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2020(-21) Women's Soccer Roster
Linton, Ruby
Jersey Number 10
Ruby Linton
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- GEMS World Academy
- Hometown:
- London, England
Bio
Years of eligibility remaining including 2021-22 academic year: 2
2021
2020(-21)
2019
2018
HIGH SCHOOL
LINKS
Linton Becomes first UAE-based player to... (Sport360.com)
PERSONAL
LINTON - CAREER STATS
2021
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Saw action in 17 matches, making five starts
- Had four points on a goal and a pair of assists
- Played 15 minutes at Notre Dame, and after missing the Michigan match due to injury, returned to play 30 minutes off the bench at Ohio State
- Scored her first goal as a Falcon in the home-opening win over Oakland, with a perfectly-placed shot into the far upper corner of the net
- Played 55 minutes off the bench at Michigan State, and played the cross that led to Maya Dean's tying goal in the 89th minute
- Missed several matches due to injury, before returning to play 19 minutes against Northern Illinois
- Played 32 minutes of the Ohio match, with her two shot attempts including one on goal
- Saw 37 minutes of action in the win at Kent State, and had one shot on goal
- Made her first start of the season at Ball State, and assisted on the final goal of that 2-0 win
- Drew the start vs. Miami three days later, playing 49 minutes on Senior Day
- Played 51 minutes vs. Eastern Michigan, and tied for game honors in both total shots (six) and shots on goal (three)
- Started and played 43 minutes of the Falcons' 1-0 OT win at Central Michigan
- Was fouled in the penalty box in overtime, leading to the winning PK against the Chippewas
- Played 33 minutes of the Buffalo match
- Saw 27 minutes of action at Akron, with a pair of shots in that 3-0 win
- Assisted on Nikki Cox's overtime winner as the Falcons downed Toledo, 1-0
- Came off the bench and made several dangerous runs in a 1-0 shutout victory over Buffalo in the MAC Tournament semifinal
- Saw 27 minutes of action as BG topped Kent State, 3-0, in the league tourney final
- Came off the bench to play 40 minutes of the NCAA Championships first-round match at #8/9 Michigan
- Led the Falcons with two shot attempts vs. the Wolverines
2020(-21)
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Played in seven matches, making five starts
- Those starts included the MAC Championship contest and the Falcons' match in the NCAA Championships
- Scored a goal in BG's 5-0 exhibition win over Toledo
- Had an assist in a scrimmage win against Saginaw Valley
- Came off the bench and played 22 minutes of a 3-0 win at Akron in the regular-season opener
- Played 40 minutes and had two shots on goal in the home opener, a 1-0 OT win over Ohio
- Assisted on the GWG vs. Miami, as Kennedy White scored off her her cross in the first half of that 2-0 win at Cochrane
- Started and played 55 minutes in the MAC Championship, as BG downed Ball State, 2-1, at Cochrane
- Drew the start and played 50 minutes of the NCAA Championships match vs. Ole Miss, with one shot attempt
2019
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Was inducted into Chi Eta Sigma, the national college athlete honor society
- Played in 22 of BGSU's 23 matches, making a pair of starts
- Had one assist on the year
- In MAC play, saw action in all 11 matches off the bench
- Drew the start and played 42 minutes in the regular-season opener at Kentucky
- Also started the Xavier match, seeing 41 minutes of action
- Played 36 minutes of the Falcons' 2-0 win over Valparaiso in the home opener
- Came off the bench to play 25 minutes vs. Dayton, with one shot attempt in that 2-1, double-OT win
- Also came off the bench at Michigan, playing 43 minutes, and saw 20 minutes of action at Michigan State and 28 at DePaul
- Played 13 minutes at West Virginia and 25 against Akron, as the Falcons picked up a 1-0 win over the Zips in the MAC opener
- Saw 20 minutes of action vs. Buffalo
- Came off the bench to help BGSU to a pair of 3-1 road wins, playing 31 minutes at Kent State and 36 at Ohio
- Had two shot attempts in the latter match
- Played 15 minutes of BG's 3-2, come-from-behind win over Central Michigan, and was on the field for 10 minutes in another overtime match three days later, this time a 2-1 decision at Eastern Michigan
- Was on the pitch for 24 minutes of BG's 3-0 win over Miami
- Played five minutes of the Ball State match, and fired a shot on goal
- Saw 37 minutes of action in the Falcons' 7-0 victory at Northern Illinois, and picked up her first career assist
- Had the primary helper on a goal by Lynsey Spotts, bringing the ball down the center of the park and sliding a pass to Spotts for a finish from the top of the 18
- Had three shot attempts of her own in the win
- Came off the bench to see time in the Falcons' 1-0 win at Western Michigan that clinched a tie for the MAC regular-season title
- Played 14 minutes and had a shot on goal in BG's 3-1 win at Toledo, as the Falcons clinched the MAC's regular-season title outright
- Played 20 minutes as BGSU downed CMU, 4-1, in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round at Cochrane
- Saw brief action in the Falcons' semifinal-round win over Buffalo, as well as the championship match vs. Eastern Michigan
2018
- Played in 17 matches off the bench for the MAC regular-season and tournament champions
- Made her BGSU debut in the Falcons' match vs. Hawai'i, playing a total of 25 minutes off the bench
- Played 21 minutes at No. 15 Northwestern, and saw six minutes of action against DePaul
- Came off the bench to play 34 minutes, the highest total of her young career to date, in the win over Youngstown State
- Took seven of the Falcons' 13 corner kicks in the match, and had three shot attempts, including one on goal
- Saw three minutes of action at Miami in BG's 2-0 win
- Also saw time in back-to-back 3-0 wins, at Ball State and at home against Northern Illinois
- Played four minutes of BGSU's 3-1 win at Central Michigan, and also saw four minutes of action in the Falcons' victory over Eastern Michigan three days later
- Played eight minutes of BG's 3-1 win over MAC preseason favorite Kent State, firing a shot
- Then, played 13 minutes in another 3-1 win two days later, this time against Ohio
- Saw 19 minutes of time against Buffalo, as the Falcons recorded a 5-0 road win to clinch the MAC regular-season championship
- Had a shot attempt in that UB match
- Played six minutes of the Falcons' 2-1 win over Toledo to end the regular season
- Saw action three days later, as the Falcons topped Eastern Michigan in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round at Cochrane
- Played 10 minutes of the semifinal-round win over Ohio, as the Falcons blanked the Bobcats, 1-0
- Two days later, played five minutes off the bench vs. Ball State, as the Falcons captured the MAC Tournament title
- And, played 14 minutes of the NCAA Tournament match at No. 14 Penn State
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated from GEMS World Academy ('18) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Part of teams that captured three-straight first-place finishes in the Dubai League, as her U16 team won the 2014-15 and '15-16 titles, while her U18 squad captured the '16-17 crown
LINKS
Linton Becomes first UAE-based player to... (Sport360.com)
PERSONAL
- Born in Kingston upon Thames, England
- A visual communication technology (VCT) major at BGSU
- Daughter of Paul and Marie Linton
- Has a younger brother, Max
- Played club ball for Spanish Soccer Schools, and was named the Most Skilled Player in that program by Real Madrid and Spanish legend Michel Salgado
- Played on boys' teams at Spanish Soccer Schools over her last four years there
- Also played for Wimbledon FC in England, before moving to Sweden and eventually Dubai
- Favorite athlete is Lionel Messi
LINTON - CAREER STATS
| Season | GP-GS | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Shot% | SOG | SOG% | GW | PK-Att |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 17-0 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 22-2 | 484 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .000 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2020-21 | 7-5 | 294 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .000 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-5 | 615 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | .048 | 10 | .476 | 0 | 0-0 |
| TOTAL | 63-12 | 1579 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 44 | .023 | 15 | .341 | 0 | 0-0 |
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