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Concordia University Wisconsin

2017 Women's Lacrosse

28 Veronika Metanova

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Palatine
  • Hometown Palatine, Ill.

Biography

2017 Season (Senior): Named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll...Named All-Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-MWLC First Team...Twice won MWLC Defensive Player of the Week honors (April 24, March 27)...Ranked sixth nationally with a 56.5 save percentage, which also led the MWLC...Ranked eighth in the country with 191 saves...Set the program's single-season record for wins (12), saves (191) and save percentage (56.5)...Appeared in and started all 19 games...Played all 1,141:33 minutes in goal...Picked up 49 ground balls...Caused five turnovers...Made double-digit saves in 10 games, including a season-high 17 in back-to-back games near the end of the season against Colorado College (April 30) and Hamline (May 6)...Ends her career with career program records for wins (39), saves (517), save percentage (50.1) and goals against average (8.71).

2016 Season (Junior): Named All-Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference Second Team as a goalkeeper…Set the program’s single season record for wins (15) and had the second highest save percentage (47.5) and goals against average (7.83)…Ranked 35th nationally with a 7.83 goals against average…Led the MWLC in victories (15), while also being second in minutes played (1,050), second in goals against average (7.83) and save percentage (47.5)…Appeared in and started all 18 games…Made 124 saves (6.89 per game)…Posted a 15-3 record and began the season 5-0, and lost just one game through the first 14 contests…Had four double-digit save performances…Played complete games in 17-of-18 contests…Began the season with seven saves and seven ground balls against Augsburg (March 5)…Made eight saves, picked up five ground balls and caused three turnovers versus North Central (March 12)…Tallied 11 saves, picked up a program record 10 ground balls and caused a career-high four turnovers at Aurora (March 16)…Had a season-high 16 saves, three ground balls and two caused turnovers at Augustana (March 26)…Posted 13 saves and five ground balls against Colorado College (April 30)…Recorded five saves and caused two turnovers against Benedictine (May 6) in the MWLC Tournament…Tallied seven saves, two ground balls and a caused turnover versus Aurora (May 7) in the MWLC Tournament Championship…Ended the season with 14 saves at Augustana (May 15) during the NCAA Division III Tournament.

2015 Season (Sophomore): Named All-Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference Second Team as a goalkeeper...Appeared in 11 games, making 10 starts…Played 587:36 in net and had nine complete game efforts…Allowed 102 goals (10.42 per game)…Made 74 saves and had a 42.0 save percentage…Finished with a 5-4 record…Picked up 24 ground balls…Caused six turnovers…Recorded double-digit saves in three contests…Played primarily in non-conference games…Had 10 saves versus Clarkson (March 18)…Stopped 10 shots against Aurora (March 31)…Recorded 10 saves and allowed eight goals at Augsburg (April 25).

2014 Season (Freshman): Named All-Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference Second Team as a goalkeeper…Ranked 27th nationally with a .498 save percentage…Appeared in 15 games, with 12 as the team’s starting goalkeeper...Set the program’s season record for save percentage (.498), goals against average (10.10) and wins (7)…Played 766:38 minutes as a goalkeeper…Allowed 129 goals (10.10 per game)…Made 128 saves…Had a .498 save percentage…Finished with a 7-5 record as a goalkeeper…Scored five goals…Took 14 shots, with seven on goal…Picked up 30 ground balls…Won a draw control…Caused four turnovers…Made double-digit saves in seven games, including a streak of five straight in the middle of the season…Allowed single-figure goals in five appearances…Earned a victory in her first career start as a goalkeeper, 16-2 against Augsburg College (Mar. 19)…Played all 60 or more minutes in 12-of-13 games as a goalkeeper…Tallied four goals in her first career start in the field as a midfielder at Illinois Institute of Technology (Apr. 13)…Picked up multiple ground balls in eight games, including five at the College of Mount St. Joseph (Apr. 5).

High School (Palatine): Lettered in lacrosse and golf...Earned All-Conference accolades in golf...MVP at the Nike Bauer Invite in 2010...Lacrosse team won conference championship senior year and sectional championship sophomore year.

Personal: Daughter of Georgi and Valentina...Speaks three languages (Bulgarian, Spanish and English).

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2014Freshman

    GK
    5'2"
    32
  • 28

    2015Sophomore

    GK
    5'2"
    28
  • 28

    2016Junior

    GK
    5'2"
    28
  • 28

    2017Senior

    GK
    5'2"
    28