Bardia Asefnia

Height:
6-2
Weight:
175
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Raleigh, N.C.
High School:
Cardinal Gibbons
Prev School:
Drexel

Career at UMass: Appeared in 30 games over three seasons … Ranks third at UMass in career wins with 16, fourth in games started at goal with 28 and sixth in both games played and minutes played at keeper.

2017 (Redshirt Senior): Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team after allowing just one goal all tournament … Started all 22 games in goal, logging 2,036 minutes to rank third most in a single season … Posted a 15-4-3 record in net with five solo shutouts and one combined to go along with 68 saves … Senior campaign ranks tied for second-most wins with 15 … Picked up a season and career-high seven saves in a 1-1 draw against Columbia (9/1) … Stopped six shots on target in a 2-1 win over Rhode Island (10/18) … Posted two shutouts to open up A-10 Tournament play in 1-0 wins over Saint Louis (11/5) and Fordham (11/10) ... Game-By-Game Statistics.

2016 (Redshirt Junior): Did not appear.

2015 (Redshirt Sophomore): Game-By-Game Statistics
Started all eight matches played with a 2.24 goals-against-average and a .646 save percentage ... Played a total of 684 minutes ... Made 31 saves while allowing 17 goals ... Posted a 1-7-0 record in first year with the program ... Made a season-high six saves at Central Connecticut (9/6) and in a 2-1 win over Hartford (9/16).

Spent two seasons at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. and transferred to UMass in the summer of 2015.

2014 (RS-Freshman - Drexel):
Did not appear in any games ... Drexel went 5-10-3 overall and 1-6-1 in the CAA ... The Dragons were an NSCAA Team Academic Award recipient (team GPA of 3.0 or higher).

2013 (Freshman - Drexel):
Redshirted ... Drexel went 9-8-4 overall and 4-1-2 in the CAA ... DU won the CAA Championship and participated in the NCAA tournament, falling to Old Dominion in the first round ... The Dragons were an NSCAA Team Academic Award recipient (team GPA of 3.0 or higher).

High School:Played three years of varsity soccer at Cardinal Gibbons HS for coach Tim Healy ... His father, Farzin Asefnia was his goalkeeping coach ... Helped the Crusaders to the NCHSAA/3A North Carolina State Championships in 2010 and 2011 ... Member of the CASL Chelsea FC Academy in Raleigh, earning the job as starting goalkeeper on the U-18 team for his final two seasons ... Chelsea won the USYS North Carolina state title in 2009 and 2010, the Southern Regional championship in 2009 and finished fourth overall in the national tournament ... Claimed the Atlantic Division title in 2012 and finished as the overall number one seed for Academy Playoffs for the Southern Conference of USDA.

Personal: Full name is Bardia Saidi Asefnia ... Born on March 8, 1995 in Raleigh, N.C. ... Son of Sepideh Saidi and Farzin Asefnia ... Father was a goalkeeper in college and is on the coaching staff at Cardinal Gibbons HS and CASL ... Has an older sister, Nakisa (24) ... Intends to major in political science.