Melina Ford

30 Melina Ford

Height:

5-5
Hometown:

Portland, CT
Position:

Goalkeeper
Year:

Fr.
High School:

Mercy

gp

15
gs

13
min

1198:15
ga

16
gaa

1.20
sv

47

Bio

2023: NEC All-Tournament Team...NEC Tournament MVP...Played in 15 games, including 13 starts...Made 47 saves with a .746 save percentage...Posted a 1.20 goals against average...Anchored defense that recorded four shutouts and ranked second in the league in goals against average...Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll

Before CCSU: Two-time All-America honoree...Named All-New England and All-State three times...Earned Tony Diaccio goal keeper award

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games played	15	9
Games started	13	8
Minutes	1198:15	708:15
Goals against	16	5
Goals-against average	1.20	0.64
Saves	47	27
Save pct	.746	.844
Wins	8	6
Losses	2	0
Ties	5	3
Shutouts	2/1	2/1

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 15	Le Moyne	T, 2-2
Oct 22	at Stonehill	T, 1-1
Oct 26	Wagner	W, 2-1
Nov 2	Howard	W, 2-1
Nov 5	Wagner	W by PK, 1-1
Nov 10	at Penn State	L, 7-0

Game Log - Goalkeeper
Date	Opponent	Score	gp	wins	losses	ties	shutouts	min
Aug 17	at Siena	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 20	at Seton Hall	L, 2-1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 27	Brown	L, 4-3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 31	Holy Cross	T, 1-1	1	0	0	1	0/0	45:00
Sep 4	St. John's (N.Y.)	L, 2-1	1	0	1	0	0/0	90:00
Sep 7	at Fairfield	W, 5-2	1	1	0	0	0/0	90:00
Sep 10	at Dartmouth	L, 1-0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 17	at Saint Francis U.	W, 2-1	1	1	0	0	0/0	90:00
Sep 21	LIU	W, 1-0	1	1	0	0	1/0	90:00
Sep 24	at FDU	W, 2-1	1	1	0	0	0/0	90:00
Sep 28	Howard	W, 2-1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 1	at Delaware St.	W, 5-0	1	1	0	0	0/1	33:15
Oct 5	Sacred Heart	T, 1-1	1	0	0	1	0/0	90:00
Oct 12	at Merrimack	W, 3-0	1	1	0	0	1/0	90:00
Oct 15	Le Moyne	T, 2-2	1	0	0	1	0/0	45:00
Oct 22	at Stonehill	T, 1-1	1	0	0	1	0/0	90:00
Oct 26	Wagner	W, 2-1	1	1	0	0	0/0	90:00
Nov 2	Howard	W, 2-1	1	1	0	0	0/0	110:00
Nov 5	Wagner	W by PK, 1-1	1	0	0	1	0/0	110:00
Nov 10	at Penn State	L, 7-0	1	0	1	0	0/0	45:00

Game Log - Goalkeeper
Date	Opponent	Score	gp	gs	ga	sv	sv%
Aug 17	at Siena	W, 3-0	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 20	at Seton Hall	L, 2-1	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 27	Brown	L, 4-3	-	-	-	-	-
Aug 31	Holy Cross	T, 1-1	1	0	0	2	1.000
Sep 4	St. John's (N.Y.)	L, 2-1	1	1	2	4	.667
Sep 7	at Fairfield	W, 5-2	1	1	2	2	.500
Sep 10	at Dartmouth	L, 1-0	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 17	at Saint Francis U.	W, 2-1	1	1	1	3	.750
Sep 21	LIU	W, 1-0	1	1	0	4	1.000
Sep 24	at FDU	W, 2-1	1	1	1	1	.500
Sep 28	Howard	W, 2-1	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 1	at Delaware St.	W, 5-0	1	1	0	1	1.000
Oct 5	Sacred Heart	T, 1-1	1	1	1	7	.875
Oct 12	at Merrimack	W, 3-0	1	1	0	4	1.000
Oct 15	Le Moyne	T, 2-2	1	0	0	2	1.000
Oct 22	at Stonehill	T, 1-1	1	1	1	3	.750
Oct 26	Wagner	W, 2-1	1	1	1	2	.667
Nov 2	Howard	W, 2-1	1	1	1	3	.750
Nov 5	Wagner	W by PK, 1-1	1	1	1	5	.833
Nov 10	at Penn State	L, 7-0	1	1	5	4	.444

Career Stats - Game
Statistic	gp	gs	ga/g	gaa	sv/g
2023-24	15	13	1.07	1.20	3.13
2024-25	5	4	1.20	1.33	5.00
2025-26	16	16	1.19	1.22	4.81
Total	36	33	1.14	1.23	4.14

Career Stats - Season Ext.
Statistic	gp	wins	losses	ties	shutouts	min
2023-24	15	8	2	5	2/1	1198:15
2024-25	5	0	3	1	0/0	404:48
2025-26	16	6	5	4	6/0	1405:00
Total	36	14	10	10	8/1	3008:03

Career Stats - Game Ext.
Statistic	gp	min/g
2023-24	15	79:53
2024-25	5	80:58
2025-26	16	87:49
Total	36	83:33

Career Stats - Season
Statistic	gp	gs	ga	sv	sv%
2023-24	15	13	16	47	.746
2024-25	5	4	6	25	.806
2025-26	16	16	19	77	.802
Total	36	33	41	149	.784

Split Stats - Game
Statistic	gp	gs	ga/g	gaa	sv/g
Event
Total	15	13	1.07	1.20	3.13
Conference	9	8	.56	0.64	3.00
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	6	.75	0.81	3.63
Away	7	7	1.43	1.70	2.57
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	8	8	.75	0.79	2.50
Losses	2	2	3.50	4.67	4.00
Month
August	1	0	.00	0.00	2.00
September	5	5	1.20	1.20	2.80
October	6	5	.50	0.62	3.17
November	3	3	2.33	2.38	4.00

Split Stats - Season Ext.
Statistic	gp	wins	losses	ties	shutouts	min
Event
Total	15	8	2	5	2/1	1198:15
Conference	9	6	0	3	2/1	708:15
Exhibition	-	0	0	0	0/0	0:00
Location
Home	8	3	1	4	1/0	670:00
Away	7	5	1	1	1/1	528:15
Neutral	-	0	0	0	0/0	0:00
Result
Wins	8	8	0	0	2/1	683:15
Losses	2	0	2	0	0/0	135:00
Month
August	1	0	0	1	0/0	45:00
September	5	4	1	0	1/0	450:00
October	6	3	0	3	1/1	438:15
November	3	1	1	1	0/0	265:00

Split Stats - Game Ext.
Statistic	gp	min/g
Event
Total	15	79:53
Conference	9	78:42
Exhibition	-	0:00
Location
Home	8	83:45
Away	7	75:28
Neutral	-	0:00
Result
Wins	8	85:24
Losses	2	67:30
Month
August	1	45:00
September	5	90:00
October	6	73:02
November	3	88:20

Split Stats - Season
Statistic	gp	gs	ga	sv	sv%
Event
Total	15	13	16	47	.746
Conference	9	8	5	27	.844
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	6	6	29	.829
Away	7	7	10	18	.643
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	8	8	6	20	.769
Losses	2	2	7	8	.533
Month
August	1	0	0	2	1.000
September	5	5	6	14	.700
October	6	5	3	19	.864
November	3	3	7	12	.632

News mentions

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The Central Connecticut women's soccer team defeated Merrimack 3-0 Thursday to snap a six-game winning streak for the Warriors and secure a spot in the NEC tournament.