Rita Meissner
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- Height:
- 5-3
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- Hometown:
- Yonkers, N.Y.
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- Position:
- M
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Yonkers
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- gp
- 15
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- p
- 36
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- g
- 28
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- a
- 8
Bio
2013: Started all 16 games for the Gophers, finishing fourth on the team with 19 goals … two of those goals turned out to be game-winners, which was tied for the team-high … converted seven of her 12 free position shots into goals, and also added 16 ground balls, 10 draw controls and six caused turnovers … scored a pair of goals in Goucher’s season opener against York on Feb. 23 … followed that performance with a season-high four-goal effort in a win at Rowan on Feb. 27 … added multiple-goal games against St. Joseph’s (March 10), Catholic (April 13) and Frostburg St. (April 16) … had a season-high three groundballs against Marymount on April 9.
2012: Appeared in 14 of Goucher’s 15 contests as a freshman, starting all 14 of those games … contributed four goals and an assist, along with 17 ground balls for the Gophers … first career goal came against Virginia Wesleyan on Feb. 26 … added a pair of goals against Centenary on March 27 … had three draw controls and two ground balls against Widener on March 24 … picked up a season-best three ground balls at Susquehanna on April 21.
Major: Psychology
Personal: Will serve as a team captain in 2014.
|   | Overall | Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 15 | 6 |
| Points | 36 | 15 |
| Goals | 28 | 11 |
| Assists | 8 | 4 |
| Shots | 49 | 18 |
| Shooting percentage | 57.1 | 61.1 |
| Shots on goal | 38 | 15 |
| Shots on goal percentage | 77.6 | 83.3 |
| Free position goals-shots | 8-10 | 4-5 |
| Ground balls | 31 | 16 |
| Draw controls | 4 | 3 |
| Turnovers | 29 | 10 |
| Caused turnovers | 9 | 3 |
| Fouls | 7 | 4 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Green cards | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | fpg-fps | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22 | Bridgewater (Va.) | W, 9-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Feb 25 | Rowan | L, 17-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Mar 1 | at Lebanon Valley | L, 15-11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Mar 5 | Berry | W, 18-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1-1 | 6 | 50.0 | 3 | 50.0 |
| Mar 8 | at Shenandoah | L, 17-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mar 10 | Medaille | W, 17-1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0-0 | 7 | 42.9 | 6 | 85.7 |
| Mar 12 | Frostburg St. | W, 14-12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0-0 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 100.0 |
| Mar 15 | at St. Mary's (Md.) | L, 18-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Mar 19 | at Southwestern (Tex.) | W, 16-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Mar 22 | Elizabethtown | W, 19-3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1-1 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | 100.0 |
| Mar 26 | at Marymount (Va.) | L, 13-10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3-3 | 8 | 50.0 | 5 | 62.5 |
| Apr 5 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy | W, 17-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2-2 | 4 | 75.0 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Apr 9 | at Catholic | L, 21-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Apr 12 | at Scranton | L, 12-9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Apr 19 | at Drew | L, 20-11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 100.0 |
| Apr 26 | Susquehanna | L, 20-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Statistic | gp | gs | g | a | pts | fpg-fps | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ||||||||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 36 | 8-10 | 49 | 57.1 | 38 | 77.6 |
| Conference | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4-5 | 18 | 61.1 | 15 | 83.3 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
| Location | ||||||||||
| Home | 8 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 4-5 | 29 | 65.5 | 23 | 79.3 |
| Away | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4-5 | 20 | 45.0 | 15 | 75.0 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
| Result | ||||||||||
| Wins | 7 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 4-4 | 28 | 67.9 | 22 | 78.6 |
| Losses | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4-6 | 21 | 42.9 | 16 | 76.2 |
| Month | ||||||||||
| February | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| March | 8 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 5-6 | 34 | 58.8 | 26 | 76.5 |
| April | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3-4 | 13 | 46.2 | 10 | 76.9 |
