#1 Lauren Demarchi Season 2019-20
Goalkeeper
Class
Senior
Hometown
Hudson, Ohio
High School
Walsh Jesuit
Honors
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018 Defensive Player of the Week (10/15/18)
2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
As a Senior (2019):
- Played in all 21 games while making 19 starts for the Commodores
- Combined with Taiana Tolleson for 10 shutouts this season, making it the third-most shutouts in Vanderbilt history
- Posted a 0.59 goals-against-average mark this season
As a Junior (2018):
- As one of the team’s captains, Demarchi started all 21 games this season
- She recorded the second best goals against average in Commodore history with a mark of 0.55
- She earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after shutting out No. 9 South Carolina as the first goalkeeper to do so this season
- She posted 50 saves on the season with five solo shutouts with five more combined shutouts
- She finished the season with a 13-3-1 record.
As a Sophomore (2017):
- Demarchi played in two games for the Commodores while making four saves in those games
- Finished the season 1-0.
As a Freshman (2016):
- Started five games in goal for the Commodores, while competing in six games for a total of 491 minutes
- Made 18 saves
- Allowed nine goals on 18 shots
- Earned win over Mississippi State, allowing one goal on 10 shots
- Went 1-3-1 in debut season.
Personal:
- Began playing soccer at the age of four
- played club for Caleb Fortune at Ambassadors FC
- chose Vanderbilt because, “The academic challenges combines with the opportunity to play soccer for a growing program was impossible to pass up. Vanderbilt provides me a chance to play in the SEC under a great coaching staff, with a drive to succeed.”
- Older brothers, Matt and Jeff, played college soccer… chose Vanderbilt over Georgetown and the University of Pennsylvania.