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2019 Women's Soccer Roster

14 Marisa Adelman

  • Year Senior
  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-4
  • Hometown Branchburg, N.J.
  • High School Somerville

Biography

Career: A three-time first-team all-conference honoree, including the 2018 NJAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year, 2016 ECAC Metro Rookie of the Year and 2016 NJAC Co-Rookie of the Year … Has started all 52 of her appearances while collecting 114 points (50 g, 14 a) … Is third in both goals and points, and fourth in game-winning goals (11), on the WP career charts.
 
2018: Named the NJAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year and a member of the All-NJAC First Team … Started all 17 appearances, recording 17 goals, including five game winners, and three assists for 37 points … Ranked fourth in WP single-season history in goals, sixth in points and tied for sixth in game-winning goals … Was first in points, points/match (2.18, 39th in Division III), goals (28th nationally) and goals/match (1.00, 21st in Division III), and tied for first in game-winning goals in the NJAC statistics … Tied her career high with four strikes during a 5-1 triumph against Staten Island (9/24/18) …  Had a hat trick and added an assist in a 6-0 win against New Jersey City (9/22/18) … Collected the only goals of 2-0 victories against Kean (10/13/18) and at St. Joseph’s-Long Island (9/19/18) … Contributed a pair of goals to a 3-1 win at Ramapo (10/24/18) … Posted a goal and an assist during contests against Keuka (9/1/18) and Rowan (9/15/18) … Found the back of the net in a 2-0 victory against Centenary (9/5/18) … Tallied a goal during a 3-0 triumph at Drew (10/3/18).
 
2017: Selected to the All-NJAC First Team … Paced WP with 14 goals, seven assists and 35 points, despite playing in only 14 matches due to injury … Named the NJAC Offensive Player of the Week three times (Sept. 11, Oct. 2, Oct. 9) … Ranked first in points/match (2.50) and assists/match (0.50), tied for first in goals/match (1.00), second in points, tied for second in goals, tied for fourth in assists and tied for seventh in game-winning goals (three) in the conference … Tied for seventh in points and tied for ninth in goals on the Pioneer single-season lists … Collected a hat trick during a 3-1 victory against FDU-Florham (9/9/17) … Tallied two goals, including the game winner, and one assist in a 4-0 win against Ramapo (9/27/17) … Scored five points (2 g, 1 a) and provided the game-winning strike during a 6-1 triumph at New Jersey City (9/30/17) … Contributed two goals and a pair of assists to an 8-0 victory at John Jay (10/2/17) … Found the back of the net twice and notched an assist in a 10-0 win against Brooklyn (10/16/17) … Posted two goals during a 6-1 triumph at Widener (9/3/17) and one strike in a 4-0 win at Centenary (9/6/17) … Assisted on both goals of a 2-1 double-overtime victory against Drew (10/4/17).
 
2016: Named the ECAC Metro Region Rookie of the Year and NJAC Co-Rookie of the Year … A member of the All-NJAC First Team … Started all 21 matches and led the team with 19 goals (20th in Division III), 42 points (33rd nationally) and three game-winning goals … Added three assists … Finished first in goals and goals/match (0.90, 32nd in Division III), second in points and points/match (2.00, 48th nationally), and tied for eighth in game-winning goals in the NJAC … The ECAC Metro Region Rookie of the Week (Oct. 11) and NJAC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 10, Oct. 17, Oct. 24) … Ranked second in points and tied for second in goals on the WP single-season lists … Tallied both a goal and an assist during a 9-0 season-opening triumph against Medgar Evers (9/2/16) … Provided the game winner in overtime of a 2-1 ECAC Tournament first-round victory against FDU-Florham (11/12/16) … Found the back of the net four times during a 5-0 win at Brooklyn (10/17/16) … Notched a hat trick and an assist in an 8-0 victory against John Jay (10/3/16) … Notched both a goal and an assist during a 4-0 triumph against Centenary (9/7/16) … Found the back of the net twice in a 6-2 win at Ramapo (9/28/16) … Collected both goals during a 2-0 victory at Drew (10/5/16) … Tallied two goals in a 3-1 triumph against Stockton (10/15/16) … Produced the first goal of a 3-1 win against Wilkes (9/14/16) … Collected a goal during back-to-back victories against Rutgers-Camden (2-1 in overtime, 10/22/16) and at Rutgers-Newark (3-1, 10/26/16) … Had a helper against Kean (10/8/16). 
 
Prior to William Paterson: The all-time single-season record holder with 32 goals as a senior, propelling Somerville H.S. to a 16-3-1 record and a Skyland Conference championship … A 2015 second-team all-state, first-team all-conference, first-team all-area and first-team all-Group 3 selection as well as team MVP … Posted seven goals and five assists on the way to a 16-3 record, Skyland Conference title and appearance in the semifinals of Group 3 in 2014 … A 2013 North 2 Group 3 Sectional champion … Played for the Princeton Soccer Association for one season, leading the team in scoring … A four-year varsity letterwinner in track and field, earning first-team all-Skyland honors in the 100, 200 and 400 meters … A National Honor Society and High Honor Roll member.
 
Personal/Academics: Her mother, Jodi, was a two-sport athlete at Rice University, competing on the basketball team and running track … Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the national student-athlete honor society … A member of the 2017 and 2018 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 2 Teams … A member of the Honors College and a Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Dean’s List student … Named to the 2017-18 and 2018-19 Academic All-NJAC Honorable Mentions … Majoring in accounting.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2016Freshman

    Forward
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2017Sophomore

    Forward
    5'4"
    14
  • 14

    2018Junior

    Forward
    5'4"
    14
  • 14

    2019Senior

    Forward
    5'4"
    14