University of Tennessee Athletics
2014 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Kupritz, Ariel
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Jersey Number 29
Ariel Kupritz
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Maryville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Maryville
Bio
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2017)
- Played in all 21 games at forward, making four starts while finishing the year with one goal and a season-best three assists
- Scored Tennessee’s first goal of the season and game-winner vs. Navy (8/18)
- Recorded two assists in 6-1 win vs. ETSU (8/24)
- Added an assist -- a cross to Khadija Shaw -- in the 2-0 victory over Charleston (8/27)
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2016)
- Finished second on the team with 29 shots
- Drew the foul that resulted in Carlyn Baldwin's penalty kick goal in 2-0 win over Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC Tournament (10/31)
- Scored game-tying goal in the 84th minute of 2-2 tie at Kentucky (10/14)
- Had two shots on goal in 2-0 win over Texas A&M (10/9)
- Had three shots in OT win vs. Indiana State (10/2)
- Played a career-high 67 minutes and scored her first goal of the season in double OT loss to Vanderbilt (9/30)
- Started and had two shots in 55 minutes of action in win over Missouri (9/15)
- Started and had two shots on goal in 3-0 win over Middle Tennessee (9/11)
- Led UT with three shots in win at American (9/4)
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2015)
- Played in every game, starting 10 and averaging 38.28 minutes per game, in the 2015 season; scored twice and assisted twice
- Recorded a career-high five shots on goal over 61 minutes of action vs. Kentucky (10/25)
- Scored (32') from the left side of the box off a Mackenzie Gouner assist vs. No. 14 Auburn (9/20)
- Recorded her first collegiate goal on a strike from the left side in the SEC opener at Arkansas (9/11)
- Shot twice, one of which was on goal, in 29 minutes vs. Georgia Southern (8/23)
- Shot twice, including one on goal, over 49 minutes in her Tennessee debut vs. Lipscomb (8/21)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)
- Redshirted
AS A FRESHMAN (2013 AT MIAMI (FLA.))
- Saw action in eight contests as a freshman with the Hurricanes in 2013 and played a career-high 25 minutes against Jacksonville
- Recorded first career shot against Wake Forest (Sept. 15)
- Made the Dean's List at the University of Miami Business Department with a 4.0 in business school for both semesters attended
- Transferred to Tennessee in the spring of 2014 after playing her 2013 freshman season at Miami (Fla.)
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Ranked as No. 78 senior nationwide by TopDrawerSoccer.com coming out of high school
- At Maryville High School, she scored 66 goals and totaled 12 assists in just two seasons of play and earned all-conference and all-state honors both years
- Also ran track at Maryville
- Played club ball for Brentwood Soccer Club (Nashville) from 2008-11 and Gwinnett Soccer Association (Atlanta) from 2011-12 and led Brentwood to three state championships and a regional final
- Also played four years of club soccer with Blount United
- Competed on the Tennessee ODP state team from 2006-12 and was on the ODP Region III Pool from 2008-11
- Made the Region team from 2009-11 and was selected for two national team camps
PERSONAL
- Double Majoring in Supply Chain Management & Business Analytics
- Intends to one day study abroad and go into international business
- Enjoys horseback riding
- Biggest thrill ever in soccer was playing in Germany and France and scoring a winning goal at the last game of a tournament
- Favorite soccer player is Lionel Messi
- Chose Tennessee over Miami (Fla.), Clemson, NC State and Duke
- Parents are Garth and Virginia Kupritz
- Mother Virginia is a professor at the University of Tennessee
- Father Garth played soccer at San Diego State and is her biggest soccer influence
- Older sister Genevieve runs track at ETSU
- Ariel Terry Kupritz was born on June 22, 1995, in Knoxville, Tenn.
- Recipient of the Jan R. Williams Women's Athletic Scholarship Endowment
SOC | Joe Kirt Postgame vs. Texas A&M (9.26.25)
Friday, September 26
SOC | Mattern & Norris Postgame vs. Texas A&M (9.26.25)
Friday, September 26
SOC | Leah Klurman & Cayden Norris Postgame vs. LSU (9.21.25)
Sunday, September 21
SOC | Joe Kirt Postgame vs. LSU (9.21.25)
Sunday, September 21
