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2021 Women's Soccer Roster

21 Rachel Vernon

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Suwanee, Ga.
  • High School Avon High School
  • Club Team Indiana Fire ECNL

Biography

Statistics: 2020-2120192018

2020-21: Named to the All-OVC Second Team for the second consecutive season ... Given United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region Second Team honors ... Started all 10 matches for the Bruins on defense, playing a key role in Belmont’s four shutouts ... Scored a goal and dished out an assist while firing eight shots with a shot on-goal percentage of .625 ... Played every minute on the pitch in eight matches, totaling over 900 minutes ... Registered an assist in the season opener on March 2 at Jacksonville State, helping Belmont to a 2-1 overtime win ... Earned OVC Defender of the Week honors on March 21 after guiding Belmont to two shutout victories against Tennessee Tech and Eastern Illinois, scoring a goal against EIU in the process ... Was on the pitch for every minute in Belmont’s final four matches, helping the Bruins post shutout wins against Austin Peay (March 23) and Morehead State (April 6).

2019: Earned All-OVC Second Team honors ... Named to the OVC All-Tournament Team ... Started in all 22 matches for Belmont, good for the third-most starts in a single season in program history ... Accumulated 2,021 minutes on the season, the second-most minutes in a single season in program history ... Played every minute in 15 matches on the season in Belmont’s defense ... Finished the season with three goals, one assist and seven points while firing 17 shots, with 10 coming on frame ... Helped pitch a shutout against Georgia on Sept. 5, scoring her first goal of the season on Sept. 8 against Evansville in the following match ... Earned OVC Defender of the Week on Sept. 10 ... Second goal of the season came on Sept. 20 at SEMO ... Collected her lone assist of the season on Oct. 10 at SIUE, resulting in the tying goal with six minutes left in regulation ... Scored her third goal of the season in the OVC Semifinal on Nov. 8 against Murray State ... Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll. 

2018: Appeared in 13 games in debut season ... Started 12 straight games ... Scored first goal of career off a corner kick vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/7) ... Took four shots for the season with her only shot on goal coming on her goal vs. EKU ... Played 1,066 minutes overall, averaging 82 per game ... Played every minute of a game six different times ... Played career-high 100 minutes in two games, vs. UAB (9/7) and at Austin Peay (10/14) ... Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Prior to Belmont: Prepped under Eric Nance for the Avon High School Orioles ... Netted 11 goals in high school, including six in her senior season ... Named to the All-Country and All-Conference rosters her final three campaigns, as well as to the All-District team in 2016 and 2017 ... Honored as the Hendricks Player of the Year and received First Team All-State accolades as a senior ... The two-year captain was recognized as the team's MVP this year for her contributions on and off the pitch.

Personal: Studying Nursing at Belmont ... Has two brothers, Nathan and Andrew ... Lists "The Giver" as her favorite book ... Her greatest sports thrill was attending nationals four years in a row. 

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    2018Freshman

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020-21Junior

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    2021Senior

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