Bram Kaarsgaren
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- Height:
- 6-7
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- Weight:
- 216
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- Hometown:
- Den Bosch, The Netherlands
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- Position:
- GK
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Rodenborch College
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Bio
- 2021 Spring All-SAC First Team
- SAC Defensive Player of the Week (4-7-21)
- SAC Defensive Player of the Week (3-31-21)
- SAC Defensive Player of the Week (2-24-21)
- 2019 All-SAC First Team
- SAC Defensive Player of the Week (10-15-19)
- SAC Defensive Player of the Week (9-24-19)
2020: Tabbed the keeper of the All-SAC first team for a second straight season... Started all 10 matches, logging a 7-2-1 record... Kept the second-most clean sheets in the nation with seven, good enough for the seventh-most for a single season in program history, ending the season with the fourth-most for a career in C-N history at 11.1... Saved 22 of the 60 shots he faced... His 0.40 goals against average, the best in a single season in C-N history, and .846 save percentage were the best in the league while being ninth and 10th in the nation, respectively... Ended the year on the C-N career lists at second with a 0.86 GAA, fourth with a .802 saving clip and sixth with 16 wins... Became the second player in team history to be named Player of the Week three times in one season by the SAC and a program-high five in his career.
2019: Earned All-SAC First Team honors in his debut season... Started in all 16 of his appearances on the season with a 9-4-3 record... Tallied 4.1 shutouts in his debut season with the Orange and Blue... Saved 71 of the 195 shots he faced with a .789 save percentage, allowing 19 goals... His nine wins tie for ninth in program history for wins in a single season... Third in the conference for saves, saving clip, goals against and goals against average (1.13).... First C-N goalkeeper to receive a pair of SAC Player of the Week laurels in one season.
Personal: Son of Lenny Klaassen... Intends to study marketing at Carson-Newman.
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 10 | 6 |
| Games started | 10 | 6 |
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Assists | 0 | 0 |
| Points | 0 | 0 |
| Shots | 0 | 0 |
| Shot Pct | - | - |
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 |
Game Log - Extended Goalkeeper
| Date | Opponent | Score | gp | wins | losses | ties | shutouts | min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13 | at Belmont Abbey | W, 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 86:41 |
| Feb 17 | at Lee | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Feb 19 | at Limestone | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 90:00 |
| Feb 25 | Lincoln Memorial | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 90:00 |
| Mar 4 | Mars Hill | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 90:00 |
| Mar 18 | at Lincoln Memorial | W, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 90:00 |
| Mar 26 | Tusculum | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 90:00 |
| Mar 29 | at Tusculum | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 90:00 |
| Apr 1 | at Mars Hill | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 90:00 |
| Apr 5 | Lincoln Memorial | W, 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 90:00 |
| Apr 8 | #25 Wingate | L, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 90:00 |
Game Log - Goalkeeper
| Date | Opponent | Score | gp | gs | ga | sv | sv% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13 | at Belmont Abbey | W, 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .667 |
| Feb 17 | at Lee | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Feb 19 | at Limestone | T, 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Feb 25 | Lincoln Memorial | L, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Mar 4 | Mars Hill | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Mar 18 | at Lincoln Memorial | W, 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 |
| Mar 26 | Tusculum | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Mar 29 | at Tusculum | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 |
| Apr 1 | at Mars Hill | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Apr 5 | Lincoln Memorial | W, 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 |
| Apr 8 | #25 Wingate | L, 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Statistic | gp | gs | ga/g | gaa | sv/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | |||||
| Total | 10 | 10 | .40 | 0.40 | 2.20 |
| Conference | 6 | 6 | .17 | 0.17 | 2.50 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - |
| Location | |||||
| Home | 5 | 5 | .60 | 0.60 | 1.20 |
| Away | 5 | 5 | .20 | 0.20 | 3.20 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - |
| Result | |||||
| Wins | 7 | 7 | .14 | 0.14 | 2.71 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 | 1.50 | 1.50 | .00 |
| Month | |||||
| February | 3 | 3 | .67 | 0.67 | 1.67 |
| March | 4 | 4 | .00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| April | 3 | 3 | .67 | 0.67 | 1.67 |
| Statistic | gp | wins | losses | ties | shutouts | min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ||||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 896:41 |
| Conference | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 540:00 |
| Exhibition | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0:00 |
| Location | ||||||
| Home | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 450:00 |
| Away | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 446:41 |
| Neutral | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0:00 |
| Result | ||||||
| Wins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 626:41 |
| Losses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 180:00 |
| Month | ||||||
| February | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 266:41 |
| March | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 360:00 |
| April | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 270:00 |
| Statistic | gp | min/g |
|---|---|---|
| Event | ||
| Total | 10 | 89:40 |
| Conference | 6 | 90:00 |
| Exhibition | - | 0:00 |
| Location | ||
| Home | 5 | 90:00 |
| Away | 5 | 89:20 |
| Neutral | - | 0:00 |
| Result | ||
| Wins | 7 | 89:32 |
| Losses | 2 | 90:00 |
| Month | ||
| February | 3 | 88:54 |
| March | 4 | 90:00 |
| April | 3 | 90:00 |
| Statistic | gp | gs | ga | sv | sv% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | |||||
| Total | 10 | 10 | 4 | 22 | .846 |
| Conference | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | .938 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - |
| Location | |||||
| Home | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .667 |
| Away | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | .941 |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - |
| Result | |||||
| Wins | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 | .950 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Month | |||||
| February | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .714 |
| March | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 |
| April | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .714 |
News mentions
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The final South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week accolades for the regular season were swept by Carson-Newman with Bram Kaarsgaren and Nic Carsh winning the defensive and offensively plaudits, respectively, as announced by the league on Wednesday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – For the first time since 2018, No. 14 Carson-Newman men’s soccer has its sights set on a South Atlantic Conference Tournament Semifinal match as No. 25 Wingate comes to town on Thursday afternoon for a 3 p.m. meeting.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman midfielder Theo Hardenby Öhrwall has been lauded the South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year, as announced by the league office on Tuesday morning.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Top-seeded Carson-Newman begins the 2021 South Atlantic Conference Men’s Soccer Spring Championship against eighth-seeded Lincoln Memorial on Monday night at McCown Field.
MARS HILL, N.C. – A two-goal outing from Nic Carsh (Newberg, Ore.) and the fifth-straight shutout win of the year with a 3-0 result over Mars Hill the Ammons Family Athletic Center allowed Carson-Newman to lock up the top spot in both Pod 3 and the upcoming South Atlantic Conference Men’s Soccer Spring Tournament.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – For the second time this season, Carson-Newman goalkeeper Bram Kaarsgaren has been named the South Atlantic Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the league off on Wednesday morning.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Riding a four-match winning streak with a 10-0 scoring advantage in that span, Carson-Newman heads to Mars Hill on Thursday night to close out the regular season at Meares Stadium.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – Carson-Newman used a second-straight 3-0 victory over Tusculum to sweep the home-and-home with its rival on Monday evening at Pioneer Field in the penultimate South Atlantic Conference match of the season.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – When Carson-Newman and Tusculum go to battle on Friday evening at McCown Field for Senior Day, it will mark the first of two meetings between the South Atlantic Conference rivals in a span of four days.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman used a 14-4 shooting advantage and a second half goal from Nic Carsh (Newberg, Ore.) in its second-straight clean sheet win to get revenge for a late-February loss to Lincoln Memorial with a 1-0 victory on Thursday night at Science Hill High School.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Following his first clean sheet of the season, Bram Kaarsgaren has been lauded as the South Atlantic Conference AstroTurf Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday morning.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – South Atlantic Conference play gets underway on Thursday as Carson-Newman hosts Lincoln Memorial to open the gates to McCown Field for the first time in the spring of 2021.
GAFFNEY, S.C. – Despite leading the shot tally for a second consecutive game on the season, Carson-Newman faced its first 0-0 tie since 2017 in Friday’s non-conference finale against Limestone at Saints Field.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Another non-conference road trip lies ahead of Carson-Newman on Friday as it heads to Limestone for a 3 p.m. kickoff in Gaffney, S.C.
BELMONT, N.C. – A second-half offensive onslaught bookended by a pair of Theo Hardenby Öhrwall goals lead Carson-Newman to take down Belmont Abbey in a rain-soaked season-opener, 4-1, on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Three Carson-Newman men’s soccer players picked up preseason All-South Atlantic Conference honors on Wednesday with Bram Kaarsgaren and Nic Carsh being tabbed first-teamers and Thaylan Silva landing on the second team, as announced by the league office.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – On the heels of winning a share of its 10th regular season South Atlantic Conference championship, the Carson-Newman men’s soccer team has been projected to finish third in the 2020-21 preseason poll with one first-place vote and 102 points, as released by the league office on Wednesday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Two-time All-American Sindre Welo along with All-South Atlantic Conference selections Matheus Bachi and James Ward wear the captains’ bands for the Carson-Newman men’s soccer all-decade team, released Monday afternoon by the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Office.
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