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2021 Women's Soccer Roster

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26 Niamh Cashin

  • Position Back
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool All Saints Academy
  • Hometown Nottingham, England

Biography

2021:
- All-MAAC Second Team honoree
- Preseason All-MAAC selection
- Started all 12 games played
- Played 90 or more minutes in all 12 games played
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree

2020-21:
- Started all eight games as center back and was on the field for all 760 minutes the Broncs played
- Scored a goal in the MAAC Semifinals at MAAC Champion Siena (Apr. 12)
- Played a pivotal role on a Broncs’ defense that limited the opposition to a 1.18 goals-against average
- MAAC All-Academic Team Honoree

2019:
- All-MAAC First Team honoree on the Broncs’ back line
- Offensively, she contributed a goal and three assists
- Her lone goal was a game winner against St. Francis Brooklyn on Aug. 28
- Also had assists in wins over Wagner (Aug. 23) and Delaware State (Sept. 12)
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree

2018:
- Named to MAAC All-Rookie Team
- Finished the year with a goal and an assist
- Saw action in eight games, including six starts
- Contributed 60 or more minutes on the Broncs’ back line in both of the team’s shutouts
- Missed time due to injury and to play for the England U19 National Team in UEFA Qualifying
- Made her Rider debut off the bench at Delaware State on Sept. 12
- Scored the game-winning goal in her first start against Monmouth on Sept. 16
- Named to TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week for her game-winning goal against Monmouth
- Assisted on Ashlyn Johnson’s game-winning goal against Quinnipiac on Oct. 17

Before Rider:
Cashin signed for Sheffield FC in the F.A Women’s Super League (FAWSL) 2 in September 2017, making her first appearances against Liverpool and Sunderland in the Continental Cup. Cashin started 10 games during the 2017-18 FAWSL season and scored her first goal against Millwall on May 6th. Prior to joining Sheffield FC, Cashin was a member of Mansfield Town Boys and Notts County WFC, making her first appearance for the senior team against Chelsea in the final league match of the 2016 FAWSL season. At the international level Cashin was a two-time member of the English Schools Football Association (ESFA) U15s girls' team, winning the Bob Docherty International Cup in 2014 and captaining the representative team in 2015. Cashin was involved with the England Youth National team at the U.15 and U.17 level, was a member of England U.18’s and was called up for the Lionesses' U.19 Training Camp in August 2018.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2018Freshman

    Back
    5'8"
    26
  • 26

    2019Sophomore

    Back
    5'8"
    26
  • 26

    2020-21Junior

    Back
    5'8"
    26
  • 26

    2021Senior

    Back
    5'8"
    26