Meghan Heffernan
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- Height:
- 5'4"
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- Hometown:
- Westminster, MA
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- Position:
- Midfield
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- Year:
- Fy.
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- High School:
- Oakmont Regional
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- Major:
- Nursing
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- gp
- 20
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- p
- 19
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- g
- 11
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- a
- 8
Bio
As a First Year:
Appeared in 20 games with eight starts...recorded 11 goals with eight assists for 19 points...claimed 13 ground balls, 13 draw controls and 10 caused turnovers..made collegiate debut on February 26th at Western New England
Personal:
Meghan was born in Gardner, Mass...is majoring in nursing at Worcester State...the daughter of Jessica and Kenneth Heffernan...has two siblings, Ryan and Patrick...favorite spot on campus is the Wellness Center...choose worcester state because it has an amazing nursing program and lacrosse team. as well as being close to home
Before Worcester State:
Meghan is a 2025 graduate of Oakmont Regional High School in Ashburnham, Mass...played four years of varsity lacrosse and two years of field hockey for the Spartans...first 100 goal scorere for Oakmont Women's Lacrosse
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 20 | 7 |
| Points | 19 | 6 |
| Goals | 11 | 5 |
| Assists | 8 | 1 |
| Shots | 25 | 9 |
| Shooting percentage | 44.0 | 55.6 |
| Shots on goal | 20 | 8 |
| Shots on goal percentage | 80.0 | 88.9 |
| Free position goals-shots | 1-3 | 1-2 |
| Ground balls | 13 | 6 |
| Draw controls | 13 | 5 |
| Turnovers | 14 | 6 |
| Caused turnovers | 10 | 9 |
| Fouls | 6 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Green cards | 5 | 3 |
Game Log - Defense
| Date | Opponent | Score | gb | dc | to | ct | fo | yc | rc | gc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26 | at Western New Eng. | W, 14-13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 28 | at Southern Me. | L, 12-9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 5 | Mass.-Dartmouth | W, 17-5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 7 | at Wheaton (Mass.) | L, 17-15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 10 | Johnson & Wales (RI) | W, 23-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 16 | vs. Salve Regina | W, 20-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 17 | vs. Ursinus | L, 20-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 25 | at Eastern Conn. St. | L, 19-15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 28 | at Fitchburg St. | W, 17-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 1 | Keene St. | W, 19-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 4 | at Bridgewater St. | W, 16-15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 8 | WestConn | L, 19-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 11 | Anna Maria | W, 16-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 15 | Framingham St. | W, 14-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 17 | at Mass. Maritime | W, 16-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 21 | at Westfield St. | W, 19-14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 25 | Salem St. | W, 15-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30 | #4 Framingham St. | W, 12-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2 | #2 Westfield St. | W, 14-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 9 | at Messiah | L, 21-8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Game Log - Offense
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | fpg-fps | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26 | at Western New Eng. | W, 14-13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Feb 28 | at Southern Me. | L, 12-9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Mar 5 | Mass.-Dartmouth | W, 17-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Mar 7 | at Wheaton (Mass.) | L, 17-15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Mar 10 | Johnson & Wales (RI) | W, 23-9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 16 | vs. Salve Regina | W, 20-9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 |
| Mar 17 | vs. Ursinus | L, 20-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 25 | at Eastern Conn. St. | L, 19-15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Mar 28 | at Fitchburg St. | W, 17-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Apr 1 | Keene St. | W, 19-8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 4 | at Bridgewater St. | W, 16-15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Apr 8 | WestConn | L, 19-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 11 | Anna Maria | W, 16-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Apr 15 | Framingham St. | W, 14-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 17 | at Mass. Maritime | W, 16-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Apr 21 | at Westfield St. | W, 19-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Apr 25 | Salem St. | W, 15-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Apr 30 | #4 Framingham St. | W, 12-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 |
| May 2 | #2 Westfield St. | W, 14-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| May 9 | at Messiah | L, 21-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Statistic | gp | gs | gb | dc | to | ct | fo | yc | rc | gc |
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| Event | ||||||||||
| Total | 20 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Conference | 7 | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Location | ||||||||||
| Home | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Away | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Neutral | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Result | ||||||||||
| Wins | 14 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Losses | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Month | ||||||||||
| February | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| March | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 9 | - | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| May | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | gp | gs | g | a | pts | fpg-fps | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ||||||||||
| Total | 20 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 1-3 | 25 | 44.0 | 20 | 80.0 |
| Conference | 7 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1-2 | 9 | 55.6 | 8 | 88.9 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
| Location | ||||||||||
| Home | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1-2 | 9 | 44.4 | 7 | 77.8 |
| Away | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0-1 | 10 | 50.0 | 9 | 90.0 |
| Neutral | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 |
| Result | ||||||||||
| Wins | 14 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1-2 | 21 | 47.6 | 17 | 81.0 |
| Losses | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0-1 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Month | ||||||||||
| February | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0-1 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| March | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0-0 | 11 | 45.5 | 9 | 81.8 |
| April | 9 | - | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1-2 | 11 | 45.5 | 9 | 81.8 |
| May | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
News mentions
Worcester, MA- In a rematch of last year's 2025 MASCAC Championship game, the #1 seed Worcester State Lancers hosted the #4 seed Framingham State Rams on Coughlin Field. Last season's championship ended with Worcester claiming their first MASCAC Championship, defeating the Rams 13-11. Framingham and Worcester met earlier this season on Coughlin field, where Worcester managed to claim a 14-10 victory. Framingham entered the game with a victory over Fitchburg State, 18-3, this past Tuesday in the MASCAC quarterfinals.
Worcester, MA- In the final game of the regular season the Worcester State Women’s Lacrosse team (11-5, 6-0) hosted the Salem State Vikings in their Morgan’s Message game. Morgan’s SMessage was created in remembrance of Morgan Rodgers, a former Duke University Lacrosse student-athlete who died tragically in July 2019 after battling mental health struggles. Although Morgan’s life was cut way too short, her legacy of unconditional love remains. Morgan’s Message was created by her family and former teammates with the mission to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health, normalize the conversations about mental health, and ensure that mental health is treated equally to physical health for all student-athletes. For more information on Morgan’s life and legacy and how you can help those with mental health struggles, please visit Morgan’s Message.org.
Worcester, MA- After taking down the Rams on Wednesday night, the Worcester State Women’s Lacrosse team (9-5, 4-0) journeyed to Mass. Maritime to take on the Buccaneers in a road conference trip that could help the Lancers solidify a top two finish in conference.
Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Women’s Lacrosse team (7-5, 2-0) was back in conference action in the Saturday morning meeting with the Anna Maria AMCATs. The morning's action was also in honor of the 2026 senior class of Amanda Palmisano (Woburn, MA), McKayla Fisher (Peabody, MA), Shannon Donahue (Dennis, MA), Alli Guay (Westfield, MA), and Molly Witkowski (Greenville, NY).
Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Women’s Lacrosse team (6-4, 1-0) returned to conference action this afternoon in a crucial meeting with the Bridgewater State Bears in their second MASCAC meeting of the young season.
Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Women’s lacrosse team (4-4, 0-0) opened up their conference schedule today with a trip to the Falcons of Fitchburg State. Senior Mckayla Fisher (Peabody, MA), who claimed her 200th ground ball and 100th goal in the last outing, was looking to close her career highlights with her 100th caused turnover in the game.
Worcester, MA- The Lancers women’s Lacrosse team (3-2, 0-0) opened up their Spring Break games in Hilton Head early this morning as they faced off against the Salve Regina Seahawks.
Worcester, MA- After a decisive home opening win on Thursday, the Worcester State Women’s Lacrosse team (2-1, 0-0) jumped right back into action, this time journeying to Wheaton College.
Worcester, MA- After starting the season on the road, the Worcester State Women’s lacrosse team (1-1, 0-0) hosted its home opener today with a Hair Havoc/Rosen Cancer Awareness Game at Coughlin Field. While spectators were not allowed in the stadium as a result of the recent weather, each team still honored the causes with their game day hair and Pink Rosen T-Shirts to help raise awareness. The Headstrong Foundation is relentless in improving the quality of life for those affected by cancer. With every action that we take, we are fulfilling the vision of the late Nicholas Colleluori, our founder. Nick’s last wish was that others would benefit from his journey. The Rosen Cancer Awareness Fund aims to provide a robust curriculum that supports peer-to-peer education regarding early cancer detection. The importance of Raising Awareness in our young people, particularly Worcester State students, has never been more important and can effectively expedite important educational initiatives to curb the prevalence of late-stage cancer detection and increase longevity. Donations are currently being accepted at alumni.worcester.edu
Worcester, MA- After starting their season this past Thursday, the Worcester State Women’s Lacrosse team (1-0, 0-0) was right back in action on Saturday as they headed to Maine to take on the Wolves of Southern Maine in their second game of the fresh 2026 season.
Worcester, MA- The 2025 defending MASCAC Championship Women’s Lacrosse team began their season a day later than expected today with a weather delayed shift in their meeting with Western New England. In a snow wrapped field with minimal spectator participation, the Lancers headed west to the Golden Bears to kick off their 2026 season.