Before Holy Cross: Member of the softball and track & field teams at St. Anthony's in South Huntington, N.Y....as a freshman her J.V. softball team won the League championship...member of the National Honor Society (2003-2005) and of the St. Anthony's Leadership Team Executive Board.

Personal: Full name is Elizabeth Mary Dowd...born on January 19, 1987...daughter of John and Virginia Dowd...has three sisters...her sister Virginia is a senior on the Holy Cross women's lacrosse team and her father, John, is a 1971 graduate of Holy Cross...a Math major.