Laura Morse

Class:
Freshman
High School:
R-S Central
Hometown:
Rutherfordton, N.C.

2009: Leaves Wake Forest with the best goals against average in school history at 0.94 ... Ranked fifth in the ACC in goals against average (0.91) and 10th in save percentage (.724) ... Opened the regular season with a start in goal against High Point and had a combined shutout, playing 66 minutes and not facing a shot ... Improved to 2-0 on the season with a win at UNC Greensboro, allowing a goal and making two saves ... Earned first shutout of the season against UNC-Wilmington, making five saves ... Also added an assist on Kaley Fountain's second goal against the Seahawks ... Combined for the shutout in victories at Kentucky and against East Carolina ... Made one save against the Pirates, playing 70:44 ... Earned second shutout of the season against Penn State, making a season-high five saves ... Recorded third shutout of the season at UAB, making three saves ... Gave up three goals and made three saves in second loss of the season against North Carolina ... Missed the end of the regular season and ACC Tournament due to injury... Earned a start as a field player on senior day against Virginia ... Combined for the shutout in NCAA Tournament victories against Kennesaw State and West Virginia, entering late in the second half in each game ... Played the final 27:30 in NCAA quarterfinal match against North Carolina, making one save ... Named to ACC Honor Roll.

2008: Played 19 games in goal, including 17 starts ... Allowed 17 goals in 1507:26 minutes for a goals against average of 1.01 ... Made 60 saves and had seven clean sheets ... Made second start of the season against Charlotte (9/12), making four saves and recording first shut out of the season ... Recorded second straight shut out against Cal State Fullerton (9/14) ... Named to Wake Forest Nike Tournament All-Tournament Team ... Recorded two shut outs in conference play, notching clean sheets against Clemson (10/12) and at Virginia (11/2) ... Made a career-high 11 saves in ACC Tournament quarterfinal game against Virginia (11/5) ... Named to ACC Honor Roll.

2007: Split time with Amanda Barasha, logging 1110 minutes in goal ... Had 13 starts through 16 games ... Recorded 26 saves with a .684 save percentage ... Had a 6-4 record with one shutout against Brown on Sept. 21, 2007 ... Played the entire contest against Boston University in the opening round of the NCAA tournament (Nov. 16) ... Started 8 ACC matches.

2006: Played 21 games with 18 starts and 1639 minutes in net ... Posted six shutouts, including three consecutive games vs. Liberty (Sept. 8), James Madison (Sept. 10) and UNC-G (Sept. 12) ... Registered 56 saves including a career high sevent vs. UNC (10/27/06) ... Went 13-3-1 overall.

Background: Earned 12 letters in high school, four in volleyball, four in basketball and four in soccer ... Team captain in all three sports ... Named All-Conference three years in soccer, three years in volleyball and four years in basketball ... Southwestern Foothills Conference Player of the Year in soccer ... Three-time conference champions ... Holds the record for most shutouts ... Competed with the Charlotte Soccer Club for seven years and Rutherford Panthers for one on the club level ... Five-time state cup champions ... Two-time state cup finalist ... A Wendy's High School Heisman nominee ... Morehead Scholar nominee ... National Honor Society Vice President ... Ranked first in class.

Personal: Parents are Sallie Smith and Ray Morse ... Born July 23, 1988 ... Majoring in economics.

Career Stats

Year	GP-GS	MIN	GA	AVG	SVS	SHO
2006	21-18	1639:59	16	0.88	56	6
2007	16-13	1110:00	12	0.97	26	1
2008	19-16	1507:26	17	1.01	60	7
2009	14-10	793:00	8	0.91	21	3
Totals	70-55	5050:25	53	0.94	163	17