10 Kjerstin Saarela
Kjerstin Saarela
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Sun Prairie, Wis.
  • High School:
    Sun Prairie
  • Position:
    A
  • Major:
    Pre-Pharmacy
  • Pronunciation:
    KEER-stin...SAH-rel-ah
  • gp
    15
  • p
    11
  • g
    0
  • a
    11

Bio

2018 Season (Senior): Appeared in and started 15 games...Dished out 11 assists...Picked up 16 ground balls...Caused four turnovers...Had a season-high four assists against Monmouth (April 21). 

2017 Season (Junior): Appeared in 15 games, making eight starts...Scored one goal...Picked up 10 ground balls...Won a draw control...Caused two turnovers...Picked up a career-high five ground balls at Aurora (April 5).

2016 Season (Sophomore): Appeared in 13 games, making four starts…Tallied three points…Scored twice…Assisted on one goal…Picked up five ground balls…Caused four turnovers…Had a ground ball and caused a turnover against Illinois Institute of Technology (March 8)…Recorded a goal, assist and ground ball against Carroll (March 31)…Caused a pair of turnovers at Wartburg (April 23)…Scored a goal at Cornell (April 24).

2015 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 11 games…Scored three goals…Picked up a ground ball…Began the season with a goal and ground ball at Carroll (March 11).

High School (Sun Prairie): Captained the lacrosse team for two years...Earned varsity letters in lacrosse and hockey.

Personal: Daughter of Terry Jo...Has one older brother, Davin.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 11 at Benedictine W, 21-6
Apr 19 Illinois Wesleyan L, 20-5
Apr 21 Monmouth W, 19-5
Apr 22 Cornell W, 19-4
Apr 27 at Augsburg L, 8-5
May 4 Augsburg L, 12-11
  Overall Conf
Games 15 9
Points 11 9
Goals 0 0
Assists 11 9
Shots 14 11
Shooting percentage 0.0 0.0
Shots on goal 11 9
Shots on goal percentage 78.6 81.8
Free position goals-shots 0-1 0-0
Ground balls 16 10
Draw controls 0 0
Turnovers 28 15
Caused turnovers 4 3
Fouls 0 0
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 0 0
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Mar 10 at North Central L, 18-8 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 3 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 13 at Southwestern Texas W, 11-10 0 2 2 0-0 2 0 3 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 15 vs. Sewanee L, 13-2 0 0 0 0-1 1 0 1 1 2 0.0 2 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 17 Carthage L, 18-14 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 21 Beloit W, 19-7 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 24 at Concordia Chicago W, 15-5 0 2 2 0-0 4 0 2 0 3 0.0 2 66.7 0 - 0 0
Mar 27 Illinois Tech W, 15-7 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 1 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 30 at Hamline L, 15-13 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 4 Aurora W, 10-9 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 7 at Wartburg W, 11-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 8 at Loras W, 19-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 11 at Benedictine W, 21-6 0 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 1 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 19 Illinois Wesleyan L, 20-5 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 4 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 21 Monmouth W, 19-5 0 4 4 0-0 1 0 2 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 22 Cornell W, 19-4 0 2 2 0-0 1 0 3 0 3 0.0 3 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 27 at Augsburg L, 8-5 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 3 1 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
May 4 Augsburg L, 12-11 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2014-15 11 - 3 0 3 0-0 1 0 12 0 7 42.9 7 100.0 0 - 0 0
2015-16 13 4 2 1 3 0-1 5 0 15 4 7 28.6 4 57.1 1 - 0 0
2016-17 15 8 1 0 1 0-2 10 1 17 2 6 16.7 5 83.3 2 - 0 0
2017-18 15 15 0 11 11 0-1 16 0 28 4 14 0.0 11 78.6 0 - 0 0
Total 54 27 6 12 18 0-4 32 1 72 10 34 17.6 27 79.4 3 - 0 0
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 15 15 0 11 11 0-1 16 0 28 4 14 0.0 11 78.6 0 - 0 0
Conference 9 9 0 9 9 0-0 10 0 15 3 11 0.0 9 81.8 0 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 8 0 6 6 0-0 4 0 14 1 5 0.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Away 6 6 0 5 5 0-0 11 0 13 2 7 0.0 5 71.4 0 - 0 0
Neutral 1 1 0 0 0 0-1 1 0 1 1 2 0.0 2 100.0 0 - 0 0
Result Wins 8 8 0 11 11 0-0 11 0 13 2 10 0.0 7 70.0 0 - 0 0
Losses 7 7 0 0 0 0-1 5 0 15 2 4 0.0 4 100.0 0 - 0 0
Month March 8 8 0 4 4 0-1 12 0 13 2 8 0.0 6 75.0 0 - 0 0
April 6 6 0 7 7 0-0 4 0 14 2 6 0.0 5 83.3 0 - 0 0
May 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0

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Women's Lacrosse has seven players earn All-MWLC honors

Paquin earns Co-Midfielder of the Year

May 7, 2018

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Women's Lacrosse soars past Cornell on Senior Day

Kurek, Henry and Saarela combine for eight goals and five assist

April 22, 2018

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Preview: Women's Lacrosse vs. IIT in MWLC play at Fitting Field

Falcons and Scarlet Hawks square off on Tuesday at 4 pm

March 26, 2018

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Preview: Women's Lacrosse hosts Carthage in first home game

Falcons host Lady Reds on Saturday at 3 pm on Fitting Field

March 16, 2018

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