Zak Stiffler

1 Zak Stiffler

Height:

6-4
Weight:

205
Year:

Gr.
Hometown:

Hamburg, Germany
High School:

White Oak HS
Position:

Goalkeeper

gp

14
gs

14
min

1162:52
ga

19
gaa

1.47
sv

29

Bio

Career Accolades

2022 Third Team All-Conference Selection

2024 (Graduate Student)

Appeared in 14 contests between the posts, all starts ... Recorded 30 saves with a 1.47 goals-against average and a .604 save percentage ... Finished with a 4-4-5 record in goal while tallying four shutouts ... Notched back-to-back three-save affairs to defeat Mount Olive (Sep. 11) and draw Carson-Newman (Sep. 14) ... Made a season-high five stops in the scoreless draw with Tusculum on Oct. 13 ... Strung three victories in a row, kicked off by a three-save effort blank vote-receiving Wingate, 2-0, on Oct. 16 ... Logged two saves in triumphs over Emory & Henry (Oct. 19) and Virginia State (Oct. 22)

2023 (Senior)

Played and started between the posts in 16 matches ... Amassed 63 saves, ranking second among SAC goalies, with a .733 save percentage and a 1.44 goals against average ... Blanked Emmanuel (Ga.) on Sep. 2 with two saves in a 1-0 home opener triumph ... Totaled six clean sheets including four in a row ... Collected a career-high nine saves to top Mount Olive (Sep. 12) before also knocking off Wingate (Sep. 20), #23 Tusculum (Sep. 23), and Coker (Sep. 27) ... Posted consecutive five-save outings in road victories at Mars Hill (Sep. 30) and Shaw (Oct. 4) ... Made six stops in a 2-2 draw at Carson-Newman on Oct. 14

2022 (Junior)

Appeared and started in each of Catawba's 17 matches ... Earned Third Team All-SAC recognition ... Recorded 59 saves with a .738 save percentage ... Allowed just 21 goals on the season for a 1.27 goals against average ... Tallied five clean sheets and seven matches of at least five saves ... Logged five saves in a 1-0 shutout win at Belmont Abbey on Sep. 3 ... Recorded three consecutive clean sheets with 1-0 wins over USC Aiken (Sep. 17) and Wingate (Sep. 21) and a career-high eight saves in a scoreless draw at Tusculum (Sep. 24) ... Made one save in a clean sheet in a scoreless draw vs Shaw on Oct. 19

2021 (Sophomore)

Played six matches in goal including two starts ... Recorded 16 saves with a .667 save percentage and a 1.85 goals against average ... Recorded a shutout half of action at Lenoir-Rhyne on Oct. 6 ... Recorded season-highs of 4 saves in losses vs. Limestone (Oct. 9) and Montevallo (Oct. 27)

2020-21 (Freshman)

Appeared in two contests as a freshman in the abbreviated spring season ... Made five saves for a .714 save percentage and a 2.73 goals against average ... Made four saves without allowing a goal in 21 minutes of action at #24 Lenoir-Rhyne (Mar. 11) ... Earned the winning decision at Shaw on Apr. 9

High School

Lettered in soccer ... Earned recognition on the All-State Team once, All-Area Team four times, All-Conference four times, and All-Region Team three times ... Won the Men's Soccer State Championship in 2019

Personal

Son of Mark and Kerstin Stiffler ... Born in Virginia Beach, Va. ... Father, Mark, was a wrestler for the Naval Academy

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 19	Emory & Henry	W, 2-0
Oct 22	Virginia St.	W, 7-1
Oct 26	Mars Hill	L, 2-1
Nov 2	at Newberry	W, 3-1
Nov 6	at Lenoir-Rhyne	T, 2-2
Nov 9	at Coker	L, 3-2

	Overall	Conf
Games played	14	9
Games started	14	9
Minutes	1162:52	761:23
Goals against	19	14
Goals-against average	1.47	1.65
Saves	29	18
Save pct	.604	.563
Wins	4	2
Losses	4	3
Ties	5	4
Shutouts	4/0	3/0

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	ga	gaa	sv	sv%
Sep 5	Montevallo	T, 3-3	1	67:00	1	1.34	2	.667
Sep 7	USC Aiken	T, 0-0	1	90:00	0	0.00	0	-
Sep 11	at Mount Olive	W, 2-1	1	90:00	1	1.00	3	.750
Sep 14	Carson-Newman	T, 1-1	1	90:00	1	1.00	3	.750
Sep 18	at Francis Marion	L, 3-1	1	90:00	3	3.00	4	.571
Sep 21	at #18 Lincoln Memorial	T, 2-2	1	86:23	2	2.08	0	.000
Sep 29	#6 Limestone	L, 7-0	1	45:00	4	8.00	1	.200
Oct 2	#18 Coker	L, 3-1	1	90:00	3	3.00	0	.000
Oct 5	at Anderson (S.C.)	W, 1-0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 9	Shaw		-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 13	at Tusculum	T, 0-0	1	90:00	0	0.00	5	1.000
Oct 16	(RV) Wingate	W, 2-0	1	90:00	0	0.00	3	1.000
Oct 19	Emory & Henry	W, 2-0	1	90:00	0	0.00	2	1.000
Oct 22	Virginia St.	W, 7-1	1	64:29	0	0.00	2	1.000
Oct 26	Mars Hill	L, 2-1	1	90:00	2	2.00	1	.333
Nov 2	at Newberry	W, 3-1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 6	at Lenoir-Rhyne	T, 2-2	1	90:00	2	2.00	3	.600
Nov 9	at Coker	L, 3-2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game
Season

Career Stats - Game

	gp	gs	min/g	ga/g	gaa	sv/g	sv%
2020-21	2	0	22:00	.67	2.73	1.67	.714
2021-22	6	1	64:53	1.33	1.85	2.67	.667
2022-23	17	16	87:21	1.24	1.27	3.47	.738
2023-24	16	15	90:00	1.44	1.44	3.94	.733
2024-25	14	14	83:04	1.36	1.47	2.07	.604
Total	55	46	81:08	1.30	1.45	3.07	.702

Career Stats - Season

	gp	gs	min	ga	gaa	sv	sv%	wins	losses	ties	shutouts
2020-21	2	0	66:00	2	2.73	5	.714	1	0	0	0/0
2021-22	6	1	389:20	8	1.85	16	.667	2	3	1	0/0
2022-23	17	16	1485:00	21	1.27	59	.738	9	6	2	5/0
2023-24	16	15	1440:00	23	1.44	63	.733	8	6	2	6/0
2024-25	14	14	1162:52	19	1.47	29	.604	4	4	5	4/0
Total	55	46	4543:12	73	1.45	172	.702	24	19	10	15/0

Game
Season

Splits Stats - Game

		gp	gs	min/g	ga/g	gaa	sv/g	sv%
Event	Total	14	14	83:04	1.36	1.47	2.07	.604
	Conference	9	9	84:36	1.56	1.65	2.00	.563
	Exhibition	-	-	0:00	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	9	9	79:37	1.22	1.38	1.56	.560
	Away	5	5	89:17	1.60	1.61	3.00	.652
	Neutral	-	-	0:00	-	-	-	-
Result	Wins	4	4	83:37	.25	0.27	2.50	.909
Result	Losses	4	4	78:45	3.00	3.43	1.50	.333
Month	September	7	7	79:46	1.71	1.93	1.86	.520
	October	6	6	85:45	.83	0.87	2.17	.722
	November	1	1	90:00	2.00	2.00	3.00	.600

Splits Stats - Season

		gp	gs	min	ga	gaa	sv	sv%	wins	losses	ties	shutouts
Event	Total	14	14	1162:52	19	1.47	29	.604	4	4	5	4/0
	Conference	9	9	761:23	14	1.65	18	.563	2	3	4	3/0
	Exhibition	-	-	0:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/0
Location	Home	9	9	716:29	11	1.38	14	.560	3	3	2	3/0
	Away	5	5	446:23	8	1.61	15	.652	1	1	3	1/0
	Neutral	-	-	0:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/0
Result	Wins	4	4	334:29	1	0.27	10	.909	4	0	0	2/0
Result	Losses	4	4	315:00	12	3.43	6	.333	0	4	0	0/0
Month	September	7	7	558:23	12	1.93	13	.520	1	2	3	1/0
	October	6	6	514:29	5	0.87	13	.722	3	2	1	3/0
	November	1	1	90:00	2	2.00	3	.600	0	0	1	0/0