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8 Kristen Tuleja
Kristen Tuleja
  • Birth Date:
    March 29th
  • Height:
    5'6
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Mansfield, Mass.
  • High School:
    Mansfield
  • Position:
    M
  • gp
    16
  • p
    70
  • g
    51
  • a
    19

Bio

AS A SOPHOMORE ... Tuleja led the Saints offensively throughout the 2014 capaign ... Started in 18 of her 18 games played ... Netted a team-best 63 goals ... Dished out a team-high 31 assists ... Tallied a team-high 94 total points, setting new program-records in all three categories ... Won 32 draw controls ... Recorded 40 groundballs and caused 22 turnovers ... Notched a 86.7% shots-on-goal percentage with 85 of her 98 shots landing on target ... Connected on 12 of her 23 free-position-shots ... Stretched her unprecedented streak of goal-scoring games to 32 (scoring in all 18 games in 2014) ... Registered multiple goals in all 18 games, with one 6-goal game (4/26/14), two five-goal games (4/22/14 and 3/25/14) and seven 4-goal games ... Was named the GNAC Player of the Week on 3/31/14 and was a three-time GNAC Weekly Honor Roll selection (3/24/14, 4/7/14, 4/21/14) ... Earned a spot on the GNAC All-Tournament Team ... Was Voted GNAC 1st Team All-Conference ... Set the Emmanuel College program-records for points in a single season (94), goals in a single season (63) and assists in a single season (31) ... Selected ECAC Division III 2nd Team All-New England ... Named the team's Most Valuable Player at Emmanuel's Athletic Awards Night on April 26, 2014 ... Led the Saints to a program-record for wins in a season (15), to the program's first-ever GNAC Championship and to an NCAA Tournament appearance.

AS A FRESHMAN ... Tuleja was Emmanuel's leading scorer as a rookie ... Started in all 14 of her games played ... Netted a team-best 38 goals and dished out 12 assists for 50 total points in 2013 ... Scored a goal in every-single game played (a streak of 14 scoring games) ... Tallied 29 groundballs and caused 15 turnovers ... Won 12 draw controls ... Took a total of 78 shots, landing 66 on goal for a team-high 84.6% shots-on-goal percentage ... Tallied multi-goal games in 12 of her 14 games played ... Netted a season-high 5 goals twice, including games with University of Saint Joseph and Saint Joseph's College in Maine ... Was named the GNAC Rookie of the Week on April 15, 2013 ... Voted a GNAC 2nd Team All-Confernece selection ... Helped lead the Saints to a program-record 9-win season and to an appearance in the GNAC Tournament.

BEFORE EMMANUEL ... Tuleja was a three-sport athlete at Mansfield High School (Mansfield, Mass.), playing soccer, basketball and lacrosse ... Was a four-year starter on her lacrosse team ... captained the team as a senior ... Named Hockomock and Sun Chronicle All-Star.

Major: Management

Career Aspirations: to have a career in sports marketing/event planning

Favorite Movie: Step Brothers

Favorite Book: Unbroken

Favorite Pre-game Meal: banana and peanut butter

Favorite Late-Night Snack: popcorn

Favorite Spot on the EC campus: the Yawkey Center

Best Class at Emmanuel: Psychology

Most Exciting Athletic Experience: Winning the GNACs in 2014

Most Respected Professional Athlete: Rob Gronkowski

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Apr 9 at Lasell University L, 10-9
Apr 11 at Albertus Magnus College W, 20-4
Apr 13 Nichols College W, 17-7
Apr 15 Rivier University W, 17-4
Apr 22 Mount Ida College W, 22-6
Apr 24 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 15-8
  Total Conference
Games 16 9
Points 70 42
Goals 51 31
Assists 19 11
Shots 92 51
Shooting percentage 55.4 60.8
Shots on goal 73 43
Shots on goal percentage 79.3 84.3
Free position goals-shots 11-20 5-10
Ground balls 48 31
Draw controls 51 30
Turnovers 29 14
Caused turnovers 22 12
Fouls 33 14
Yellow cards 2 0
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 0 0

Game Log - Offense

Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps sh sh% sog sog%
Mar 5 at Roger Williams University   - - - - - - - -
Mar 8 vs. Curry College W, 14-8 2 1 3 1-1 6 33.3 4 66.7
Mar 10 vs. Becker College W, 19-4 3 1 4 1-1 6 50.0 5 83.3
Mar 14 at Johnson & Wales University L, 11-4 3 0 3 0-2 6 50.0 5 83.3
Mar 20 Mount Ida College W, 14-8 4 0 4 1-2 7 57.1 6 85.7
Mar 25 University of Saint Joseph (CT) W, 17-3 3 1 4 0-0 3 100.0 3 100.0
Mar 26 Regis College W, 10-8 4 1 5 2-3 6 66.7 6 100.0
Mar 28 at Norwich University W, 15-5 4 1 5 0-0 4 100.0 4 100.0
Mar 31 Framingham State University W, 14-7 3 0 3 0-1 8 37.5 4 50.0
Apr 4 at Simmons University W, 18-13 5 5 10 1-3 8 62.5 7 87.5
Apr 6 St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 7-6 2 1 3 2-2 2 100.0 2 100.0
Apr 9 at Lasell University L, 10-9 2 0 2 0-0 4 50.0 4 100.0
Apr 11 at Albertus Magnus College W, 20-4 5 2 7 1-1 10 50.0 6 60.0
Apr 13 Nichols College W, 17-7 3 2 5 0-2 7 42.9 4 57.1
Apr 15 Rivier University W, 17-4 3 1 4 0-0 7 42.9 6 85.7
Apr 22 Mount Ida College W, 22-6 3 3 6 1-1 4 75.0 4 100.0
Apr 24 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 15-8 2 0 2 1-1 4 50.0 3 75.0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score gb dc to ct fo yc rc gc
Mar 5 at Roger Williams University   - - - - - - - -
Mar 8 vs. Curry College W, 14-8 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Mar 10 vs. Becker College W, 19-4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 14 at Johnson & Wales University L, 11-4 7 2 2 1 3 0 0 0
Mar 20 Mount Ida College W, 14-8 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Mar 25 University of Saint Joseph (CT) W, 17-3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
Mar 26 Regis College W, 10-8 3 0 4 1 5 0 0 0
Mar 28 at Norwich University W, 15-5 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 31 Framingham State University W, 14-7 2 10 2 2 6 0 0 0
Apr 4 at Simmons University W, 18-13 1 5 1 1 5 0 0 0
Apr 6 St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 7-6 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Apr 9 at Lasell University L, 10-9 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 11 at Albertus Magnus College W, 20-4 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
Apr 13 Nichols College W, 17-7 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 0
Apr 15 Rivier University W, 17-4 4 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
Apr 22 Mount Ida College W, 22-6 4 3 1 3 4 0 0 0
Apr 24 at St. Joseph's College (ME) L, 15-8 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0

Career Stats - Offense

  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps sh sh% sog sog%
2012-13 14 14 38 12 50 7-20 78 48.7 66 84.6
2013-14 18 18 63 31 94 12-23 98 64.3 85 86.7
2014-15 16 16 51 19 70 11-20 92 55.4 73 79.3
2015-16 16 16 68 20 88 10-15 109 62.4 94 86.2
Total 64 64 220 82 302 40-78 377 58.4 318 84.4

Career Stats - Defense

  gp gs gb dc to ct fo yc rc gc
2012-13 14 14 29 12 20 15 11 0 0 0
2013-14 18 18 40 32 47 22 47 2 0 0
2014-15 16 16 48 51 29 22 33 2 0 0
2015-16 16 16 43 41 52 25 20 3 0 0
Total 64 64 160 136 148 84 111 7 0 0

Splits Stats - Offense

  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps sh sh% sog sog%
Event                    
Total 16 16 51 19 70 11-20 92 55.4 73 79.3
Conference 9 9 31 11 42 5-10 51 60.8 43 84.3
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - -
Location                    
Home 8 8 25 9 34 6-11 44 56.8 35 79.5
Away 6 6 21 8 29 3-7 36 58.3 29 80.6
Neutral 2 2 5 2 7 2-2 12 41.7 9 75.0
Result                    
Wins 12 12 42 18 60 8-15 76 55.3 59 77.6
Losses 4 4 9 1 10 3-5 16 56.3 14 87.5
Month                    
March 8 8 26 5 31 5-10 46 56.5 37 80.4
April 8 8 25 14 39 6-10 46 54.3 36 78.3

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp gs gb dc to ct fo yc rc gc
Event                    
Total 16 16 48 51 29 22 33 2 0 0
Conference 9 9 31 30 14 12 14 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home 8 8 21 24 19 14 23 0 0 0
Away 6 6 20 22 8 7 10 1 0 0
Neutral 2 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 0
Result                    
Wins 12 12 37 42 24 17 26 1 0 0
Losses 4 4 11 9 5 5 7 1 0 0
Month                    
March 8 8 27 25 13 9 16 1 0 0
April 8 8 21 26 16 13 17 1 0 0