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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2016 Women's Soccer

19 Tahirih Nesmith

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Porter Gaud School
  • Hometown Charleston, S.C.

Biography

2013: 15 played/14 started, 4 goals, 1 assist, 9 points
2014: 2 played/0 started, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2015: 14 played/0 started, 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2016: 16 played/15 started, 1 goal, 2 assists, 4 points
Career: 47 played/29 started, 5 goals, 3 assist, 13 points

2016: Played in all 16 matches, starting all except Robert Morris (9/4) … Played 1,329 minutes of match action, third among all field players … Major part of a defense that posted a 0.59 goals-against average and posted eight shutouts … Team did not allow a goal in the run of play for a span of 1351:14 of match action, from Maryland (8/28) to Brown (10/29) … Had the first goal, just 1:35 into the contest, in 4-0 win at American … It was the sixth-fastest goal to start a match in program history … Recorded assists win wins over Cornell (9/30) and Delaware State (10/11) … Took nine shots on the season, putting five on goal.

2015: Played in 14 matches ... Had shots on goal against Mount St. Mary's (9/6), Towson (9/20), Harvard (9/26) and American (10/13) ... Also credited with shots against VCU (9/18) and Cornell (10/2).

2014: Played in Penn's first two games before being shut down for the year with an injury.

2013: Honorable mention All-Ivy defender as a freshman ... Played in 15 of Penn's 17 games, making 14 starts (missed two matches due to injury) ... Second on the team with four goals and nine points ... Part of a defense that posted 12 shutouts and allowed just eight goals all season, and finished among the national leaders in both categories ... Scored in each of her first two games, against Saint Peter's (9/6) and Mount St. Mary's (9/8) ... The next weekend, scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at Saint Joseph's (9/15) ... Her other goal on the season was the tying goal in a 1-1 draw with Lehigh (9/29) ... Had an assist in season-ending Ivy League win over Princeton (11/8).

High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer, team MVP three times … Helped Porter Gaud to state championship match as a senior … All-state and All-Low Country recipient … Club program is Carolina Elite Soccer Academy (ECNL) … National Honor Society member … National Spanish Club … Honor roll student.

Personal: Daughter of Deborah and Alonzo Nesmith … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Freshman

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    2014Sophomore

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    2015Junior

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    2016Senior

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