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2016 Field Hockey

17 Claire Kneizys

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Episcopal Academy/Columbia
  • Hometown Newtown Square, Pa.

Biography

CAREER STATS
2013 (Columbia):
17 played/10 started, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points, 0 shots, 5 DSv
2014: 17 played/17 started, 0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points, 12 shots, 2 DSv
2015: 16 played/16 started, 0 goals, 5 assists, 5 points, 4 shots, 2 DSv
2016: 17 played/17 started, 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 points, 4 shots, 1 GWG
Career: 67 played/60 started, 1 goal, 8 assists, 10 points, 20 shots, 9 DSv

2016: Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area . . . Started all 17 games. . . Finished second on the team in minutes played with 1270 . . . Part of a defense that held opposing teams to 2.07 goals per game, including five shutouts . . . Scored the game-winning goal in overtime against Saint Joseph’s (9/11), the first of her career . . . Recorded an assist in a 6-4 victory over Villanova (10/25) . . . Took four shots on goal on the season, two against Saint Joseph’s (9/11), and one each against Syracuse (9/25) and Yale (10/22)

2015: Started all 16 games … Tied for team lead in defensive saves (2) … Part of a defense that held opponents to a 2.19 goals against average, allowing no more than two goals in their final 13 games, including a shutout against Lafayette (10/6) … Offensively, part of Penn’s corner unit and tied for third on the team with five assists … Had two helpers at Drexel (10/21) and one each against Longwood (9/6), Lafayette (10/6) and Brown (10/31) … Took four shots on the season, two at Harvard (10/3) and one each against Sacred Heart (9/20) and Columbia (10/16).

2014: Named to the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad ... Started all 17 games this season (one of six players to do so) … Led the team in defensive saves with two … Made her first Penn appearance in the season opener against Lehigh (9/5) … Recorded both defensive saves in a single match against Cornell (9/20) … Logged points in consecutive games, with assists against Dartmouth (10/4) and Monmouth (10/9) … Part of a defense that shut out Longwood, 5-0 (10/19).

2013 (at Columbia): Saw action in all 17 games as a freshman, making 10 starts … Second on squad with five defensive saves … NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad member.

High School: Episcopal Academy’s co-captain and winner of the Team of 1994 Award (MVP) for the Churchwomen in 2012… Named First Team All-Inter-Ac, All-Main Line… Second Team All-Delco member … Won PAISA and Inter-Ac League titles in 2012 … Played club with WC Eagles, who took first place at the Disney Showcase in 2011, 2012 and 2013 … Earned Academic High Honors … National Merit Commended student … AP Scholar with honors.

Personal: Daughter of Marie and Christopher Kneizys … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2014Sophomore

    B
    17
  • 17

    2015Junior

    B
    5'2"
    17
  • 17

    2016Senior

    B
    5'2"
    17