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2011 Women's Soccer Roster

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0 Melissa Sanger

  • Position GK
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Kingsway Regional
  • Hometown Mullica Hill, NJ

Biography

Career Stats

2010:
Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (both fall and spring)...Utilized a redshirt season, did not appear in a game. 

2009: Was a member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll in the spring...Started 14 matches and posted a 6-6-2 record with four shutouts, tying her for the fourth most in a single season at the school...Led the team with 1,300:16 minutes in goal with 70 saves...Her 1.18 goals allowed average was 152nd in the nation and the third best mark in a single-season at La Salle, while her 80.5 save percentage was 120th in the country...Had four saves in season-opening 4-2 victory at Drexel (8/25), her 15th career victory...Made three stops in home-opening 5-0 win over UMBC (8/30)...Stopped a career-high 13 shots - the most by an Explorer since 2005 (Lauren Malizia, 9/7) - in a 0-0 scoreless tie with Lehigh (9/4)...It was her eighth career shutout and La Salle's fourth straight, a school record...Had four saves in a 3-1 victory over Vermont (9/13)...Made five saves in 1-0 win against Delaware (9/20)...Stopped 10 shots in a 0-0 draw at Saint Louis for her 10th career shutout and improved to 4-0-2 to start the year...In a 2-1 overtime loss to (at the time) unbeaten Dayton (10/4), upped her career high in saves to 14 - the most by an Explorer since 1996 (Kristin Washburn, 9/1)...Made three stops in a 2-1 win at Rhode Island (10/11)...Won her 20th career match with eight-save performance in a 2-1 victory over Saint Joseph[apos]s (10/18)... Her career numbers at the end of the year include 43 games played (fourth all-time at the school among goalies), a 1.36 goals allowed average (second), 219 saves (fifth), a 78.8 save percentage (fifth), 20 wins (third), and 10 shutouts (third) in 3,904 minutes (third).

2008: Played and started in 17 games and registered an 8-6-3 mark with four shutouts, tied for the fourth most in a single season at the school...Led the team with 1,566:16 minutes in goal and 94 saves...Her per game average of 5.53 saves ranked her 49th in the country...Earned her first shutout of the season in La Salle's season-opening 3-0 victory over Delaware State (8/29)...Made four saves in Explorers' 2-1 win at Wagner (8/31)...Had five saves in the Explorers' 2-1 come-back win versus Loyola (MD) (9/5) in the Villanova Classic...In 3-2 loss to #27-ranked host Wildcats (9/7), made seven saves...Was named to the All-Tournament Team...Had 11 saves, the most by a La Salle goalie since 2005, in a 3-2 loss at #23 San Diego (9/12)...Earned her first career tie in a 1-1 draw at UC Riverside (9/14), stopping nine shots...Picked up career win #10 and her fourth career shutout in La Salle's 2-0 victory over George Washington (9/28) as she made seven saves...Made six saves in 110 minutes to get her third career draw at Temple (10/17)...In 2-1 double overtime victory at Saint Joseph's (10/19) made eight saves...Registered her third shutout of the year, fifth of her career, in La Salle's 2-0 win over Massachusetts (10/24)...Made six saves in the Explorers' 4-1 victory versus Rhode Island (10/26)...At Xavier (10/31), made six saves in 3-0 win, her eighth of the season, 14th of her career, for her fourth shutout of the season, tying for the fourth most in a single season at the school...Her six career shutouts is also tied for fourth most in a career between the pipes...Made 10 saves in La Salle's final game of the year at Dayton (11/2), her second double-figure save output of the season...Ended season with a 1.45 career goals allowed average, which was third all-time at the school.

2007: Was a member of the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (both fall and spring)...Played in 12 games, while starting 11 and recording a 6-5-0 record with two shutouts...Saw her first collegiate action, playing 45 minutes, recording two saves, and sharing in the shutout in La Salle's 5-0 win over Wagner (8/31)...Made her first start in a 2-1 loss versus Manhattan (9/14)...Won her first game with a shutout versus NJIT (10/5)...Picked up a pair of wins over Philadelphia teams, a 5-2 victory over Saint Joseph's (10/12) with five saves and a shutout win versus Temple (10/14) making three saves...Made five saves in a 2-1 win at Massachusetts (10/21)...Made a team-high, for the season, nine saves in a 2-1 loss to Dayton (10/26)...Picked up her team-leading fifth win in net in La Salle's 3-1 victory over Xavier (10/28)...Also, earned a 2-1 victory at St. Bonaventure (11/2)...Led the team with 1,037:43 minutes in goal, a 77.5 save percentage, and 55 saves.

High School: Earned 11 varsity letters (four in soccer and softball, three in basketball)...Soccer experience includes four years with the Super Y League South Jersey Banshees...Was invited three times to the ODP National Camp in Cocoa Beach, FL...Was a two-time First Team All-Tri County Conference selection, a two-time First Team All-Gloucester County selection, and two-time Second Team All-South Jersey honoree...In 2006, was named to the Top 20 South Region and All-State teams.

Major: Marketing and Management.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2006Redshirt Freshman

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    2007Freshman

    GK
    5'8"
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    2008Sophomore

    GK
    5'8"
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    2009Junior

    GK
    5'8"
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    2010Senior

    GK
    5'8"
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    2011Redshirt Senior

    GK
    5'8"
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