2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Lauren Kozal
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Forest Hills Northern
- Hometown:
- Ada, Mich.
2022: Became the second Michigan State women’s soccer player to be named a repeat All-American by United Soccer Coaches, garnering First Team laurels… Was the first Spartan in program history to be named a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, the highest award in collegiate soccer… Booked her second-straight Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year honor and became Michigan State's first unanimous selection for the award, earning a spot as an All-Big Ten First Team representative in the process... Logged a single-season MSU record for goalkeeper wins with 17... Started in goal in all 23 games for the Green & White, notching 63 saves against only 15 goals allowed for an astronomical goals-against average of 0.808… Notched 10 shutouts on the season in addition to two more combined shutouts… Made her season debut and started at Bowling Green, notching a shutout with three saves (8/18)… Earned her second-consecutive complete-game shutout at Cincinnati (8/21)… Named Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week on 8/30 following her wins over CMU and Binghamton... Published a season-high eight saves in 90 minutes against Arkansas (9/4)... Put up a four-save shutout in the 3-0 rout of Illinois to open Big Ten play (9/18)... Pitched a five-save shutout in the scoreless draw against Iowa (9/22)… Had a historic seven-save outing that was highlighted by the NCAA Soccer social media channels in a 2-1 upset of then-No. 6 Penn State on the road (9/29)… Earned another complete game shutout against Maryland on the road (10/2)… Garnered her second Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week award of the season following her performances against the Nittany Lions and Terrapins... Logged shutouts seven and eight on the season against Michigan and Indiana (10/9, 10/13)… Finished the regular season with two more shutouts at Ohio State and at home against Rutgers (10/20, 10/23), garnering a league record in both single-season and career B1G Player of the Week Awards in the process… Steered the top-seeded Spartans to the Big Ten Tournament Championship game for the first time in program history... Stood watch between the posts as MSU set a single-season program win record (17) which saw the Green & White reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament for just the third time in school history... Became the second Spartan named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List in program history prior to the season… Named a United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeper to Watch and Big Ten Player to Watch… Earned recognition as a CSC Academic All-District selection and First Team United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American, as well as an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Fall 2021: Quickly made a name for herself as one of the best keepers in the league and was honored as Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year in her junior season … After redshirting her first year, has started every game of her Spartan career so far (49 gp/gs) … Spent every minute of every game in goal for the Spartans, totaling 1,680 minutes of play … Earned seven shutout wins for the Green and White, the sixth-most in Spartan history … Had a career-low 13 goals allowed for a goals-against average of .70 … Totaled a career-high 81 saves, averaging 4.5 saves per game … Led the Big Ten in save percentage with 86.2 percent accuracy in goal … Was second in the league in goals-against average and saves per game with 4.41, and third in shutouts recorded … Twice named Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week (9/21 and 10/12) after shutout performances ... Earned Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch honors … Named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year and to the All-Big Ten First Team … Earned United Soccer Coaches All-Region and All-America honors … CoSIDA Academic All-District ... United Soccer Coaches First Team Scholar All-American and Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2020-21: Started in all 12 games, with one shutout … Finished the season with 54 total saves and a 1.85 GAA … Had a season-high seven saves (.500 save%) vs. Michigan (3/13) … had six saves in a 2-0 shutout win over Nebraska (2/25) … Also had six saves in the next game, vs. Minnesota (3/1) … Totaled five saves at Purdue (3/31) and vs. Ohio State (4/3) … Tied her season-high with seven saves in the season finale vs. Rutgers (4/8) ... Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
2019: Started in all 19 games, with five shutouts ... Finished the season with 79 total saves and a 1.52 GAA … Made three saves vs. Utah Valley (8/22) and three saves vs. Marshall (8/25) ... Earned her first career shutout vs. Eastern Michigan (8/29) ... Had a then career-high five saves vs. Butler (9/5) ... Earned her second career shutout vs. Detroit Mercy (9/8) ... Made four saves in the team’s 3-2 overtime victory vs. Bowling Green (9/12) ... Earned her third shutout of the season on the road at Oakland (9/15) ... Had a new career-high six saves in the first half vs. No. 23 Penn State (9/22) ... Earned her fourth shutout in the team’s first conference win of the season against Purdue (9/29) ... Earned her fifth shutout in a draw with Minnesota, making a new then career-high nine saves (10/3) ... Had a new career-high 11 saves against No. 16 Michigan (10/19) … Had three saves in the season finale vs. Indiana (10/30) ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: Did not compete.
Prior to MSU: Three-year letter winner in soccer and basketball ... Three-time All-District, two-time All-Conference and All-Region selection, and All-State honorable mention one year ... Helped Forest Hills to a co-conference championship, district championship, regional championship, and was a state runner-up in her junior year ... District and regional championship in her sophomore year as well as state runner-up ... Conference champion in her freshman year ... Elected captain of the soccer team in her junior year and was a two-year captain of the basketball team ... State Cup champion in three consecutive years as a member of Midwest United FC ... Also a member the Midwest United Development Academy... and national championship runner-up in 2017.
