2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Guttenberger, Lulu
Meet Head Women's Soccer Coach Gary Higgins
Friday, December 20
EmpowHER - NC State Women's Soccer's Book Club
Wednesday, February 07
EmpowHER: Women's Soccer
Tuesday, February 06
2023 NC State Women's Soccer Season Recap
Monday, December 11
Jersey Number 6
Lulu Guttenberger
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Velburg, Germany
- Major:
- Master of International Studies
- Club Team (Former School):
- Bayern Munich
Bio
2017 TDS Top-100 Freshmen (31st)
2017 ACC All-Freshman Team
2017 ACC All-Academic Team
2018 ACC Honor Roll
2019 Third Team All-ACC
2019 ACC All-Academic Team
2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team
2019 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region Third Team
2020 ACC All-Academic Team
2021 Third Team All-ACC
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team
As a Graduate (2022): Started all 20 games for the Wolfpack and played 1,620 combined minutes…Tallied two goals, two assists and six points on the year anchoring the Pack’s backline…Recorded two assists at Elon (Sept. 1)... Scored two goals in one game for the third time in her career, both coming within 63 seconds of each other in a 3-3 draw against Miami (Oct. 15)... Contributed 11 shots on goal… Played an important role on the backline, contributing to four shutouts throughout the season… Started and played in every game of her career (95), tallying over 8,200 career minutes… Finished her career ranked first in NC State history for both matches started (95) and matches played (95)...Named to the 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team.
As a Redshirt Junior (Fall 2021): Started all 20 matches on the year…Logged 1,822 minutes on the year, the second-most on the team and most among all position players…Played at least 90 minutes in 17 of the 20 matches…Scored three goals from the back line and tallied a team-leading five assists…Recorded her first career brace on September 9 vs. Oklahoma as well as a career-high five points as she also had an assist in the match…Also tallied the game-winner (converted penalty kick) against Syracuse on October 24…Earned Third Team All-ACC honors and CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors…Was named to TopDrawerSoccer’s Team of the Week on Nov. 16 after helping the Pack shut out No. 22 South Florida in its NCAA First Round match…Played a vital role in the team’s six shutout wins on the year.
As a Redshirt Junior (Spring 2021): Earned the starting nod at the back line in eight of the team’s nine matches...Missed the final match of the season due to injury…Played every minute in the eight contests she saw time in for a total of 765… Played a large part in the team conceding just six goals all year…Assisted Leyah Hall-Robinson in her equalizer on Feb 10 vs. UNCW…Tallied five shots on the year, including a season-high two vs. Wake Forest, and put two of them on target.
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2019): Started all 23 matches on the year after coming back from an injury in the 2018 season…Played 1,936 minutes…Recorded a brace vs. Duquesne on Sept. 8…Also tallied goals vs. Navy on Nov. 15 and Arkansas on Nov. 21 in the NCAA Tournament…Had five assists on the year for 13 total points, the third-most on the team…Two of her four goals were game-winners…Eight of her 14 shots from the back line were on goal…Collected All-ACC Third Team, United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-Region and United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Third Team honors…Was named to TopDrawerSoccer’s Team of the Week on Nov. 19, and was tabbed ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5.
As a Sophomore (2018): Made two starts on the season, at Penn and Princeton…Did not compete the rest of the season due to injury…Played a combined 116 minutes in the back line and took one shot in the match at Penn.
As a Freshman (2017): The only freshman on the team to start all 22 matches, and played 1,952 minutes… Assisted Tziarra King in her game-winner against Boston College on Sept. 21… Recorded seven shots on the season… Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Top-100 Freshmen List, ranking 31st... Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team.
Prior to NC State: Was a key player in Bayern Munich's academy, and made her Bayern II debut during the 2014-15 season at the age of 16 in the 2. Bundesliga... Made eight starts and 11 total appearances for Bayern II during the 2015-16 season, while netting a goal against Saarbrücken... So far as made four appearances during the 2016-17 season, while playing the full 90 minutes in three matches... Also has experience playing with the German U-17 national team and made her debut at the UEFA European Women's U-17 Championship in 2015... She has made six starts in UEFA completions for the national team.
"Lulu is a very experienced central defender at both Bayern Munich and with the German National Team program. Her physical presence along with very good vision and passing ability will strengthen our backline immediately. It's fun to keep building on our relationship with Bayern and Lulu will follow nicely in that tradition behind Franziska, Ricci and Krissi." - Tim Santoro
2017 ACC All-Freshman Team
2017 ACC All-Academic Team
2018 ACC Honor Roll
2019 Third Team All-ACC
2019 ACC All-Academic Team
2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team
2019 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region Third Team
2020 ACC All-Academic Team
2021 Third Team All-ACC
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team
As a Graduate (2022): Started all 20 games for the Wolfpack and played 1,620 combined minutes…Tallied two goals, two assists and six points on the year anchoring the Pack’s backline…Recorded two assists at Elon (Sept. 1)... Scored two goals in one game for the third time in her career, both coming within 63 seconds of each other in a 3-3 draw against Miami (Oct. 15)... Contributed 11 shots on goal… Played an important role on the backline, contributing to four shutouts throughout the season… Started and played in every game of her career (95), tallying over 8,200 career minutes… Finished her career ranked first in NC State history for both matches started (95) and matches played (95)...Named to the 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team.
As a Redshirt Junior (Fall 2021): Started all 20 matches on the year…Logged 1,822 minutes on the year, the second-most on the team and most among all position players…Played at least 90 minutes in 17 of the 20 matches…Scored three goals from the back line and tallied a team-leading five assists…Recorded her first career brace on September 9 vs. Oklahoma as well as a career-high five points as she also had an assist in the match…Also tallied the game-winner (converted penalty kick) against Syracuse on October 24…Earned Third Team All-ACC honors and CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors…Was named to TopDrawerSoccer’s Team of the Week on Nov. 16 after helping the Pack shut out No. 22 South Florida in its NCAA First Round match…Played a vital role in the team’s six shutout wins on the year.
As a Redshirt Junior (Spring 2021): Earned the starting nod at the back line in eight of the team’s nine matches...Missed the final match of the season due to injury…Played every minute in the eight contests she saw time in for a total of 765… Played a large part in the team conceding just six goals all year…Assisted Leyah Hall-Robinson in her equalizer on Feb 10 vs. UNCW…Tallied five shots on the year, including a season-high two vs. Wake Forest, and put two of them on target.
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2019): Started all 23 matches on the year after coming back from an injury in the 2018 season…Played 1,936 minutes…Recorded a brace vs. Duquesne on Sept. 8…Also tallied goals vs. Navy on Nov. 15 and Arkansas on Nov. 21 in the NCAA Tournament…Had five assists on the year for 13 total points, the third-most on the team…Two of her four goals were game-winners…Eight of her 14 shots from the back line were on goal…Collected All-ACC Third Team, United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-Region and United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Third Team honors…Was named to TopDrawerSoccer’s Team of the Week on Nov. 19, and was tabbed ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5.
As a Sophomore (2018): Made two starts on the season, at Penn and Princeton…Did not compete the rest of the season due to injury…Played a combined 116 minutes in the back line and took one shot in the match at Penn.
As a Freshman (2017): The only freshman on the team to start all 22 matches, and played 1,952 minutes… Assisted Tziarra King in her game-winner against Boston College on Sept. 21… Recorded seven shots on the season… Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Top-100 Freshmen List, ranking 31st... Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team.
Prior to NC State: Was a key player in Bayern Munich's academy, and made her Bayern II debut during the 2014-15 season at the age of 16 in the 2. Bundesliga... Made eight starts and 11 total appearances for Bayern II during the 2015-16 season, while netting a goal against Saarbrücken... So far as made four appearances during the 2016-17 season, while playing the full 90 minutes in three matches... Also has experience playing with the German U-17 national team and made her debut at the UEFA European Women's U-17 Championship in 2015... She has made six starts in UEFA completions for the national team.
"Lulu is a very experienced central defender at both Bayern Munich and with the German National Team program. Her physical presence along with very good vision and passing ability will strengthen our backline immediately. It's fun to keep building on our relationship with Bayern and Lulu will follow nicely in that tradition behind Franziska, Ricci and Krissi." - Tim Santoro