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  Christine Goetsch
Christine Goetsch

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Santa Barbara, Calif.

High School:
San Marcos HS

Height:
5-11

Position:
Defender

Experience:
3V

05/16/2012

Terps Finish 12th in National Poll

Best final season ranking in program history; Terps hand out awards at team banquet

04/25/2012

Terps Head to CWPA Eastern Championship

Fourth-seeded and 14th-ranked Maryland will face Hartwick or Notre Dame College Friday in second round of three-day event

04/11/2012

Terps Seek Western Division Tourney Title

Top seed and 10th-ranked Maryland will open play in the CWPA Western Division Championship Saturday

04/10/2012

Ermakova, Reyes Secure POW Honors

Sophomore attacker garners CWPA Western Division Player of the Week accolades; Senior goalie

04/07/2012

Terps Claim CWPA Western Division Crown

Goetsch's late goal lifts No. 11 Maryland to a 10-9 win over 13th-ranked Michigan

Ranks 11th in school history in career points (91), tied for 13th in goals (49) and 11th in assists (42).

As a Junior (2011): Played in 30 games, with 30 starts ... earned ACWPC All-Academic honors ... 2011 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Women's Varsity Scholar-Athlete Team ... tied for eighth on the team in goals (15) ... finished fifth on the team in assists (20) ... had the second best steals-to-turnover margin (+17) on the team ... posted season-high two goals in four games (vs. CSUEB, 2/13; vs. Marist, 2/26; vs. Brown, 4/17, vs. Princeton, 4/29) ... posted a career-high three assists two different games (vs. Siena, 3/13; vs. Bucknell, 4/30).

As a Sophomore (2010): Started in all 34 games ... earned ACWPC All-Academic honors ... tied for fifth on the team in goals (21) ... tied for fourth on the team in assists (14) ... had the best steals-to-turnover margin (+13) on the team ... posted season-high two goals in five games (vs. Long Beach, 2/7; vs. Gannon, 2/13; vs. Bucknell, 4/18, vs. GWU, 4/25; vs. Harvard, 5/2) ... posted a career-high two assists three different games (vs. GWU, 3/31; vs. Hatwick, 4/30; vs. Harvard, 5/2).

As a Freshman (2009): Saw action in 29 games, including one start ... contributed 13 goals in the season ... tied for third on the team in steals (26) ... had the second-best steals-to-turnover margin (+26) on the team ... posted a career-high two goals in three different games (vs. The Redlands, 2/8; vs. Harvard, 2/28; vs. CSU Monterey Bay, 3/17) ... career high in points (3) also came vs. CSU Monterey Bay ... earned ACWPC All-Academic honors.

Before Maryland: Four-year starter for her high school water polo and swimming teams ... rookie of the year for the water polo and swimming squads in 2005 ... best defensive player, as well as a second team all-league choice, in both 2006 and 2007 ... her club team, Santa Barbara Water Polo Club, won the National Junior Olympics in 2007 and placed third in 2008 ... team MVP, first team all-league and third team All-California Interscholastic Federation in 2008.

Personal: Parents are Mike Goetsch and Carlene Hardesty ... has one sister, Nicole, who attended Vanderbilt University ... elected vice president of the student body as a senior in high school ... an elementary education major, with a minor in Spanish ... wants to be a elementary school teacher after college.

Goetsch's Career Statistics
Year GP/GS G A Pts. Sh. Sh.Pct. Stls KO KOD TO
2009 29/1 13 8 21 40 .325 28 31 7 2
2010 34/34 21 14 35 76 .276 42 59 35 29
2011 30/30 15 20 35 51 .293 48 38 13 31
Career 93/65 49 42 91 167 .293 118 128 55 62
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