Marisa Bova

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Marisa Bova
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Bova with the North Carolina Courage in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-06) August 6, 2000 (age 23)
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 44
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Purdue Boilermakers 60 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– North Carolina Courage 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 22, 2023

Marisa Bova (born August 6, 2000) is an American professional soccer goalkeeper who plays for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played collegiately for the Purdue Boilermakers before being selected by the Courage in the 2022 NWSL Draft.

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Early life

Bova grew up in Hartland, Wisconsin, and has three brothers. [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 graduated early from Arrowhead High School and began attending Purdue University in the spring of 2018. [2]

College career

Bova played six games for Purdue as a freshman in 2018. [1] She began regularly starting for the Boilermakers in her sophomore season and 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] In the pandemic-shortened 2020–21 season, she started all 12 games and recorded 35 saves to 10 goals allowed as well as one game-winning assist. [1]

Bova captained the Boilermakers in her senior season in 2021, posting seven clean sheets in 22 games to help the team make the NCAA tournament for the first time in twelve years. She set a program record with 113 saves, becoming the first Boilermaker to pass the 100-save mark in a season, and earned All-Big Ten second-team honors. [1] Fans celebrated her with the phrase "Mo says no". [2] Bova made six saves against Loyola Chicago in the first round of the NCAAs, where Purdue won 1–0 in double overtime. [4] She made a career-high ten saves in the second round, drawing 1–1 after double overtime to Notre Dame, but they lost on penalties. [1] A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Bova received dual Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Purdue in December 2021. [5]

Club career

The North Carolina Courage selected Bova 45th overall in the fourth round of the 2022 NWSL Draft. [5] She was signed to a one-year contract with an option for an additional year. [6] Following the 2023 season, she extended her contract for another two years, not yet having made an appearance behind starters Katelyn Rowland and Casey Murphy. [7]

Honors

North Carolina Courage

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Marisa Bova – Soccer". Purdue Boilermakers . Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Gorham, Brendon (December 5, 2021). "'Mo says no'". Purdue Exponent . Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Purdue stuns top-seed Wisconsin in Big Ten women's soccer tournament". National Collegiate Athletic Association. November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ Gorham, Brendon (November 15, 2021). "Purdue Soccer: Griffith saves the day". Purdue Exponent . Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Healy, Charlie (December 18, 2021). "Griffith and Bova Selected as Purdue's First NWSL Draft Picks". Purdue Boilermakers . Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ "NC Courage Ink Five 2022 NWSL Draft Picks to Rookie Contracts". North Carolina Courage. February 7, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Goalkeeper Marisa Bova signs two-year extension". North Carolina Courage. November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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