Women's Soccer 2002-05
The beginning of MSU Denver's rise to national prominence in women’s
soccer coincided with Leichliter’s four years (2002-05) as a star for the Roadrunners. In 2002, Leichliter and the Roadrunners took home the RMAC regular season and conference tournament championships, and appeared in the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in school history. That year marked the beginning of eight straight years that MSU Denver won the RMAC championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
She also led the Roadrunners to their first-ever women’s soccer national championship in 2004. MSU Denver reached the NCAA quarterfinals or beyond in each of her four years.
Leichliter was also a part of a number of NCAA record winning streaks, as MSU Denver started the longest unbeaten streak (59 games), longest home winning streak (61), longest home unbeaten streak (61), longest conference winning streak (57) and longest conference unbeaten (72) streak during her career. All five NCAA records remained at the time of her induction. Leichliter was also a part of MSU Denver’s school record 46-game winning streak from Sept. 5, 2004, to Nov. 13, 2005.
The native of Greeley, Colo., was a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America forward, earning first team honors as a sophomore in 2003 and third team honors as a senior in 2005. She also garnered RMAC Freshman of the Year hardware in 2002 and was the first player in school history to earn first team All-RMAC honors for four years.
Leichliter finished her career as the program’s all-time points, goals and assists leader in 2005 with 163 points on 67 goals and 29 assists, though teammate Kylee Hanavan topped all three records one year later. Leichliter remained in the top three of three categories when inducted. Leichliter was NCAA Division II’s all-time games played record holder, tied with teammate Jodi McGann with 98 games played in her career.
She graduated from MSU Denver in December, 2006, with her bachelor’s degree in hospitality, meetings and travel administration.
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- 2002 first team All-RMAC
- 2002 RMAC Freshman of the Year
- 2002 NSCAA first team all-region
- 2003 first team All-RMAC
- 2003 NSCAA first team all-region
- 2003 NSCAA first team All-America
- 2004 first team All-RMAC
- 2004 RMAC All-Tournament
- 2004 NSCAA second team all-region
- 2005 first team All-RMAC
- 2005 NSCAA first team all-region
- 2005 NSCAA third team All-America
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Career Statistics
| Year |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
Shots |
SOG |
GW |
PK-Att |
| 2002 |
25 |
20 |
1 |
41 |
101 |
51 |
6 |
0-0 |
| 2003 |
23 |
17 |
8 |
42 |
101 |
49 |
2 |
0-0 |
| 2004 |
26 |
15 |
11 |
41 |
101 |
64 |
6 |
0-0 |
| 2005 |
24 |
15 |
9 |
39 |
91 |
46 |
1 |
0-0 |
| Totals |
98 |
67 |
29 |
163 |
394 |
210 |
15 |
0-0 |
