St. John's University Athletics
2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Nielsen, Malene
WSOC at Saint Joseph's Highlights
Sunday, August 24
WSOC vs Creighton highlights 10.31.24
Thursday, October 31
WSOC Highlights at Penn
Sunday, September 15
WSOC vs Cornell 9.12.24 Highlights
Thursday, September 12
Jersey Number 29
Malene Nielsen
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Ikast-Brande
- Hometown:
- Julesminde, Denmark
- Prev School:
- Louisville / FDU
Bio
2024: Earned a BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll nod (Sept. 9)... Played in 18 games making eight starts as goalkeeper for the Red Storm… Totaled 1,060 minutes in net totaling 60 saves, a 77.9 save percentage, and a 1.44 goals against average… Allowed zero goals in two of her eight appearances between the pipes… Recorded five saves and a shut out in the 2-0 win against Colgate (Aug. 18)… Tallied two saves and a shut out during the 1-0 victory against Saint Joseph’s (Sept. 1)... Registered season-high’s of 10 saves in back-to-back games against Xavier (Oct. 17) and Butler (Oct. 24)
2023 (Louisville): Made her Louisville debut on the road against Dayton on Aug. 24.... Made two saves, including a penalty kick in her debut against the Flyers
2022 (FDU): Played and started in 21 games in goal last season... Finished the season with 1865 minutes played, 1.88 goals allowed average, 100 saves and a 8-10-3 record... Tallied five or more saves in 10 games... Career-best nine saves came in the season opener on the road against Hofstra... Had three-straight clean sheets against Wagner, Sacred Heart and LIU from Sept. 29 to Oct. 13
2021 (FDU): Earned NEC Goalkeeper of the Year honors in addition to her being named First Team All-NEC... Nielsen was the only Knight to appear in and start all 20 games while playing every single minute of the season... Earned the NEC Rookie of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week awards the week on Sept. 14... Earned a clean sweep of NEC weekly honors the week of Sept. 8... Named NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of Aug. 31... Finished the season with eight shutouts and a save percentage of 78.7% to go along with a goals against average of 1.20... Logged six clean sheets in an eight game span beginning on 9/3 vs. Seton Hall and running through 10/7 at Sacred Heart... Notched a season-high 11 saves at Wagner on 10/14 in a 2-1 double-overtime victory
In High School: Played club at JAI Aarhus… Played on the Denmark National Team U15-U19… Participated in the European Championships in Bulgaria
Personal: Native of Juelsminde, Denmark… Daughter of Britt Hjerrild and John Nielsen… Has one brother, Jesper… Intends to major in liberal studies… Chose St. John’s because of the passion for the program and academics… Favorite food is playa bowls… Nickname is Mal… Favorite sports team is Real Madrid
2023 (Louisville): Made her Louisville debut on the road against Dayton on Aug. 24.... Made two saves, including a penalty kick in her debut against the Flyers
2022 (FDU): Played and started in 21 games in goal last season... Finished the season with 1865 minutes played, 1.88 goals allowed average, 100 saves and a 8-10-3 record... Tallied five or more saves in 10 games... Career-best nine saves came in the season opener on the road against Hofstra... Had three-straight clean sheets against Wagner, Sacred Heart and LIU from Sept. 29 to Oct. 13
2021 (FDU): Earned NEC Goalkeeper of the Year honors in addition to her being named First Team All-NEC... Nielsen was the only Knight to appear in and start all 20 games while playing every single minute of the season... Earned the NEC Rookie of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week awards the week on Sept. 14... Earned a clean sweep of NEC weekly honors the week of Sept. 8... Named NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of Aug. 31... Finished the season with eight shutouts and a save percentage of 78.7% to go along with a goals against average of 1.20... Logged six clean sheets in an eight game span beginning on 9/3 vs. Seton Hall and running through 10/7 at Sacred Heart... Notched a season-high 11 saves at Wagner on 10/14 in a 2-1 double-overtime victory
In High School: Played club at JAI Aarhus… Played on the Denmark National Team U15-U19… Participated in the European Championships in Bulgaria
Personal: Native of Juelsminde, Denmark… Daughter of Britt Hjerrild and John Nielsen… Has one brother, Jesper… Intends to major in liberal studies… Chose St. John’s because of the passion for the program and academics… Favorite food is playa bowls… Nickname is Mal… Favorite sports team is Real Madrid