2026 Women's Soccer Roster
Biography
2025
- Second Team All-MAAC selection
- Two-time MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 1, Sept. 22)
- MAAC All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll selection
- Led the MAAC in both individual shutouts (eight) and save percentage (.848 - 22nd nationally), and ranked second in goals against average (0.72)
- Both started and appeared in all 20 matches, allowing one goal or fewer in 18 appearances
- Appeared in program-record five consecutive shutouts (Oct. 8-29), earning three individual clean sheets
- Posted 500:48 shutout streak from Oct. 4 - Nov. 2
- Recorded season-high 10 saves at defending National Champion and top-ranked North Carolina (Aug. 17)
2024
- Named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21) after registering a pair of clean sheets in wins over Manhattan (Oct. 16) and Rider (Oct. 19)
- MAAC Academic Honor Roll selection
- Started 18 of the Saints' 20 matches in goal as a freshman
- Ranked third in the MAAC (30th nationally) with a 0.78 goals against average (third best in program single-season history)
- Stood fourth in the MAAC with a .816 save percentage
- Finished fifth in the MAAC with seven shutouts
- Posted season-high eight saves at Merrimack (Oct. 2)
BEFORE SIENA
- Led Spencerport to a perfect 23-0-0 record, culminating in the Section V Class AA Championship, while posting a Section V single-season record 20 shutouts her senior season
- 2023 Second Team All-State selection who was heralded as the Top Keeper of the Tournament for the Section V Class AA Playoffs
- Wrapped up her distinguished career on a 40-match unbeaten streak in goal
- Four-year varsity starter and two-time team captain led the Rangers to four Sectional titles
- Played six years of club soccer for WNY Flash ECNL, highlighted by an Elite 8 and ECNL Nationals appearance
- 4.0 student in high school
PERSONAL
- Birthday is February 1
- Daughter of Joe and Kim Burns
- Has two older brothers, Jackson and Colton
- Cousin, Emma Klein, plays on the women's soccer team at Syracuse
COACH KARBOWSKI ON BURNS
“Cate has been a consistent performer over the past two seasons. She trains and competes equally hard every day with a great focus in her game. Her ability to make all the saves and manage the game from the back are valuable for the backline.”
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2024Freshman
Goalkeeper
5'9"
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2025Sophomore
Goalkeeper
5'9"
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2026Junior
Goalkeeper
5'9"
