24 Emma Merk
Emma Merk
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Wilmette, IL
  • High School:
    New Trier
  • Position:
    M
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • gp
    18
  • p
    43
  • g
    29
  • a
    14

Bio

At CMS
2023 season (Junior)
Second-Team All-SCIAC ...
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in 18 games, making 17 starts for the Athenas ... Finished with 29 goals and 14 assists for 43 points ... Tallied 30 ground balls, 22 draw controls and caused 15 turnovers ... Tied a season-high with four goals in wins over Occidental and Colorado College ... Had three goals and four assists in a win over Chapman ... Added three goals and one assist in a loss against Pomona-Pitzer. 

At CMS
2022 season (Sophomore)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 12 games, making seven starts for the Athenas ... Finished with 21 goals and one assist for 22 points ... Tallied 13 ground balls ... Tied a season-high of five goals twice in wins over Redlands and Chapman ... Recorded two or more ground balls five times on the season ... Added three goals and three ground balls in a win over George Fox in the NCAA Opening Round. 

2021 season (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ...
Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19.

Prior to CMS
Attended New Trier High School in Illinois, where she was a member of the lacrosse team. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna.

Emma Merk posed shot

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 22 Pomona-Pitzer L, 22-14
Apr 24 at Cal Lutheran W, 23-2
Apr 26 Chapman W, 19-13
Apr 29 at Redlands W, 24-4
May 3 Chapman W, 22-5
May 6 at Pomona-Pitzer L, 13-12
  Overall Conf
Games 18 11
Points 43 25
Goals 29 17
Assists 14 8
Shots 64 38
Shooting percentage 45.3 44.7
Shots on goal 49 29
Shots on goal percentage 76.6 76.3
Free position goals-shots 7-13 5-8
Ground balls 30 23
Draw controls 22 11
Turnovers 24 15
Caused turnovers 15 10
Fouls 33 20
Yellow cards 2 0
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 0 0
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Feb 26 Cal Lutheran   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 1 at Whittier W, 21-7 3 1 4 0-0 4 0 0 1 6 50.0 5 83.3 1 - 0 0
Mar 4 Occidental W, 24-4 4 1 5 1-1 2 1 1 1 4 100.0 4 100.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 9 at Pomona-Pitzer L, 17-2 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 4 2 2 0.0 2 100.0 3 - 0 0
Mar 12 Oneonta W, 21-13 0 0 0 0-1 0 2 1 1 3 0.0 2 66.7 3 - 0 0
Mar 15 Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 19-6 2 0 2 0-0 0 1 3 0 4 50.0 3 75.0 4 - 0 0
Mar 23 Cal Lutheran W, 19-1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 29 at Chapman W, 17-10 0 1 1 0-0 4 0 2 1 0 - 0 - 2 - 0 0
Apr 5 Redlands W, 21-4 1 0 1 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 25.0 3 75.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 7 at Chicago L, 16-7 1 0 1 1-1 4 0 1 1 5 20.0 3 60.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 9 vs. Colorado College W, 16-15 4 1 5 1-2 0 0 1 0 6 66.7 4 66.7 0 - 0 0
Apr 12 at Cal Lutheran   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 15 Whittier W, 19-8 2 0 2 0-0 5 0 0 1 2 100.0 2 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 19 at Occidental W, 21-14 1 1 2 1-1 2 2 0 1 5 20.0 5 100.0 4 - 0 0
Apr 22 Pomona-Pitzer L, 22-14 3 1 4 2-3 0 1 4 1 7 42.9 3 42.9 1 - 0 0
Apr 24 at Cal Lutheran W, 23-2 2 1 3 0-0 2 2 1 2 2 100.0 2 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 26 Chapman W, 19-13 2 0 2 1-2 2 3 2 1 5 40.0 4 80.0 5 - 0 0
Apr 29 at Redlands W, 24-4 1 3 4 0-1 3 2 1 0 3 33.3 1 33.3 0 - 0 0
May 3 Chapman W, 22-5 3 4 7 0-1 1 3 0 1 5 60.0 5 100.0 3 - 0 0
May 6 at Pomona-Pitzer L, 13-12 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 2 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 2 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2021-22 12 7 21 1 22 5-6 13 14 14 3 29 72.4 26 89.7 15 - 0 0
2022-23 18 17 29 14 43 7-13 30 22 24 15 64 45.3 49 76.6 33 - 0 0
2023-24 - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 30 24 50 15 65 12-19 43 36 38 18 93 53.8 75 80.6 48 - 0 0
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 18 17 29 14 43 7-13 30 22 24 15 64 45.3 49 76.6 33 - 0 0
Conference 11 10 17 8 25 5-8 23 11 15 10 38 44.7 29 76.3 20 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 8 17 6 23 4-8 10 12 12 7 34 50.0 26 76.5 20 - 0 0
Away 8 8 8 7 15 2-3 20 10 11 8 24 33.3 19 79.2 13 - 0 0
Neutral 1 1 4 1 5 1-2 0 0 1 0 6 66.7 4 66.7 0 - 0 0
Result Wins 13 12 23 13 36 4-9 25 16 10 11 45 51.1 37 82.2 23 - 0 0
Losses 5 5 6 1 7 3-4 5 6 14 4 19 31.6 12 63.2 10 - 0 0
Month March 7 6 9 3 12 1-2 11 5 11 6 19 47.4 16 84.2 15 - 0 0
April 9 9 17 7 24 6-10 18 11 11 8 39 43.6 27 69.2 13 - 0 0
May 2 2 3 4 7 0-1 1 6 2 1 6 50.0 6 100.0 5 - 0 0

News Mentions

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Seven Athenas Earn Recognition on IWLCA Honor Roll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Seven members of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team earned spots on the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches...

July 26, 2023

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Valiant Comeback Ends One Goal Short as CMS Women's Lacrosse Falls 13-12 in SCIAC Finals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team trailed 7-0 in the game's opening minutes, and was down 11-3 in the second...

May 7, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Dominates in SCIAC Semifinal Win, Defeats Chapman 22-5

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team had three players finish with seven points (Emme McMullen, Emma Merk and...

May 4, 2023

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Cate Lewison Wins SCIAC Newcomer of the Year in Second Sport, Seven Athenas Earn All-SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cate Lewison of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team earned the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year Award, after also...

May 2, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Closes Out Regular Season with Dominant Win over Redlands

REDLANDS, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team led 12-0 after the first quarter, 17-0 at the half, and went on to take a 24-4...

April 29, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Secures Second Seed with 19-13 Win over Chapman

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team held off a comeback effort from Chapman to earn a 19-13 win on Wednesday...

April 27, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Falls to Pomona-Pitzer on Senior Day

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team honored its five seniors prior to the contest, and had No. 18 Pomona-Pitzer...

April 22, 2023

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Lewison Sparks CMS Women's Lacrosse to 21-14 Road Win Over Occidental

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Cate Lewison had a hat trick in the first quarter and finished with five goals, five caused turnovers and five ground balls,...

April 19, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Rolls Past Whittier for 19-8 Win

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Emme McMullen and Taylor Daetz each had hat tricks and ten different players scored goals as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...

April 16, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Takes Overtime Thriller over Colorado College

CHICAGO, Ill. - Maggie Griffis tied the score in the final minute of regulation, and Amelia Ulmer converted the game-winner in the first extra...

April 9, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Falls to No. 16 Chicago 16-7

CHICAGO, Ill. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team hung tough through most of the first half, but dropped its third game of the...

April 7, 2023

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Parrish, McMullen Lead the Way as CMS Women's Lacrosse Rolls Past Redlands

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Seniors Abby Parrish and Emme McMullen each had four goals as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team cruised to a...

April 6, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Falls to No. 7 Wesleyan in Non-Conference Contest

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Emma Merk scored two first-quarter goals and Bella Lynch added a pair as well, but the No. 7 Wesleyan women's lacrosse team...

March 15, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Falls to Pomona-Pitzer in Battle of SCIAC Unbeatens

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's lacrosse team dropped its first game of the season on Thursday night, as No. 20 Pomona-Pitz...

March 10, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Dominates in Home Opener, Defeats Occidental 24-4

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Emma Merk and Grace Minturn each had four goals, and Bella Lynch had three goals and five assists for the second straight game...

March 4, 2023

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CMS Women's Lacrosse Storms Past Whittier for 21-7 Win in 2023 Opener

WHITTIER, Calif. – Bella Lynch had three goals and five assists, and Amelia Ulmer (four goals) and Grace Minturn (three) had hat tricks in...

March 1, 2023