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UMass Boston

2011 Women's Soccer

7 Samantha Place

7 Samantha Place

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Kittatinny
  • Hometown:
    Newton, N.J.

Summary

Biography

2011 Capped off one of the greatest careers inUMass Boston history with her strongest season yet … Named a2011 NEWISA All-New England First Team Member and became the firstplayer in program history to play in the Division III NEWISA SeniorBowl … Selected as a Second Team ECAC Division III NewEngland Women’s Soccer All-Star… Earned NSCAAAll-Region Fourth Team honors, her second straight season beingnamed to the team… Became the First Player in programhistory to earn multiple All Region selections in the same season… Honored as a Little East Conference First Team Selectionfor the second straight year … Joined teammate Kristin Mulryas the first Beacons to earn All Conference honors all four yearsof their careers … Selected as the Little East ConferenceDefensive Player of the Week for the weeks of September 26-October2 and October 24-30 … Awarded the FemaleAthletics Director Award for her accomplishments on and off thefield as a Beacon ... Named the Umass Boston women'ssoccer MVP for 2011 ... Started in all 23 games for the Beacons… Helped the Beacons shut out a program-record 12 opponents… Kept opponents to just 16 goals in 23 games, a new programrecord … Recorded one assist … Picked up her loneassist of the year against conference rival UMass Dartmouth onOctober 2 in the Little East Quarterfinals.  

2010 Named a tri-captain for the Beacons ...Played in 23 contests, starting 20 games in the UMass Bostondefensive unit that held opponents to a 1.15 goals against averageon the year ... Named to the Eastern College Athlete Conference(ECAC) Division III New England Second Team while being honored bythe Little East Conference (LEC) as a First Team selection, joiningher teammate in Kristin Mulry as the only players in school historyto earn All Conference honors in each of their first three seasons... Named the LEC Defensive Player of the Week twice during thecampaign, first during the week of September 19-25 and again forher play during the week of October 19-25 ... Finished the campaignwith a career-best three assists to register three total points onthe year ... On October 30 vs. Rhode Island College, enjoyed mostproductive offensive day by assisting on both goals in UMassBoston's 2-0 victory ... On October 13 vs. Emerson College,assisted on the game-winning goal in the Beacons 2-0 win.

2009 After enduring through off-season kneesurgery, still managed to play in 18 of 20 matches and enjoyanother solid year in which she was named to the Little EastConference Second Team backfield for the second straight campaignto become, like teammate Kristin Mulry, the first player in schoolhistory to earn All-Conference honors in each of her first twoyears of collegiate soccer ... Matched her totals from a year agowith six points on two goals and a pair of assists to lead allUMass Boston defenders for the second straight year ... One of twoBeacons' defenders to notch a game-winning tally this season withthe deciding marker in a 2-0 win at Plymouth State University onOctober 23 ...Earned LEC Defensive Player of the Week honors forthe week of October 19-25 ... Was one of the major reason for thedominance of the UMass Boston defense that produced a school-recordlow goals against average and shutout total ... Helped UMB holdopponents to one goal or less in 14 of the 18 matches that sheplayed in.

2008 Enjoyed an excellent first collegiateseason ... Named a Little East Conference Second Team All-Star as a defender, despite playingmost of the season with a kneeinjury ... Played in 16 matches, while making 12 starts and talliedsix points on two goals and two assists ... Ranked fifth on theteam in points ... Named the LEC Rookie of the Week for the week ofSeptember 29 to October 5 after coming off an injury to net a goalin the team's 2-0 victory over University of Southern Maine onOctober 2 in a week that saw the defense hold opponents to just twogoals in 200 minutes of play ... Notched points in back-to-backcontests with an assist at Wheelock College on October 9 and ahelper vs. Eastern Connecticut State University on October11. 

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Earned four letters insoccer and three in basketball at Kittatinny High School ... NamedAll-League, State, Area and All-West Jersey for the Cougars' soccerteam ... Selected to the New Jersey Herald All-Star Team ... Tabbedas KHS soccer's Most Valuable Player twice and earnedScholar-Athlete honors in soccer and basketball from KittatinnyHigh ... Chosen as the Cougars' soccer Team Captain ... Named theKHS basketball MVP as a forward and was a two-time Captain for theteam ... Recipient of the Cougars' basketball Coaches Award ...Selected as Student of the Month at KHS ... Daughter of Nadene and William Place ... Undecided on major ...Enjoys snowboarding.

Career Stats

Season GP Goals Assists Points Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att
2008 16 2 2 6 22 .091 12 .545 0 0-0
2009 19 2 2 6 14 .143 9 .643 1 0-0
2010 23 0 3 3 8 .000 3 .375 0 0-0
2011 23 0 1 1 13 .000 7 .538 0 0-0
TOTAL 81 4 8 16 57 .070 31 .544 1 0-0
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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2008Freshman

    D
    7
  • 7

    2009Sophomore

    D
    7
  • 7
    C

    2010Junior

    D
    7
    C
  • 7

    2011Senior

    D
    5'6"
    7
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