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2026 Lacrosse Roster

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Members of the lacrosse team jump in the air to celebrate at Oregon after defeating the Ducks, 12-9, Feb. 22.
Photo by: Oregon Athletics
2025 MAC Championship team with trophy
Payton Bloedow in action 2025
Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography
Payton Bloedow in action in 2025
Photo by: Steve King/KingStudios
2026 Lacrosse Head Shot: Payton Bloedow, #36
Jersey Number 36

Payton Bloedow

  • Position:
    Midfield
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    1
  • Hometown:
    Prior Lake, Minn.
  • High School:
    Prior Lake
EMU: 2025: Made a big impact in her first full season of play after transferring into the program from Stony Brook… Fourth on the team with 20 ground balls while adding eight caused turnovers… Used her speed to escape the defensive end, collect the clear attempt for the team, and then score as she tallied nine goals and one assist for 10 points after entering the year with one point on one goal in her previous two years with the Seawolves (11 games)… Scored a career-high four goals at Presbyterian (Feb. 25) where she tallied one goal while the team was a woman down, marking just the third woman-down goal scored in program history… Scored while a woman down against Youngstown State (March 23) to become the first player in program history with multiple woman-down goals… Added two goals at Robert Morris (March 16) for her second career multiple-goal game… Scored three of goals on free-position shots (3-of-4 on the year)… Recorded one goal in the win over Akron (April 20) while adding two ground balls and one caused turnover to help EMU clinch a share of its first MAC regular season title… Selected to the IWLCA Division I Academic Honor Roll… STONY BROOK: Graduated Magna Cum Laude in two years from Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y.… Played two seasons under head coach Joe Spallina as a Seawolf… 2024: Member of the Coastal Athletic Conference championship team that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament where it fell to No. 3 Syracuse… Played in four games, all wins… Tallied one ground ball on the season in the home game with Campbell (March 24)… 2023: Member of the Coastal Athletic Conference championship team that advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament where it fell to No. 9 Loyola (Md.)… Team was 15-4 overall and 7-0 in CAA play… Appeared in seven games on the season… Scored her first collegiate goal I the win at Elon (March 25)… Secured two draw controls in the opener at San Diego State (March 1)… HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Prior Lake High School in Prior Lake, Minn., and played under coaches Heather Pierson and Jess Jurovich as a Laker… Captained the lacrosse team as a junior and senior… Helped the team to an 18-1 record her senior season with 78 goals, 18 assists, 96 points, 54 caused turnovers, 62 ground balls, and 81 draw controls… Capped her career as the PLHS all-time goal scorer with 209… Team won the 2019 and 2021 state titles, the 2017, 2019, and 2021 Section 6 titles, and four South Suburban Conference crowns… Highly decorated player that was twice named an All-American (2019, 2021) and a 2021 All-Academic All-American… Named Minnesota Ms. Lacrosse in 2021… Two-time all-state selection, including first team in 2021… Named one of five top players to watch in the Midwest by USA Lacrosse Magazine in 2020 and 2021… Invited to the UA150 in 2019… Also was a member of the PLHS hockey and soccer teams… Played club lacrosse for Team 36 from 2018-22... PERSONAL: Full Name: Payton Louene Bloedow (pronounced blay-dough)... Daughter of Scott and Shannon Bloedow... Has two brothers, Austin Polson-McCannon and Luke Bloedow, and one sister, Alexa Bloedow… Chose the #36 in honor of Team 36, the club team she played for in high school that is co-owned by her sister-in-law, Katie, and directed by her brother, Austin... Masters of Social Work major.
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Monday, February 23
Lacrosse Posts Come-From-Behind Win over Xavier
Saturday, February 14
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Giving Tuesday 2025 - Eastern Michigan Lacrosse
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