#31 - Caroline Suitch
Position: GK
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Mountain Top, Pa.
High School: Crestwood
Height: 5-4

 

2010 Senior Season
KSU Academic Excellence Award

• Started all 22 games in goal for Kent State

• Posted a 1.94 goals against average

• Had two shutouts on the year

• Ended her career ranked third all-time at Kent State with 43 wins and 4344:52 minutes played 

 

2009 Junior Season
KSU Academic Excellence Award 

• Started 18 games in goal for KSU

• Made 88 saves and had a 2.16 goals against average

• Produced two complete shutouts and teamed with Kirstin Wilders on another 

• Had a 1.68 goals against average in MAC play 

• Named MAC Defensive Player of the Week two times 

• Had a career high 13 saves vs No. 6 Virginia (Sept. 11).

2008 Sophomore Season

All-MAC Second Team 

• Started all 22 games in goal for the Flashes 

• Posted a 17-5 record 

• Stopped 89 of the shots she faced 

• Her .774 save percentage ranked 12th in the nation 

• Surrendered only 26 goals 

• Tallied a 1.16 goals against average, which ranked ninth in the nation 

• Recorded six shutouts, including victories over Ohio Nov. 8 in the MAC Championship Game, at Michigan Oct. 19, at Ohio Oct. 10, at Ball State Oct. 5, vs. Vermont Sept. 19, and against Saint Francis Aug. 30 

• Made career-high nine saves at Ohio State Aug. 31 

• Stopped seven shots at #17 Massachusetts Nov. 11 in the NCAA Field Hockey Tournament Play-In Game 

• Turned back eight attempts against Central Michigan Sept. 27 

• Posted seven stops at #20 Albany Sept. 21 

• Made eight saves at #8 Virginia Sept. 13.

2007 Freshman Season
• Served as backup goalkeeper.

Prior to Kent State

• Earned second team all-state honors 

• Was a member of Crestwood High School’s district runner-up team in 2006 as a goalkeeper, Suitch earned four varsity letters in high school, two at Crestwood and two at Bishop Hoban 

• As a sophomore, held the best save percentage (.904) in the Wyoming Valley Conference and her 1.43 goals against average was the lowest in her division 

• In 2004, she was named to the Times Leader and Citizen'sVoice Newspaper All-Star Honorable Mention Teams 

• Was also named team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player in 2004 

• Competed in the 2006 Keystone >Winter Games, leading her team to a first place finish 

• Was a Junior Olympic National Camp selection, an Olympic Development Select member and competed in the National Futures Elite Program in four straight seasons 

• Was a member of the 2006 U-19 Holland Tour Team 

• Earned NFHCA All-Academic first team honors 

• Earned two varsity letters in track & field.

Personal
• Born Jan. 24, 1989 

• Daughter of David and Jean Ann Suitch 

• Has two sisters 

• Majoring in business administration.