Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

Statistics: Career / 2009-10 / 2008-09 / 2007-08 / 2006-07

2009-10: Played in all 37 games ... Recorded eight goals and a second-best 14 assists for 22 points ... Had three power play goals and a team-high three game-winning goals ... Scored an overtime goal ... Blocked a team-leading 39 shots ... Assessed nine penalties for 18 minutes ... Posted four goals and nine assists against conference opponents ... Among ECAC Hockey leaders, ranked sixth in defenseman scoring and 22nd in assists ... Ranks 15th nationally in points per game by a defenseman ... Had one or more points in 17 games ... Had three assists in a 10-4 win over Colgate (11/6) ... From 1/23-2/5, totaled two goals and four assists through four games, including an assist  in a 3-1 victory over #3 Clarkson (2/5) ... Two-time ECAC Weekly Honor Roll ... All-ECAC Hockey Third Team ... 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Nominee ... ECAC Hockey Student-athlete of the Year ...

ASSISTANT CAPTAIN ... 2008-09: Played in all 37 games ... Fifth in points with 16 ... Had five goals and 11 assists ... Second on the squad in power play goals with three ... Third in game-winning tallies (2) ... Assessed five penalties for 10 minutes ... Tallied two goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-0 win over Union (11/15) ... Scored a goal in a 2-0 win over St. Cloud State in the Easton/St. Cloud Showcase (1/3) ... Assisted in a 2-1 double overtime win at Princeton in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals (2/27) ... Notched the game-winning goal in a 3-2 overtime win at Harvard in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals (3/7) ... Named to the ECAC Hockey Championship All-Tournament Team ... ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll once ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...  

2007-08: Played in all 33 games ... Third in points with 16 ... Second in assists (11) and fourth in goals (5) ... Had two powerplay goals and a game-winning tally ... Assessed six penalties for 12 mintues ... Recorded a goal and an assist in a 4-0 win over Northwestern (11/3) ... Scored lone goal in a 1-1 draw at Wayne State (11/17) ... Had two assists in a 3-1 win over Robert Morris ... ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll twice ...  ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...

2006-07: Played in 34 games … Recorded three goals and seven assists for 10 points … Had one game-winning goal … Assessed ten penalty minutes … Posted two assists in a 3-2 win over Robert Morris (11/4) … Tallied the game-winning marker in a 7-0 victory against Union (12/8) … Registered the lone goal in a 3-1 loss at Dartmouth in the ECACHL Quarterfinals (2/24) … Team’s top-scoring defenseman … ECACHL Weekly Honor Roll once … Team's Most Valuable Player ... ECACHL All-Academic ...

Before Rensselaer: Three-time assistant captain … Two-time USA Hockey National Select Festival participant … Angela Ruggiero Chowder Cup All-Tournament Team … Team won 2006 New York State Tier I U-19 Championship … Three-time Empire State Games gold medalist … Silver medalist in 2005 … Team was runner-up in 2005 New York State Tier I U-19 Championship … Played in the 2006 U.S. National Championship Tournament … Attended Queensbury High School … Played four years of field hockey, three of lacrosse and one of softball … Three-time captain of field hockey and one of lacrosse … Holds five Section 2 field hockey scoring records … Three-time Section 2 leading scorer … Two-time team Most Valuable Player … Four-time All-Section 2 … Four-time All-Foothills Council … Four-time The Post-Star First Team All-Star … Three-time The Post Star Player of the Year … Three-time All-State … Four-time Scholar-Athlete … 2005 New York State Sportsmanship Award … Team won three Section 2 championships and played in state finals in 2005 … Two-time team MVP … Two-time All-Capital District in lacrosse … Three-time Scholar-Athlete … School’s “Most Athletic Female” award four times … Varsity Club … Varsity Club President in senior year … Peer Leader … Section 2 Scholar-Athlete Runner-up … National Honor Society …

Personal: Management major … Daughter of Amy and Michael Gersten … Brother, Sam, plays on the golf team at Colgate University ... Last name is pronounced gurSTEN.