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2025 Tufts University Jumbos Women's Soccer Roster

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5 Reese Birch

5 Reese Birch

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Mission Hills, Kan.
  • High School:
    Shawnee Mission East
  • Major:
    Political Science

Summary

Biography

2024 (Sophomore): Had a breakout season in the Tufts midfield, appearing in and starting all 19 games...Finished with Scored in the season opener, a 4-1 win versus Emerson...Scored the game winning goal in a 2-0 win over Colby...Tallied an assist in a 3-0 win over number 12 Middlebury...Scored two goals in a 4-1 win over Bridgewater State...Played 71 minutes in a narrow defeat at William Smith in the NCAA Tournament...Tufts finished with a 14-4-1 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance

2023 (First-Year): Athletic and talented forward showed potential for the future during her first campaign with Tufts...played in 16 games for the Jumbos, all as a reserve, as she took five shots with four going on target...fired her first pair of shots in the season-opening 3-0 win over Emerson College September 6...played a career-high 37 minutes in a 3-0 win over ranked MIT...was part of a brilliant goal against Trinity College, which was finished off by fellow newcomer Emily Nicholas...took a pair of shots against Amherst September 17...played 31 minutes against Endicott...appeared in seven NESCAC games as a newcomer...Tufts posted a 11-5-5 record overall while making a run to the NCAA Division III Tournament semifinals in Salem, VA. 

PRIOR TO TUFTS: Played two sports for the Lancers of Shawnee Mission East HS...earned three varsity letters for both the basketball and soccer programs...named as a senior co-captain in both soccer and basketball...First Team All-Kansas as a sophomore and senior, earning All-Sunflower League as a sophomore, junior and senior...was also All-Sunflower League in hoops as a senior...helped her soccer squad to a regional title and state runner-up finish as a sophomore, while taking the Sunflower League as a senior...regional champs and state runners-up as a senior...National Honor Society as a junior and senior...AP Scholar with Honor...Presidential Honor Roll as a senior...Principal Honor Roll all four years. 

PERSONAL: Parents Liz and Matt Birch...has five siblings, Paige, Laine, Grace, Quinn and Dub...political science and economics majors...mother Liz played soccer at Baker University, while father Matt played tennis at Baker...chose Tufts 'because it provides the academic and athletic rigor to achieve success in a welcoming community."
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Historical Player Information

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    2023Freshman

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    2024Sophomore

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    2025Junior

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