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Allie Popelar
25 Allie Popelar
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • High School:
    Rampart HS
  • Position:
    Mid.
  • Major:
    Biology
  • gp
    18
  • p
    19
  • g
    15
  • a
    4

Bio

As a Junior: A member of the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Earned the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award... A member of the IWLCA Zag Sports Division II Academic Honor Roll... Started and played in all 18 games for the Spartans... Tallied 19 points on the season, with 15 goals and four assists... Picked up 12 ground balls and caused nine opponent turnovers... Ranked fifth on the team in draw controls with 19... Scored two goals in four different matchups on the season... Notched a season-high of five draw controls against Colorado State-Pueblo on March 31... Popelar tallied a goal, an assist, a draw control, a ground ball and a caused turnover all in the Spartans SSC Semifinal performance against #5 Florida Tech.

As a Sophomore: SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Earned the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award... Started in all 17 games for the Spartans... Tallied 18 points on the season with 15 goals and three assists... Ranked third on the team in draw control wins with 19 overall... Picked up 10 ground balls and caused 13 opponent turnovers... Scored two goals for the Spartans on four different occasions... Had two or more points for the Spartans on six different occasions... Logged a season-high of three ground balls against Converse (2/26)... Stated a season-high of four draw controls against Concordia St. Paul (3/18)... Contributed to the teams SSC Semifinal performance with one goal and three draw controls against No. 4 Florida Southern (4/28).

As a Freshman: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, posting a perfect 4.0 grade point average in her first collegiate season… Appeared in 15 games, starting all 15 as a midfielder… Scored 10 goals for UT while adding an assist… Converted 4-for-10 goals as free-position scores… Ranked third in draw controls with 25… Notched 18 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers in her first season of play… Totaled three draw controls and three caused turnovers against Findlay on March 3… Picked up a career-high four ground balls against #13 Stonehill on March 7.

High School/Club Highlights: Graduated from Rampart High School while playing for coach Melissa Rausch...RHS 2015 Valedictorian...US Lacrosse All American (2015)...Southern Conference Player of the Year, 2015 Gazette Peak Performer of the Year, 2015 Rotary Club Female Athlete of the Year and 2015 1st Team All-Conference Midfield.

Personal: Volunteered and worked at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, gave tours to zoo members and taught them about the animals and engaged them in conservation efforts...Worked for four years as a youth girls lacrosse referee...Taught swim lessons to special needs kids at his high school...Member of National Honor Society...Daughter of Scott and Julie Popelar...Has one sibling Jared...Biology major, chemistry minor...Born October 1.

Statistical Accolades

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Mar 31 Colorado State-Pueblo W, 14-7
Apr 4 #5 Florida Tech L, 22-13
Apr 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 17-4
Apr 18 at Saint Leo W, 12-6
Apr 21 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 23-8
Apr 27 vs. #5 Florida Tech L, 20-8
  Total Conference
Games 18 6
Points 19 2
Goals 15 1
Assists 4 1
Shots 26 3
Shooting percentage 57.7 33.3
Shots on goal 21 3
Shots on goal percentage 80.8 100.0
Free position goals-shots 3-12 0-2
Ground balls 12 3
Draw controls 19 4
Turnovers 9 1
Caused turnovers 9 3
Fouls 15 2
Yellow cards 1 0
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 0 0

Game Log - Offense

Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 10 #11 Rollins W, 10-6 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Feb 17 #13 Limestone L, 13-11 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Feb 22 at #7 Queens (N.C.) L, 14-8 2 0 2 1-4 6 33.3 3 50.0
Feb 24 at Belmont Abbey W, 14-10 1 0 1 0-0 1 100.0 1 100.0
Mar 5 Tusculum W, 18-6 2 0 2 0-1 3 66.7 3 100.0
Mar 7 Seton Hill W, 13-11 2 0 2 0-0 2 100.0 2 100.0
Mar 10 North Greenville W, 22-4 1 1 2 0-1 2 50.0 2 100.0
Mar 14 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 12-7 1 0 1 1-1 1 100.0 1 100.0
Mar 16 #23 McKendree W, 17-14 1 1 2 0-1 3 33.3 1 33.3
Mar 20 #19 NYIT L, 8-7 1 0 1 1-1 1 100.0 1 100.0
Mar 23 Alabama-Huntsville W, 16-8 2 0 2 0-0 2 100.0 2 100.0
Mar 27 at #1 Florida Southern L, 13-12 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 31 Colorado State-Pueblo W, 14-7 0 0 0 0-1 1 0.0 1 100.0
Apr 4 #5 Florida Tech L, 22-13 1 0 1 0-1 2 50.0 2 100.0
Apr 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 17-4 0 1 1 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 18 at Saint Leo W, 12-6 0 0 0 0-1 1 0.0 1 100.0
Apr 21 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 23-8 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 27 vs. #5 Florida Tech L, 20-8 1 1 2 0-0 1 100.0 1 100.0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score gb dc to ct fo yc rc gc
Feb 10 #11 Rollins W, 10-6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 17 #13 Limestone L, 13-11 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Feb 22 at #7 Queens (N.C.) L, 14-8 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Feb 24 at Belmont Abbey W, 14-10 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0
Mar 5 Tusculum W, 18-6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mar 7 Seton Hill W, 13-11 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mar 10 North Greenville W, 22-4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 14 Lenoir-Rhyne W, 12-7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 16 #23 McKendree W, 17-14 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mar 20 #19 NYIT L, 8-7 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
Mar 23 Alabama-Huntsville W, 16-8 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Mar 27 at #1 Florida Southern L, 13-12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 31 Colorado State-Pueblo W, 14-7 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
Apr 4 #5 Florida Tech L, 22-13 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Apr 14 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 17-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 18 at Saint Leo W, 12-6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Apr 21 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 23-8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Apr 27 vs. #5 Florida Tech L, 20-8 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

Career Stats - Offense

  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps sh sh% sog sog%
2015-16 15 15 10 1 11 4-10 31 32.3 20 64.5
2016-17 17 17 15 3 18 0-9 39 38.5 29 74.4
2017-18 18 18 15 4 19 3-12 26 57.7 21 80.8
2018-19 17 17 6 1 7 2-5 14 42.9 7 50.0
Total 67 67 46 9 55 9-36 110 41.8 77 70.0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp gs gb dc to ct fo yc rc gc
2015-16 15 15 18 25 18 13 24 0 0 0
2016-17 17 17 10 19 16 13 12 1 0 0
2017-18 18 18 12 19 9 9 15 1 0 0
2018-19 17 17 16 24 10 11 10 0 0 0
Total 67 67 56 87 53 46 61 2 0 0

Splits Stats - Offense

  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps sh sh% sog sog%
Event                    
Total 18 18 15 4 19 3-12 26 57.7 21 80.8
Conference 6 6 1 1 2 0-2 3 33.3 3 100.0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - -
Location                    
Home 12 12 11 2 13 2-7 17 64.7 15 88.2
Away 5 5 3 1 4 1-5 8 37.5 5 62.5
Neutral 1 1 1 1 2 0-0 1 100.0 1 100.0
Result                    
Wins 12 12 10 3 13 1-6 16 62.5 14 87.5
Losses 6 6 5 1 6 2-6 10 50.0 7 70.0
Month                    
February 4 4 3 0 3 1-4 7 42.9 4 57.1
March 9 9 10 2 12 2-6 15 66.7 13 86.7
April 5 5 2 2 4 0-2 4 50.0 4 100.0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp gs gb dc to ct fo yc rc gc
Event                    
Total 18 18 12 19 9 9 15 1 0 0
Conference 6 6 3 4 1 3 2 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home 12 12 7 16 4 8 9 1 0 0
Away 5 5 4 2 3 0 6 0 0 0
Neutral 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Result                    
Wins 12 12 5 16 3 5 11 0 0 0
Losses 6 6 7 3 6 4 4 1 0 0
Month                    
February 4 4 2 6 2 1 7 0 0 0
March 9 9 8 11 4 5 6 1 0 0
April 5 5 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 0

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