Women's Soccer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- lsmith45@calpoly.edu
- Phone:
- 805-756-2654
Having mentored the top two goalkeepers in school history for career saves, Lindsey Lee is in her seventh season with Cal Poly’s coaching staff.
In the fall of 2019, Sophia Brown capped her Mustang career with the second Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week accolade of her senior year, as she earned the award after not only posting a shutout but also scoring a seldom-seen goal tallied by a goalkeeper (converting a penalty).
Brown — the 2019-20 overall Cal Poly Scholar-Athlete of the Year — had 13 career shutouts, along with a career saves total of 364, which ranked not only No. 2 in program history but also No. 4 all-time in the Big West.
Lee finished her senior season at Westmont as a first-team All-American, anchoring the Warriors during their run to the 2013 NAIA National Championship match in Alabama.
It led to her winning the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table co-Soccer Player of the Year Award in April 2014. As a senior, when she was named the co-Golden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Lee finished with a 0.56 GAA (No. 2 in school history and second-best in the country).
In Westmont’s two postseason games that came down to penalties, she blocked a combined four out of 11 attempts as the Warriors advanced each time. Lee, a three-time All-GSAC honoree from Pleasanton, finished her career with 61 starts between the posts, a school record.
Brown, Brittney Viboch and Domenique Banta combined on five shutouts in 2017. From 2014 to 2015, Lee coached Alyssa Giannetti, who broke all-time school records for starts (76), minutes played (7,029) and saves (380).
Giannetti was a Virginia Nike Classic All-Tournament Team selection and two-time Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week in her final year as a Mustang. After being ranked by EverybodySoccer as the No. 3 senior goalkeeping prospect in the nation, Giannetti signed a professional contract with Arna-Bjørnar of the Toppserien in Norway in February 2016. She went on to be named the league’s Goalkeeper of the Year by the Norwegian Football Federation.
After earning her degree in History with a focus in Secondary Education from Westmont in 2013, Lee added her Master’s in History at Cal Poly in 2017.
