15 Elina Saab-Sundén
Elina Saab-Sundén
  • Height:
    5'5"
  • Year:
    2026
  • Hometown:
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • High School:
    Henry M. Gunn
  • Position:
    M/F
  • Major:
    Cognitive Science & Philosophy
  • Pronunciation:
    el-EE-na SOB-sun-DEN
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    3
  • a
    1
  • pts
    7
  • gw
    1

Bio

Collegiate Career Honors:
  • 2023 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
2023:
  • Took part in 10 games, with three starts as a sophomore
  • Scored three goals and had an assist
  • Had first career multi-goal game against Wheaton on Sept. 22
  • Had a goal and an assist against Babson on Sept. 30
2022:
  • Took part in 11 games, starting six as a first year
  • Scored one goal and recorded two assists
  • Made collegiate debut and had an assist against Simmons on Sept. 1
  • Scored first collegiate goal against Curry on Sept. 28
Before Wellesley:
  • Attended Henry M. High School, graduated in 2022
  • Played high school varsity soccer for three years
  • Captain as a high school senior
  • All-League First Team sophomore and senior year
  • Athlete of the Week in her hometown newspaper senior year
  • Ran track senior year of high school
Personal:
  • Daughter of Johanna and Georges
  • Born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to California at age six
  • Her favorite sport outside of soccer is rock climbing
  • Grandmother '55, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, plus several of their sisters and cousins attended Wellesley
  • This summer she enjoyed training with her brother Alex, and little cousins Atle and Emilia
Why Wellesley?
  • Chose Wellesley because she loves the combination of challenging academics, the people, and soccer

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 11 Smith L, 1-0
Oct 14 at Clark T, 1-1
Oct 18 at Emerson T, 0-0
Oct 21 Springfield L, 2-0
Oct 25 MIT L, 2-0
Oct 28 at Salve Regina L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Games 10 7
Games started 3 2
Goals 3 3
Assists 1 1
Points 7 7
Shots 21 15
Shot Pct .143 .200
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 1 1
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Sep 1 Simmons W, 4-1 0 0 0 0 6 .000 0-0 0
Sep 6 Endicott L, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 10 at SUNY Delhi   - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Lesley   - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at WPI L, 1-0 - 0 0 0 2 .000 0-0 0
Sep 17 at Trinity (Conn.) L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 22 Wheaton W, 2-0 1 2 0 4 6 .333 0-0 1
Sep 27 at Curry T, 0-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Babson T, 2-2 1 1 1 3 3 .333 0-0 0
Oct 4 Mount Holyoke W, 2-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Coast Guard T, 0-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Smith L, 1-0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 14 at Clark T, 1-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Emerson T, 0-0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 21 Springfield L, 2-0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Oct 25 MIT L, 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 28 at Salve Regina L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2022-23 11 6 .09 .18 .36 1.27 .071 .64 .500
2023-24 10 3 .30 .10 .70 2.10 .143 1.20 .571
Total 21 9 .19 .14 .52 1.67 .114 .90 .543

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2022-23 11 6 1 2 4 14 .071 7 .500 0 0 0-0 0
2023-24 10 3 3 1 7 21 .143 12 .571 0 0 0-0 1
Total 21 9 4 3 11 35 .114 19 .543 0 0 0-0 1

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Event Total 10 3 .30 .10 .70 2.10 .143 1.20 .571
Conference 7 2 .43 .14 1.00 2.14 .200 1.43 .667
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 6 1 .33 .00 .67 2.67 .125 1.33 .500
Away 4 2 .25 .25 .75 1.25 .200 1.00 .800
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 2 1 1.00 .00 2.00 6.00 .167 3.50 .583
Losses 6 1 .00 .00 .00 1.00 .000 .50 .500
Month September 6 3 .50 .17 1.17 2.83 .176 1.83 .647
October 4 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 .000 .25 .250

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Event Total 10 3 3 1 7 21 .143 12 .571 0 0 0-0 1
Conference 7 2 3 1 7 15 .200 10 .667 0 0 0-0 1
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
Location Home 6 1 2 0 4 16 .125 8 .500 0 0 0-0 1
Away 4 2 1 1 3 5 .200 4 .800 0 0 0-0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0 -
Result Wins 2 1 2 0 4 12 .167 7 .583 0 0 0-0 1
Losses 6 1 0 0 0 6 .000 3 .500 0 0 0-0 0
Month September 6 3 3 1 7 17 .176 11 .647 0 0 0-0 1
October 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0 0-0 0