Chandler Pedolzky

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Position:
Forward
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-8
Major:
Operations & Information Management, Legal Studies
High School:
Westfield High School
Hometown:
Westfield, Mass.

Major: Management, Legal Studies

2024 (Senior): Saw action in 15 games, getting the start in 11, due to a mid-season injury … Tallied 797 minutes for the Minutewomen … Recorded four goals and four assists for 12 points … Took 26 shots with 14 on target … Tied for second on the team in points (12) and tied for first in assists (four) … Scored the game-winner at Saint Bonaventure (9/22) … Matched a career-best three points with one goal and one assist in the 4-0 win over Northeastern (9/5).

2023 (Junior): Tabbed to the CSC Academic All-District Team … Saw action in 17 games, totaling 691 minutes … Recorded five points on one goal and three assists … Has 25 shots, including 11 on goal … Matched a career-best with game-winning goal for a season-high two points in the 1-0 win vs. VCU (9/21) … Tallied an assist at Yale (8/27), at Davidson (9/24) and at Fordham (10/22) … Registered a season-high four shots, all on goal, at UMass Lowell (8/24).

2022 (Sophomore): Started in nine of 17 games played … Finished the year with four points on one goal and two assists … Recorded a season best of 78 minutes against UAlbany (8/18) … Tallied a season-high of .667 percent shots on goal against St. Bonaventure (10/2) … Recorded two assists against Boston College (9/1) … Registered one goal against George Washington (10/16).

2021 (Freshman): Landed on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... Two-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (8/30; 9/20) … Started 19 games and appeared in 21 for the Minutewomen … Scored four goals and dished out a team-leading nine assists … Attempted a team-leading 56 shots with a team-best 21 on target … Recorded a goal in her first collegiate game at Penn State (8/19) … Put home a goal and added an assist in home opening win over UMass Lowell (8/26) … Recorded two assists in back-to-back Atlantic 10 wins over Richmond (10/14) and at Fordham (10/17) … Added an assist in the Atlantic 10 Quarterfinal win over St. Bonaventure (10/31).

Before UMass: Attended Westfield High School and played under head coach Ryan Lavner, helping the team to four straight league championships ... Helped the Bombers to a Western Mass title and was the Massachusetts state runner-up during her sophomore season ... Was named All-League, Super 7 and All-State in each of her four seasons, as well as All-New England recognition as a junior and senior and All-American status as a senior ... Finished her high school career with 86 goals and 26 assists ... Also played basketball while in high school and player club soccer for NEFC, where she was a four-year captain and helped the program to a national championship as a sophomore.

Why she chose UMass: "I chose UMass for the excellent business program at Isenberg and for the competitive athletics. I’m excited to become a part of the UMass women’s soccer family and to make in impact as quickly as possible."