10 Samantha Vitka
Samantha Vitka
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Stratford,Conn.
  • High School:
    Bunnell
  • Position:
    A/M
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • gp
    19
  • p
    59
  • g
    37
  • a
    22

Bio

2019 (First Year): Competed in all 19 games for the Golden Bears making four starts... scored 27 goals on the season and added five assists on the season...

Prior to WNE: 2018 graduate of Bunnell High School, where she earned four letters in both soccer and lacrosse. She was named all-colonial division team both her sophomore and junior year for lacrosse. She was named to the all-state second team her junior year for lacrosse. She was named all-state first team her senior year for lacrosse. She was named to the all-southwest conference first team her senior year for soccer. She recorded 174 career goals, 65 assists, 175 draw controls, and 239 career points. 

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 19 Salve Regina W, 11-10
Apr 21 at Eastern Conn. St. W, 18-12
Apr 23 at Gordon W, 21-3
Apr 27 Roger Williams L, 19-6
Apr 30 U. of New England W, 17-5
May 4 at Endicott L, 24-12
  Overall Conf
Games 19 8
Points 59 22
Goals 37 13
Assists 22 9
Shots 83 28
Shooting percentage 44.6 46.4
Shots on goal 66 22
Shots on goal percentage 79.5 78.6
Free position goals-shots 4-11 2-4
Ground balls 16 2
Draw controls 129 43
Turnovers 35 11
Caused turnovers 14 5
Fouls 7 2
Yellow cards 2 1
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 0 0
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Mar 1 Keene St. W, 16-6 1 0 1 0-1 2 6 1 1 4 25.0 3 75.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 3 Westfield St. L, 15-11 2 0 2 0-0 2 10 4 2 6 33.3 3 50.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 5 at Smith W, 19-10 3 0 3 0-0 0 10 0 0 4 75.0 3 75.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 10 at Western Conn. St. L, 13-5 0 0 0 0-2 4 2 1 4 2 0.0 2 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 16 vs. Sewanee W, 24-16 0 4 4 0-1 1 9 2 1 2 0.0 2 100.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 17 vs. Fredonia W, 18-5 1 1 2 1-1 0 9 3 1 4 25.0 3 75.0 3 - 0 0
Mar 22 Worcester St. W, 14-7 2 1 3 1-2 1 10 2 0 7 28.6 5 71.4 0 - 0 0
Mar 26 U. of New England W, 16-8 1 2 3 0-1 0 3 1 0 4 25.0 3 75.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 30 at Curry W, 17-4 0 2 2 0-0 2 3 2 1 3 0.0 0 0.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 7 at Springfield L, 17-5 1 1 2 0-0 0 5 3 0 5 20.0 3 60.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 9 at Wentworth W, 25-5 3 2 5 1-1 0 4 1 0 3 100.0 3 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 13 at Nichols W, 21-2 2 2 4 0-0 0 8 0 0 3 66.7 3 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 16 Endicott L, 17-13 2 1 3 0-0 0 5 1 2 3 66.7 3 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 19 Salve Regina W, 11-10 2 0 2 0-0 0 11 3 0 6 33.3 5 83.3 0 - 0 0
Apr 21 at Eastern Conn. St. W, 18-12 4 3 7 0-0 3 6 5 0 4 100.0 4 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 23 at Gordon W, 21-3 2 0 2 1-1 0 2 0 0 4 50.0 4 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 27 Roger Williams L, 19-6 1 0 1 0-1 0 7 3 2 2 50.0 1 50.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 30 U. of New England W, 17-5 6 3 9 0-0 1 10 1 0 9 66.7 8 88.9 0 - 0 0
May 4 at Endicott L, 24-12 4 0 4 0-0 0 9 2 0 8 50.0 8 100.0 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2018-19 19 4 27 5 32 4-19 26 49 20 10 68 39.7 48 70.6 9 - 0 2
2019-20 4 4 5 6 11 0-1 4 12 7 1 14 35.7 10 71.4 8 - 0 0
2020-21 6 6 8 9 17 1-4 15 27 7 10 25 32.0 18 72.0 3 - 0 0
2021-22 19 19 37 22 59 4-11 16 129 35 14 83 44.6 66 79.5 7 - 0 0
2022-23 19 19 42 27 69 10-17 29 143 42 14 80 52.5 66 82.5 21 - 0 0
Total 67 52 119 69 188 19-52 90 360 111 49 270 44.1 208 77.0 48 - 0 2
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 19 19 37 22 59 4-11 16 129 35 14 83 44.6 66 79.5 7 - 0 0
Conference 8 8 13 9 22 2-4 2 43 11 5 28 46.4 22 78.6 2 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 8 17 7 24 1-5 6 62 16 7 41 41.5 31 75.6 0 - 0 0
Away 9 9 19 10 29 2-4 9 49 14 5 36 52.8 30 83.3 2 - 0 0
Neutral 2 2 1 5 6 1-2 1 18 5 2 6 16.7 5 83.3 5 - 0 0
Result Wins 13 13 27 20 47 4-8 10 91 21 4 57 47.4 46 80.7 7 - 0 0
Losses 6 6 10 2 12 0-3 6 38 14 10 26 38.5 20 76.9 0 - 0 0
Month March 9 9 10 10 20 2-8 12 62 16 10 36 27.8 24 66.7 6 - 0 0
April 9 9 23 12 35 2-3 4 58 17 4 39 59.0 34 87.2 1 - 0 0
May 1 1 4 0 4 0-0 0 9 2 0 8 50.0 8 100.0 0 - 0 0

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