CELIA GAYNOR | GR. | D – CB | 5-8 | SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICH.
2023: Appeared and started in 20 matches, totaling four points from a pair of goals in 1,559 minutes … Played 90 minutes on the Spartan back line in the season-opening win over Cincinnati … Helped MSU to a 7-0 shutout win at Northern Colorado (8/24) … Recorded one shot attempt in 87 minutes at Colorado (8/27) … Played 58 minutes in the 6-0 rout of Eastern Michigan … Played a full 90 against Notre Dame (9/3) … Notched a shot attempt against Dayton in 90 minutes of play (9/10) … Played 81 minutes in MSU’s historic 1-0 victory at Wisconsin (9/24) … Tallied 90 minutes in four-straight Big Ten matches (Penn State, Michigan, Indiana, Rutgers) … Scored her first goal of the season on her only shot attempt in MSU’s 2-0 victory at Rutgers (10/15) … Scored a penalty kick goal in the 3-0 win over Iowa to clinch MSU’s second-straight conference title (10/22) … Appeared in all three of the Spartans’ NCAA Tournament matches, helping MSU to its first appearance in the NCAA Third Round … Named First-Team All-Big Ten and Third-Team United Soccer Coaches All-Region … Academic All-Big Ten and CSC Academic All-District.
2022: Arrived in East Lansing and appeared in all 23 contests for the Spartans, starting in 22 of them… Tallied 1,425 minutes of work on the season, notching a trio of goals and two assists for a total of eight points… Made the start in her Michigan State debut and played 49 minutes with one shot attempt at BGSU (8/18)… Started and saw 37 minutes of action with a pair of shots in the home opener against Central Michigan (8/25)… Tallied 89 minutes on the road at Arkansas (9/4)… Recorded her first assist of the season in a 3-0 road win against Illinois (9/18)… Recorded 90 minutes in pivotal road win against then-No. 6 Penn State (9/29)… Found the back of the net in a decisive 4-0 victory over Maryland (10/2)… Followed that up by scoring the game winning goal on the road at Northwestern (10/16)… Recorded 86 minutes at Ohio State to clinch the B1G regular season title (10/20)… Dished out an assist in 80 minutes of work in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal against Minnesota at home (10/30)… Played 25 minutes in MSU’s first-ever NCAA Tournament home contest against Milwaukee, notching a goal on her only shot alongside her sister Justina (11/11)… Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in the postseason.
Spring 2021…
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