General - Veteran reserve goalkeeper ... Earned valuable experience as a backup behind first-team All-America starter Logan Ripley in 2009-10 and Lauren Maksym in 2011.
Junior (2011) - Saw nearly 56 minutes of action on the season, appearing in five games ... Saw time in the cage against Denver, Cornell, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion and High Point ... Recorded 10 saves, including a career-high four against High Point ... Also had three saves versus both Cornell and Old Dominion ... Allowed nine goals on the season and posted a goals-against average of 9.67 per contest ... Had a save percentage of .526 ...Played 20:04 against Old Dominion and 20:00 against High Point.
Sophomore (2010) - Saw action in the cage in seven contests, including games against Richmond, Oregon, Virginia (regular season), Boston College, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion and Navy (NCAA Tournament) ... Played a season-high 12:29 versus Virginia Tech, recording a save without allowing a goal ... Recorded a career-high three saves against Oregon.
Freshman (2009) - Carolina's only backup goalkeeper in 2009 ... Saw 15:09 of action in three games on the season while backing up the All-ACC Ripley, who was named National Goalkeeper of the Year after the season ... Played minutes in the cage against Richmond, Old Dominion and Boston College.
High School - Played for coach Lisa Parsons at the Loomis Chaffee school in Windsor, Conn. ... Earned All-America honors ... Won Loomis Chaffee's Coach's Award as a senior ... Her team won the Founder's League and Western New England championships her senior year ... Also played four years of field hockey and four years of ice hockey ... Played the trumpet in band ... Honor roll student who twice won gold medals in the national Latin exam.
Personal - Brittany Kennedy Giacco is the daughter of Jay and Denise Giacco ... Born on August 5, 1990, in Greenwich, Conn. ... Math major ... Has earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Britt Giacco's Career Statistics Year GP/GS Min. Sv GA Save Pct GAA
2009 3/0 15 2 4 33.3 15.84
2010 7/0 45 4 7 36.4 9.34
2011 5/0 56 10 9 52.6 9.67
Total 15/0 116 16 20 44.4 10.35
