Army West Point Athletics
2019 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 13
Manuela Cortes
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Shoreham-Wading River
- Hometown:
- Shoreham, N.Y.
HONORS/AWARDS
2019: Appeared and started in all 19 games … totaled 42 points on 37 goals and five assists … added 17 ground balls and seven caused turnovers … had 12 multi-point outings … recorded a point in 16 of 19 games … logged eight hat tricks … became the first cadet in program history to score 100 goals in her career … opened the season with a four-goal performance against Iona (2/9) … scored three goals on four shots to pair with an assist versus VCU (3/8) … tallied a hat trick at American (3/23) en route to scoring her 100th career goal … tied her career-best mark of six points after scoring four goals and dishing out two assists against Lafayette (4/6) … had a hat trick and helped Army capture its first-ever win over Boston U. (4/19) … recorded a season-high four ground balls and three caused turnovers against Bucknell (4/25) in the regular season finale … scored in each of the Patriot League Tournament games against Lehigh (4/28) and No. 14 Navy (5/2).
2018: Played in all 17 games for the Black Knights … one of 13 players to see action in every contest … totaled 28 points on 24 goals and four assists … recorded 62 shots and 48 on goal … went 7-for-17 on free position attempts … added 10 ground balls, five caused turnovers and a draw control … documented eight multi-goal games, including tying for the team high with four hat tricks … second on the team in shots, shots on goal, free position goals and free position shots … tied for second in goals and fourth in points … opened the season with a goal in the first eight games … contributed a season-high four goals with two free position tallies in the season-opener at Monmouth on Feb. 10 … added a ground ball and a caused turnover opposite the Hawks … posted a hat trick on five shots against Wofford on March 8 … netted the game-winning goal opposite the Terriers … tied a season-high four points with two goals and two assists at Virginia Commonwealth on March 11 … notched hat tricks against Patriot League foes American on March 24 and Lehigh on March 31.
2017: All-Patriot league Second Team … played in all 17 contests for Army … ranked second on the team in scoring with 45 points on 39 goals and six assists … scored a team-best 12 free position goals … ranked fourth on the team in ground balls with 25 … caused 11 turnovers and tallied three draw controls … netted a goal in all but three games … scored a career-high six goals at Mercer on Mar. 12 … posted a season-high two assists at Kennesaw State on Mar. 14.
2016: Appeared in 16 games … finished with 12 goals, two assists and 14 ground balls … tallied first career points with a goal and an assist in the season opener against Manhattan (2/12) … scored twice in contests against LIU Brooklyn (2/25), Quinnipiac (3/5) and Presbyterian (3/14) … netted the first hat trick of her collegiate career at Bucknell (3/26) … added a goal in the Lehigh game (4/9) and at Loyola (4/30).
BACKGROUND: Competed in lacrosse and cross country at Shoreham-Wading River High School … also played on the Long Island Top Guns club lacrosse team … served as lacrosse captain in 2014 and 2015 … a Suffolk All-Division player in 2014 … member of the Shoreham-Wading River NYS Class C Championship team in 2012 … earned all-tournament honors at the U15 ESPN Wide World of Sports Tournament during the summer of 2013 … won a U15 national championship as a member of the Long Island Top Guns squad in 2013 … also contributed to a third-place finish at the U15 national tournament with the Long Island Tops Guns in 2012 … recognized with her high school’s Physical Education Award in 2013 … named to the Principal’s List and the honor roll for academic success … a member of the National Honor Society … selected to the All-Suffolk County band for flute.
PERSONAL: Sister of teammate Isabella … hobbies include traveling, cooking and playing the flute … speaks Spanish fluently … played on the German National Team during high school ... major is Engineering Management ... Company H-2.
- 2019 Second Team All-Patriot League
- 2017 Second Team All-Patriot League
2019: Appeared and started in all 19 games … totaled 42 points on 37 goals and five assists … added 17 ground balls and seven caused turnovers … had 12 multi-point outings … recorded a point in 16 of 19 games … logged eight hat tricks … became the first cadet in program history to score 100 goals in her career … opened the season with a four-goal performance against Iona (2/9) … scored three goals on four shots to pair with an assist versus VCU (3/8) … tallied a hat trick at American (3/23) en route to scoring her 100th career goal … tied her career-best mark of six points after scoring four goals and dishing out two assists against Lafayette (4/6) … had a hat trick and helped Army capture its first-ever win over Boston U. (4/19) … recorded a season-high four ground balls and three caused turnovers against Bucknell (4/25) in the regular season finale … scored in each of the Patriot League Tournament games against Lehigh (4/28) and No. 14 Navy (5/2).
2018: Played in all 17 games for the Black Knights … one of 13 players to see action in every contest … totaled 28 points on 24 goals and four assists … recorded 62 shots and 48 on goal … went 7-for-17 on free position attempts … added 10 ground balls, five caused turnovers and a draw control … documented eight multi-goal games, including tying for the team high with four hat tricks … second on the team in shots, shots on goal, free position goals and free position shots … tied for second in goals and fourth in points … opened the season with a goal in the first eight games … contributed a season-high four goals with two free position tallies in the season-opener at Monmouth on Feb. 10 … added a ground ball and a caused turnover opposite the Hawks … posted a hat trick on five shots against Wofford on March 8 … netted the game-winning goal opposite the Terriers … tied a season-high four points with two goals and two assists at Virginia Commonwealth on March 11 … notched hat tricks against Patriot League foes American on March 24 and Lehigh on March 31.
2017: All-Patriot league Second Team … played in all 17 contests for Army … ranked second on the team in scoring with 45 points on 39 goals and six assists … scored a team-best 12 free position goals … ranked fourth on the team in ground balls with 25 … caused 11 turnovers and tallied three draw controls … netted a goal in all but three games … scored a career-high six goals at Mercer on Mar. 12 … posted a season-high two assists at Kennesaw State on Mar. 14.
2016: Appeared in 16 games … finished with 12 goals, two assists and 14 ground balls … tallied first career points with a goal and an assist in the season opener against Manhattan (2/12) … scored twice in contests against LIU Brooklyn (2/25), Quinnipiac (3/5) and Presbyterian (3/14) … netted the first hat trick of her collegiate career at Bucknell (3/26) … added a goal in the Lehigh game (4/9) and at Loyola (4/30).
BACKGROUND: Competed in lacrosse and cross country at Shoreham-Wading River High School … also played on the Long Island Top Guns club lacrosse team … served as lacrosse captain in 2014 and 2015 … a Suffolk All-Division player in 2014 … member of the Shoreham-Wading River NYS Class C Championship team in 2012 … earned all-tournament honors at the U15 ESPN Wide World of Sports Tournament during the summer of 2013 … won a U15 national championship as a member of the Long Island Top Guns squad in 2013 … also contributed to a third-place finish at the U15 national tournament with the Long Island Tops Guns in 2012 … recognized with her high school’s Physical Education Award in 2013 … named to the Principal’s List and the honor roll for academic success … a member of the National Honor Society … selected to the All-Suffolk County band for flute.
PERSONAL: Sister of teammate Isabella … hobbies include traveling, cooking and playing the flute … speaks Spanish fluently … played on the German National Team during high school ... major is Engineering Management ... Company H-2.
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