Gladys Loyas

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

Late Goal the Difference as Wolfpack Falls to No. 6 Notre Dame

Thursday, September 11

NC State Opens ACC Play Against No. 6 Notre Dame

Wednesday, September 10

Pack Offense Erupts as Higgins Earns First Win

Sunday, September 07

NC State Welcomes Campbell Sunday for Nonconference Finale

Saturday, September 06

Photo by: Chris Baird

Photo by: Greg Mintel

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Goshen, N.Y.
High School:
S.S. Seward

ACC Honor Roll (2016, 17)

As a senior (2016): Played in all 22 of the Pack’s matches and earned nine starts…Played 1212 minutes…Developed into a starter during the team’s last nine games of the season…Played a key role as a versatile midfielder/attacker…Generated 18 shots, placing nine of them on target…Received only one yellow card during the season

As a junior (2015): Time on the field was limited due to injury … Played in six matches and 149 total minutes throughout the season … Took the field in games against William & Mary (September 6), Coastal Carolina (September 16), Miami (October 11), Syracuse (October 18), No. 1 Virginia (October 28), and No. 22 Duke (November 1).

As a sophomore (2014): Appeared in six matches, earning five starts ... Started contests against Western Carolina, at UNC Greensboro, vs. Duke, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh, and at Louisville ... Missed significant time due to illness and injury ... Recorded one shot during the season ... Played a total of 379 minutes throughout the year.

As a freshman (2013): Appeared in 15 matches, making eight starts ... Earned the first start of her career in the win over East Tennessee State (Sept. 1) ... Recorded seven total shots on the year, two of which were on target ... Fired a career-high three shots in the win over East Tennessee State ... Registered at least one shot in four separate matches ... Played 904 minutes on the year, or an average of 60 per appearance.

Prior to NC State: Started for five seasons at S.S. Seward, scoring 145 goals and 66 assists ... Named all-state four times (first team her final three years) ... Scored 46 goals as a senior in 2012 as a forward ... Tallied 39 goals in 2011 in the midfield ... Won a state title as an eighth grader ... Member of five Section IX championships, and regional title squads in 2008 and 2010 ... Played for World Class FC and New York East ODP ... Was on the ODP Region 1 team that played in Brazil in 2012 ... Super Y National Finalist ... Becomes the first girl soccer player from HS to sign with a Division I school.

June 24, 2014: Gladys Goes International (Times-Herald)