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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Colorado Springs, Colo.
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- High School:
- Rampart HS
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- Position:
- Mid.
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- Major:
- Biology
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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.
Recent games
Season Statistics
| Overall | 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
Game Log - Defense
Career Stats: Offense
Career Stats: Defense
Splits Stats: Offense
Splits Stats: Defense
News mentions
For the first time in program history, the University of Tampa Spartans have won the Sunshine State Conference Tournament after upsetting the No. 5 Florida Southern Moccasins by a final score of 19-18.
The No. 6 University of Tampa Spartans UPSET the No. 3 Rollins College Tars by a final score of 14-10.
The No. 6 Spartans defeated the ERAU Eagles by a final score of 20-8 in their final regular season contest of the season.
The No. 5 University of Tampa Spartans defeated the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish 23-5 on senior day.
For the first time in program history, the University of Tampa women's lacrosse team defeated SSC foe, Florida Tech.
The No. 9 Rangers defeat the No. 11 Spartans in overtime by a final score of 20-19.
The No. 19 University of Tampa Women's Lacrosse team defeated the North Greenville University Crusaders by a final score of 14-6.
For the first time in program history, the University of Tampa Spartans defeated the Limestone College Saints.
Abby Coccagna, Caroline Forester, Allie Popelar, and Claire Swanson were selected to lead the Spartans in their upcoming 2019 season.
