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2024 Women's Soccer Roster

James T VanRensselaer

00 Nicole Olson

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Stoughton, Mass.
  • High School Ursuline Academy
  • Position GK
  • Major Kinesiology

Biography

  • Currently ranks as the program's all-time leader in fewest goals allowed (21)
  • Ranks second in GAA (0.54), T-8th in shutouts (19) and 10th in saves (118)

Senior Year (2024)

  • Started all 23 games in goal for Scranton
  • Led the Landmark and ranked ninth in the nation in goals against average (0.359) and ranked second in the conference in SV% (.860)
  • Also led the conference and ranked tied for second in the country with 13 shutouts on the year
  • Recorded her first career assist in a 3-0 win against Haverford (Sept. 1)
  • Made a season-high six saves in a 1-0 loss to No. 16 NYU (Oct. 1)
  • Registered six straight shutouts in her final six games of the regular season in over 481 total minutes of action
  • Recorded back-to-back shutouts in the Landmark Semifinals win over Drew (Nov. 7) and the Landmark Championship victory against Lycoming (Nov. 9), making a combined four saves across both matches
  • Tallied two saves en route to a shutout over Wesleyan (CT) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 17)
  • Served as a team captain

Junior Year (2023)

  • Started all 20 games in goal for the Royals 
  • Ranked second in the Landmark in GAA (0.81) and shutouts (eight) and T-2nd in SV % (.795) 
  • Tallied a career-high 10 saves at Johns Hopkins (Sept. 3)
  • Made all six saves in the second half of a 1-1 draw at Stevens (Sept. 16)
  • Registered four saves in a shutout of Elizabethtown (Sept. 23)
  • Allowed just one goal over her final five games which included three shutouts and a span of 440:47
  • Served as a team captain

Sophomore Year (2022)

  • Appeared in 21 games and made 20 starts in goal for the Royals
  • Ranked in the Top 10 nationally in goals against average (0.26), save percentage (.918) and shutouts (11) 
  • Conceded just five goals in 1736:22 of action
  • Her five goals allowed, 0.26 GAA and .918 save percentage all rank as the second-best totals in a single season in program history
  • Registered a season-high nine saves against Misericordia (Sept. 28)
  • Notched four consecutive shutouts from Oct. 5-22 & Nov. 1-13
  • Posted six saves in an NCAA First Round match versus Bowdoin (Nov. 12)

Freshman Year (2021)

  • Made one appearance in goal for the Royals in her first season

Career Game-Highs

  • Saves: 10 (Sept. 3, 2023 vs. Johns Hopkins) 

Awards/Honors

  • CSC Academic All-American First Team (2022, 2024)
  • USC All-Region First Team (2024)
  • USC All-Region Second Team (2023)
  • USC All-Region Third Team (2022)
  • USC Scholar All-East Region Third Team (2023, 2024)
  • All-Landmark Conference First Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Landmark Conference Defensive Athlete of the Week (Sept. 23, 2024, Sept. 18, 2023, Oct. 24, 2022, Sept. 20, 2022)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)

High School/Personal

  • Prepped at Ursuline Academy in Dedham, Mass., where she lettered in soccer
  • Is the daughter of Christine and Eric Olson
  • Parents are both alums of Bentley University where mother played basketball
  • Has an older sister, Erin and an older brother, JP
  • Erin played volleyball at St. Joseph's (Maine) and JP played baseball at Northeastern

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Freshman

    GK
    5'8"
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    2022Sophomore

    GK
    5'8"
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    C

    2023Junior

    GK
    5'8"
    00
    C
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    C

    2024Senior

    GK
    5'8"
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    C
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