Maureen Hughes

Maureen Hughes

Player Profile

Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.

High School:
Nerinx Hall

Height:
5-3

Position:
MF/F

2006 - Was a first-team All-Conference and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection ... was third on the team and ninth in the A-10 with 20 points (7G, 6A) ... tied her career high in assists, ranking seventh in the A-10 ... finished eighth in the league in goals ... ranks among the program's all-time top five with 69 career points and is tied for third in school history with 25 career goals ... scored her second game-winning goal of the season with a tap-in in the 19th minute of the NCAA first-round game against Drake ... was named A-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player and to Soccer America's National Team of the Week ... netted a goal on an 18-yard chip shot against Temple ... assisted on Kelly Waeckerle's first goal against Saint Joseph's ... assisted on Dee Guempel's insurance strike at Dayton ... put two of her three shots on goal at Xavier ... assisted on Kelly Waeckerle's game winner then added a goal of her own in the second half at Duquesne ... had the fourth two-goal game of her career against SEMO, including the unassisted game winner in the 85th minute ... saw her shot deflected to set up Julia Bradenberg's first goal against No. 18 Illinois ... slipped the pass to Courtney Hulcer for a goal against No. 17 Marquette ... was named to the Heather Farr KICKS Against Breast Cancer All-Tournament team ... scored the first goal against Loyola (Md.) ... played a perfect diagonal pass to set up Dee Guempel's game winner against Missouri State ... netted the first goal of the season to tie the game in the 57th minute at No. 12 Duke.

2005 - Named second-team NSCAA All-Region and first-team All-Conference ... was third in the A-10 with team-high 26 points (10G, 6A) ... tallied 10 goals on just 23 shots ... ranked in the A-10's top 10 in points, goals and assists ... led the league with seven goals in conference play ... is sixth in school history with 49 career points ... scored an insurance goal against No. 18 Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... was named to the A-10 All-Tournament team after scoring the game winner against Rhode Island in the title game ... posted her third two-goal game of the year with a pair of strikes, including the game winner, against La Salle, while adding an assist ... sent a long pass out of the back for Cassi Winchell's goal at Saint Joseph's ... tallied a two-goal game at Temple, including the game winner ... assisted on Winchell's game winner against Richmond and added an insurance goal ... was named Toys for Tots Tournament MVP ... scored a goal and assisted on the game winner against Air Force ... posted her first multiple-goal game with a pair of strikes, including the game winner, against Duquesne ... assisted on Liz Fox's goal at Ole Miss ... picked up her first point of the season with an assist on Tara Gresco's game winner at SEMO.

2004 - Tied for third on the team with 18 points (7G, 4A) ... was second on the club with three game winners ... assisted on Cassi Winchell's game winner in the C-USA semifinal against Louisville after her initial shot caromed off the goalkeeper ... buried a PK in the 65th minute after getting tackled in the box in the C-USA quarterfinal against DePaul ... assisted on Jamie Perry's goal at No. 20 Illinois ... netted the game winner at USF after stopping a clearance and rifling a shot into the left corner ... put the Blazers away with a goal in the 78th minute at UAB ... struck her second game winner of the season at TCU ... picked up the assist on Dee Guempel's goal at Houston after working through traffic in the box ... assisted on Guempel's goal against DePaul ... scored an insurance goal against Mississippi ... netted the game winner in the 56th minute against Missouri State ... collected her first goal of the season at Illinois State.

2003 - Provided tireless pressure on opposing defenses in all 22 games, including nine starts ... connected on her first career goal in the C-USA Tournament semifinal against UAB ... also assisted on Jamie Perry's insurance goal in that match ... was relentless in her attack against Cincinnati, generating dangerous opportunities early in the game and drawing the foul in the box that led to Jamie Perry's game-winning penalty kick ... assisted on Christie Cigno's goal at Charlotte as she battled a defender at the top of the box and forced the keeper to come off her line ... picked up her first career point with an assist on Dee Guempel's game winner at Drury ... made her first career start at Princeton.

At Nerinx Hall - Played four years for coach Vince Becker's Markers ... named first-team All-Conference and second-team All-Metro her junior and senior years ... was a first-team All-State selection as a junior ... ranked third in the Metro Women's I Conference with 40 points (16G, 8A) ... led the team and was third in the conference with six game-winning goals ... helped team to a 26-2-0 overall record and a perfect 6-0-0 conference record ... picked up a career-high seven points (3G, 1A) against Howell Central as a senior.

Career Stats
Year G/GS Shots Goals Asst. Pts. GWG GWA
2003 22/9 20 1 3 5 0 1
2004 22/22 25 7 4 18 3 1
2005 21/21 23 10 6 26 4 4
2006 21/21 32 7 6 20 2 2
Career 86*/73 100 25 19 69 9 8
* indicates school record
Career Highs
G 2, 4x, last, vs. SEMO, 9/18/06
A 1, 19x, last, vs. Saint Joseph's, 10/20/06
Pts 5 vs. La Salle, 10/30/05
Shots 5 at Duquesne, 10/1/06

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