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2021 Women's Soccer Roster

Navraj Sandhu

3 Katja Meyer

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Verona, N.Y.
  • High School Vernon-Verona-Sherrill
  • Major Health Promotion/Athletic Training

Biography

2021-22 (GRADUATE STUDENT)
One of seven players to appear and start all 16 games for the Wildcats... part of defensive unit that allowed 20 total goals during season (tied with Bridgeport for third fewest in ECC)... recorded two goals, two assists and six points... scored first goal of season in 3-1 win over #24 Molloy on Oct. 2... goal against the Lions was her first since a two-goal performance in Daemen's 7-0 win over Nyack on Sept. 18, 2019... later scored in 2-1 win versus Clarion on Oct. 26... recorded three total shots on goal this season... appeared in 67 total contests (48 starts), recorded nine career goals and seven assists (25 total points) in five-year career.

2020-21 (SENIOR) 
Appeared in all 4 games during the unorthodox season that was greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic ... Started in 3 out of 4 games and played the full 90 minutes as a defender during a 1-0 loss @ Roberts Wesleyan on April 3rd ... She had a season high 2 shots vs. D'Youville during a 5-0 Wildcat win. 

2019-20 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in all 18 games and made 17 starts ... part of a defensive unit that allowed just 13 goals throughout the course of the regular season ... finished the season with three goals, two assists and eight points ... scored the game-winning goal in a 3-1 win at Le Moyne on Sept. 11 ... posted the first multi-goal game of her career with a pair of tallies in a 7-0 rout of Nyack on Sept. 18 ... personal point streak reached a career-best three-straight games after she recorded assists against New York Tech (Sept. 21) and Davis & Elkins (Sept. 25) ... played a season-high 95 minutes in a 0-0 tie with Roberts Wesleyan on Oct. 26 ... member of the starting lineup in Daemen's first-ever NCAA tournament game vs. St. Rose on Nov. 22 ... also competed for the Daemen women's track and field team

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE)
Appeared in 15 of the team's 17 games, and made the first 12 starts of her career ... finished the season with four goals, three assists and 11 points ... made the first start of her career in the 2018 season opener vs. Bloomfield (8/30) and delivered the first goal and first assist of her career to help Daemen to a 5-2 victory ... came off the bench to record a goal and an assist in a 3-2 overtime win at Roberts Wesleyan on Sept. 22 ... scored in the 90th minute to snap a 1-1 tie and deliver a Daemen victory over NYIT on Sept. 29 ... posted her third three-point game (1 goal, 1 assist) of the season in a 6-0 road win at Chestnut Hill on Oct. 27 ... also competed in both indoor and outdoor track and field ... earned second-team All-ECC honors for the triple jump during the indoor season ... earned first-team All-ECC honors for triple jump during the outdoor season.

2017-18 (FRESHMAN)
Appeared in 14 of the team's 17 games, all in a reserve role ... made her collegiate debut on Sept. 3 vs. Le Moyne ... also competed in both indoor and outdoor track and field ... earned first-team All-ECC honors after placing first in the triple jump at the ECC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 

BEFORE DAEMEN
Earned four varsity letters for soccer while competing for the VVS Devils and coach Shawn Lynch ... 
set school records for most goals scored in a game ... named team MVP as a senior ... four-time scholar-athlete ... also earned a combined six varsity letters for indoor and outdoor track and field ... set the school record for the indoor triple jump and indoor long jump ... member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL

Born Katja Angelika Meyer on April 14, 1999 in Lebanon, N.H. ... daughter of Noelle Meyer ... majoring in Physical Therapy. 


CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 2 vs. Nyack (September 18, 2019)
Assists: 1 - 7x; last vs. Roberts Wesleyan (September 29, 2021)
Points: 4 vs. Nyack (September 18, 2019)
Shots: 4 - 2x; last vs. Nyack (September 18, 2019)
Shots On Goal: 3 - 2x; last vs. Nyack (September 18, 2019)


CAREER GOALS (9)
August 30, 2018 vs. Bloomfield (W, 5-2)
September 22, 2018 @ Roberts Wesleyan (W, 3-2 - OT)
September 29, 2018 vs. NYIT (W, 2-1)
October 27, 2018 @ Chestnut Hill (W, 6-0)
September 11, 2019 @ Le Moyne (W, 3-1)
(2) September 18, 2019 vs. Nyack (W, 7-0)
October 2, 2021 vs. #24 Molloy (W, 3-1)
October 26, 2021 vs. Clarion (W, 2-1)

DAEMEN RECORD WHEN SCORING: 8-0


CAREER GAME-WINNING GOALS (4)
September 29, 2018 vs. NYIT

September 11, 2019 @ Le Moyne
October 2, 2021 vs. #24 Molloy
October 26, 2021 vs. Clarion

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2017Freshman

    Midfielder/Forward
    5'10"
    31
  • 3

    2018Sophomore

    Midfielder/Forward
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2019Junior

    Defender
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2020Senior

    Defender
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2021Fifth Year

    Defender
    5'10"
    3