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2025 RMU Women's Soccer Roster

0 Abbey Cowles

0 Abbey Cowles

  • Position:
    Goalkeeper
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Colts Neck, N.J.
  • High School:
    Freehold
  • Prev. School / Club:
    UMBC

Summary

Biography

Worth Noting: 
- 2x America East Defensive Player of the Week 
- 1x America East Rookie of the Week 
- Plays semi-professional soccer in the off-season for FC Monmouth (WPSL) 

2024 Highlights (Senior at UMBC)
- Played and started in all 17 games
- Made 54 saves on the season 
- Logged a total of 1,080 minutes on the pitch 
- Earned two wins on the season and one tie
- Stopped two shots in a win at Howard (9/1)
- Recorded eight saves in a victory at UMass Lowell (9/29) 
- Made a season-high nine saves vs. Binghamton (10/3)

2023 Highlights (Junior at UMBC)
- Played in 14 games, starting all 14 
- Made 62 saves with a 2.41 GAA
- Finished the season with a 70.5 percent save mark 
- Earned one win and had three clean sheets
- Led the America East Conference with 5.14 saves per game
- Made a season-high nine saves vs. Drexel (8/24) and High Point (9/7) 
- Made eight saves in a scoreless draw vs. UNH (10/22) 

2022 Highlights (Sophomore @ UMBC)
- Did not play due to injury 

2021 Highlights (Freshman @ UMBC)
- Played in seven games
- Made 47 saves with a 1.48 GAA
- Earned one win, two ties and had three clean sheets
- Made her debut vs. Longwood (9/9), collecting 13 saves in a double-overtime scoreless draw
- Was the most saves in a game in program history since 2016 
- Earned her first win with a shutout at Wagner (9/16)
- Posted her third shutout - registering eight saves vs. NJIT (10/14)
- Did not allow a goal in her first 255 minutes of action at Retriever Soccer Park 
- Finished the year with an 81.0 percent save mark 

Prep Highlights: 
- Attended Freehold High School
- Played club soccer for Cedar Stars Academy 01/02 DA and 02/03 GA 
- As a sophomore, made 15 saves against Colts Neck to help their team start an eight-game winning streak to make the Shore Conference Tournament
- Also, lettered in basketball where she led her team in rebounds and blocks as a junior
- Inducted into the National Honors Society
- Named to the Honor Roll and President's Honor Roll
- Member of the Cybersecurity Club, American Computer Science League and Boro Fights Cancer 

Personal: 
- Born on September 6, 2002
- Obtaining a Master's in Cybersecurity at RMU
- Graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. in Computer Science at UMBC 
- Daughter of Jonathan and Martha Cowles
- Her father played soccer (outside bac) at Syracuse
- Has one brother, Dan 
- Her brother plays baseball (1B) at Fairleigh Dickinson University 
- When not at the field, she enjoys reading, baking, coaching and technology 
- Her goal at RMU is to come in and make a positive impact. She's like to help foster a good, competitive and high standard training environment for the younger goalkeepers to build off of. 
- Her future plans after graduation are to work in the Cybersecurity field and move home to NJ 
- This summer (2025), she's interning on the Cyber Deffense Team at Bristol Myers Squibb, a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company known for their work in cancer, cardiovascular disease and immune disorders.
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