2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Dara Russo
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Miamisburg HS
- Hometown:
- Miamisburg, Ohio
2024 (JUNIOR): Named the Big South Offensive Player of the Year… Named to the Big South All-Conference First Team… Named to the Big South All-Tournament Team… Named Big South Co-Offensive Player of the Week (08/20/24)… Became the program’s All-Time Leading Scorer with goal against High Point on 10/12/24… Appeared in 19 matches, starting all 19… Totaled 23 points behind nine goals and five assists… Scored nine goals on 56 shots (27 on goal)… Scored goals versus Queens (08/15/24), VMI (08/30/24), College of Charleston (09/04/24), South Dakota State (09/19/24), High Point (10/12/24 and 11/10/24), Winthrop (10/16/24), Presbyterian (11/07/24)…Tallied a season-high seven shot attempts on 09/25/24 vs. Presbyterian…Landed a season-high four shots on goal vs. South Dakota State on 09/19/24… Accumulated 1,396 minutes and two complete matches on the season… Ended season with a point in ten matches.
2023 (SOPHOMORE): Named the Big South Offensive Player of the Year … named to the Big South All-Conference First Team … named to the Big South All-Tournament Team … Two-time Big South Offensive Player of the Week (10/23/23 & 10/2/23) … One-time United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week (10/26/23) … Started all 19 matches … had her second game winning goal against VMI (9/3/23) …  Against Winthrop she had a season-high three goals, seven points, nine shots, and seven shots on goal … led the team in shots (67), shots on goal (46), points (33), and goals (15) in 1,227 minutes playedÂ
2022 (FRESHMAN): Named Big South Freshman of the Year… named to the Big South All-Conference team…named to the Big South All-Conference Second team… Appeared in 18 matches, earning 17 starts… made her USC Upstate debut, first start, and first complete match vs Davidson (08/18/2022)... earned her first career goal vs Hampton (08/23/2022)... ended the year with three game-winning goals vs Furman (09/08/2022), vs Presbyterian (09/28/2022) and vs Radford (10/04/2022)... led the team in points with 12 (6G)... led the team with 48 shots, 20 SOGs while recording 1238 minutes of action.
Prior to Upstate: Played for Ohio Galaxies....Graduated from Miamisburg High School where she earned a total of 13 letters for athletics: soccer (4), basketball (4), track (4), and cross country (1)…..Scored 67 goals and had 35 assists.....Named All-Conference First team twice, All-Conference Second Team once, and helped her team place second in their district twice.
