2011 Men's Soccer Roster
Sanders, Chip
Jersey Number 1
Chip Sanders
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Thomasville, Ga.
- High School:
- Thomas County Central
Bio
Note: Voted 2011 tri-captain by his teammates.
Coaches' Comments: "Chip has developed in to a leader who commands the box and is a top performer between the pipes. We believe Chip has all of the attributes to spark the team to new levels of success and to personally transition to the next level upon graduation."
2011: Set a single-season record for the Wildcats with nine shutouts ... ended career with 17 shutouts, placing him third all-time at Davidson ... his goals against average of 1.06 ranked fourth among the best of Davidson goalkeepers ... career 1.22 goals against average ranks second all-time at Davidson ... 225 career saves rank him fourth all-time among Wildcat keepers ... made four saves against Air Force in season-opener to earn ninth career shutout … one save against No. 19 Denver led to his 10th career shutout … earned shutouts in three of four games against Gardner-Webb, Winthrop and at Campbell season against Campbell … made eight saves in 3-2 overtime win at Elon … earned sixth shutout of the season in scoreless draw against UNCG … made seven saves in 1-0, shutout wins over No. 2 North Carolina and Wofford … named to College Soccer News National Team of the Week and named Southern Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Week, Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week and Soccer America Player of the Week for performance ... made season-high nine saves against Furman … earned ninth shutout of the season over Appalachian State… made five saves in draw against College of Charleston.
2010: Ended the season with career-bests in shutouts (6), 1.19 goals against average (1.19), saves (85) and save percentage .773 … save total was tops in the SoCon, while his save percentage was third … made a career-best 10 saves in double-overtime, 2-2 draw at No. 13 UC Santa Barbara … made four saves each in back-to-back 1-0 shutouts of Gardner-Webb and Virginia Tech … stopped three shots in 3-0 shutout win over Wofford … made 8 stops in the 0-1 loss at College of Charleston … made 8 stops to preserve scoreless draw with UNCG … started all 20 matches.
Coaches' Comments: "Chip has developed in to a leader who commands the box and is a top performer between the pipes. We believe Chip has all of the attributes to spark the team to new levels of success and to personally transition to the next level upon graduation."
2011: Set a single-season record for the Wildcats with nine shutouts ... ended career with 17 shutouts, placing him third all-time at Davidson ... his goals against average of 1.06 ranked fourth among the best of Davidson goalkeepers ... career 1.22 goals against average ranks second all-time at Davidson ... 225 career saves rank him fourth all-time among Wildcat keepers ... made four saves against Air Force in season-opener to earn ninth career shutout … one save against No. 19 Denver led to his 10th career shutout … earned shutouts in three of four games against Gardner-Webb, Winthrop and at Campbell season against Campbell … made eight saves in 3-2 overtime win at Elon … earned sixth shutout of the season in scoreless draw against UNCG … made seven saves in 1-0, shutout wins over No. 2 North Carolina and Wofford … named to College Soccer News National Team of the Week and named Southern Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Week, Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week and Soccer America Player of the Week for performance ... made season-high nine saves against Furman … earned ninth shutout of the season over Appalachian State… made five saves in draw against College of Charleston.
2010: Ended the season with career-bests in shutouts (6), 1.19 goals against average (1.19), saves (85) and save percentage .773 … save total was tops in the SoCon, while his save percentage was third … made a career-best 10 saves in double-overtime, 2-2 draw at No. 13 UC Santa Barbara … made four saves each in back-to-back 1-0 shutouts of Gardner-Webb and Virginia Tech … stopped three shots in 3-0 shutout win over Wofford … made 8 stops in the 0-1 loss at College of Charleston … made 8 stops to preserve scoreless draw with UNCG … started all 20 matches.
2009: Secured starting role as the goalkeeper, starting 17 matches … finished season with two shutouts, a 1.47 goals against average and .684 save percentage … his 54 saves were the fourth most in the SoCon … earned shutout wins after making five saves against UNC Asheville and one save at Radford … played first 81 minutes of 3-0 victory over Georgia Southern, making two saves … made eight stops in 2-1 loss at Elon … made a career-best nine saves on 13 shots on goal, facing 26 total, in loss at No. 2 Wake Forest.
2008: Made his first career start in the match against Presbyterian, in which he recorded a career-high five saves in 90 minutes of action ... picked up the win in the same match, also the first of his collegiate career.
Before Davidson: Region I-AAAA Championship 2007 ... Second Team All-Region 2005-2007 ... Club Semi-Finals State Cup 2007 ... four-year starter in high school ... National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Chuck and Nicki Sanders … has one sister, Laurel ... spent a month in summer of 2010 studying in a Davidson abroad program in Cadiz, Spain … competed for the PDL’s Panama City Pirates during the summer of 2009 ... with the PDL's Baton Rouge Capitals for the 2011 summer ... physics major.
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