2019 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Bernie Wright
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New York, N.Y.
- High School:
- The Dalton School
2019: Played in 19 games with 17 starts...saw time as both a defender and a midfielder on the left side...scored on goal and added four assists on the year...registered six shots on target...scored opening goal at Lehigh (11/6) to give Bucknell a 1-0 lead against the Mountain Hawks...assisted in back-to-back games to open the season against Fairleigh Dickinson (8/30) and at Canisius (9/1)...also posted an assist vs. Drexel (9/14) and Boston U (10/20)...four assists were a career-high...contributed to five shutouts...played 1,575 minutes.
2018: Appeared in 16 games with 15 starts...scored game-winning goal to defeat Robert Morris (9/12)...Also scored opening goal at Binghamton (10/16)...helped contribute to five shutouts for the Bison...played 90 plus minutes nine times throughout the season...season-high 110 minutes in a 1-1 draw at American (9/29).
2017: Played in all 19 games with 16 starts, seeing time at both outside back and outside midfielder ... ranked third on the team with eight points, coming on three goals and two assists ... scored three goals in a four-game span, one each against Fairleigh Dickinson, American and Holy Cross ... in the one game in that stretch when he didn't score a goal, he assisted on Patrick Mahoney's overtime game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Loyola ... also assisted on Mahoney's GWG in a 1-0 win at Navy ... played the full 90+ minutes in each of the last seven games ... named Patriot League Midfielder of the Week on Oct. 2 after scoring first two career goals in games against Fairleigh Dickinson and American.
2016: Saw significant action in his rookie season at the forward spot ... played in 19 contests ... registered two assists ... handed out an assist in the team's 2-1 win at Navy ... assisted the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at Loyola ... played a season-high 74 minutes in a 1-1 draw against Boston University.
Personal/ H.S.: Born Dec. 9, 1997 in New York, N.Y. … son of Bernie and Elizabeth Wright … has an older sister, Taylor, who plays soccer at Cornell … former State Cup champion with the HBC Titans, later moving with his coach, Dennis McGowan, and many other players to the New York Cosmos youth Academy team (now known as Gottschee Academy) … played one year of varsity high school soccer at The Dalton School and started every game, then played exclusively for Gottschee Academy … Academy team was ranked No. 1 in the U18 rankings with a 15-0 record entering the 2016 spring season ... majoring in applied mathematical sciences.
