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2008-09 Annual Report
 
 

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  Melissa Sanger

Melissa Sanger

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Mullica Hill, NJ

High School:
Kingsway Regional

Height:
5-8

Position:
GK

Club Team:
South Jersey Banshees

2009: 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-saver performance in a 2-1 vicory over Saint Joseph's (10/18)...Currently, in her career, has 41 games played (fourth all-time at the school among goalies), a 1.28 goals allowed average (second), 215 saves (fifth), an .802 save percentage (third), 20 wins (third), and 10 shutouts (third) in 3,734 minutes (third)...Nationally, is tied for 29th in save percentage (0.857) and is 74th in goals-against average (0.876).

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 is currently third all-time at the school.

2007: Was a member of the Atlantic 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 .775 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.

Miscellaneous: Majoring in marketing...Parents are Jon and Donna...Has an older brother, Joel...Born on September 22, 1989.