0 Xander Balog
0 - Xander Balog
Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla.
High School: Leon
Position: GK
Major: Business
gp 10
gs 10
min 919:25
ga 9
gaa 0.88
sv 36

CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 14, at Salve Regina, Oct. 25, 2022
Shutouts: 17, last vs. Endicott, Oct. 28, 203

JUNIOR 2023
All-CCC Third-Team ... Started all 10 games he appeared ... Assembled a 5-2-3 overall record ... Logged five shutouts ... Put together a .800 save percentage ... Compiled a 0.88 goals against average ... Turned aside 36 shots ... Had two saves in the season-opener, a 3-1 win at Emmanuel (Sept. 1) ... Recorded three stops in a scoreless draw at Babson (Sept. 5) ... Made three saves at Emerson (Sept. 9) ... CCC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11) ... Logged two stops in the 4-0 CCC-opening shutout of Wentworth (Sept. 15) ... Notched four saves in the 5-1 triumph over Curry (Oct. 14) ... Turned aside two shots in the 2-0 shutout of the University of New England (Oct. 18) ... Registered three saves versus Gordon (Oct. 21) ... Logged fives saves in a scoreless draw at Roger Williams (Oct. 24) ... Produced five saves in the 1-0 CCC First-Round win over Endicott (Oct. 28) ... Had seven saves in the 2-2 CCC Semifinal tie at Western New England (Oct. 31).

SOPHOMORE 2022
All-CCC Second-Team ... Played and started in all 21 games ... Put together a 10-6-5 ledger with nine shutouts ... Assembled a 1.23 GAA ... Logged a .790 save percentage ... Backstopped the season-opening 2-1 win over Mitchell (Sept. 1) ... Recorded two stops in the 1-0 shutout at Westfield State (Sept. 3) ... Had one save in the 7-0 offensive onslaught at Mass. Maritime (Sept. 5) ... Registered seven saves against Emmanuel (Sept. 7) ... Turned aside seven saves in the 1-1 draw with Emerson (Sept. 10) ... Tallied five saves at Framingham State (Sept. 13) ... Notched three saves in a 1-1 tie at Nichols (Sept. 16) ... Put together a four-save effort in a 1-0 cleansheet at Lasell (Sept. 21) ... Produced a four-save performance in the 1-0 shutout of Endicott (Sept. 24) ... CCC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26) ... Had one stop in the 3-0 decision over MIT (Sept. 28) ... Chipped in five saves against Roger Williams (Oct. 1) ... Provided seven saves at No. 15 Babson (Oct. 4) ... Pitched in four saves to the 4-0 shutout of the University of New England (oct. 8) ... Had four stops in the 4-0 cleansheet at Wentworth (Oct. 11) ... Registered three saves in the 1-1 draw at Curry (Oct. 14) ... Tallied seven stops versus Western New England (Oct. 18) ... Logged eight saves in the 2-0 shutout at Gordon (Oct. 22) ... Put together a 14-save performance in the 1-1 draw at Salve Regina (Oct. 25) ... Assembled a four-save effort in the double overtime CCC Quarterfinals contest with Salve Regina (Oct. 29) ... CCC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 31) ... Notched two stops in the 2-0 CCC Semifinals shutout at No. 23 Endicott (Nov. 2) ... Tallied six saves in the CCC Championship at Roger Williams (Nov. 5). 

FRESHMAN 2021
Appeared in eight games, all starts ... Put together a 3-5-0 record ... All three of his wins came in shutout fashion ... Recorded a 1.99 GAA and .686 save percentage ... Turned in a five-save, complete-game shutout in his collegiate debut, a 4-0 win over Mass. Maritime (Sept. 1) ... Notched six stops in an overtime outing versus Westfield State (Sept. 4) ... Picked up a pair of saves at Emmanuel (Sept. 8) ... Had one save in a 1-0 cleansheet over Gordon (Sept. 18) ... Registered three saves in a 2-1 setback at Western New England (Oct. 2) ... Regsiterd four saves in a complete-game, 1-0 win over Nichols (Oct. 9) ... CCC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 12) ... Stopped six shots at Endicott (Oct. 16) ... Made eight saves against Wentworth (Oct. 20).  

ACADEMICS
Two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022, 2023) ... Two-time CCC Fall All-Academic Team honoree (2022, 2023) ... Three-time member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club (Fall of 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023) ... Six-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024). 

BEFORE SUFFOLK • LEON
Letterwinner at Leon and served as captain as a senior in 2020-21 … Led Leon to back-to-back district championships … Aided Leon to a state-regional finalist finish. 

Recent Games
Oct 14 Curry W, 5-1
Oct 18 at U. of New England W, 2-0
Oct 21 Gordon L, 2-1
Oct 24 at Roger Williams T, 0-0
Oct 28 Endicott W, 1-0
Oct 31 at Western New Eng. T, 2-2
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games played 10 5
Games started 10 5
Minutes 919:25 450:00
Goals against 9 3
Goals-against average 0.88 0.60
Saves 36 16
Save pct .800 .842
Wins 5 3
Losses 2 1
Ties 3 1
Shutouts 5/0 3/0
Date Opponent Score gs min ga gaa sv sv%
Sep 1 at Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-1 1 90:00 1 1.00 2 .667
Sep 2 Salem St. W, 1-0 - - - - - -
Sep 5 at Babson T, 0-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 3 1.000
Sep 9 at Emerson L, 3-1 1 90:00 3 3.00 3 .500
Sep 12 Framingham St. L, 2-1 - - - - - -
Sep 15 Wentworth W, 4-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 2 1.000
Sep 19 Mass. Maritime W, 4-0 - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Endicott W, 4-1 - - - - - -
Sep 27 at MIT W, 3-2 - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hartford W, 2-1 - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Boston College L, 2-0 - - - - - -
Oct 7 Nichols T, 1-1 - - - - - -
Oct 10 at Western New Eng. L, 2-1 - - - - - -
Oct 14 Curry W, 5-1 1 90:00 1 1.00 4 .800
Oct 18 at U. of New England W, 2-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 2 1.000
Oct 21 Gordon L, 2-1 1 90:00 2 2.00 3 .600
Oct 24 at Roger Williams T, 0-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 5 1.000
Oct 28 Endicott W, 1-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 5 1.000
Oct 31 at Western New Eng. T, 2-2 1 109:25 2 1.65 7 .778
  gp gs min/g ga/g gaa sv/g sv%
2021-22 8 8 90:22 2.00 1.99 4.38 .686
2022-23 21 21 90:57 1.24 1.23 4.67 .790
2023-24 10 10 91:56 .90 0.88 3.60 .800
Total 39 39 91:05 1.31 1.29 4.33 .768
  gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% wins losses ties shutouts
2021-22 8 8 722:53 16 1.99 35 .686 3 5 0 3/0
2022-23 21 21 1910:00 26 1.23 98 .790 10 6 5 9/0
2023-24 10 10 919:25 9 0.88 36 .800 5 2 3 5/0
Total 39 39 3552:18 51 1.29 169 .768 18 13 8 17/0
  gp gs min/g ga/g gaa sv/g sv%
Total 10 10 91:56 .90 0.88 3.60 .800
Conference 5 5 90:00 .60 0.60 3.20 .842
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - -
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Home 4 4 90:00 .75 0.75 3.50 .824
Away 6 6 93:14 1.00 0.97 3.67 .786
Neutral - - 0:00 - - - -
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Wins 5 5 90:00 .40 0.40 3.00 .882
Losses 2 2 90:00 2.50 2.50 3.00 .545
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September 4 4 90:00 1.00 1.00 2.50 .714
October 6 6 93:14 .83 0.80 4.33 .839
  gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% wins losses ties shutouts
Total 10 10 919:25 9 0.88 36 .800 5 2 3 5/0
Conference 5 5 450:00 3 0.60 16 .842 3 1 1 3/0
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - - - - - 0/0
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Home 4 4 360:00 3 0.75 14 .824 3 1 0 2/0
Away 6 6 559:25 6 0.97 22 .786 2 1 3 3/0
Neutral - - 0:00 - - - - - - - 0/0
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Wins 5 5 450:00 2 0.40 15 .882 5 0 0 3/0
Losses 2 2 180:00 5 2.50 6 .545 0 2 0 0/0
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September 4 4 360:00 4 1.00 10 .714 2 1 1 2/0
October 6 6 559:25 5 0.80 26 .839 3 1 2 3/0