2024 Women's Soccer Roster

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5 Emma Ricci

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool John Handley
  • Hometown Winchester, Va.

Biography

2024 - Closed her tenure with a career-high 21 points in her final season with the Captains ... Earned second team All-Conference honors ... Ranked third on the team and in the conference in scoring while ranking second on the team in assists ... Finished the year with seven goals and seven assists ... Logged 42 total attempts from the field, putting 20 on target for a .476 SOG% ... Led the way for CNU with five game-winning goals including two NCAA Tournament winners ... Caught fire at the end of the season, scoring four of her seven goals and adding four assists in the last nine games ... Scored the lone goal of a 1-0 shutout win against nationally-ranked Misericordia in the NCAA Round of 16 ... Notched a brace against Wisconsin-Eau Claire and scored the game-winning goal while also adding the winner against Wisconsin-La Crosse the game prior ... Finished career ranked in the top-ten in game-winning goals with nine ... Also ranked seventh all-time in career assists with 22 ... Played in 89 career games, ranking second all-time at CNU

2023 - Earned first team All-Conference honors during her third year to collect her third all-league certificate ... Ranked third on the team in scoring with 14 points on five goals and four assists ... Among the team leaders in SOG% with 11 shots on goal in 25 total attempts for a .440 mark ... Scored goals in three straight games including a game-winning goal against Roanoke on October 21 ... Assisted on the game-winning goal against Virginia Wesleyan in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 before adding a helper on the lone goal against Cal Lutheran in the national quarterfinals ... Scored a season-high three points with a goal and an assist against Virginia Wesleyan on September 12 ... Played a season-high 74 minutes against UC Santa Cruz in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference championship game ... Logged over 1,000 minutes for the first time in her career

2022 - Named second team All-Conference as a forward in her second season on the field with the Captains ... Second-leading scorer for CNU, pouring in 12 points on four goals and four assists ... Scored the first goal of the season for the Captains, a gamewinner against Saint Benedict (Sep 2) ... Added gamewinners at Gettysburg and Salisbury to rank tied for second on the team in game-winning goals with three ... Dangerously accurate, putting 22 of her 34 total attempts on frame for a team-best .647 shots on-goal percentage ... Played in all 22 games and started 12, including all four NCAA Tournament games ... Took a season-high five shots, including four on-goal, in the win against Gettysburg ... Played a season-high 75 minutes against Salisbury on October 29 ... Logged 970 total minutes at forward, leading the team at the position

2021 - Earned State Co-Rookie of the Year honors and first team All-State recognition from VaSID ... First team All-Conference ... Third-leading scorer for the Captains, pouring in 17 points on five goals and seven assists ... Ranked second on the team in assists ... Appeared in 22 games with two starts ... Assisted on the game-winning goal in overtime against Loras in the NCAA National Semifinals ... Registered a season-high three points with her first career goal and assist against Pfeiffer ... Led team among players with at least 20 shots with a .476 SOG% ... Took 21 shots putting 10 on frame ... Picked up first career start against Pfeiffer on September 12 ... Played a season-high 54 minutes on October 27 against Mary Washington

2020 - Did not see action during her first collegiate campaign following a decision by the NCAA and Capital Athletic Conference to suspend athletic competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic

At John Handley -- Played varsity soccer all four years for the Judges, earning first team All-State honors as a freshman and first team All-Conference each season of her career ... Named team captain as a junior and senior ... Earned Conference 21 West Player of the Year plaudits as a freshman and junior ... Broke all school and area records for goals ... Scored 84 career goals with a record 23 as a freshman ... Broke that record as a sophomore with 29 and again as a junior with 32 tallies ... Most PK's attempted and scored in a season with five and registered four hat tricks in a season ... Set the school record for goals in a game with five ... Also played with the Loudoun Soccer Club from 2016-20.

Personal -- Emma Renee Ricci was born in Long Island, N.Y. ... Daughter of Jack and Diane Ricci ... Has one brother, Jack, and three sisters, Lea, Julia, and Alivia ... Majoring in Communication Studies.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2020Freshman

    Forward
    5
  • 5

    2021Sophomore

    Forward
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2022Junior

    Forward
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2023Senior

    Forward
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2024Fifth Year

    Forward
    5'7"
    5