32 Veronika Metanova
Veronika Metanova
  • Height:
    5-2
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Palatine, Ill.
  • High School:
    Palatine
  • Position:
    GK
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice
  • gp
    13
  • gs
    12
  • min
    766:38
  • ga
    129
  • gaa
    10.10
  • sv
    128

Bio

2014 Season (Freshman): Named All-Midwest Women’s Lacrosse Conference Second Team as a goalkeeper…Ranked 27th nationally with a .498 save percentage…Appeared in 15 games, with 12 as the team’s starting goalkeeper...Set the program’s season record for save percentage (.498), goals against average (10.10) and wins (7)…Played 766:38 minutes as a goalkeeper…Allowed 129 goals (10.10 per game)…Made 128 saves…Had a .498 save percentage…Finished with a 7-5 record as a goalkeeper…Scored five goals…Took 14 shots, with seven on goal…Picked up 30 ground balls…Won a draw control…Caused four turnovers…Made double-digit saves in seven games, including a streak of five straight in the middle of the season…Allowed single-figure goals in five appearances…Earned a victory in her first career start as a goalkeeper, 16-2 against Augsburg College (Mar. 19)…Played all 60 or more minutes in 12-of-13 games as a goalkeeper…Tallied four goals in her first career start in the field as a midfielder at Illinois Institute of Technology (Apr. 13)…Picked up multiple ground balls in eight games, including five at the College of Mount St. Joseph (Apr. 5).

High School (Palatine): Lettered in lacrosse and golf...Earned All-Conference accolades in golf...MVP at the Nike Bauer Invite in 2010...Lacrosse team won conference championship senior year and sectional championship sophomore year.

Personal: Daughter of Georgi and Valentina...Speaks three languages (Bulgarian, Spanish and English).

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 15 at North Central W, 14-13
Apr 17 at Beloit W, 21-11
Apr 22 Carthage L, 15-13
Apr 26 Loras W, 20-2
Apr 27 Dubuque W, 22-4
May 2 vs. Carthage L, 15-14
  Overall Conf
Games played 13 8
Games started 12 7
Minutes 766:38 450:00
Goals against 129 77
Goals-against average 10.10 10.27
Saves 128 69
Save pct 49.8 47.3
Wins 7 5
Losses 5 2
Ties 0 0
Win pct 58.3 71.4
Date Opponent Score gs min ga sv sv%
Mar 13 Benedictine W, 22-5 0 30:00 3 2 40.0
Mar 19 Augsburg W, 16-2 1 60:00 2 6 75.0
Mar 22 St. Mary's W, 20-3 - - - - -
Mar 23 Fontbonne W, 20-4 1 60:00 4 5 55.6
Mar 25 vs. SUNY Potsdam L, 16-11 1 60:00 16 14 46.7
Mar 26 vs. Palm Beach Atlantic University W, 19-3 - - - - -
Mar 29 Augustana L, 17-6 1 60:00 17 18 51.4
Apr 1 Robert Morris W, 10-7 1 60:00 7 10 58.8
Apr 5 at Mount St. Joseph W, 14-11 1 60:00 11 14 56.0
Apr 6 at Otterbein L, 12-11 1 60:00 12 16 57.1
Apr 8 Aurora W, 16-3 1 60:00 3 6 66.7
Apr 13 at Illinois Tech W, 18-7 - 0:00 - - 0.0
Apr 15 at North Central W, 14-13 1 60:00 13 12 48.0
Apr 17 at Beloit W, 21-11 1 60:00 11 3 21.4
Apr 22 Carthage L, 15-13 1 60:00 15 9 37.5
Apr 26 Loras W, 20-2 - - - - -
Apr 27 Dubuque W, 22-4 - 0:00 - - 0.0
May 2 vs. Carthage L, 15-14 1 76:38 15 13 46.4
  gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% win loss tie win %
2013-14 13 12 766:38 129 10.10 128 49.8 7 5 0 58.3
2014-15 11 10 587:36 102 10.42 74 42.0 5 4 0 55.6
2015-16 18 18 1050:00 137 7.83 124 47.5 15 3 0 83.3
2016-17 19 19 1141:33 147 7.73 191 56.5 12 7 0 63.2
Total 61 59 3545:47 515 8.71 517 50.1 39 19 0 67.2
    gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% win loss tie win %
Event Total 13 12 766:38 129 10.10 128 49.8 7 5 0 58.3
Conference 8 7 450:00 77 10.27 69 47.3 5 2 0 71.4
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0
Location Home 7 6 390:00 51 7.85 56 52.3 4 2 0 66.7
Away 4 4 240:00 47 11.75 45 48.9 3 1 0 75.0
Neutral 2 2 136:38 31 13.61 27 46.6 0 2 0 0.0
Result Wins 8 7 450:00 54 7.20 58 51.8 7 0 0 100.0
Losses 5 5 316:38 75 14.21 70 48.3 0 5 0 0.0
Month March 5 4 270:00 42 9.33 45 51.7 2 2 0 50.0
April 7 7 420:00 72 10.29 70 49.3 5 2 0 71.4
May 1 1 76:38 15 11.74 13 46.4 0 1 0 0.0