Christine Etzel

Class:
Senior
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Madison, Conn.
High School:
Choate Rosemary Hall

Notes: Finished career ranked second all-time at Brown in goals-against average (0.81), tied for second in shutouts (23), tied for third in wins (32), eighth in saves (259), and eighth in save percentage (.838).

2018: Earned selection as a Senior CLASS Award Candidate … Garnered First Team NEWISA All-New England honors … Gained a spot in the NEWISA Senior Bowl … Took home Academic All-Ivy laurels … Served team as captain … Played in and started 13 games on the season … Registered a 1.05 GAA, .781 save percentage, 50 saves, four shutouts, and a 5-7-1 record on the year … Played 1,197 minutes on the year … Posted shutouts vs. Sacred Heart (Aug. 31), vs. Vermont (Sept. 13), vs. Delaware State (Oct. 30), and vs. Yale (Nov. 3) … Made a season-high 10 saves at UC Santa Barbara (Aug. 26) … Stopped eight shots at Pepperdine (Aug. 24) and at Providence (Sept. 6).

2017: Gained Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Garnered Second Team NEWISA All-New England accolades … Earned Ivy League Player of the Week on Oct. 30 … Served team as co-captain … In Ivy play, ranked second in the conference in shutouts (four), third in goals-against average (.561), and third in save percentage (.879) … Started all 16 games … Played 1,469 of a possible 1,475 minutes on the year … Posted five shutouts with a 0.92 GAA and .810 save percentage on the year … Notched an 11-5-0 record with 64 total saves … Compiled Ivy shutouts vs. Dartmouth (Sept. 24), at Harvard (Oct. 14), at Cornell (Oct. 21), and vs. Penn (Oct. 28) … Made a season-high eight saves at Rhode Island (Aug. 27) … Helped the Bears post four shutouts in Ivy League play for the first time since 1992 … Helped Brown post its most wins (11) since 2000 (13 wins).

2016: Won the Ivy League’s Defensive Player of the Year award unanimously … Earned First Team All-Ivy honors unanimously … Garnered First Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic and Honorable Mention ECAC All-Star accolades … Took home Second Team NEWISA All-New England laurels … Gained Ivy League Player of the Week and a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week on Sept. 26 … Ranked second in the NCAA in save percentage (0.921), fourth in goals-against average (0.361) and 13^th in shutouts (10) at the end of the regular season … Led the Ivy League in goals against (six), GAA, total saves (70), save percentage, and shutouts … Ranked second in a single season at Brown with 10 shutouts and 0.361 GAA and third with a 0.921 save percentage … Started all 16 games … Played 1,495 of a possible 1,540 minutes on the year, only leaving the field for the second half at Holy Cross (Oct. 11) … Logged a 9-2-5 record on the season … Made a season-high 14 saves vs. Harvard (Oct. 15) … Stopped nine shots at Buffalo (Sept. 1) … Turned aside seven shots vs. Sacred Heart (Sept. 21) and at Princeton (Oct. 8) … Saved a penalty kick at Lafayette (Sept. 11) … Allowed just one goal over the first nine matches of the season … … Helped Brown rank second in the NCAA in save percentage (0.918), fifth in GAA (.409), and 10^th in shutout percentage (0.625) as a team at the end of the regular season … Helped Brown finish second in the Ivy League standings, marking its highest finish in the league table since winning the conference title in 1994 … Won the team’s Ridgley Most Valuable Player Award.

2015: Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Gained Ivy League Rookie of the Week accolades on three occasions (Sept. 28, Nov. 2, Nov. 9) … Ranked second in the Ivy League in total saves (75) and save percentage (83.3 percent) … Played in and started 15 games … Appeared in 1,364 of a possible 1,499 minutes … Finished the year with four shutouts, a 7-6-2 record, 15 goals allowed, and a 0.99 goals-against average … Made five or more saves in each of nine matches … Stopped a season-high eight shots in each of two games – at Massachusetts (Sept. 17) and vs. Sacred Heart (Sept. 23) … Chipped in an assist on the game-winning goal vs. Florida Atlantic (Sept. 13) … Won the team’s Arlene Gorton ’52 Rookie of the Year Award.

Before Brown: Compiled a 34-3-3 record over final two seasons, allowing just 12 goals over that span … Recorded 14 shutouts in 2015 … Led team to WWNEPSSA Class A Championships in 2014 and 2015 … Played for U.S. Youth Soccer Region 1 ODP … Won MVP in game against U20 Costa Rica National Team … Played for coaches Rick Koczak and George Kostelis … Also competed in basketball and crew … Played on the club level for Connecticut FC.

Personal: Born on June 2, 1997 … Daughter of Thomas and Michele Etzel … Has an older sister, Nicole, and a twin sister, Danielle; Danielle plays soccer for Harvard, Nicole competed in track and field at Lehigh … Biology concentrator.

CAREER HIGHS:
Saves: 14, vs. Harvard (10/15/16)