Matt Zambetti

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Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
High School:
Cumberland Valley
Prev School:
Virginia Tech

2023 (Graduate): UMass Athletics Male Scholar Athlete of the Year… College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team… Started 17 games in net with a record of 7-6-4… Made 56 saves with a .700 save percentage and a 1.39 goals against average… Recorded his first career point with an assist in a win over Davidson (10/21) … Earned Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week after making a career-high nine saves in a win over Providence (9/9) and recording a shutout in a win over Yale (9/4).

2022 (Senior): Started and appeared in 17 games for the Minutemen … Posted a 7-4-5 record in goal with a 1.12 goals against average and a .788 save percentage … Ranked 26^th nationally in save percentage and ranked 38^th in total saves with 67 … Recorded three solo shutouts and two combined … Logged 1,452 minutes in goal … Finished with eight saves in a 3-1 win at Dartmouth (9/13) … Recorded shutouts in league play against VCU and Saint Joseph’s … Finished with eight saves at Clemson (10/24) … Tallied eight saves with one goal allowed in a 2-1 win over Dayton (10/29) in the regular season finale.

At Virginia Tech: Appeared in three games with two starts as a junior in 2021-22 … Earned 10 starts and picked up two clean sheets during the 2020-21 campaign … Recorded a career-high nine saves in shutout against No. 15-ranked North Carolina … Helped VT to the Sweet 16 as a sophomore … Was tabbed both an ACC Scholar-Athlete and All-ACC Academic Team selection in 2020-21 … Named to the Virginia Tech Athletic Director’s All-Academic Team in 2021.

High School/Club: Four-year letterwinner and three-time all-star selection at Cumberland Valley … Helped team to both a conference and district championship … Played club soccer with HMMS Eagle FC … Team captain for his club squad … Appeared in the USYS National League three times … Won an Eastern PA State Cup.

Personal: Son of Gary and Kelly Zambetti … Has two brothers, Nick and Ben … His brother Ben played soccer at Saint Joseph’s, where he was an Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team member in 2017.