Kristen Stragier

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Major:
Biology
Hometown:
Murrieta, Calif.
High School:
Murrieta Valley HS
Prev School:
Murrieta Valley HS

Long Beach State (2010): Enters the season with 733 career saves ... ranks second in school history ... Spent her third season as the starting goaltender for all 29 games ... Recorded 220 saves in 2010 for a 8.89 goals against average ... Started season by making 18 saves on the first day, saving 10 against Cal State Bakersfield and 8 against Arizona State (1/20) ... Made 10 saves for a second time vs. No. 2 USC (2/4) ... Made nine saves in a 9-6 victory over Colorado State (3/13) ... Held Concordia to three goals and made five saves in an 11-3 win (3/19) ... Finished with a season-high 11 saves against Cal Baptist in a 7-6 win ... Made nine saves in a loss to No. 2 Stanford (3/28) ... Tied her season high with 11 saves in a 6-5 loss to Pacific (4/11) ... Set a season high with 13 saves and held Cal State Bakersfield to four goals in a 7-4 victory in the regular season finale (4/17).

(2009): Has 513 career saves, third-most in school history ... Played all but one half during the season as the 49ers netminder ... finished the season with 227 saves ... averaged over eight saves per game ... finished with 903 minutes in goal.

(2008): Earned the starting goaltender spot as a freshman, playing in all 33 games and starting 32 ... made 286 saves on the year, ranking 12th nationally ... allowed 8.4 goals per game while posting a 15-17 record in goal ... made a career high 15 saves at UC San Diego on Feb. 13 ... finished with 11 double-digit save performances ... ran off five straight double-figure save games from April 7-11.

High School: Earned three varsity letters in water polo and two in swimming ... during her final season was named the area's player of the year by the Riverside Press Enterprise and was named the co-MVP of the state ... also named first team all-league ... two-time first team All-CIF ... team reached the CIF Finals in 2005-06, finishing 24-7, and were CIF Champions in 2006-07, going 31-1 ... saved 824 over her four-year career, tallying 225 as a senior, 343 saves as a junior and 256 as a sophomore ... honor roll student ... named an academic All-American in 2006-07.

Personal: Daughter of Todd and Sherry Stragier ... brother, Steven, played water polo at the University of La Verne, father, Todd, wrestled at LSU and cousin, Amy Cooper, played basketball at UC Riverside ... majoring in biology.