0   Emily Cota
Emily Cota

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Green Lane, Pa.

High School:
Upper Perkiomen

Height:
5-8

Position:
G


12/09/2011

WSOC Puts Four On All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team

Meghan Collins, Julie Morrissey, Emily Cota and Moa Mattsson all earned spots.

12/06/2011

Three From W. Soccer Named All-New England

Collins, Morrissey and Cota are the first Minutewomen honored since 2003.

11/06/2011

Women's Soccer Falls To Dayton 5-1 In A-10 Championship

The Minutewomen take home the runner-up trophy and will await the outcome of the women's soccer NCAA selection show.

11/04/2011

CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND! UMass Upsets #23 La Salle

The Minutewomen will play for their first A-10 title since 1997 on Sunday after handing the top-seeded Explorers their first loss of the season.

11/03/2011

Five Minutewomen Receive All-A-10 Soccer Nods

Collins, Morrissey, Mattsson, Cota and Sousa represented UMass on the all-conference teams.



CAREER HONORS
2011 NSCAA Women's Division 1 All-Mid-Atlantic Region
2011 NEWISA All-New England
2011 A-10 All-Conference
UMass Athlete of the Week (10/3/11)
Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week (9/28/09)
UMass Athlete of the Week (9/28/09)
Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Rookie Team

AS A JUNIOR IN 2011: Game-By-Game Stats
Recorded 6 saves in a tie vs. St. Louis (10/9) ... Made 8 saves in a win at Charlotte (10/7) ... Recorded 5 saves against Rhode Island (10/1) for her fifth straight shutout ... Made 4 saves in a shutout against Dartmouth (9/27) ... Made four saves in a shutout against Brown (9/22) ... Had a shutout against Maine (9/16) making one save ... Posted her first shutout of the season, making six saves against BU (9/11) ... Picked up her first start of the season against Harvard (9/9).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2010: Game-By-Game Stats
Played in 15 games, starting 13 ... Recorded 60 saves and five shutouts ... Five saves at Fordham (10/29) notched her a shutout win, 1-0 ... Against Saint Joseph's (10/24) made two saves for a 1-0 shutout win ... Stopping five shots against Temple (10/22) gave her another shutout on the season, 5-0 ... Notched first career assist on team's second tally at Oakand (9/19), the first for a UMass netminder since Oct. 10, 2003 ... Totaled seven saves in her second shutout of the season, 4-0 at Fairfield (9/12) ... Picked up the win after stopping four shots in 106:11 minutes against New Hampshire (9/10) ... Notched second career shutout, making eight saves vs. Vermont (9/3).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2009: Game-By-Game Stats
Saw action in 17 games (with seven starts) while posting a 4-7-2 record with a 1.80 goals against average and a .783 save percentage ... Made seven saves at Fordham (11/5) in her first career A-10 Tournament appearance ... Saw action in the second half of a 1-0 win over Richmond (11/1) making two saves ... Played a scoreless half and registered her fourth win over George Washington (10/30) making three saves ... Registered her third win of the season against Rhode Island (10/17) where she made eight saves ... Followed her excellent performance at St-Louis with another good performance at Charlotte (10/4) where she recorded 12 saves ... Recorded 10 saves at St-Louis (10/2) ... Recorded her first career shutout and UMass' only season shutout in a 1-0 win at Duquesne (9/27) making eight saves ... She picked up her first career win against St-Joseph's (9/25) making one save after coming in relief in the second half.

BEFORE UMASS: Four-year letterwinner for the Upper Perkiomen High School under coach Terry Underkufflar ... TopDrawerSoccer.com top-100 recruit ... Totaled 39 career shutouts and played every minute of every game all four years with the Indians ... Posted a 15-5 record and 10 shutouts as a senior ... 2008 NSCAA High School All-American ... 2008 ESPN Fall High School Second Team All-American ... 2007 NSCAA High School All-Region selectee ... Named all-state in 2007 and 2008 ... Four-time First Team All PAC-10 honoree ... Led team to 2008 Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship ... Set a school record with 36 saves in a game ... Tabbed Rookie of the Year in 2005 ... Also played for Vincent United club team, Eastern Pa. Youth Soccer Association OPD state team, and U.S. Soccer Region I team ... Also lettered once in track and once in basketball.

PERSONAL: Born Emily Marie Cota on July 5, 1991 ... Daughter of Gary and Eileen Cota ... Has three siblings: Eric, Chris and Michelle ... A Kinesiology major.

Emily Cota's Career Statistics

YEAR
GP
GS
GAA
Saves
Save Pct
Wins
SHO
2009
16
7
1.71
76
.784
4
1
2010
15
13
1.75
60
.723
6
5
2011
12
12
0.57
67
.905
9
8
Career
44
32
1.38
210
.798
19
14

CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 12 at Charlotte (10/4/09)
Fewest Goals (In Start): 0 (3x); Last at Fairfield (9/12/10)
Assists: 1 at Oakland (9/19/10)

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