Florien Marcussen

Photo by: S. J. Carrera, Inc.

Position:
GK
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Het Baarnsch Lyceum
Hometown:
Soest, The Netherlands

2019: Started all 22 games as goalkeeper ... Tallied 88 saves on the season ... Tied for first in the Big Ten in shutouts with five and third in total saves ... Made seven saves in the opener against Stanford (8/30) ... Notched back to back shutouts in victories over No. 15 Wake Forest (9/15) and Ball State (9/16) ... Awarded Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after recording seven saves in win over No. 24 Michigan State (9/27) and a shutout win over No. 9 Michigan (9/29) ... Posted a season high nine saves in overtime game against No. 4 Maryland (10/3) ... Made seven saves against Penn State (10/11) ... Recorded three saves in Northwestern's sixth shutout win of the season (11/1).

2018: Appeared five times in net and started three matches ... Made a career-high ten saves at Duke ... Shutout Kent State in the 35 minutes she played in a 4-2 contest to earn her first career win (9/4) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017: Saw action in goal in four matches ... Combined on a shutout in a win at Ball State (10/8) ... NFHCA National Academic Squad.

Prior to Northwestern: Scouted for District Team Middle Netherlands at age 12 and played through age 15 … Has competed at national level since summer of 2015 … Competed with indoor team for Middle Netherlands championship … Selected to compete for Laren Ladies first team in fall of 2016 … Made debut in the Hoofdklasse in October 2016, stopping penalty corner and rebound in debut against Bloemendaal … Competes for Laren U-18 team in national competition … Trained at keeper clinics with Joyce Sombroek of the Dutch National Team in fall of 2016 and spring of 2017 as well as at Salman Goalkeeper Academy.

Personal: Born Florien Jonne Marcussen … Daughter of Jelly Offereins and Paul Marcussen ... Major is Environmental Sciences.