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2007-08 Annual Report
 

  Melanie Gamble

Melanie Gamble

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Philadelphia, PA

High School:
George Washington

Height:
5-10

Position:
Midfield

Club Team:
PSC Coppa Crush

2008: Played in all 20 games and was one of three players to start 19 games - the most on the squad...Was second on the team in goals scored (8), third in points (17), fourth in shots (37)...Scored the game-winning goal on a penalty kick in the Explorers' 2-1 come-back win versus Loyola (MD) (9/5) in the Villanova Classic...It was La Salle's first PK since Oct. 23, 2005...Scored the first goal in La Salle's 3-2 loss at #23 San Diego (9/12)...Had her first collegiate two-goal game, scoring both insurance goals in a 3-0 victory over NJIT (9/19)...Tallied the insurance goal in the Explorers' 2-0 victory over Massachusetts (10/24)...Had another two-goal game, scoring the third - on a penalty kick - and fourth goals just 1:34 apart in La Salle's 4-1 victory versus Rhode Island (10/26)...Had a three-point game in the Explorers' 3-0 win at Xavier (10/31), with an assist on the second goal and scoring the third goal on a penalty kick...Was 3-for-3 on penalty kicks...Of her 37 shots, 18 were on goal.

2007: Started in 13 games, played in 14 overall, while missing six games due to injury...Became first player in five seasons to register three assists in one game in La Salle's 5-0 win versus Wagner (8/31)...Had another assist on the game-winner in a 2-0 win over Sacred Heart (9/16)...Had another assist on the insurance goal in La Salle's 3-1 win at Lehigh (9/23)...Scored the game-tying goal in a 3-2 overtime loss at Duquesne (11/4)...Ended the season tied for fourth on the team in assists (5) and shots (24) and fifth in shots on net (10).

2006: Played in all 20 games, making 16 starts...Was third on the team in shots (32) and shots on goal (16)...Scored her first collegiate goal - the insurance tally - in a 2-0 victory over Hartford (8/27)...Netted another insurance goal in a 2-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson (9/22)...Registered her first collegiate assist on the Explorers' lone goal in a 2-1 double overtime loss to Lehigh (9/24)...Assisted on the game-winner in a 3-0 victory over Richmond (10/8).

High School: Spent three years with the Eastern Pennsylvania ODP team, and played club ball for the PSC Coppa Crush...Was a 2004 and 2005 Super Y League National Camp Selection and a Super Y League Mid-Atlantic Regional Selection...At George Washington, was named All-Public League for three years and was selected the Public League Player of the Year in all three seasons...Led the league in goals her junior and senior seasons and led the league in assists during her freshman campaign.

Miscellaneous: Majoring in marketing...Parents are William and Eileen...Has an older brother, Matt, an older sister, Melissa, and a younger brother, Mark...Born on July 15, 1988.