Brooke Merchant
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- Height:
- 5-7
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- Hometown:
- Gaithersburg, Md.
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- Position:
- D
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Thomas S. Wootton
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- g
- 0
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- a
- 1
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- pts
- 1
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- gw
- 0
Bio
2016-17: Played and started in 15 games for the Gophers.
2015: Appeared in 15 games overall, while making 14 starts ... posted a career-high two goals and four points ... finished the season with 14 shots, while placing seven on net (.500 shot-on-goal percentage) ... converted on her first-career penalty-kick try in a 1-1 tie with Albright ... notching the game winner in a 1-0 victory over Hood College on Oct. 7 ... helped the Gophers tallied six shutouts on the season
2014: Appeared in 17 games while making 16 starts as a sophomore ... posted 11 shots, including placing three on net ... recorded first-career assist against Bryn Mawr (Sept. 6)
2013: Made six starts in her debut season, appearing in 15 games overall … finished with 11 shots on the season, six of which were on goal … totaled a season-high four shots against Lancaster Bible on Oct. 8 … scored her first collegiate goal in the regular season finale at Moravian, tying the game at three midway through the second half
Before Goucher: 2013 graduate of Wootton High School ... played four seasons for the Patriots and head coach Tracy Seek ... named a scholar athlete in all four seasons ... two-sport athlete (track) ... member of the National Honor Society ... Tri-M Musical Honor Society honoree
Personal: Daughter of Brett and Rosario Merchant ... works as a student instructor for the biology department ... biology major with a minor in psychology
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 15 | 6 |
| Games started | 15 | 6 |
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Assists | 1 | 0 |
| Points | 1 | 0 |
| Shots | 1 | 1 |
| Shot Pct | .000 | .000 |
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | Score | gp | gs | g | a | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Wesley | W, 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 4 | at Bryn Mawr | T, 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | Notre Dame (Md.) | W, 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | Cairn | W, 8-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Washington (Md.) | L, 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | at Mary Washington | L, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | Rosemont | W, 6-0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 24 | at Juniata | W, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at McDaniel | L, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | Susquehanna | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 4 | Widener | W, 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | Catholic | L, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Elizabethtown | L, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Hood | L, 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Scranton | L, 6-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | Moravian | L, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | Drew | W, 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistic | gp | gs | g | a | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | |||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Conference | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Location | |||||
| Home | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Away | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Result | |||||
| Wins | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Month | |||||
| September | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| October | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
News mentions
On a day on which it honored its six seniors – Stephanie Budrock (Clark, NJ), Brooke Merchant (Gaithersburg, MD), Anja Opsahl (Silver Spring, MD), Lexi Rudolph (Kensington, MD), Lexi Solazzo (Tolland, CT) and Samantha Turner (Tolland, CT) - Goucher earned a 3-1 victory over the visiting Drew University Rangers.