CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:- Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division District II Women’s Soccer First Team (D) (3.98)
Coach Vivino on Lubonski: “Cassie gives us the flexibility of having a solid back-up goalie and a quality field player at the same time. She will definitely see both aspects of the game this season. She has a great touch on the ball and a great ability to finish and create.”
2015 Highlights: (09/01 @ CSI): In her first career start in net, finished with eight saves, including five in the second half.
(09/02 @ FDU-Florham): Made a career-high 15 saves, inclusing nine in the second half.
(09/05 @ Mount St. Vincent): Reached dounle figures in saves for the second time in three career starts and her 11 stops gave her her first NCAA win.
(09/06 vs. Lehman @ Hudson Classic): Made eight saves for the runner-up Gothic Knights in the Hudson Classic Championship Match.
(09/09 @ Cedar Crest): Made five saves to register her first career shutout.
(09/12 vs CCNY): Only needed to make one save to register her second collegiate shutout.
(09/16 vs. King's): Set aside four shots for her third career shutout and extended her shutout streak to 327:43.
(09/19 @ Montclair State): Made nine saves in defeat, scoreless minutes streak snapped at 345:19.
(09/30 @ Kean): Tallied 12 saves for her third career double figure effort.
(10/03 @ Rutgers-Newark): Notched her fourth career double figure effort in saves with 14.
(10/07 vs. John Jay): Set asisde five shots in the win for NJCU.
2014 Highlights: (8/30 vs John Jay): Entered into the game in the second half and made one save in the combined shut out.
(8/31 vs CSI): Played the last 45 minutes plus 20 minutes of overtime while stopping three shots.
2013 Highlights: (9/14 @ Old Westbury): Made eight saves in more then 60 minutes.
(10/30 vs. Rutgers-Camden): Recorded a team save.
• Before NJCU As a freshman, she attended Ramapo College. As a freshman she was a backup goalie for the Roadrunners, appearing in seven games, including six in net (no starts). In 270:00 minutes she made 14 saves and allowed just two goals while facing 25 shots for an .875 save percentage and 0.67 goals against average. She was a part of four shutouts under Coach Abby Shiffler. She also played part of the year on the RCNJ women’s basketball season as a forward for Coach Mike Eineker, averaging 1.8 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.
• High School: A 2012 honors graduate of Edison High School with a 4.0 GPA, she is the Eagles’ all-time career leader in saves with 688 saves, while posting 12 shutouts. A four-year varsity player (2008-11) for Coach Maria Leonow, she was named to the 2011 New Jersey Girls Soccer Coaches Association (NJGSCA) Top ‘20’ Player in the State list. In 2011, she was the Middlesex County leader with 175 saves, while posting four shutouts, and earned Second-Team All-Middlesex County, Home News Tribune Second-Team All-Area and Edison High Most Valuable Player accolades in 2011. As a junior in 2010, she was named to the HNT Third-Team All-Area list with a career-best 232 saves and three shutouts.
Lubonski was a three-time Greater Middlesex Conference All-Red Division selection (2009, 2010, 2011) and named to the 2010 and 2011 All-Conference teams. She earned HNT Honorable Mention All-Area honors in 2009 when she tallied 229 saves and three shutouts. As a freshman, she notched 52 saves and two shutouts. She played in the 2011 NJGSCA Senior Showcase game. She also played four years of basketball for Coach Amy Hansen (2009-12) and was team captain as a senior. She played for Edison’s 2011 Group IV Section II championship team which defeated Bayonne in the finals. The four-year, three-sport athlete also competed in track and field (2009-12) for Coach Mike DiGiovacchino. She was team captain as a senior and won a 2010 distance medley relay championship.
• Club/AAU: She played club soccer for the NJ Santos (Coach Elizabeth Ramirez) and the Jersey Knights (Coach Lissette Brandao) and AAU basketball for Rising Stars (Coach John Spiess).
• Personal: Cassandra Alexis Lubonski…Nickname is Cassie…Born November 2, 1993 in Plainfield, NJ…Right-handed/footed…Major is Elementary Education, Special Education and History…Intends to become an elementary school teacher…Parents are Sherrie and Mark Lubonski…Has two sisters, Kayla (18) and Alexa (16).
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Hobbies/interest: | Loves to read, playing basketball |
NJCU Class: | History |
Hero/Idol: | Kerry Walsh and Abby Wambach |
Sports Team: | New York Knicks |
Song: | ‘Blown Away’ by Carrie Underwood |
Music Artist: | Carrie Underwood |
Movie: | ‘Miss Congeniality’ |
Food: | Pancakes |
What do you like most about NJCU?: | “Small class sizes and knowledgeable professors.” |
What do you like about Coach Vivino:? | “He has a positive outlook for the season and gives constructive criticism to help make players better.” |
Describes herself: | “Strong work ethic…three-sport-athlete…straight A student…friendly…competitive…strong sense of family…loves to work with children… |
Little Known Fact” | “I hate shopping unless it’s for sneakers.” She was a member of the Assertive Teens Against Cancer club in high school and coordinated a 5K run for her high school soccer team to benefit cancer research. |
