2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Amanda Visco
- Position:
- B
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Manalapan, N.J.
- High School:
- Colts Neck
2019 All-Region First Team
2019 All-Big Ten Second Team
2019 Scholar All-Region First Team
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2019 Delta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
2018 Academic All-Big Ten
2017 Academic All-Big Ten
2016 Big Ten All-Freshman
2019 (As a senior): Started all 21 matches, totaling 1946 minutes…a 2019 team captain…named All-Region First Team and All-Big Ten Second Team after anchoring a defense that posted six shutouts in league play, while also scoring two goals...scored the game winner in the 1-0 victory at Iowa (Oct. 11)...captained a back line held Nebraska to only four total shots and just one on goal (Oct. 13)...named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts at Iowa and Nebraska (Oct. 15)...registered the equalizer in the match against Wisconsin (Sept. 22)…anchored a defense that shut out No. 11 Tennessee, holding them to three first half shots and seven overall (Aug. 29)...scored the game winner in the 1-0 victory over Iowa (Oct.11).
2018 (As a junior): Started 17 of 20 matches…scored two goals as a defender...registered RU’s first goal in the 2-1 victory over Purdue (Oct. 21)…scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw with Saint Joseph’s (Aug. 23)…aided the back line in holding opponents to 13 shots and just seven shots on goal across two opening weekend matches against Delaware and Drexel (Aug. 17/19).
2017 (As a sophomore): Saw action in 19 matches, starting the last 17 straight…part of a back line that helped RU set a new program record of 924:07 scoreless minutes of its opponents, starting the season with nine straight shutouts...made season debut against UConn (Aug. 27).
2016 (As a freshman): Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team … started all 23 matches at center back and scored two goals … scored her second goal of the year at Michigan (Sept. 29) … played the full-time in 21 of 23 matches … scored the game-winning goal, the first of her career, against Saint Joseph’s (Aug. 26).
Prior to Rutgers: Member of PDA Arsenal, winning the ECNL U17 National Championship in 2015 … U.S. U-19 Women’s National Team member … placed on the ECNL National Finals U17 Best XI … a 2015 ECNL PDP/id2 Northeast selection … started for four years at Colts Neck HS … collected first team all-state, first team all-metro, first team all-Group 3, and First Team All-Shore Conference honors … won the MVP award at the High School National All-America game … named Colts Neck HS Player of the Year from 2013-15 … helped her team to the 2015 NJSIAA Central Group 3 State Championship … won sectional titles in 2014 and 2015, and captured the Shore Conference Championship in 2015.
Career Single-Game Highs
Points: 2, 6 times
Goals: 1, 6 times
Shots: 2, 7 times
