[Kristen Heavens]

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#3 KRISTEN HEAVENS

Year: Senior
Position: GK
Height: 5-11
Hometown: Harwinton, CT
High School: Lewis Mills

Coach Houghton on Heavens: “Kristen is a leader and one of the hardest working players on this team. Her training with the New England High Performance Training Center this off-season has provided her with all the more confidence in organizing the defenders in front of her.”

NOTES: With 26 wins for her career through three seasons, she has already recorded the second-most in school history, just two behind Pat Donze '81 for first.

2008 SEASON: Started 16 games as a junior, posting a 1.99 goals against average and .717 save percentage … Recorded a pair of shutouts … Finished second in the America East in saves per game (5.06) and third in goals against average … Made seven saves in a 3-2 win over #15 Ohio State … Made five saves in a 3-1 victory against Brown … Earned her first shutout of the season against #18 Providence, recording five saves in a 1-0 win … Recorded her second straight shutout in the next time out, a 3-0 win over Hofstra making nine saves ... 2007 SEASON: Had a breakout sophomore season, playing every minute in goal for the Catamounts … Finished second in the conference in saves (100) and shutouts (5), while posting the third-best goals against average (1.43) … Was 15th in the country in save percentage and 19th in goals against average on the year … Recorded an eight save shutout performance to open the season against St. Louis … Shut out #17 Providence to preserve a 1-0 Cats win … Extended her shutout streak to open the season while recording three saves in a 3-0 win over Fairfield … Tallied seven saves in a win against UMass … Recorded five saves against 14th ranked Virginia in Vermont’s first loss of the season … Made a season-high 11 saves in an overtime loss at Temple … Picked up her fourth shutout of the season in a 3-0 win against UNH … Stopped two shots to beat Maine 2-1 … Recorded a shutout against Columbia in the final home game of the season … Had six saves against Albany in the America East Semifinals ... 2006 SEASON: Finished the year with a 6-4 record, 2.11 goals against average and a .747 save percentage ... Ranked third in the America East in saves per game (6.50) and save percentage, while also finishing fourth in goals against average ... Made three saves in her first collegiate action, a 3-0 shutout over Davidson … Stopped 11 shots in a 3-2 win over Syracuse, on her way to being named America East Rookie of the Week ... Made eight saves and improved to 3-1 in a win on the road against UMass ... Stopped eight shots in a 2-1 double overtime win against Boston University ... Made 13 saves in the America East Semifinals against Boston University ... 2005 SEASON: Sat out as a redshirt ... BEFORE UVM: Attended Lewis S. Mills HS in Burlington, Conn., where she played field hockey, basketball and men's lacrosse ... During her senior season she was named first-team all-league, all-state honorable mention and team MVP ... Also was selected second-team all-league and was a two-time team captain at Lewis S. Mills ... Competed at the Connecticut Wave Festival twice ... PERSONAL: Born in Derby, Conn. ... Is the daughter of Gene and Patricia Heavens ... Has two older brothers, Daniel and Bryan ... Daniel attended RPI, where he played baseball ... Her field hockey coach in high school was former Vermont softball student-athlete Maggie Tieman ‘01 ... Is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council ... Is a physical education major.

Career Statistics

Year     GP/GS    Min    Goals   GAA    Saves    Save%    Sho    W-L-T
2006    10/10  731:05    22      2.11   65       .747      1     6-4-0
2007    19/19 1372.50    28      1.43  100       .781      5    12-7-0
2008    16/16 1128:18    32      1.99   81       .717      2     8-8-0
TOTAL   45/45 3232:13    82      1.78  246       .750      8   26-19-0

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