15 • Christine Gans

Senior • Midfield/Defense • 5-5
Pittsburgh, Pa. • Mount Lebanon

Notes: Best word to describe is versatilite - has played nearly every position over the past three years .... Has excellent serves with both feet .... Great in the air ... Enrolled in LIU Honors Program.

2005: Played in 19 games with 10 starts ... Part of Northeast Conference’s best defensive team, allowing only .75 goals per game ... Recorded first goal of the season - the game-winner against St. Francis (Pa.) (10/9) ... First assist of the season came on the game winning tally in semifinals of Northeast Conference Tournament against St. Francis (Pa.) (11/4) ... Notched three total points for the Blackbirds ... Had five shots on goal last fall.

2004: Scored the first game-winning goal of her career against Wagner (10/15)… Registered a goal in the 3-2 victory over Rider (9/3)… Tallied a score in a tie at Sacred Heart (10/1)… Scored the Blackbird’s lone goal in the ECAC Title Match against Columbia (11/13)… Recorded assist in back-to-back games at Fairleigh Dickinson (10/3) and Saint Peter’s (10/9)… Played in all 18 games, earning 15 starts.

2003: Played in all 19 games, making 10 starts... Registered an assist in a victory over Marist (9/20)... Recorded her first collegiate shot in the season opener at Drexel (8/30)... Seventh on the team with 12 shots.

High School/Personal: Four-year varsity player for Mount Lebanon HS... Served as captain her senior year, when she was named all-league, all-section, All-Post Gazette, All-Tribune Review and the team’s Most Inspiring Player... Guided her high school to at least the league’s Section IV semifinals all four years, including the title in 2000... A teammate of Ashley O’Connor for Century V Flash, the 2003 state champion and participant in the prestigious Regional 1 Tournament... Full name is Christine Marie Gans... Born November 21, 1984... Daughter of Sandi and Andy Gans ... Has two older brothers.