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Mackenzie Anthony/Justina Gaynor vs. EMU

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Mackenzie Anthony

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-9
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Wheaton North
Hometown:
Wheaton, Ill.
Prev School:
Baylor

2024 (Senior): Played in all 22 matches for MSU, making 19 starts at forward ... Totaled 16 points from six goals and four assists in 1,292 minutes of action ... Recorded three shot attempts in 53 minutes of play in MSU's 2-1 season-opening win at No. 15 Notre Dame (8/15) ... Scored her first goal of the season in a 2-2 draw with No. 9 Arkansas (8/22) ... Notched her second goal of the season in a 3-0 win over Ohio (8/25) ... Played 79 minutes in a 1-0 win against Ole Miss (8/29) ... Tallied her first assist of the season in the Spartans' 2-2 draw with No. 15 Xavier (9/1) ... Recorded another assist in MSU's 6-0 win against Queens (N.C.) (9/5) ... Played 78 minutes and recorded a pair of shots in a 1-0 win over Loyola Chicago (9/8) ... Scored MSU's lone goal in a 1-1 draw with Rutgers (9/29) ... Played 71 minutes and registered three shot attempts at Oregon (10/10) ... Totaled four shots in 72 minutes of action at Washington (10/13) ... Had a three-point afternoon in MSU's 3-1 win over Purdue, scoring one goal and tallying one assist (10/27) ... Tallied seven shot attempts in MSU's Big Ten quarterfinal match against Rutgers (11/2) ... Added an assist in MSU's 3-1 opening-round victory of the NCAA Tournament against Western Michigan (11/16) ... Recorded a brace, including the game-winning overtime goal, in MSU's 3-2 win over Texas in the NCAA Second Round (11/22) ... Played 73 minutes against Duke in the NCAA Sweet 16 (11/24) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2023 (Junior): Played in 14 matches in her first season as a Spartan and made seven starts, totaling 478 minutes ... Finished in a tie for third on the team in scoring with nine points from three goals and three assists ... Notched her first point in the Green and White with an assist on Gabby Mueller's game-winner against Cincinnati in the season opener (8/17) ... Recorded two shot attempts in the win against Bowling Green (8/20) ... Had a remarkable seven-point performance in MSU's 7-0 rout of Eastern Michigan (8/31), scoring a trio of goals and adding an assist ... Played a season-high 59 minutes against Notre Dame, recording one shot ... Tallied a trio of shot attempts in back-to-back games against NC State (9/7) and Dayton (9/10) ... Posted a pair of shots in MSU's 5-0 rout of Maryland (9/28).

2022 (at Baylor): Did not play.

2021 (at Baylor): Led the team with eight goals on the season … One of seven players to play every game during the season … Scored two goals in the game against Iowa St. (10/21) ... Set a career high with 19 points this season, as well as a career high with six shots against Kansas St. (10/10)... Played a total of 110 minutes against Oregon (9/12)... Led the team with 30 shots on goal … Picked up United Soccer Coaches All-Region honors.

2020 (at Baylor): Third on the team with two goals on the season … One of three freshmen to start every match for BU … Recorded a career-high three points vs. Kansas (10/9) as she became the first player to score against KU on the season … Scored her second goal of the year against Kansas State (10/23) … Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.

Prior to MSU: 2020 graduate of Wheaton North High School out of Wheaton, Ill. … Played club for the Sockers under coach David Richardson … One of the most touted recruits to come out of the US Soccer Development Academy, ranked in the top 10 nationally in goals scored and goals per game ... Member of student council as well as the Gold Honor Roll and Spanish Honor Society at Wheaton North.

Personal: Daughter of David and Holly Anthony… Has three brothers, Luke, Brayden and Nick.