Upcoming Event: Field Hockey at William & Mary on September 12, 2025 at 4 p.m.
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4 p.m.
Field Hockey
at William & Mary
2024 Field Hockey Roster
Curland, Kira
Jersey Number 23
Kira Curland
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sickte, Germany
- Prev School:
- Indiana
Bio
Honors: NFHCA All-South Region Second Team (2024) ... All-ACC Second Team (2023, 2024) … ACC All-Tournament Team (2024) ... NFHCA National Academic Team (2022, 2023. 2024) … All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024) … ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25).
Duke Career: Played in 59 career games in the midfield, starting 50 … Finished career with nine goals and eight assists for 26 points … Had two game-winning goals.
2024: Started all 20 games in the midfield … NFHCA All-South Region Second Team … All-ACC Second Team … Registered three goals and four assists for 10 points … Credited with two assists in season-opening win over William & Mary (Aug. 30) … Scored a goal versus UMass Lowell (Sept. 1) … Scored the lone goal in the NCAA Tournament victory over Maryland (Nov. 15) … Also had a tally in the ACC Championship semifinal versus Boston College (Nov. 6) to earn All-Tournament team recognition … All-ACC Academic Team … NFHCA National Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: All-ACC Second Team … Started all 23 games in central midfield … Scored five goals and three assists for 13 points … Also a key member of the defensive penalty corner unit … Provided the winning assist in the 2-1 NCAA Championship quarterfinal win over Syracuse (11/12) … Registered the game-winning goal at Boston College (9/22) … Also had single goals in wins at Harvard (9/24), versus Wake Forest (9/29) and at Virginia (10/15) … NFHCA National Academic Squad … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Played in 16 games with seven starts … Scored one goal and one assist … Both her tally and helper came in the win at Colgate (9/18) … NFHCA National Academic Squad … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
At Indiana
2021 (FRESHMAN): Started in all of IU’s 20 matches, one of just four players to do so ... scored her first-career goal in her first-ever match, a 3-2 win over Central Michigan (Aug. 27) ... tallied another goal against Davidson (Aug. 28) ... secured her first-career brace in a 4-0 win over Bellarmine (Sept. 6) ... poured in five shots against Richmond (Sept. 19) ... tallied four shots against Ball State (Sept. 26) ... grabbed the equalizer against No. 16 Ohio State (Oct. 8) ... recorded a goal and eight shots against Michigan State (Oct. 15) ... assisted on two goals against No. 2 Michigan (Oct. 17) ... scored one goal and had three assists in a 7-1 win over St. Louis (Oct. 22) ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Oct. 26 following performances against St. Louis and Ohio ... her three assists against St. Louis tied a program record for most assists in a single game by one player ... regular season leader in points by a Big Ten freshman ... named to the 2021 Big Ten All-Tournament team...named Second Team All-Big Ten ... earned NFHCA West Region Second Team honors ... recorded the second-most points by a freshman in program history (20)...led the team in goals (7) and points (20) and tied for first in assists (6).
PREP AND PERSONAL: Played club field hockey for Eintracht Braunschweig ... won 11 Lower Saxony Championships ... also helped her team to a fourth place finish in 2016 and a sixth place finish in 2018 in the German national championships ... aided her team, Martino-Katharineum, to the German Championship in 2017 and runner-ups squad in 2016 ... plays for the German U16 and U18 junior national teams.
Duke Career: Played in 59 career games in the midfield, starting 50 … Finished career with nine goals and eight assists for 26 points … Had two game-winning goals.
2024: Started all 20 games in the midfield … NFHCA All-South Region Second Team … All-ACC Second Team … Registered three goals and four assists for 10 points … Credited with two assists in season-opening win over William & Mary (Aug. 30) … Scored a goal versus UMass Lowell (Sept. 1) … Scored the lone goal in the NCAA Tournament victory over Maryland (Nov. 15) … Also had a tally in the ACC Championship semifinal versus Boston College (Nov. 6) to earn All-Tournament team recognition … All-ACC Academic Team … NFHCA National Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: All-ACC Second Team … Started all 23 games in central midfield … Scored five goals and three assists for 13 points … Also a key member of the defensive penalty corner unit … Provided the winning assist in the 2-1 NCAA Championship quarterfinal win over Syracuse (11/12) … Registered the game-winning goal at Boston College (9/22) … Also had single goals in wins at Harvard (9/24), versus Wake Forest (9/29) and at Virginia (10/15) … NFHCA National Academic Squad … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Played in 16 games with seven starts … Scored one goal and one assist … Both her tally and helper came in the win at Colgate (9/18) … NFHCA National Academic Squad … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
At Indiana
2021 (FRESHMAN): Started in all of IU’s 20 matches, one of just four players to do so ... scored her first-career goal in her first-ever match, a 3-2 win over Central Michigan (Aug. 27) ... tallied another goal against Davidson (Aug. 28) ... secured her first-career brace in a 4-0 win over Bellarmine (Sept. 6) ... poured in five shots against Richmond (Sept. 19) ... tallied four shots against Ball State (Sept. 26) ... grabbed the equalizer against No. 16 Ohio State (Oct. 8) ... recorded a goal and eight shots against Michigan State (Oct. 15) ... assisted on two goals against No. 2 Michigan (Oct. 17) ... scored one goal and had three assists in a 7-1 win over St. Louis (Oct. 22) ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Oct. 26 following performances against St. Louis and Ohio ... her three assists against St. Louis tied a program record for most assists in a single game by one player ... regular season leader in points by a Big Ten freshman ... named to the 2021 Big Ten All-Tournament team...named Second Team All-Big Ten ... earned NFHCA West Region Second Team honors ... recorded the second-most points by a freshman in program history (20)...led the team in goals (7) and points (20) and tied for first in assists (6).
PREP AND PERSONAL: Played club field hockey for Eintracht Braunschweig ... won 11 Lower Saxony Championships ... also helped her team to a fourth place finish in 2016 and a sixth place finish in 2018 in the German national championships ... aided her team, Martino-Katharineum, to the German Championship in 2017 and runner-ups squad in 2016 ... plays for the German U16 and U18 junior national teams.
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