28 Veronika Metanova
Veronika Metanova
  • Height:
    5-2
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Palatine, Ill.
  • High School:
    Palatine
  • Position:
    GK
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice
  • gp
    11
  • gs
    10
  • min
    587:36
  • ga
    102
  • gaa
    10.42
  • sv
    74

Bio

2015 Season (Sophomore): Named All-Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference Second Team as a goalkeeper...Appeared in 11 games, making 10 starts…Played 587:36 in net and had nine complete game efforts…Allowed 102 goals (10.42 per game)…Made 74 saves and had a 42.0 save percentage…Finished with a 5-4 record…Picked up 24 ground balls…Caused six turnovers…Recorded double-digit saves in three contests…Played primarily in non-conference games…Had 10 saves versus Clarkson (March 18)…Stopped 10 shots against Aurora (March 31)…Recorded 10 saves and allowed eight goals at Augsburg (April 25).

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 21 at North Central W, 21-20
Apr 23 at Illinois Tech W, 21-7
Apr 25 at Augsburg W, 24-8
May 1 Benedictine W, 23-3
May 2 Aurora W, 17-7
May 10 at Augustana L, 19-13
  Overall Conf
Games played 11 2
Games started 10 2
Minutes 587:36 120:00
Goals against 102 14
Goals-against average 10.42 7.00
Saves 74 19
Save pct 42.0 57.6
Wins 5 2
Losses 4 0
Ties 0 0
Win pct 55.6 100.0
Date Opponent Score gs min ga sv sv%
Mar 11 at Carroll W, 21-1 - - - - -
Mar 14 DePauw L, 12-11 - - - - -
Mar 18 vs. Clarkson L, 12-4 1 60:00 12 10 45.5
Mar 19 vs. Mount Holyoke L, 16-5 1 60:00 16 7 30.4
Mar 22 Loras W, 19-2 - - - - -
Mar 28 at Alma W, 16-5 1 60:00 5 4 44.4
Mar 29 at Benedictine W, 13-0 - - - - -
Mar 31 Aurora W, 16-7 1 60:00 7 10 58.8
Apr 2 at Beloit W, 15-7 1 60:00 7 9 56.3
Apr 8 at Carthage L, 10-9 1 60:00 10 4 28.6
Apr 11 Cornell W, 20-3 - - - - -
Apr 12 Wartburg W, 19-2 - - - - -
Apr 14 at Robert Morris L, 12-10 1 60:00 12 7 36.8
Apr 18 at Mount Union L, 21-7 - - - - -
Apr 21 at North Central W, 21-20 1 43:43 17 6 26.1
Apr 23 at Illinois Tech W, 21-7 - - - - -
Apr 25 at Augsburg W, 24-8 1 60:00 8 10 55.6
May 1 Benedictine W, 23-3 - - - - -
May 2 Aurora W, 17-7 1 60:00 7 7 50.0
May 10 at Augustana L, 19-13 0 3:53 1 0 0.0
  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 11 10 587:36 102 10.42 74 42.0 5 4 0 55.6
Conference 2 2 120:00 14 7.00 19 57.6 2 0 0 100.0
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0
Location Home 2 2 120:00 14 7.00 17 54.8 2 0 0 100.0
Away 7 6 347:36 60 10.36 40 40.0 3 2 0 60.0
Neutral 2 2 120:00 28 14.00 17 37.8 0 2 0 0.0
Result Wins 6 6 343:43 51 8.90 46 47.4 5 0 0 100.0
Losses 5 4 243:53 51 12.55 28 35.4 0 4 0 0.0
Month March 4 4 240:00 40 10.00 31 43.7 2 2 0 50.0
April 5 5 283:43 54 11.42 36 40.0 2 2 0 50.0
May 2 1 63:53 8 7.51 7 46.7 1 0 0 100.0