Malene Nielsen

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Juelsminde, Denmark
High School:
Ikast-Brande Gymnasium
Prev School:
Fairleigh Dickinson

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.

Transfered to Louisville from Fairleigh Dickinson ahead of her junior season.

2022 (Fairleigh Dickinson): 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 (Fairleigh Dickinson): 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.

Personal: Played for Ikast-Brande Gymnasium in high school... Played high-level club soccer with JAI Aarhus in Denmark... Earned Player of the Club multiple occasions at the club level... Parents are John and Britt Hjerrild Nielsen.