During her two seasons at Rutgers-Camden, Natalie Eberhardt has etched her name onto the women’s soccer career charts in numerous categories, while earning all-conference recognition and numerous academic honors. She has started all 35 of her career games in goal and ranks third in goals-against average (1.68) for all Raptor keepers playing the NCAA career minimum of 2,500 minutes in goal. She is fifth on the Raptors’ career list for shots faced (445) and minutes played in goal (3,151:50), tied for fifth in career ties (3), sixth in saves (171), tied for sixth in shutouts (6) and seventh in wins (11).
Eberhardt has earned all-conference soccer honors and captured numerous academic honors.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2019-20 scholastic year…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2018 Fall, 2019 Spring, 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters…Dean’s List student.
Soccer 2019: Played all 1,640 minutes in goal for the Scarlet Raptors, the third-highest single-season total in program history…Started all 18 games…Posted a 5-12-1 record and a 1.98 goals-against average…Notched two shutouts, including a 110-minute performance in a 0-0 double-overtime game against Stockton University (Nov. 2) in the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoffs…Faced 23 shots in that game and made a career-high 14 saves…Her performance earned her honors as Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on Nov. 4…Faced 15 or more shots on five occasions…Made five or more saves six times…Had eight saves in a 1-0 loss at Moravian College (Sept. 14)…The Raptors scored one or no goals in 14 of their 18 games, leading to her 12 losses…Rutgers-Camden was shut out on eight occasions…Earned 2-1 victories against Neumann (Sept. 25) and Kean (Sept. 28) in back-to-back games, making four and three saves, respectively…Notched four saves in a 4-1 win at New Jersey City (Oct. 5)…Made four saves in a 1-0 shutout against Rutgers-Newark (Oct. 12)…Beat Ramapo, 3-1, on Oct. 19 while making five saves..
Soccer 2018: Captured New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team honors…Named team’s Most Dedicated Player…Started all 17 of her games…Faced 232 shots, allowed 23 goals and made 92 saves…Compiled an .800 save percentage and a 1.36 goals against average…Had four shutouts…Played 1,521:50 minutes in goal, the third-highest single-season total in program history…Posted a 6-9-2 record…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on October 15 after making a career-high 12 saves in a 0-0 overtime deadlock against the nation’s 25th-ranked team, Rowan University, on Oct. 10…Started her first Rutgers-Camden game in a 4-2 loss in the season opener against Elizabethtown College (Aug. 31)…Collected her first shutout and first win with five saves against Lancaster Bible College in a 1-0 victory (Sept. 5)…Had 11 saves while facing 35 shots – tied for the fourth-highest single-game goalie total in program history – in a 2-0 loss to Washington College (Sept. 8)…Made nine saves as Rutgers-Camden tied NJAC power Montclair State, 1-1, in overtime on Sept. 15…Collected eight saves in a 2-1 conference win over Kean University (Sept. 22) and nine saves in a 2-0 loss against NJAC and national powerhouse The College of New Jersey (Sept. 26)…Blanked New Jersey City University, 4-0, with two saves (Sept. 29) and William Paterson University, 2-0, with two saves (Oct. 20).
Pre-Rutgers: Started her collegiate academic career at West Chester University, but did not use a year of soccer eligibility.
High School: Three-year starting varsity goalkeeper at Cherry Hill High School West…Captured All-Olympic Conference Second Team and All-South Jersey Third Team honors as a junior…Earned All-South Jersey First Team and All-Olympic Conference First Team honors as a senior…Added team Most Valuable Player honors during her senior year…Graduated in 2017.
Personal: Born December 18, 1998…Last name pronounced “Eb-er-heart”…Interests include traveling…Marketing major at Rutgers-Camden who wants to work in the marketing department of professional sports teams…Natalie is the daughter of Cindy and Bill Eberhardt of Cherry Hill.
