Longwood University Athletics

2024: Played and started in all 19 matches this season…Holding midfielder who had one assist and seven shots on goal…Played 1,659 minutes…Played the full match 11 times and nine of the last 10 matches…Big South Preseason All-Conference selection…Big South All-Tournament Team selection…Big South Second Team selection…CSC All-Disctict Academic Team…Helped Longwood advance to the Big South Tournament and host a match…Had an assist against Gardner-Webb (Sept. 28)…
 
2023: All-Big South Second Team selection…Played and started all 17 matches while ranking second on the team in minutes with 1,467…Served a connecting role in the central midfield and had one assist on the season…Posted an assist at Gardner-Webb (September 27)…Played all 90 minutes in 12 matches and played at least 73 minutes in all 17 matches…
 
2022: Made 18 appearances with 12 starts for Longwood in her junior season…Started 11 straight matches to close the regular season…Played 1,009 minutes as one of seven players to play at least 1,000 minutes…Third on the team with five points…Led the team with three assists…Added one goal on 16 shots…Her 16 shots were tied for fourth-most on the team…Scored her goal on Sept. 21 against Presbyterian in a 1-1 tie…Had an assist in three straight games…Her first assist of the season came on Oct. 8 at USC Upstate…She had her second assist on Oct. 12 at Radford, which was on the game’s only goal in a 1-0 win…Added an assist on Oct. 15 against UNC Asheville…Played all 90 minutes on Sept. 28 against Gardner-Webb…Had a season high four shots on Oct. 4 against Winthrop…
 
2021: Started 19 times while playing in 20 matches as an attacking midfielder and forward for the Lancers…Tallied two goals to go with three assists, with her three assists third on the team…Finished with 33 shots and 13 shots on goal in 1,279 minutes…Scored one game winning goal in a road win at Presbyterian on Sept. 26…In the 2-1 win, had a hand in both goals after tallying her first collegiate assist as well in 47 minutes of action…Scored a goal and had a career best two assists on Oct. 16 against USC Upstate… Helped Longwood post an eight-match unbeaten streak as well as a six-match winning streak during conference play that led to a third-place league finish…Helped the Lancers win in the opening round of the Big South Tournament…

2020-21: Named All-Big South honorable mention… an impact starter on the front line, appearing in all 10 games with nine starts…scored a team-high three goals, including two game-winners…those game-winners came in a 3-0 victory against Gardner-Webb (Feb. 28) and a 2-1 win against UNC Asheville (March 21)…Big South Freshman of the Week on Feb. 23…led the team with 27 shots and 13 shots on goal…averaged 63.2 minutes per game…began her collegiate career with goals in back-to-back games…named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

High School: Played for the Commonwealth Futbol Club, Arlington Soccer Association and the FC Prime in the ECNL…also competed in the Olympic Development Program at the region, district and state levels…soccer experience also included futsal and 3-versus-3 competition…won the Futsal Mid-Atlantic Region Championships with the ’98 Girls…was a regional finalist in 3-versus-3 with the ’01 Boys…A U.S. Youth Soccer licensed coach…recipient of the ECNL Coaching Educational Scholarship…gained significant coaching experience in multiple volunteer positions, including volunteer coaching assistant for Rare Soccer Academy and Commonwealth FC…a lead trainer and volunteer assistant for Vertimax SAQ training in the Commonwealth FC Vertimax Program…also volunteered with the coaching staff at Rare Soccer Academy and CFC Vertimax.
 
Personal: Born Alexandra Frances Dinger…daughter of Joel and Jessica Dinger…has two siblings, Elizabeth and Joel Jr.