Maria Galley

Class:
Senior
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
South Windsor, Conn.
High School:
South Windsor

2024 All-BIG EAST Second Team
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2024 All-Ohio First Team
2024 Academic All-Ohio Second Team
2024 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
2023 All-BIG EAST Second Team
2022 All-BIG EAST Second Team
2022 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
2022 OCSA NCAA Division I All-Ohio Second Team

2024: Started all 21 matches in-goal for the Musketeers... Finishing the campaign with 15 wins, the second most in a single season in school history...Her 15 wins gives her a school-record 43 wins for her Xavier career... Collected 51 saves and finished with nine complete shutouts, giving her a school-record 32 shutouts as a Musketeer...Ranked No.1 in the BIG EAST and 26^th in NCAA DI for shutouts...Had a career-high nine saves in Xavier’s draw at UConn during the regular season...Allowed just 17 goas in 1855:43 minutes of action GAA of 0.82 for the season, and finished 2024 with a career GAA of 0.70, which would rank as No. 1 in Xavier’s record books for a career...Her season GAA ranked No. 2 in the conference and in the Top 50 in NCAA DI...Ranked 2^nd in the BIG EAST and 26^th in NCAA DI for goalie minutes played...Was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team after playing the full time in goal in all 10 league matches, helping Xavier go 7-2-1 in BIG EAST play, allowing just seven goals and earning five shutouts against conference foes.

2023: Appeared in all 22 matches last season, starting in 21, helping Xavier win a share of the BIG EAST Regular Season Championship and the No. 1 seed to the league tournament....Finished the season with a GAA of 0.50 overall, the lowest single season GAA in Xavier's record books...In BIG EAST matches, had a GAA of 0.20, the best mark in the conference...Earned All-BIG EAST Second Team Honors after only allowing two goals in 10 BIG EAST matches...Finished with 12 complete shutouts, as well as part of a combined shutout...Her 12 clean sheets were a school record for a single season, and her seven shutouts in BIG EAST play led the conference...Finished with 14 wins, matching her own number of wins from 2022 for second most in a single season in program history...Currently has 28 career wins, also the second most in program history...Helped the Musketeers to an at-large bid in the NCAA Championship, earning a 4-seed, Xavier's best seeding in program history, and the program's second home match in the tournament.

2022: Made all 23 starts in 2022, playing every minute in goal...Collected 62 saves with just 18 goals against...Earned a save percentage of 0.775 with a GAA of 0.77, a mark that ranks in the top five in Xavier's single season records...Finished with a record of 14-4-5 on the season and earned 11 clean sheets, a mark that led the BIG EAST and was in the top 10 in NCAA DI, helping her earn All-BIG EAST Second Team and All-Freshman honors...Had 11 shutouts, tying the Xavier single season school record for a goalkeeper.....Helped Xavier to an at-large bid in NCAA Tournament and second NCAA win, 4-1 at Tennessee...Made a career-high matching six saves in the double-overtime win over the Volunteers.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: At South Windsor, was the varsity starter at goalkeeper all four season...had a career GAA of 0.80 and average 7.4 saves per game...Earned All-Central Connecticut Conference in three seasons...Played eight years of club soccer, playing with FSA FC ECNL since 2019... Played in the Champions league in 2019-20 and 2020-21, earning Second Team All-Conference for the New England Conference in 2020-21...Also was a a three-time all-conference selection for the South Windsor basketball team.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Biology...Daughter of Helena and Bryan Galley...Has two siblings Gabe and Alex...Alex played volleyball for Norwich University.