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2022 Women's Soccer Roster

Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins

7 Alyssa Poarch

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position F
  • Major Family Science
  • Hometown Middletown, DE
  • High School Middletown High School
  • Instagram apoarchh
  • Twitter apoarch21
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Biography

 Major: Supply Chain Management (GRAD)

As a Graduate Student (Fall 2022):

  • 2022 Academic All-Big Ten
  • Team Captain
  • Started all 17 games
  • Played 1162 minutes
  • Led the team in shots (42)
  • Second on the team in goals (4)
  • Second on the team in points (9)
  • Scored a goal against George Mason (9/4/2022), Illinois (9/22/2022), Minnesota (10/16/2022), and Purdue (10/23/2022)

As a Graduate student (Fall 2021):  

  • Played 4 games and started all 4
  • Played 286 minutes total
  • 1 goal against Temple (08/19/21)
  • 1 goal against George Mason (08/22/2021)
  • 1 assist against Northwestern (09/26/2021) 


As a Redshirt Junior (Spring 2021):

  • Played in 10 games, making nine starts
  • Scored two goals and tallied an assist
  • Took 25 shots
  • Scored a goal and had an assist vs. Indiana (3/7/21)
  • Scored a goal in Big Ten Regional weekend game vs. Ohio State (4/8/21).


As a Redshirt Sophomore (2019):

  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Third Team All-North Region
  • Started in all 20 games played as a striker
  • Recorded a team-high eight goals and 19 points
  • Tallied 68 shots and 32 shots on goal (.471) throughout the season
  • Scored her first goal of the season in the second minute of the home opener against Georgia Southern (8/25)
  • Scored one goal in 3-0 shutout versus George Mason (9/5)
  • Scored season-high two goals twice, at home in 3-0 shutout against Princeton (9/15) and in home 6-2 victory over Illinois (10/6)
  • Took season-high nine shots against Temple (9/12)
  • Scored the first goal, her sixth of the season, in 2-1 victory over #20 Rutgers in the first road victory over a ranked opponent since 2014 (9/28)
  • Took season-high four shots on goal at Rutgers (9/28)
  • Made one assist for the game-winning goal over Rutgers (9/28)
  • Played 110 minutes in 0-0 draw against Indiana (10/17)
  • Scored the game winning goal twice at home, against George Mason (9/5) and against Princeton (9/15)
  • Played 90 minutes against Purdue (10/20)
  • Played 90 minutes at Ohio States (10/3)
  • Made one shot in Big Ten tournament appearance at Michigan (11/3).


As a Redshirt Freshman (2018): 

  • Started 12 games and appeared in 18
  • Recorded 43 shots and 16 shots on goal (.372)
  • Notched one shot and one assist in first career game against William & Mary (8/16)
  • Recorded three shots and one shot on goal in 50 minutes at JMU (8/19)
  • Recorded four shots and one shot on goal in 54 minutes against Appalachian State (8/24)
  • Took one shot on goal in 65 minutes against Navy (8/26)
  • Notched two shots in 66 minutes during first career start at Temple (8/31)
  • Recorded four shots, three shots on goal and one assist in 80 minutes against UCF (9/6)
  • Notched four shots and one shot on goal in 96 minutes during start against George Washington (9/9)
  • Recorded two shots, one shot on goal and scored first career goal in 53 minutes during 4-0 win over Iowa (9/14)
  • Played 44 minutes in start against Nebraska (9/16)
  • Took one shot in 34 minutes against Rutgers (9/23)
  • Notched one shot in 74 minutes during start at Minnesota (9/27)
  • Recorded three shots and two shots on goal in 104 minutes during start at #22 Wisconsin (9/30)
  • Notched three shots and one shot on goal in 90 minutes against Illinois (10/4)
  • Recorded two shots and one shot on goal in 83 minutes in 2-1 win over #14 Northwestern (10/7) 
  • Took one shot in 90 minute during start at Penn State (10/12)
  • Notched seven shots and one shot on goal in 90 minutes at Ohio State (10/14)
  • Scored one goal on two shots in 90 minutes at Michigan (10/18)
  • Recorded two shots in 62 minutes during season finale against Indiana (10/21).


As a Freshman: Served a redshirt season recovering from injury.

Before Maryland:

  • Played for Middletown High School
  • Member of the USA U-18 National Team pool
  • Top Drawer Soccer Second Team Spring All-American as a senior
  • Named first-team all-conference as a freshman
  • Second-team all-state as a freshman after scoring 21 goals and notching six assists
  • Played club for Continental FC Delco under head coach Keith Cappo
  • Invited to a US U-17 National Training Camp
  • Invited to ECNL’s National ID2 training camp
  • A member of the IMG top-150
  • Member of Delaware and Region 1’s ODP team.

Personal:

  • Daughter of Brad and Cynthia
  • Has three siblings; Chad, Jordan and Stephen
  • Chad plays soccer at High Point
  • Jordan played soccer at Virginia and UNC-Greensboro
  • Stephen played basketball at Washington College
  • Lists her sports hero as Lionel Messi
  • Born on 7/9/1999.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2017Freshman

    Forward
    5'7"
    7
  • 7

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Forward
    5'7"
    7
  • 7

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Forward
    5'7"
    7
  • 7

    2020-21Redshirt Junior

    Forward
    5'7"
    7
  • 7

    2021Graduate Student

    Forward
    5'7"
    7
  • 7

    2022Graduate Student

    Forward
    7