Marisa Bova
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.jpg) Bova with the North Carolina Courage in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | August 6, 2000 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Courage | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Purdue Boilermakers | 60 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | North Carolina Courage | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 22, 2023 | |||
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Marisa Bova (born August 6, 2000) is an American professional soccer goalkeeper for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Purdue Boilermakers.
Early life[edit]
Bova grew up in Hartland, Wisconsin.[1] Her mother, Amy, played college volleyball for Drake, and her brother Dante played soccer for UNC Asheville.[1] She played soccer as a forward until age twelve, when the coach of her club team, SC Waukesha, asked her to play in goal; the team won six straight state cup championships from 2011 to 2017.[2] Bova earned enough credits to graduate early from Arrowhead High School and began attending Purdue University in the spring of 2018.[2]
College career[edit]
Bova played six games for Purdue as a freshman in 2018.[1] She began regularly starting for the Boilermakers in her sophomore season, when she had 66 saves to 18 goals allowed in 20 games.[1] She shut out top seed Wisconsin with six saves in the first round of the 2019 Big Ten tournament.[3] She made 12 starts in the pandemic-shortened 2020–21 season, recording 35 saves and 10 goals allowed (and one assist).[1]
Bova set a program record of 113 saves as the team captain in her senior season, becoming the first Boilermaker to pass 100 saves in a season.[1] She allowed 21 goals but recorded seven shutouts in 22 games, helping Purdue earn a berth into the 2021 NCAA tournament for the first time in twelve years.[1] Bova recorded six saves against Loyola Chicago in Purdue's first-round 1–0 win in double overtime.[4] In the second round, she had a career-best ten saves in a 1–1 draw to Notre Dame after double overtime, but Purdue lost on penalties.[1] During this season in which she was named to the All-Big Ten second team, fans celebrated her with the phrase "Mo says no".[1][2]
A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Bova received dual degrees from Purdue in December 2021, her Bachelor of Science in psychological sciences and Bachelor of Arts in law and society.[5]
Professional career[edit]
The North Carolina Courage drafted Bova 45th overall in the fourth round of the 2022 NWSL Draft.[5] She signed a one-year contract with an option for another year in February 2022.[6] After two seasons without an appearance behind goalkeepers Casey Murphy and Katelyn Rowland, she extended her contract for another two years with the Courage in November 2023.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Marisa Bova – Soccer". Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gorham, Brendon (2021-12-05). "'Mo says no'". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "Purdue stuns top-seed Wisconsin in Big Ten women's soccer tournament". National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ Gorham, Brendon (2021-11-15). "Purdue Soccer: Griffith saves the day". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Healy, Charlie (2021-12-18). "Griffith and Bova Selected as Purdue's First NWSL Draft Picks". Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "NC Courage Ink Five 2022 NWSL Draft Picks to Rookie Contracts". North Carolina Courage. 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ↑ "Goalkeeper Marisa Bova signs two-year extension". North Carolina Courage. 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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