Career Highs:
Saves: 10 (2x, last vs. Brown, 10/19/19)
2022 • Senior:
Earned Academic All-Ivy accolades … Gained College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors … Ranked third in the Ivy League in saves per game (3.64) … In Ivy League play only, stood second in the conference in shutouts (two), second in saves per game (3.86), second in total saves (27), third in save percentage (.650), and third in GAA (1.286) … Played in and started 14 games … Tallied 1239:28 minutes, a 1.38 GAA, 51 total saves, .729 save percentage, three shutouts, and a 6-3-4 record on the year … Played all 630 minutes in Ivy League play … Registered clean sheets vs. CCSU (Sept. 3), at Brown (Oct. 15), and vs. Dartmouth (Nov. 12) … Made a season-high seven saves vs. Dartmouth … Notched six saves in each of three games – vs. New Hampshire (Sept. 27), vs. Penn (Oct. 29), and at Princeton (Nov. 5).
2021 • Junior:
Played in and started 13 games … Appeared in 1244:38 minutes on the year … Ranked 13th in the NCAA and second in the Ivy League in saves per game (5.08) … Stood second in the Ancient Eight in total saves overall (66) and total saves in league play only (33) … Played all 670 minutes in Ivy play … Posted a 1.59 GAA, 66 total saves, .750 save percentage, 5-5-3 record, and two shutouts on the season … Made five or more saves in each of seven games … Tallied a season-high nine saves vs. Northeastern (Sept. 14) … Made seven saves in each of two games – at Central Conn. St. (Sept. 5) and vs. Princeton (Oct. 23) … Stopped six shots in each of three games – at Bryant (Sept. 11), at Cornell (Oct. 9), and vs. Penn (Nov. 13).
2020 • Sophomore:
Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019 • First-year:
Appeared in 10 games with 10 starts on the season … Led the team with 58 saves … Made career debut and recorded six saves at Providence (Sept. 16) … Made season-high 10 saves in the home opener against Merrimack (Sept. 24) … Totaled nine saves in the Ivy League opener at Yale (Oct. 4) … Registered six saves at UMass Lowell (Oct. 8) … Tied his season high with 10 saves against Brown (Oct. 19) … Posted a 2.55 GAA and .690 save percentage on the year.
Before Harvard:
IK Sirius Academy 4 years as starting goalkeeper in the top U17, U19 and U21 leagues in Sweden, prior to acting as the starting goalkeeper for Enkopings SK’s first team … Best academy player of 2018 in IK Sirius, selected to play for the district in all the youth tournaments between districts; participated in two youth national team training camps … First team debut against Swedish first division team Örebro in 2018 in a friendly game … Several starting appearances in the Swedish U21 first division from 2016-2018 … Seven squad appearances in the Swedish first division/cup … Scholarship for leadership 2015, Scholarship in math 2018 … Father (Torgny Nilsson) held the school field goal record in American football at St. Mary´s high school (Kansas) for many years … Mother (Helena Karlen Nilsson) competed in gymnastics for Cairo American College 1979-1981, winning many medals individually and with the team; she also practiced with the Egyptian national gymnastics team at the time.
