored a goal in Ithaca's 3-0 win over Misericordia (9/7)... Scored a goal and assisted twice in Ithaca's 5-1 win over Hartwick (9/10)...Scored a goal against Cortland (9/14)...Scored a goal and an assist in Ithaca's 3-0 win over Union (9/24)...Assisted in Ithaca's 4-1 win over Scranton (9/28)...Scored five goals in a four-game stretch from Oct. 8 to Oct. 16....Earned two assists against William Smith in the regular season (10/23). |
2022 Statistics
2021: Appeared in 19 games for IC, starting in 17... Recorded first career assist in Ithaca's 2-1 win against Utica (9/1)... Racked up one assist in Ithaca's 3-1 win against Misericordia (9/8). Put down one assist against Geneseo (9/18)... Recorded one goal and one assist in Ithaca's 5-1 victory against Union (9/25)... Named to the Liberty League Honor Roll following her game against Union...Scored game-winning goal in LL Semifinal 2OT thriller against Rochester (11/3)... Tallied six assists and two goals on the season. |
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High School: A 2021 graduate of Saint Francis, Descalso was named SCVAL First Team All-League. She was named a team captain in her senior season and earned a 2021 All-American Athlete Award.
Personal: A sports media major, Natalie is the daughter of George and Marylou Descalso.
