2020 Florida State Soccer Media Guide

Page 50

Florida State

Women’s soccer HONORS & AWARDS * TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Third Team (2019) * United Soccer Coaches All-American First Team (2019) * United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team (2019) * All-ACC First Team (2019) * MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist (2019) * ACC Defensive Player of the Year (2019) * NCAA National Champion (2018) * College Cup All-Tournament Team (2018) * All-ACC Third Team (2018) * ACC All-Freshman Team (2016) * TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Freshman Second Team (2016)

R-SENIOR

17

Malia

BERKELY

Defender/Midfielder • 5-8 • R-Senior • Liberty Township, Ohio • Stephen T. Badin HS

2019 HIGHLIGHTS: * Competed in all 24 matched for Florida State in her redshirt junior season. * Finished first on the team in minutes for the second straight season with 2,214, missing only eight minutes of action all season long. * Played the entire season as the Seminoles’ starting center back, leading the FSU defense to 10 shutouts on the season, including two in the NCAA Tournament. * Proved to be an offensive threat from the backline with two goals and four assists on the season. * Registered the first regular-season goal of her career in the second game of the season with a rocket from 30-yards out in overtime against No. 16 Wisconsin (8/25). * Scored her second goal of the season at Villanova (9/15) in a 5-0 Florida State win. * Recorded assists at No. 9 Clemson (9/26), at home against Miami (10/18), No. 9 Duke (10/31) and No. 22 Clemson (11/3) in the first round of the ACC Tournament. 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: * Competed in and started all 27 matches for the Seminoles this season, the only player to do so. * Finished first on the team in minutes played with 2,476, missing only 20 minutes of play the entire season. * Played all of her minutes at center back, helping direct

50

a Seminole defense that shutout 16 opponents in 2018, including four in the NCAA Tournament – Loyola Chicago, No. 14 Penn State, No. 1 Stanford and No. 3 North Carolina. * Led the Seminole defense alongside senior captain Natalia Kuikka to two consecutive shutouts at the 2018 College Cup en route to the Seminoles 2018 NCAA National Championship. * Tallied seven assists on the season, second only to Deyna Castellanos with eight, and one goal to register nine points in 2018. * Scored her lone goal against Stanford in the 2018 College Cup Semifinal to double the Seminole lead to 2-0. * Assisted on Dallas Dorosy’s game-tying goal against No. 6 USC in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. * Registered an assist on Alexa Orrante’s goal against Virginia Tech to double the Seminole lead on September 20, a game they eventually won 3-0. * Helped add to the Seminole lead by assisting on Kristen McFarland’s goal against No. 2 UCLA in the 49th minute on September 2. * Recorded two assists in Florida State’s 3-0 defeat over Middle Tennessee (August 26). * Tallied her first two assists of the year in back-to-back games in the Seminoles’ first two contests of the year – August 16 against Vanderbilt and August 19 against Troy.

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE: 2011, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘18 ACC Champions • 2009, ‘12, ‘14 ACC Regular Season Champions


Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.