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2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Bunch, Mary Grace
Jersey Number 41
Mary Grace Bunch
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Major:
- Computer Science
- High School:
- Athens Drive Magnet
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
Bio
Career Highlights
• Two-Time Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team (2020, 2022)
• Two-Time Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team (2021, 2022)
• 2020 Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team
• 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
• Program’s Career Leader with 0.67 GAA and 26 Shutouts
• Program’s Single-Season Record Holder with 0.47 GAA and 12.5 Shutouts
2022: Earned Atlantic 10 First Team honors at goalkeeper • Named to the A-10 All-Academic Team • Helped Davidson post a school-record 13 shutouts, including six straight • Set school single-season records with an 0.47 goals-against average and 12.5 shutouts • Also set program career marks with an 0.67 GAA and 26 shutouts • Served as a captain for the third year and started all 20 games • Logged 1,736:18 in goal, making 52 saves and earning 13 wins • Had a season-best seven saves in a 1-0 shutout at La Salle (10/23) • Was named A-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (9/26).
2021: Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team • Played in 13 games, making 12 starts • Logged more than 1,100 minutes in goal • Finished with an 0.88 goals-against average, 36 saves and a .766 saves percentage • Had back-to-back shutouts against USC Upstate (9/9) and UNC Asheville (9/12), which led to A-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors (9/13) • Had a high of seven saves against Dayton (9/26).
2020 (Played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19): Started all 14 matches, logging 1,252 minutes in goal • Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team • Earned a spot on the A-10 All-Championship Team • Completed five shutouts and combined for a sixth • Posted an 0.72 goals against average and a .796 saves percentage • Was named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week (2/22) after making two saves in a shutout season-opening win at Western Carolina • Was named A-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (4/12) after playing 220 minutes in goal, while helping Davidson earn two late-season ties, which helped secure an A-10 postseason bid • Made a season-high seven saves in a win at Richmond (4/1) • Had six saves in the A-10 semifinal shutout of UMass.
2019: Had a stellar sophomore season, capping it off by being named to the A-10 All-Second Team as a goalkeeper • Became the first Wildcat to earn a spot on one of the two all-conference teams since Davidson joined the league in 2014-15 • Given the team's MVP Award • Was a two-time A-10 Defender of the Week during the season, earning it on back-to-back weeks (9/23, 9/30) • Started eight of her 11 games played, allowing just six goals in over 950 minutes of action for a 0.57 goals against average, which ranked second in the A-10 • Had career highs in saves (42, team best & top-10 in league) as well as shutouts (4.5, top-5 in league) • Earned a personal-best 10 saves in a double-overtime draw vs. VCU at home, capping off a stretch of picking up 27 saves in a four-game span • Helped Davidson set a new school record with eight straight shutouts during an eight-game unbeaten streak (6-0-2), going 3-0-2 during the streak with a pair of ties against VMI and St. Bonaventure, and wins against Saint Joseph's, Duquesne and Rhode Island.
2018: As freshman, played in the first three games of the season between the pipes • Had a 2-1 record • In first collegiate start, earned four saves in 90 minutes vs. Coastal Carolina • Recorded first career win in a 3-2 overtime win vs. USC-Upstate, getting three saves • Followed up with first career shutout, a 2-0 road win at Gardner-Webb, and stopped a season-best eight saves • Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Before Davidson: Four-year letterwinner at Athens Drive Magnet • HSOT Honors Female Leadership Award Winner (2017-18) • HSOT Honors Women’s Soccer POTY Finalist (2017-18) • Athens Drive Girls Soccer Team MVP (2018) • All-Conference (2017 and 2018), All-Region (2018), N&O All-Metro (2018), Captain (2017 and 2018), NCHSAA 4A Final Four (2016) • Led NCHSAA girls soccer in saves for 2018 season with 330 saves • No. 1 in saves in NC (No. 4 in nation) for 2018 season • Played four years of high school basketball • Three-year varsity starter • Captain for senior season • Coach's Award (2017-18) • Her father, Patrick, and great uncle, Steve, each attended Davidson.
• Two-Time Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team (2020, 2022)
• Two-Time Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team (2021, 2022)
• 2020 Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team
• 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
• Program’s Career Leader with 0.67 GAA and 26 Shutouts
• Program’s Single-Season Record Holder with 0.47 GAA and 12.5 Shutouts
2022: Earned Atlantic 10 First Team honors at goalkeeper • Named to the A-10 All-Academic Team • Helped Davidson post a school-record 13 shutouts, including six straight • Set school single-season records with an 0.47 goals-against average and 12.5 shutouts • Also set program career marks with an 0.67 GAA and 26 shutouts • Served as a captain for the third year and started all 20 games • Logged 1,736:18 in goal, making 52 saves and earning 13 wins • Had a season-best seven saves in a 1-0 shutout at La Salle (10/23) • Was named A-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (9/26).
2021: Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team • Played in 13 games, making 12 starts • Logged more than 1,100 minutes in goal • Finished with an 0.88 goals-against average, 36 saves and a .766 saves percentage • Had back-to-back shutouts against USC Upstate (9/9) and UNC Asheville (9/12), which led to A-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors (9/13) • Had a high of seven saves against Dayton (9/26).
2020 (Played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19): Started all 14 matches, logging 1,252 minutes in goal • Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team • Earned a spot on the A-10 All-Championship Team • Completed five shutouts and combined for a sixth • Posted an 0.72 goals against average and a .796 saves percentage • Was named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week (2/22) after making two saves in a shutout season-opening win at Western Carolina • Was named A-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (4/12) after playing 220 minutes in goal, while helping Davidson earn two late-season ties, which helped secure an A-10 postseason bid • Made a season-high seven saves in a win at Richmond (4/1) • Had six saves in the A-10 semifinal shutout of UMass.
2019: Had a stellar sophomore season, capping it off by being named to the A-10 All-Second Team as a goalkeeper • Became the first Wildcat to earn a spot on one of the two all-conference teams since Davidson joined the league in 2014-15 • Given the team's MVP Award • Was a two-time A-10 Defender of the Week during the season, earning it on back-to-back weeks (9/23, 9/30) • Started eight of her 11 games played, allowing just six goals in over 950 minutes of action for a 0.57 goals against average, which ranked second in the A-10 • Had career highs in saves (42, team best & top-10 in league) as well as shutouts (4.5, top-5 in league) • Earned a personal-best 10 saves in a double-overtime draw vs. VCU at home, capping off a stretch of picking up 27 saves in a four-game span • Helped Davidson set a new school record with eight straight shutouts during an eight-game unbeaten streak (6-0-2), going 3-0-2 during the streak with a pair of ties against VMI and St. Bonaventure, and wins against Saint Joseph's, Duquesne and Rhode Island.
2018: As freshman, played in the first three games of the season between the pipes • Had a 2-1 record • In first collegiate start, earned four saves in 90 minutes vs. Coastal Carolina • Recorded first career win in a 3-2 overtime win vs. USC-Upstate, getting three saves • Followed up with first career shutout, a 2-0 road win at Gardner-Webb, and stopped a season-best eight saves • Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Before Davidson: Four-year letterwinner at Athens Drive Magnet • HSOT Honors Female Leadership Award Winner (2017-18) • HSOT Honors Women’s Soccer POTY Finalist (2017-18) • Athens Drive Girls Soccer Team MVP (2018) • All-Conference (2017 and 2018), All-Region (2018), N&O All-Metro (2018), Captain (2017 and 2018), NCHSAA 4A Final Four (2016) • Led NCHSAA girls soccer in saves for 2018 season with 330 saves • No. 1 in saves in NC (No. 4 in nation) for 2018 season • Played four years of high school basketball • Three-year varsity starter • Captain for senior season • Coach's Award (2017-18) • Her father, Patrick, and great uncle, Steve, each attended Davidson.
BUNCH'S CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | G | GS | Mins | GA | GAA | Svs | ShO |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 274:45 | 4 | 1.31 | 15 | 1 |
| 2019 | 11 | 8 | 952:49 | 6 | 0.57 | 42 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | 1252:25 | 10 | 0.72 | 39 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | 13 | 12 | 1121:05 | 11 | 0.88 | 36 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 1736:18 | 9 | 0.47 | 52 | 12.5 |
| Totals | 61 | 54 | 5337:22 | 40 | 0.67 | 184 | 26.0 |
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