2018 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Niki Van Vugt
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario
- High School:
- Humberside Collegiate Institute
2018 Season (Senior)
Van Vugt appeared in 22 matches in her senior season ... Tallied a career-high 216 saves and 7.73 GAA in over 686 minutes of action ... Added nine steals and three assists ... Led the Big West in saves ... Collected 46 saves in Big West play ... Registered 14 saves in a win over No. 25 Cal Baptist (1/20/18) ... Recorded the second-most saves in team history with 20 in an upset win over No. 11 Long Beach State (2/10/18) ... Finished with 12 saves to help defeat Azusa Pacific (2/17/18) ... Tallied 11 saves in a victory over No. 20 Harvard (3/11/18) ... Posted 14 saves at the Big West Tournament including eight in the season finale vs. No. 16 UC Santa Barbara (4/28/18) ... Moved up to fourth place in team history with 608 career saves.Â
2017 Season (Junior)
Van Vugt appeared in 25 matches at goalkeeper and amassed 604 minutes in the pool ... Recorded 181 saves and averaged 9.59 saves per game ... Posted a 9.48 goals-against-average ... Finished fourth in the Big West in saves ... Tallied 14 steals ...  Picked up 34 saves in conference play ... Tallied 10 saves vs. No. 15 Indiana (1/21/17) ... Racked up 11 saves vs. No. 19 UC Davis (1/29/17) ... Collected nine saves against No. 9 UC Santa Barbara (2/11/17) ... Notched another 11 saves vs. No. 16 Hartwick (2/12/17) ... Collected 11 saves against No. 10 UC Davis (3/18/17) ... Stopped five shots in a win over No. 14 UC Santa Barbara (4/22/17) ... Tied a career high with 14 saves in a 5-3 win over No. 17 UCSB at the Big West Tournament (4/29/17) ... Moved up to fifth in team history with 392 career saves ... Received ACWPC and Big West All-Academic Team honors
2016Â Season (Sophomore)Â
Started 25 matches and amassed over 725 minutes in front of the cage ... Recorded 196 saves and averaged 8.64 saves per match ... Finished the regular season second in saves in the conference ... Posted an 8.77 goals-against-average during the season ... Tied for seventh on the team with 27 steals ... Had seven assists ... Registered 33 saves at the UCSB Winter Invite (1/22/16-1/23/16) including nine saves each against No. 24 Cal Baptist and Azusa Pacific ... Notched 25 saves at the Triton Invitational (2/13/16-2/14/16) ... Recorded nine saves against No. 1 USC in back-to-back matches (2/20/16 and 2/27/16) ... Sported first career 10-save match versus No. 7 Arizona State ... Set a career high with 14 saves against No. 19 San Diego State ... Tallied eight saves at No. 6 UC Irvine in the Big West opener ... Recorded 11 more saves at No. 9 UC Santa Barbara ... Finished with 21 saves in conference play ... Posted 23 saves at the Big West Tournament including 13 in a victory versus No. 9 UC Davis in the fifth-place match ... Currently seventh in team history in career saves with 211 ... Earned ACWPC and Big West Conference All-Academic Team honors.
2015 Season (Freshman)
Van Vugt played at goalkeeper in five matches ... Saved 15 in over 59 minutes of play ... Averaged 8.04 saves per game ... Saved two in a 15-7 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2/13/15) ... Registered a season-high nine saves in a 18-4 victory against Redlands (2/15/15) ... Saved four against #1 Stanford (2/21/15) ... Earned ACWPCÂ All-Academic honors.Â
CSUN Career Stats
| Year | Matches | Minutes | Saves | GA | GAA |
| 2015 | 5 | 59:41 | 15 | 17 | 9.12 |
| 2016 | 25 | 725:45 | 196 | 199 | 8.77 |
| 2017 | 25 | 604:00 | 181 | 179 | 9.48 |
| 2018 | 22 | 686:57 | 216 | 166 | 7.73 |
| Totals | 77 | 2076:23 | 608 | 561 | 8.65 |
Humberside Collegiate Institute
Van Vugt enjoyed an extensive playing career with her club team, Maverick Water Polo ... The club placed third at nationals in 2013 ... Was a three-time all-star with the club ... Graduated in 2014.
Personal
Born on Dec. 20, 1996 ... Daughter of Anna and Andre Van Vugt ... Has a brother, Theo ... Favorites include Tom Hanks, Emma Stone and "Friday Night Lights" ... One person from history she would most like to meet is Nelson Mandela ... Lists her mom as her greatest hero ... Van Vugt is majoring in Urban Studies.
