1998 Soccer Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 27
Meredith Flaherty
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Vista / Clemson
- Hometown:
- Oceanside, Calif.
1998 NCAA Championship Tournament Defensive MVP
1998: Started all 26 matches she played in, totaling 1,959 minutesβ¦NSCAA All-Southeast Region First Team selectionβ¦College Soccer Weekly All-America second-team selectionβ¦Named the NCAA Championship Tournament Defensive MVP after leading the Gators to consecutive 1-0 shutout wins over Santa Clara and North Carolinaβ¦Led the Southeastern Conference with 10.53 shutoutsβ¦Recorded a 20-1-0 mark with 67 savesβ¦Set the UF record for goals against average in a career with 0.643β¦Established UF season records for minutes played, games, starts, saves, wins, and shutoutsβ¦Allowed only two goals in UFβs eight postseason matchesβ¦Set an SEC Tournament record by recording shutouts in all three Gator victoriesβ¦Missed only the Hartford match, when she was injured in a car accident the week prior to the game.
1997: Played in 12 matches, starting 11 for 874 minutes...Had three shutouts, including one solo shutout...Finished the season with a GAA (goals against average) of 1.44, giving up 14 goals...Split playing time with Suzanne Putnamβ¦Attended 1997 U.S. National Training Campβ¦Traveled with U.S. team on Nike Tour.
1996: Redshirted the 1997 season after starting three matches due to hand injury.
1995: Started 20 games for the Lady Tigers for 1,710 minutes...Named first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and second-team All-South Region...Shutout seven opponents, finishing the season with an 0.84 GAA...Second in the league with a save percentage of 0.828.Β
1994: Started 16 of the 18 matches played, posting a GAA of 1.05.
High School: 1994 graduate of Vista High School.Β Club: Member of ODP (Olympic Development Program) in California...Earned Goalkeeper-of-the-Year honors for the San Diego Surf Club Team.
Major: Pursuing a masterβs degree in counseling
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1998: Started all 26 matches she played in, totaling 1,959 minutesβ¦NSCAA All-Southeast Region First Team selectionβ¦College Soccer Weekly All-America second-team selectionβ¦Named the NCAA Championship Tournament Defensive MVP after leading the Gators to consecutive 1-0 shutout wins over Santa Clara and North Carolinaβ¦Led the Southeastern Conference with 10.53 shutoutsβ¦Recorded a 20-1-0 mark with 67 savesβ¦Set the UF record for goals against average in a career with 0.643β¦Established UF season records for minutes played, games, starts, saves, wins, and shutoutsβ¦Allowed only two goals in UFβs eight postseason matchesβ¦Set an SEC Tournament record by recording shutouts in all three Gator victoriesβ¦Missed only the Hartford match, when she was injured in a car accident the week prior to the game.
1997: Played in 12 matches, starting 11 for 874 minutes...Had three shutouts, including one solo shutout...Finished the season with a GAA (goals against average) of 1.44, giving up 14 goals...Split playing time with Suzanne Putnamβ¦Attended 1997 U.S. National Training Campβ¦Traveled with U.S. team on Nike Tour.
1996: Redshirted the 1997 season after starting three matches due to hand injury.
1995: Started 20 games for the Lady Tigers for 1,710 minutes...Named first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and second-team All-South Region...Shutout seven opponents, finishing the season with an 0.84 GAA...Second in the league with a save percentage of 0.828.Β
1994: Started 16 of the 18 matches played, posting a GAA of 1.05.
High School: 1994 graduate of Vista High School.Β Club: Member of ODP (Olympic Development Program) in California...Earned Goalkeeper-of-the-Year honors for the San Diego Surf Club Team.
Major: Pursuing a masterβs degree in counseling
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| Flahertyβs Collegiate Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | G-GS | Min. | SV | Β GA | Β GAA | SHO | W-L-T | |
| 1994^ | 18-16 | 1,460 | 91 | 17 | 1.05 | 4 | ||
| 1995^ | 20-20 | 1,710 | 77 | 16 | 0.84 | 7 | ||
| 1996-RS | 0-0 | |||||||
| 1997^ | 12-11 | 874 | 53 | 14 | 1.44 | 3 | ||
| 1998 | 26-26 | 1,959 | 67 | 14 | 0.64 | 10.53 | 20-1-0 | |
| Totals | 88-63 | 5,123 | 169 | 45 | 0.79 | 28.53 | 42-7-1 | |
| ^At Clemson University | ||||||||
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