Allie Popelar
25 Allie Popelar
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • High School:
    Rampart HS
  • Position:
    Mid.
  • Major:
    Biology
  • gp
    17
  • p
    7
  • g
    6
  • a
    1

Bio

As a Senior: Played and started in 17 games... Had a total of six goals... A season-high in goals came against Florida Southern with a total of 3... Against Regis (Colo.) had a season-high of five draw controls (03/01)... Tallied 16 ground balls, 24 draw controls, and 11 caused turnover... Ranked third on the team in draw controls and fifth in caused turnovers.

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
Apr 13 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 23-5
Apr 17 #22 Saint Leo W, 19-13
Apr 20 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 20-8
Apr 25 at #3 Rollins W, 14-10
Apr 28 at #5 Florida Southern W, 19-18
May 10 #10 Queens L, 16-15
  Total Conference
Games 17 6
Points 7 3
Goals 6 3
Assists 1 0
Shots 14 8
Shooting percentage 42.9 37.5
Shots on goal 7 4
Shots on goal percentage 50.0 50.0
Free position goals-shots 2-5 1-3
Ground balls 16 5
Draw controls 24 8
Turnovers 10 4
Caused turnovers 11 5
Fouls 10 4
Yellow cards 0 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 5 at #9 Rollins L, 21-16 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Feb 16 #18 Queens (N.C.) W, 18-15 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Feb 21 at #11 Limestone W, 20-11 1 1 2 1-1 2 50.0 1 50.0
Feb 23 at North Greenville W, 14-6 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 1 at #9 Regis (Colo.) L, 20-19 1 0 1 0-0 2 50.0 1 50.0
Mar 4 at Colorado-Colorado Springs W, 16-4 0 0 0 0-1 1 0.0 0 0.0
Mar 9 Seton Hill W, 18-8 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 16 Alabama-Huntsville W, 15-5 - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 #3 Florida Southern W, 16-14 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Mar 30 vs. Young Harris W, 24-7 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 3 at Florida Tech W, 11-6 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 10 at #5 Rollins L, 18-10 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Apr 13 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 23-5 0 0 0 0-0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Apr 17 #22 Saint Leo W, 19-13 0 0 0 0-1 2 0.0 0 0.0
Apr 20 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 20-8 3 0 3 1-2 5 60.0 3 60.0
Apr 25 at #3 Rollins W, 14-10 1 0 1 0-0 1 100.0 1 100.0
Apr 28 at #5 Florida Southern W, 19-18 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
May 10 #10 Queens L, 16-15 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score gb dc to ct fo yc rc gc
Feb 5 at #9 Rollins L, 21-16 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
Feb 16 #18 Queens (N.C.) W, 18-15 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Feb 21 at #11 Limestone W, 20-11 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
Feb 23 at North Greenville W, 14-6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 1 at #9 Regis (Colo.) L, 20-19 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 4 at Colorado-Colorado Springs W, 16-4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 9 Seton Hill W, 18-8 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 16 Alabama-Huntsville W, 15-5 - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 #3 Florida Southern W, 16-14 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Mar 30 vs. Young Harris W, 24-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 3 at Florida Tech W, 11-6 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
Apr 10 at #5 Rollins L, 18-10 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0
Apr 13 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 23-5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 17 #22 Saint Leo W, 19-13 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 20 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 20-8 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Apr 25 at #3 Rollins W, 14-10 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Apr 28 at #5 Florida Southern W, 19-18 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
May 10 #10 Queens L, 16-15 1 0 0 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 17 17 6 1 7 2-5 14 42.9 7 50.0
Conference 6 6 3 0 3 1-3 8 37.5 4 50.0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - -
Location                    
Home 6 6 0 0 0 0-1 3 0.0 1 33.3
Away 10 10 6 1 7 2-4 11 54.5 6 54.5
Neutral 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -
Result                    
Wins 13 13 5 1 6 2-5 12 41.7 6 50.0
Losses 4 4 1 0 1 0-0 2 50.0 1 50.0
Month                    
February 4 4 1 1 2 1-1 2 50.0 1 50.0
March 5 5 1 0 1 0-1 3 33.3 1 33.3
April 7 7 4 0 4 1-3 9 44.4 5 55.6
May 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 - 0 -

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp gs gb dc to ct fo yc rc gc
Event                    
Total 17 17 16 24 10 11 10 0 0 0
Conference 6 6 5 8 4 5 4 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home 6 6 8 4 4 5 3 0 0 0
Away 10 10 8 20 6 6 7 0 0 0
Neutral 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Result                    
Wins 13 13 15 17 8 8 7 0 0 0
Losses 4 4 1 7 2 3 3 0 0 0
Month                    
February 4 4 3 6 1 2 5 0 0 0
March 5 5 7 8 4 3 1 0 0 0
April 7 7 5 10 5 5 4 0 0 0
May 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

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