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University of Massachusets Athletics
2016 Field Hockey Roster
Nicole Kuerzi
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-3
- High School:
- Wall
- Hometown:
- Wall Township, N.J.
PRONUNCIATION: KUR-zee
2017 - Senior: Team Captain ... Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team ... Started all 21 matches at forward ... Nine of her 11 shots were on goal ... Tallied one goal during the season-opener against Holy Cross (8/25) ... Notched a goal and an assist in a win over VCU (10/6).
2016 - Junior: Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team ... NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Saw time in all 22 games at forward, including one as a starter ... Earned 10 points through four goals and two assists ... Took 13 shots and pushed 10 of those on-cage ... First goal of the season came against Columbia (9/2) ... Scored twice at UMass Lowell (9/4) ... Made her first collegiate start in the near-upset of No. 2 Connecticut on Sept. 9 ... Dished an assist during the win over Saint Francis (10/2) and another at La Salle (10/23) ... Converted one of her two shots during the 3-2 triumph over Lock Haven (10/28).
2015 - Sophomore: NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Ended the year with seven points via three goals and an assist in 21 games played, including four starts at forward ... Took seven shots over the course of the season and placed five on-target ... Scored her first collegiate goal - the eventual game-winner - during the 2-1 victory at No. 20 Boston University (8/30) ... Tallied once at Saint Louis (10/2) and provided her third goal of the year against No. 13 Boston College (10/18) ... Earned her first assist with a helper against La Salle (10/23) ... Made her four starts against Boston University, Northeastern (9/3), Syracuse (9/6) and Saint Francis (10/11).
2014 - Freshman: NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll ... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll ... Appeared in 20 games as a reserve forward ... Tallied five shots and place two on-cage ... Rotated into the lineup at forward as the Minutewomen opened the season against No. 1 Maryland (8/29) at the Nook in Lancaster, Pa. ... Attempted her first shot of the year against Lock Haven (10/3).
Before UMass: Four-year varsity starter at Wall High School, where she was a captain as a senior ... Scored 61 goals, including seven game-winning tallies, to go with 27 assists during her scholastic career ... Closed out her scholastic career with 15 goals and 14 assists as a senior ... Provided 25 goals and five assists as a junior ... 2013 NFHCA All-Region Team ... Also All-Shore and MSG Varsity First Team in 2013 along with Group Two Second Team ... Second Team All-Shore recipient in 2011 and 2012 ... First Team Monmouth County in 2012 and 2013 after earning a spot on the second team in 2011 ... Four-time honoree on the all-division listing ... High school team was Central Jersey Group 2 Champions in 2013 and Group 3 Champions in 2010 ... Also earned runners-up finishes in 2011 and 2012 ... Was a divisional champion in 2010, 2011 and 2013 ... Earned high honors for her success in the classroom at Wall High School ... Member of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD).
Personal: Daughter of Rick and Nancy Kuerzi ... Has one sibling, Ricky.
Career Highs & Miscellaneous Statistics
Goals: 2, at UMass Lowell (Sept. 4, 2016)
Assists: 1, 4x, last vs. VCU (Oct. 6, 2017)
Points: 4, at UMass Lowell (Sept. 4, 2016)
Multi-Points Games: 8, last vs. VCU (Oct. 6, 2017)
Multi-Goal Games: 1, at UMass Lowell (Sept. 4, 2016)
Game-Winning Goals: 1, vs. #20 Boston University (Aug. 30, 2015)
