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2025 Women's Soccer Roster

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18 Kristiana Kolega

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Herricks
  • Hometown Roslyn, N.Y.

Biography

2024
  • Made 15 appearances in her first season as a Retriever
  • Made a nice play along the end line that led to her first career assist in the victory at Howard
  • Played a season-high 38 minutes at Mercyhurst
  • Fired a season-high two shots versus UAlbany
Background
  • Four-year varsity starter at Herricks and captained the Highlanders last season
  • Helped lead the squad to the Class AA Semifinals in 2022
  • Named to the 2021 Nassau County All-Conference Team and was an honorable mention pick in 2022
  • 2022 and 2023 Newsday Top 100 High School Players on Long Island
  • Played in both the 2022 and 2023 UEFA U17 Women’s European Championship First and Final Qualifying Rounds as a member of the Croatia U17 Women’s National Team.
  • Competed in the 2022 ECNL National Playoffs as a member of the SUSA FC ECNL club team
  • Is undecided about a major but would like to pursue a career in the medical field
  • Daughter of Daniela and Claudio Kolega
  • Claudio was a goalkeeper at NYU’s Polytechnic University
  • Has two younger brothers, Marko and Niko
  • Lists her favorite food as pasta
  • Roots for Chelsea
  • Enjoys listening to Drake
  • Favorite movie is Back to the Future and likes the book, It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2024Freshman

    M
    5'8"
    36
  • 18

    2025Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'8"
    18
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