2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Sarah Bridenstine
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- D
- Height:
- 5-3
- Hometown:
- Rochester, Mich.
- High School:
- Rochester Adams
At Michigan
• Lloyd Carr Award (2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023)
• CSC Academic All-District (2022)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
Senior (2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Team captain
• Starting all 18 matches, playing 1,383 minutes for the third-highest mark on the team
• Played full 90 in five matches
• Had multiple shots in three matches
• Had two assists in 4-0 win over Maryland (Oct. 1)
• Tallied two assists in 3-2 win over Western Michigan (Sept. 10)
• Played 82 minutes while helping earn a clean sheet in 0-0 tie at #5 Virginia (Aug. 24)
• One of two Wolverines to start evey match, logging a team-high 1,534 minutes at outside back
• Ranked fifth on squad in points (eight), marking three goals and two assists to go along with 11 shots
• Played full 90 in a team-high 12 matches
• Had a goal and an assist in the season-opening win against Washington State (Aug. 18)
Sophomore (Fall 2021)
• Saw action in 23 matches with 12 starts on the U-M defense
• Totaled 1,303 minutes, playing the entire match on four occasions
• Assisted on a Kacey Lawrence goal in the 55th minute in U-M's 1-0 win over Michigan State (Oct. 14)
• Had three shots against DePaul (Sept. 5)
• Appeared in four games and earned one start
• Had an assist in Michigan’s 2-0 win over Minnesota (Feb. 25)
• Logged 103 minutes on the field
Prep
• Prepped at Rochester Adams High School
• Played one year of high school varsity soccer before not playing her final three seasons due to Development Team Academy obligations
Academic/Extracurricular
• Member of National Honor Society
• Also in the Spanish National Honor Society
Club
• Was a member of the Region II ODP team from 2015-17 and attended the ODP National Training Camp from 2016-17
• Is a two-time National Champion with the Nationals, winning in both 2016 and 2017
• Helped her team to a DA National Championship final in 2018
Personal
• Full name is Sarah Catherine Bridenstine
• Born Sept. 29, 2002
• Daughter of Cathy Rittner and stepfather Rollie Rittner
• Has four brothers and two sisters
• Applied exercise science major
