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Jersey Number 1
Oliver Semmle
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Au am Rhein, Germany
- High School:
- Otto Hahn Gymnasium
Bio
2022 (Graduate Student)
2022 Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 6)
Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 3)
Appeared in and started all 19 of the Herd’s matches in goal…accumulated an 11-4-4 record making 48 saves…led the Sun Belt with a .74 goals against average while ranking second with a .774 save percentage…recorded six shutouts, against VCU (Aug. 25), against WVU (Sept. 24), at Coastal Carolina (Sept. 29), at Wright State (Oct. 26), against James Madison (Nov. 1) and at Elon (Nov. 17) in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament.
2021 (Senior)
2021 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-Southeast Region
2021 Second Team All-Conference USA
2021 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: Sept. 28
GP/GS: 17/17 … Excellent keeper who helps with directing his teammates and also in ball-control offense … Recorded eight more shutouts and ranks second in program history with 19 career clean sheets in just two seasons … Helped lead Marshall’s defense through team record-breaking stretch of seven-straight clean sheets (Sept. 21-Oct. 19) as well as 760 minutes and 37 seconds without conceding a goal (Sept. 17-Oct. 23) … Logged 1,610 minutes, second-most on the team … Allowed 20 goals and tallied a 1.12 goals against average … Recorded 48 saves and a .706 save percentage … Finished with a 10-4-3 record … Opened season with three saves in win at No. 21 James Madison (Aug. 28) … Season-high five saves versus No. 15 Virginia Tech (Aug. 29) … Had five more saves against (RV) Coastal Carolina (Sept. 4) … Earned first shutout of the season over No. 20 Akron (Sept. 21) to begin streak of seven-straight, had two saves in the win … Held No. 10 Kentucky scoreless (Sept. 25) with five saves in 0-0 draw, made back-to-back saves on attempts from UK in the 47th minute … Was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 28 after the shutouts against Akron and Kentucky … Blanked Butler (Sept. 29) with four saves … Tallied three saves at Old Dominion (Oct. 3) for fourth-straight clean sheet … Made one save in fifth-straight clean sheet at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 9) … Recorded two saves in the seventh-straight clean sheet against Wright State (Oct. 19) … Tallied four saves in 2-1 overtime victory at Charlotte (Oct. 23) … In Herd career has appeared in 35 matches with 34 starts, allowed 27 goals for a 0.75 goals against average, recorded 74 saves with a .733 save percentage and a 22-6-6 record … 19-of-22 wins have been shutouts … Career goals against average is tops in program history.
2020-21 (Junior)
2020 College Cup National Champions
2020 Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Year
2020 Conference USA Golden Glove Award (most shutouts in C-USA)
2020 First Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 NCAA Top 10 Shutouts (1st – 11)
2020-21 NCAA Top 10 Goals Against Average (4th – 0.380)
2020-21 NCAA Top 10 Goalie Minutes Played (4th – 1,658:33)
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 18/17 … Transfer who made an immediate impact as a steady keeper with a great defensive presence, helped lead Herd to National Championship … Season was played in the spring of 2021 instead of the fall of 2020 due to COVID-19 … Stepped right in as the main leader in the net, playing 1,658 minutes of a possible 1,703 … Only missed time was the first half of match versus West Virginia Tech (Feb. 21), but played the entire second half … Set a program single-season record with 11 shutouts which also led Conference USA and the NCAA … Established Marshall and C-USA single-season record with a 0.380 goals against average, ranked fourth in the NCAA … Allowed just seven goals … Recorded 26 saves with a save percentage of .788 … Faced 116 total shots with only 33 on goal … Made Herd and Division I debut in season-opener against Ohio Valley (Feb. 13), allowed one goal and had one save … Delivered first shutout versus East Tennessee State (Feb. 23), recorded one save … Shutout of Bowling Green (Feb. 27), defense allowed just two shots and none on goal … Tallied three-straight shutouts of South Carolina (March 6), (RV) FIU (March 13) and No. 11 Kentucky (March 18), totaled five saves during stretch … Second string of three-straight shutouts over Florida Atlantic (April 3), UAB (April 10) and No. 12 Charlotte (April 18) … Recorded a then season-high four saves in Conference USA Championship win over Charlotte for league-leading eighth clean sheet of the season … Allowed one goal and had one save against No. 23 Fordham in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (May 2) … Tallied two saves and allowed one goal through 110 minutes against No. 1 Clemson (May 6) in the Sweet 16, then stopped two penalty kicks during the shootout including Clemson’s last attempt that opened the door for Marshall to get the win (7-6) … Had two saves in shutout of No. 8 and defending National Champions Georgetown (May 10) in the Elite 8, win was ninth shutout of the year to tie Herd single-season record set by Daniel Winthrow in 2012 … Recorded a season-high five saves, four in the first half, against No. 16 North Carolina (May 14) while recording 10th clean sheet of the year, setting new program record, final save of the match came in the 81st minute also last shot of the day for UNC … Tallied 11th shutout recording one save in the National Championship win over No. 3 Indiana (May 17), was third time in the season recording three-straight shutouts … Faced 47 total shots with 13 on goal during the NCAA Tournament,
Prior to Marshall: Junior College
2019 (Sophomore) at Monroe College (Bronx, N.Y.)
Appeared in 12 matches with nine starts ... Finished with a record of 9-0 ... Played a part in 10 shutouts ... Recorded 25 saves and allowed just two goals in 810 minutes in the net ... Sported a .926 save percentage and a meager 0.22 goals against average ... Made season debut against Harcum College (Aug. 24) and tallied two saves in the shutout ... Had season-high nine saves versus Essex County College (Nov. 10), allowed just one goal as the Mustangs won 3-1 ... Recorded four saves in shutout of Iowa Western Community College (Nov. 20) ... Finished season with five saves and allowed one goal against Eastern Florida State (Nov. 23) in 2-1 victory.
2018 (Freshman) at Barton Community College (Great Bend, Kan.)
Appeared and started seven matches for the Cougars ... Finished with a record of 4-1-1 ... Tallied 19 saves, a .613 save percentage ... Allowed 12 goals, a 1.65 goals against average ... Totaled over 656 minutes in the net ... Earned two shutouts coming against Western Texas College (Nov. 2) and St. Louis Community College (Nov. 12).
2022 Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference
Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 6)
Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 3)
Appeared in and started all 19 of the Herd’s matches in goal…accumulated an 11-4-4 record making 48 saves…led the Sun Belt with a .74 goals against average while ranking second with a .774 save percentage…recorded six shutouts, against VCU (Aug. 25), against WVU (Sept. 24), at Coastal Carolina (Sept. 29), at Wright State (Oct. 26), against James Madison (Nov. 1) and at Elon (Nov. 17) in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament.
2021 (Senior)
2021 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-Southeast Region
2021 Second Team All-Conference USA
2021 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: Sept. 28
GP/GS: 17/17 … Excellent keeper who helps with directing his teammates and also in ball-control offense … Recorded eight more shutouts and ranks second in program history with 19 career clean sheets in just two seasons … Helped lead Marshall’s defense through team record-breaking stretch of seven-straight clean sheets (Sept. 21-Oct. 19) as well as 760 minutes and 37 seconds without conceding a goal (Sept. 17-Oct. 23) … Logged 1,610 minutes, second-most on the team … Allowed 20 goals and tallied a 1.12 goals against average … Recorded 48 saves and a .706 save percentage … Finished with a 10-4-3 record … Opened season with three saves in win at No. 21 James Madison (Aug. 28) … Season-high five saves versus No. 15 Virginia Tech (Aug. 29) … Had five more saves against (RV) Coastal Carolina (Sept. 4) … Earned first shutout of the season over No. 20 Akron (Sept. 21) to begin streak of seven-straight, had two saves in the win … Held No. 10 Kentucky scoreless (Sept. 25) with five saves in 0-0 draw, made back-to-back saves on attempts from UK in the 47th minute … Was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 28 after the shutouts against Akron and Kentucky … Blanked Butler (Sept. 29) with four saves … Tallied three saves at Old Dominion (Oct. 3) for fourth-straight clean sheet … Made one save in fifth-straight clean sheet at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 9) … Recorded two saves in the seventh-straight clean sheet against Wright State (Oct. 19) … Tallied four saves in 2-1 overtime victory at Charlotte (Oct. 23) … In Herd career has appeared in 35 matches with 34 starts, allowed 27 goals for a 0.75 goals against average, recorded 74 saves with a .733 save percentage and a 22-6-6 record … 19-of-22 wins have been shutouts … Career goals against average is tops in program history.
2020-21 (Junior)
2020 College Cup National Champions
2020 Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Year
2020 Conference USA Golden Glove Award (most shutouts in C-USA)
2020 First Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 NCAA Top 10 Shutouts (1st – 11)
2020-21 NCAA Top 10 Goals Against Average (4th – 0.380)
2020-21 NCAA Top 10 Goalie Minutes Played (4th – 1,658:33)
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 18/17 … Transfer who made an immediate impact as a steady keeper with a great defensive presence, helped lead Herd to National Championship … Season was played in the spring of 2021 instead of the fall of 2020 due to COVID-19 … Stepped right in as the main leader in the net, playing 1,658 minutes of a possible 1,703 … Only missed time was the first half of match versus West Virginia Tech (Feb. 21), but played the entire second half … Set a program single-season record with 11 shutouts which also led Conference USA and the NCAA … Established Marshall and C-USA single-season record with a 0.380 goals against average, ranked fourth in the NCAA … Allowed just seven goals … Recorded 26 saves with a save percentage of .788 … Faced 116 total shots with only 33 on goal … Made Herd and Division I debut in season-opener against Ohio Valley (Feb. 13), allowed one goal and had one save … Delivered first shutout versus East Tennessee State (Feb. 23), recorded one save … Shutout of Bowling Green (Feb. 27), defense allowed just two shots and none on goal … Tallied three-straight shutouts of South Carolina (March 6), (RV) FIU (March 13) and No. 11 Kentucky (March 18), totaled five saves during stretch … Second string of three-straight shutouts over Florida Atlantic (April 3), UAB (April 10) and No. 12 Charlotte (April 18) … Recorded a then season-high four saves in Conference USA Championship win over Charlotte for league-leading eighth clean sheet of the season … Allowed one goal and had one save against No. 23 Fordham in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (May 2) … Tallied two saves and allowed one goal through 110 minutes against No. 1 Clemson (May 6) in the Sweet 16, then stopped two penalty kicks during the shootout including Clemson’s last attempt that opened the door for Marshall to get the win (7-6) … Had two saves in shutout of No. 8 and defending National Champions Georgetown (May 10) in the Elite 8, win was ninth shutout of the year to tie Herd single-season record set by Daniel Winthrow in 2012 … Recorded a season-high five saves, four in the first half, against No. 16 North Carolina (May 14) while recording 10th clean sheet of the year, setting new program record, final save of the match came in the 81st minute also last shot of the day for UNC … Tallied 11th shutout recording one save in the National Championship win over No. 3 Indiana (May 17), was third time in the season recording three-straight shutouts … Faced 47 total shots with 13 on goal during the NCAA Tournament,
Prior to Marshall: Junior College
2019 (Sophomore) at Monroe College (Bronx, N.Y.)
Appeared in 12 matches with nine starts ... Finished with a record of 9-0 ... Played a part in 10 shutouts ... Recorded 25 saves and allowed just two goals in 810 minutes in the net ... Sported a .926 save percentage and a meager 0.22 goals against average ... Made season debut against Harcum College (Aug. 24) and tallied two saves in the shutout ... Had season-high nine saves versus Essex County College (Nov. 10), allowed just one goal as the Mustangs won 3-1 ... Recorded four saves in shutout of Iowa Western Community College (Nov. 20) ... Finished season with five saves and allowed one goal against Eastern Florida State (Nov. 23) in 2-1 victory.
2018 (Freshman) at Barton Community College (Great Bend, Kan.)
Appeared and started seven matches for the Cougars ... Finished with a record of 4-1-1 ... Tallied 19 saves, a .613 save percentage ... Allowed 12 goals, a 1.65 goals against average ... Totaled over 656 minutes in the net ... Earned two shutouts coming against Western Texas College (Nov. 2) and St. Louis Community College (Nov. 12).
Marshall Men's Soccer: Round of 8 Postgame at SMU - HC Chris Grassie/Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos
Monday, December 09
Marshall Men's Soccer: vs. Furman Postgame - Chris Grassie/Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos
Monday, December 09
Marshall Men's Soccer: 2024 NCAA Selection Show Press Conference
Monday, November 18
Msoc vs ODU Cinematic Recap
Wednesday, November 13
