8 Casey Steffen
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Danville, Calif.
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- High School:
- Monte Vista
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- Position:
- D
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- Major:
- Classical Studies
2023: USILA All-America honorable mention selection after a record-breaking season on multiple levels … First Scot to be named All-American since 2010 and first defender in program history to be named an All-American … NCAC Defensive Player of the Year and All-NCAC first-team selection … NCAA Div. III statistical champion with 5.06 caused turnovers per game, which is an NCAA Div. III record … Broke NCAC and school record for most caused turnovers in a single season with 86, which led the team and the conference … Broke school and NCAC record for single-game caused turnovers with 12 against Wittenberg (April 23) … Landed on USILA Team of the Week on March 7 and again on March 28 … Key part of program's winningest season (13 games) and longest winning streak (11 games) … Factored heavily into Scots ranking third nationally in groundballs per game (45.00) … Also factored heavily into team ranking first nationally in opponent clearing percentage (62.7 percent) and third nationally in caused turnovers per game (14.88) … Second on the squad with 82 groundballs … Added nine assists and three goals, including a player-up goal … Also collected a career-best 10 groundballs in record-breaking game against Wittenberg … Had at least five caused turnovers in nine of the team’s 17 games … Dished out at least one assist in five consecutive games in the middle of the season … Netted first collegiate goal in season opener at Westminster (Feb. 22).
2022: Wooster's No. 1 defender, evidenced by team-leading 24 caused turnovers … Scooped up 34 groundballs, tops among the long poles … Caused a season-high four turnovers against Mount Union (April 1) … Scooped up eight groundballs at Allegheny (April 26) and had six versus Kenyon (April 20) … Added four groundballs and two caused turnovers against DePauw (April 3).
2021: Capped rookie season with spot on All-NCAC East Division Team … Started all 11 games … Ranked third in the NCAC with 20 caused turnovers and scooped up 21 groundballs … Caused a season-high five turnovers at Hiram (March 31) and capped debut season with four versus Allegheny (May 1) … Logged a pair of five-groundball games with those coming against Hiram (March 31) and Ohio Wesleyan (April 20).
Prior to Wooster: Prepped at Monte Vista High School.
Personal: Born March 29, 2002 ... Classical studies major.
| Recent Games | ||
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| Apr 11 | at Ohio Wesleyan | L, 11-7 |
| Apr 15 | Wabash | W, 23-4 |
| Apr 19 | at Kenyon | L, 12-4 |
| Apr 22 | Wittenberg | L, 16-13 |
| Apr 27 | Denison | L, 14-4 |
| Apr 29 | Hiram | W, 24-5 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 17 | 8 | ||
| Points | 12 | 5 | ||
| Goals | 3 | 0 | ||
| Assists | 9 | 5 | ||
| Man-up goals | 1 | 0 | ||
| Man-down goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ground balls | 82 | 38 | ||
| Turnovers | 21 | 9 | ||
| Caused turnovers | 86 | 48 | ||
| Faceoffs | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Faceoff percentage | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Shots | 12 | 2 | ||
| Shooting percentage | 25.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Shots on goal | 6 | 0 | ||
| Shots on goal percentage | 50.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% |
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| Feb 22 | at Westminster (Pa.) | W, 12-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Feb 25 | at Otterbein | W, 13-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 1 | Capital | W, 14-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Mar 4 | Brockport | W, 14-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 8 | at Albion | W, 17-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mar 11 | Allegheny | W, 9-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mar 17 | vs. Southwestern (Tex.) | W, 14-8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Mar 18 | at Colorado College | W, 15-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Mar 22 | at Mount Union | W, 17-11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Mar 25 | at Oberlin | W, 11-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apr 1 | at DePauw | W, 8-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 11 | at Ohio Wesleyan | L, 11-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 15 | Wabash | W, 23-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 19 | at Kenyon | L, 12-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 22 | Wittenberg | L, 16-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apr 27 | Denison | L, 14-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Apr 29 | Hiram | W, 24-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0-0 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | up | dn | gb | to | ct | fo | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | |
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| Total | 17 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 21 | 86 | 0-0 | 12 | 25.0 | 6 | 50.0 |
| Conference | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 48 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 41 | 0-0 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Away | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 42 | 0-0 | 6 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
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| Wins | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 15 | 60 | 0-0 | 11 | 27.3 | 6 | 54.5 |
| Losses | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| February | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0-0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| March | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 34 | 0-0 | 10 | 20.0 | 5 | 50.0 |
| April | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 44 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
