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5 Melanie Bert

5 Melanie Bert

  • Position:
    Attack
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Oceanside
  • Hometown:
    Oceanside, N.Y.
  • Major:
    Nursing

Summary

Biography

Career Honors and Awards:
  • 2020 MAC Academic Honor Roll
2020
MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week (3/9)...Started all five games for the Pride...Led the conference with 17 goals...Found the back of the net in each game...Posted a career-high eight goals while scooping six ground balls at Sewanee (3/4)...Netted five tallies against Bridgewater (Va.) (3/3)...Won three draw controls against Elizabethtown (2/22).

2019
Started all 18 games for the Pride...Posted 49 goals and six assists to total 55 points...Added 52 draw controls and 23 ground balls...Scored four or more goals in a game four times including a career-high seven against Lycoming (3/30)...Posted six goals in a season-opening win at Elizabethtown (2/23)...Finished the season with hat tricks in three straight games, two of them postseason contests.

2018
Started all 17 games for the Pride...Finished 10th in the MAC Commonwealth with 50 goals, adding 15 assists for 65 points...Also scooped 17 ground balls...Set the Widener single-game record with 13 points recording seven goals and six assists against Eastern (3/31)...Also netted seven goals against Alvernia (4/18)...Opened the season with a six-goal performance against Neumann (2/21).

2017
Started all 16 games as a freshman... Tied for first on the team with 36 goals while adding four assists for 40 points... Also scooped up 18 ground balls and caused nine turnovers... Scored a career-high of six goals in a 16-14 victory at Eastern (3/25)... Won three draw controls and scored four goals against Albright (4/5).

High School
Four-year letterwinner at Oceanside ... Also played soccer as a goalkeeper all four years while lettering in basketball as a forward and track & field as a thrower for two seasons ... Had a personal-best mark of 29-feet, 4-inches in the shot put ... Honor roll student every year ... Member of the National Honor Society, World Language Honor Society, Best Buddies Club and Cancer Awareness Club ... Earned a humanitarian award for service as a senior.

Personal
Majoring in nursing ... Enjoys spending time with friends and family ... Favorite athlete is Hope Solo ... Plans to become a nurse after graduation.

Why Did You Choose Widener?
"I chose Widener because the campus was nice. I could also easily see myself as a Widener student-athlete after seeing the women's lacrosse team practice during my visit."
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017First Year

    Attack
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2018Sophomore

    Attack
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2019Junior

    Attack
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2020Senior

    Attack
    5'7"
    5