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2019 Men's Soccer Roster

Sarah Sprecher
Anne Principe

4 Matt Nigro

  • Position Defender
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Strongsville, OH
  • Highschool Cleveland St. Ignatius
  • Major Italian

Biography

Awards & Honors 
  • 2019 D3Soccer.com Second Team All-American
  • 2019 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American
  • 2019 First Team All-Great Lakes Region
  • 2019 First Team All-Ohio
  • 2019 OAC Defender of the Year 
  • 2019 First Team All-OAC 
  • 2018 Honorable Mention All-OAC 
  • 2019 OAC All-Tournament Team 

2019
  • Scored a goal in JCU's 4-1 win against Baldwin Wallace (10/23)
  • Scored both goals in JCU's 2-1 win against Otterbein (10/16)
  • Posted an assist in JCU's 3-2 win against Kenyon (9/3)
  • Appeared and started in 21 games this season
  • Team captain 

2018
  • Played in 17 games and started in 15 this season
  • Recorded a goal in 3-1 win over Hiram (9/19)
  • Recorded the first goal of the game in JCU's 8-0 victory against Muskingum (9/29)
  • Scored a goal against Ohio Northern (10/13)
  • Scored one of the five goals in OT shootout against Ohio Northern contributing to JCU's OAC Championship title (11/3)

2017
  • Did not play soccer.  Studied abroad in Italy.

2016
  • Played in 16 games this season and started two
  • Was a part of four shutouts
  • Saw minutes against Lynchburg College in the NCAA tournament 

2015
  • Played in eight matches as a freshman
  • Played first collegiate match against Puget Sound (9/4)
  • Recorded an assist against Saint Vincent (9/9)

High School
  • A 2014 state champion under Coach McLaughlin at St. Ignatius
  • First-team All-Greater Cleveland
  • Merit Roll honoree
  • Graduated with a 3.5 GPA
 
Academics & Personal
  • Majoring in Italian and minoring in Psychology
  • Member of John Carroll CSSA as a student liaison
  • Son of David Nigro, Sr. and Christine Nigro 

Statistics

Season:
2019

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2015First Year

    Midfield/Defender
    6'0" 0 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2016Sophomore

    Midfield/Defender
    6'0" 0 lbs
    27
  • 4

    2018Junior

    Defender
    6'1" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2019Senior

    Defender
    6'1" 0 lbs
    4

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