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2018 Field Hockey

51 Libby Manela

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • High School St. John's School
  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Major English
  • House Affiliation Kirkland

Biography

Career Highs:
Saves: 6 (3x, most recent vs. Connecticut, 9/10/17)
Last Shutout: 2-0 (vs Bryant, 9/30/18)

Senior • 2018
Finished the year 5-0 with a 1.03 GAA and .667 Save%...Made four saves to earn win in goal at UNH… Made two saves in win at American…Made two saves in a win over Northeastern… Earned win against Bryant…Made two saves in win over Brown. 

Junior • 2017
Started in nine games for the Crimson, finishing the year 5-4 with a 1.02 GAA, and .744 save percentage... Ivy League Honor Roll (Sept. 11) … Saw action in nine games totaling 29 saves including a shutout win against UNH (Sep. 17) and a 2-1 win against Yale (Sep. 23) … Registered a shutout against Penn (Sep. 30) … Kept No. 8 Boston College to two goals in a loss (Oct. 8) … Stopped five shots in 2-1 win against No. 21 Boston University (Oct. 24) … Registered a shutout in the final game of the season against Columbia (Nov. 5).

Sophomore • 2016
Second Team All-Ivy League ... Ivy League Player of the Week (Sept. 26, Oct. 10), Ivy-League Honor Roll (Sept. 12) ... Primary starting goaltender … Led the Ivy League with a 1.42 goals-against average, allowing just 18 goals in 14 games played … Took over starting duties against Yale (Sep. 23) and the Crimson proceeded to go on a program-best eight-game win streak … Finished the season with a 10-2 overall record and four shutouts … Made one save in a shutout win over Yale (Sep. 23) … Stopped a season-high six shots in victory over No. 19 Maine (Sep. 25) … Shutout No. 13 Boston University with three saves (Sep. 29) … Turned away five shots in shutout win at Brown (Oct. 8) … Combined with Callie Rennyson to shut out Cornell (Oct. 15) … Blanked Lafayette with one save (Oct. 23) … Allowed no goals and stopped two shots at Dartmouth (Oct. 29).

Freshman • 2015
Saw time in goal in two games this season, making one save against Dartmouth (Oct. 31).

Before Harvard
Lettered and started all four years as the starting goalkeeper, while also lettering as a freshman and sophomore on the swim team … 2011 Breakout Athlete of the Year at St. John’s … Led her team to back-to-back Southwest Preparatory Conference titles in 2011 and 2012 and four South Zone titles … In addition to her high school experience, Manela played for the Texas Pride Field Hockey Club, the U17 Junior National Team and the U19 Junior National Team.

Personal
Founder of Defend the Net non-profit which recycles gently used goalie gear to clubs/programs that don’t have the proper equipment … Grandfather was All-America soccer player at Monmouth … Mother is Stacey, father is Mark and stepmother is Sandra.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015First-Year

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    2016Sophomore

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    2017Junior

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    2018Senior

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    51