Florence Vaillancourt

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Seminaire Des Peres Maristes High School
Hometown:
Quebec City, Quebec

Senior Season (2022): In her first contest at Syracuse, Vaillancourt scored the game winner in a 2-1 victory against NEW HAMPSHIRE ... She had two shot attempts in 44 minutes against UCONN ... Vaillancourt missed the next 16 games with a lower body injury ... She was named to the 2022 Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.). She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the year).

Niagara: Vaillancourt spent two-and-a-half years at Niagara ... She played in 17 games, including four as a starter, as a freshman in 2019 ... Niagara posted a 9-8-2 record that season ... Vaillancourt scored her first collegiate goal in a 4-1 victory against ST. PETER'S (10/26) ... Niagara's 2020 campaign was cancelled because of the pandemic ... In 2021, the Purple Eagles were 13-4-1 ... She was named the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Offensive Player of the Year ... She also earned All-MAAC First Team ... Vaillancourt earned a spot on the MAAC All-Academic Team (cumulative grade-point-average of 3.2-or-better) ... She topped the Purple Eagles with 13 goals and 10 assists ... Vaillancourt tallied five game-winning goals ... She scored at least a point in 12 of her 17 starts ... Vaillancourt ranked nationally in points-per-game (2.25, third), goals-per-game (0.81, 10th) and assists-per-game (.62, 14th) ... She was selected MAAC Player of the Week three times ... Vaillancourt had three goals when Niagara defeated SYRACUSE (8/26), 4-2 ... When Niagara won at CORNELL (9/2), 5-2, Vaillancourt had two assists ... She contributed a goal and two assists to a 3-0 shutout of CLEVELAND STATE (9/5) ... Vaillancourt scored three of Niagara's goals in a 4-1 victory against ST. PETER'S (9/19) ... She tallied a goal and an assist in back-to-back, 2-0 triumphs against SIENA (10/13) and RIDER (10/16) ... In a 3-1 decision versus MARIST, she scored twice ... Vaillancourt earned Dean's List recognition from Niagara's business management program in four semesters.

Personal:
Vaillancourt is enrolled in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and is majoring in communications and rhetorical studies.