Alexa Coyle

Photo by: Derek Johnson

Photo by: Derek Johnson

Photo by: © Derek Johnson 2019

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Team bonding retreat to Kalispell/Glacier National Park

Year:
Junior
Position:
F
Hometown:
Bozeman, Mont.

2020-21 (senior season):

United Soccer Coaches second-team Scholar All-West Region
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
First-team All-Big Sky Conference
Voted to Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
Started all 11 matches for team that went 9-2-0 and advanced to the NCAA tournament
Led team with 10 points, scoring five goals
Two goals were game-winners, making it nine game-winners for her career
Ranked third in the Big Sky in goals
Scored game-winner in team’s first two matches of the season, at home against MSU Billings and at Idaho
Added goal in 3-0 wins over Portland State and Sacramento State
Scored on a second-half penalty kick in 3-1 home win over Eastern Washington
Took 27 shots, putting 16 on goal, both team highs
Averaged more than 75 minutes per match ... Twice played every minute in a match

2019 (junior season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Second-team All-Big Sky Conference
Voted to Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
Voted team's Offensive Most Valuable Player
Played in all 19 matches, getting 19 starts
One of five players to start every match
Averaged more than 79 minutes per match
Led team with nine points, with four goals and one assist
Scored team’s first goal of the season, in draw at North Dakota State, and final goal, in Big Sky tournament semifinal loss to Northern Colorado
Netted back-to-back game-winners, in home win over Idaho State and road victory at Northern Arizona
Assisted on Sami Siems’ first career goal in 4-0 home win over Portland State
Took 58 shots to lead the Big Sky at 3.05 per match
Tied for third in the Big Sky with two game-winning goals
Took a season-high eight shots in home win over Idaho State
Twice put two shots on goal

2018 (sophomore season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Voted to Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
Voted team's co-Most Outstanding Offensive Player
Played in all 22 matches, getting 17 starts
Averaged more than 75 minutes per match
Led team with 13 points, scoring a team-high six goals and adding one assist
Tied for first in the Big Sky with four game-winning goals
Took a team-high 53 shots, putting 22 on goal
Scored one goal through season’s first 11 matches, added five more over the final 11 matches, four in the final seven
Scored the game-winning goal against Weber State in the semifinals and Northern Colorado in the championship match as Montana won its first Big Sky tournament since 2011
Scored the game-winning goal in 1-0 road victories at Idaho State and Portland State
Assisted on Hallie Widner’s game-winner in 90th minute in 1-0 home victory over Vermont
Played all 270 minutes in Montana’s three matches at the Big Sky tournament

2017 (freshman season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Voted to Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team
Voted team’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player
Played in all 21 matches, getting 20 starts
Had one of top freshman seasons in program history
Led team in goals, with four, and points, with 10
Tied for the team lead with two assists
Ranked second on the team with 34 shots
Put 17 of them on goal, most on the team
Scored first collegiate goal in 4-1 home victory over San Jose State
Added another one game later in 2-1 neutral-site victory over Georgia Southern
Scored the game-winning goal in 1-0 home win over Sacramento State in 84th minute
Put Montana up 1-0 in the 17th minute in Big Sky tournament semifinal double-overtime loss to Northern Colorado
Assisted on Rita Lang’s goal that got the Grizzlies on the board in 2-1 win at Northern Iowa and on Ellie Otteson’s overtime game-winner at home against Northern Arizona

Career Highs (entering the 2021 season)
Goals: 1, 19 times
Assists: 1, four times
Points: 2, 19 times
Shots: 8 (Idaho State, 10.6.19)
Shots on goal: 4, three times
Minutes: 110, two times

Personal: A 2017 graduate of Bozeman High ... The daughter of Chris and Tina Coyle ... Has two older brothers, Chris Jr. and Brock... Brock played football at Montana and for five seasons in the NFL, with the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers ... A management information systems major.