10 Samantha Vitka
Samantha Vitka
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Gs.
  • Hometown:
    Stratford,Conn.
  • High School:
    Bunnell
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Sport Leadership & Coaching
  • gp
    19
  • p
    69
  • g
    42
  • a
    27

Bio

2023 (Graduate Year): Played and started all 19 games for the Golden Bears... netted 42 goals, assisted 27, and totaled a team-high 69 points... scooped up 29 ground balls, won draw control 143 times, and caused 14 turnovers... had a shot on goal percentage of 82.5% with 66 shots on goal... named to the All-CCC First Team and to the IWLCA Senior All-Star Game... 1x CCC Offensive Player of the Week... was additionally named to the CCC Academic All-Conference Team...

2022 (Senior Year): Started all 19 games, finished with 59 points on the season (37 goals and 22 assists), netting four free position goals, won the draw control 129 times, caused 14 turnovers and collected 16 ground balls, ended with a 79.5 SOG%...

2021 (Junior Year): Started all six games, tallying 17 points (eight goals and nine assists), netted one free position goal, caused 10 turnovers and collected 15 ground balls, won the draw control 27 times, finished with a 72 SOG%...

2020 (Sophomore Year): Shorten Season due to COVID, appeared and started all four contests, totalling 11 points (five goals and six assists), collected four ground balls and caused one turnover, won the draw control 12 times, had a 71.4 SOG%...

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 15 Gordon W, 21-4
Apr 18 at Salve Regina W, 17-9
Apr 22 at Endicott L, 16-8
Apr 26 Nichols W, 21-3
Apr 29 Curry W, 20-12
May 3 at Roger Williams L, 20-5
  Overall Conf
Games 19 8
Points 69 37
Goals 42 23
Assists 27 14
Shots 80 35
Shooting percentage 52.5 65.7
Shots on goal 66 30
Shots on goal percentage 82.5 85.7
Free position goals-shots 10-17 5-5
Ground balls 29 16
Draw controls 143 60
Turnovers 42 18
Caused turnovers 14 6
Fouls 21 8
Yellow cards 4 2
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 3 at Westfield St. L, 18-12 2 0 2 0-2 1 8 2 0 5 40.0 4 80.0 2 - 0 0
Mar 4 Smith W, 11-7 1 2 3 0-0 3 5 2 1 5 20.0 3 60.0 3 - 0 0
Mar 7 at Keene St. W, 18-4 3 1 4 3-3 1 9 3 3 4 75.0 4 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 9 Husson W, 17-4 2 2 4 0-0 1 10 1 0 3 66.7 2 66.7 1 - 0 0
Mar 13 vs. Clarkson L, 18-15 1 0 1 0-0 1 2 2 1 2 50.0 2 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 17 Rowan L, 19-9 1 0 1 0-0 0 15 2 1 2 50.0 1 50.0 1 - 0 0
Mar 21 at Worcester St. W, 17-7 1 1 2 0-0 2 5 3 0 3 33.3 3 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 29 at Roger Williams L, 20-10 2 0 2 1-1 6 6 2 2 2 100.0 2 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 1 at U. of New England W, 16-9 3 2 5 1-1 2 8 6 0 5 60.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 4 Curry W, 21-5 4 1 5 0-0 0 9 0 0 4 100.0 4 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 6 Springfield W, 16-9 3 3 6 1-1 1 2 2 1 5 60.0 5 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 8 Wentworth W, 16-2 1 2 3 0-0 3 7 1 1 4 25.0 3 75.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 11 Eastern Conn. St. W, 22-7 3 2 5 1-2 0 9 4 1 4 75.0 4 100.0 2 - 0 0
Apr 15 Gordon W, 21-4 1 5 6 0-0 2 7 1 2 1 100.0 1 100.0 2 - 0 0
Apr 18 at Salve Regina W, 17-9 3 0 3 1-1 1 10 1 1 4 75.0 3 75.0 2 - 0 0
Apr 22 at Endicott L, 16-8 5 0 5 1-1 1 9 5 0 11 45.5 9 81.8 0 - 0 0
Apr 26 Nichols W, 21-3 4 4 8 1-1 1 4 2 0 4 100.0 4 100.0 2 - 0 0
Apr 29 Curry W, 20-12 2 2 4 0-3 0 12 3 0 9 22.2 7 77.8 1 - 0 0
May 3 at Roger Williams L, 20-5 0 0 0 0-1 3 6 0 0 3 0.0 1 33.3 2 - 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 42 27 69 10-17 29 143 42 14 80 52.5 66 82.5 21 - 0 0
Conference 8 8 23 14 37 5-5 16 60 18 6 35 65.7 30 85.7 8 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 10 22 23 45 3-7 11 80 18 7 41 53.7 34 82.9 14 - 0 0
Away 8 8 19 4 23 7-10 17 61 22 6 37 51.4 30 81.1 7 - 0 0
Neutral 1 1 1 0 1 0-0 1 2 2 1 2 50.0 2 100.0 0 - 0 0
Result Wins 13 13 31 27 58 8-12 17 97 29 10 55 56.4 47 85.5 15 - 0 0
Losses 6 6 11 0 11 2-5 12 46 13 4 25 44.0 19 76.0 6 - 0 0
Month March 8 8 13 6 19 4-6 15 60 17 8 26 50.0 21 80.8 8 - 0 0
April 10 10 29 21 50 6-10 11 77 25 6 51 56.9 44 86.3 11 - 0 0
May 1 1 0 0 0 0-1 3 6 0 0 3 0.0 1 33.3 2 - 0 0

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