6 Alex Brandan
6 Alex Brandan
Height: 5-4
Year: Senior
Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn.
High School: Bearden
Position: D
g 1
a 3
pts 5
gw 1

2018: Second-team All-Southeast Region, First-team All-SAC. The Knoxville, Tenn. native was also a huge part of C-N’s dominant defense that held opponents to single digits shots in 13 of the team’s 20 games including seven straight from Sept. 22 to Oct. 20. Brandan has played 80 games as an Eagles accumulating over 6500 minutes played, a top-five mark in the history of the program. In her final season, she recorded one goal and three assists. She was also named to a first-team All-SAC member.

 

2017: Brandan was a key member of the Eagles back line during the 2017 campaign starting all 23 games as a junior. She helped the team record 14 shutouts during the year, a new school record, and held teams to five shots or less 10 different times during the regular season. The team allowed just two goals during regulation through its five NCAA tournament matches and which included an astonishing total 12 goals conceded through the teams 23 games. She was third on the team in minutes played throughout the year at 2028. Despite collecting no goals, she added seven helpers on the season two of which came in the NCAA tournament en route to a trip to the National Championship. Brandan was lauded as a second-team All-SAC selection, an honor achieved for the first time in her career. 

2016: Included in the Starting XI a total of 12 times with 19 total appearances...Totaled three goals and four assists...Headed in the overtime winner for C-N against Anderson (S.C.) on Oct. 1st...Tallied the team's final goal of 2016 against North Georgia on Nov. 13th and also picked up an assist in that match...Also got on the scoresheet against King (Tenn.) on Oct. 5th...Assisted on scores against Francis Marion, Tusculum and Anderson (S.C.)...Earned a spot on the All-SAC Tournament team...Sent in 19 total shots with 12 on goal.

2015: Appeared in 18 matches and made 17 starts as a freshman... Registered two goals and an assist... Scored her first career goal against Tusculum on Oct. 27th... Also scored against Coker on Oct. 31st... Assisted on a goal against Queens on Sept. 27th... Tallied 18 shots with 13 landing on frame.

High School: Played club soccer for FC Alliance 97 Girls Black with Averi and Bailey Williams... Member of the 2012 and 2014 Tennessee State Finalist and the 2013 Tennessee State Champions with FC Alliance... Led her club team in goals scored via a header. Played volleyball at Bearden and was named to All-District, All-District Tournament, Prepxtra Second-Team volleyball teams... Team MVP and Captain with the Bulldogs. The Bearden volleyball team won the District 4-AAA Championship in 2013 and 2014 and the 2012 Region 2-AAA Championship.

Personal: Daughter of Georges and Cindy Brandan... Father, Georges, played soccer and tennis at Tennessee Tech... Cousin, Katelyn Hurst, played soccer at Lee... Grandmother, Beverly Cope Little, graduated from Carson-Newman... Majors in Veterinary Medicine.

Recent Games
Oct 27 Catawba W, 2-1
Oct 30 Wingate W, 4-1
Nov 2 vs. Catawba W, 2-1
Nov 4 vs. Lincoln Memorial L, 3-1
Nov 10 Catawba W, 3-0
Nov 11 Lincoln Memorial T, 1-1
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 20 10
Games started 20 10
Goals 1 1
Assists 3 3
Points 5 5
Shots 33 24
Shot Pct .030 .042
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 1 1
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 31 vs. West Fla. L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 2 at Columbus St. L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 5 Lees-McRae W, 7-0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Sep 8 at Lee W, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 12 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 19 at Lincoln Memorial W, 5-2 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Sep 22 Coker W, 7-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 26 at Newberry W, 3-1 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Sep 26 Belmont Abbey   - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 Tusculum L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Oct 6 Anderson (S.C.) W, 2-0 1 0 2 2 3 .000 0-0 0
Oct 13 at Queens (N.C.) W, 2-0 1 0 1 1 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 17 Mars Hill W, 4-1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Oct 20 at Wingate W, 3-0 1 1 0 2 8 .125 0-0 1
Oct 24 Limestone W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Oct 27 Catawba W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 30 Wingate W, 4-1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Nov 2 vs. Catawba W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 4 vs. Lincoln Memorial L, 3-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 10 Catawba W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Nov 11 Lincoln Memorial T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2015-16 18 17 .11 .06 .28 1.00 .111 .72 .722
2016-17 19 12 .16 .21 .53 1.00 .158 .63 .632
2017-18 23 23 .00 .30 .30 .78 .000 .35 .444
2018-19 20 20 .05 .15 .25 1.65 .030 .70 .424
Total 80 72 .07 .19 .34 1.10 .068 .59 .534
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2015-16 18 17 2 1 5 18 .111 13 .722 0 0 0-0 0
2016-17 19 12 3 4 10 19 .158 12 .632 0 0 0-0 2
2017-18 23 23 0 7 7 18 .000 8 .444 0 0 0-0 0
2018-19 20 20 1 3 5 33 .030 14 .424 0 0 0-0 1
Total 80 72 6 15 27 88 .068 47 .534 0 0 0-0 3
  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Total 20 20 .05 .15 .25 1.65 .030 .70 .424
Conference 10 10 .10 .30 .50 2.40 .042 1.10 .458
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
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Home 10 10 .00 .20 .20 1.80 .000 .70 .389
Away 7 7 .14 .14 .43 2.14 .067 1.00 .467
Neutral 3 3 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
-
Wins 15 15 .07 .20 .33 1.93 .034 .80 .414
Losses 4 4 .00 .00 .00 .75 .000 .25 .333
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August 1 1 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
September 7 7 .00 .00 .00 1.43 .000 .43 .300
October 8 8 .13 .38 .63 2.50 .050 1.25 .500
November 4 4 .00 .00 .00 .75 .000 .25 .333
  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Total 20 20 1 3 5 33 .030 14 .424 0 0 0-0 1
Conference 10 10 1 3 5 24 .042 11 .458 0 0 0-0 1
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
-
Home 10 10 0 2 2 18 .000 7 .389 0 0 0-0 0
Away 7 7 1 1 3 15 .067 7 .467 0 0 0-0 1
Neutral 3 3 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
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Wins 15 15 1 3 5 29 .034 12 .414 0 0 0-0 1
Losses 4 4 0 0 0 3 .000 1 .333 0 0 0-0 0
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August 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
September 7 7 0 0 0 10 .000 3 .300 0 0 0-0 0
October 8 8 1 3 5 20 .050 10 .500 0 0 0-0 1
November 4 4 0 0 0 3 .000 1 .333 0 0 0-0 0