Miguel Varela

27 Miguel Varela

Height:

5-10
Weight:

160
Hometown:

Milton, Mass.
Position:

M
Year:

Jr.
High School:

Milton
Major:

Media & Film: Production

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Bio

CAREER HIGHS
Assists: 2, vs. Curry, Oct. 23, 2021
Goals: 2, vs. Mass. Maritime, Sept. 1, 2021
Points: 4, vs. Mass. Maritime, Sept. 1, 2021
Shots: 5, twice, last at Westfield State, Sept. 3, 2022
Point Streak: 3 games, Sept. 1-5, 2022

JUNIOR • 2023
Appeared in 19 games ... Produced six points on four assists and one goal ... Took nine shots, put three on target ... Handed out one assist in the season-opener, a 3-1 win at Emmanuel (Sept. 1) ... Logged one shot in the 1-0 shutout over Salem State (Sept. 2) ... Played a part in the scoreless draw at Emmanuel (Sept. 5) ... Dished out one assist in the city clash at Emerson (Sept. 9) ... Logged one shot versus Framingham State (Sept. 12) ... Aided to the 4-0 CCC-opening shutout of Wentworth (Sept. 15) ... Helped blank Mass. Maritime, 4-0 (Sept. 19) ... Chipped in one goal in the 4-1 win at Endicott (Sept. 23) ... Contributed to the 3-2 victory at MIT (Sept. 27) ... Netted one goal in the 2-1 triumph at Hartford (Sept. 30) ... Took the field at Boston College (Oct. 2) ... Pitched in to the 1-1 draw with Nichols (Oct. 7) ... Competed at Western New England (Oct. 10) ... Handed out one assist in the 5-1 triumph over Curry (Oct. 14) ... Had a hand in the 2-0 shutout at University of New England (Oct. 18) ... Saw time versus Gordon (Oct. 21) ... Played a role in the scoreless draw at Roger Williams (Oct. 24) ... Helped shutout Endicott, 1-0, in the CCC First-Round (Oct. 28) ... Pitched in to the 2-2 CCC Semis tie at Western New England (Oct. 31).

SOPHOMORE • 2022
Played in 19 games, started 12 ... Recorded nine points ... Scored two goals ... Handed out a five assists, good for second on the squad ... Took 27 shots, put 14 on target ... Dished out one assist in the season-opening 2-1 win over Mitchell (Sept. 1) ... Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 1-0 decision at Westfield State (Sept. 3) ... Logged one goal and one assist in the 7-0 triumph at Mass. Maritime (Sept. 5) ... Competed at Emmanuel (Sept. 7) ... Aided to the 1-1 draw against Emerson (Sept. 10) ... Helped blank Lasell, 1-0 (Sept. 21) ... Started the 1-0 decision over Endicott (Sept. 24) ... Pitched in to the 3-0 victory against MIT (Sept. 28) ... Saw time versus Roger Williams (Oct. 1) ... Appeared at No. 15 Babson (Oct. 4) ... Participated in the 4-0 shutout of the University of New England (Oct. 8) ... Contributed to the 4-0 victory at Wentworth (Oct. 11) ... Played in the 1-1 draw at Curry (Oct. 14) ... Took the field against Western New England (Oct. 18) ... Logged one goal and one assist in the 2-0 triumph at Gordon (Oct. 22) ... Started in the 1-1 tie at Salve Regina (Oct. 25) ... Competed in the CCC Quarterfinals contest against Salve Regina (Oct. 29) ... Tallied one assist in the CCC Semifinal, 2-0 shutout at No. 23 Endicott (Nov. 2) ... Played in the CCC Championship at Roger Williams (Nov. 5).

FRESHMAN • 2021
Appeared in 16 games, started nine ... Registered 14 points, good for second on the team ... Found the back of the net five times ... Put away two game winners ... Dished out four assists ... Scored two goals in his collegiate debut, the season-opening 4-0 shutout of Mass. Maritime (Sept. 1) ... Netted one goal in the overtime setback to Westfield State (Sept. 4) ... Helped blank Lasell, 3-0 (Sept. 5) ... Started at Emmanuel (Sept. 8) ... Played at MIT (Sept. 11) ... Founded the back of the net once in a 2-1 win over Framingham State (Sept. 15) ... Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 decision against Gordon (Sept. 18) ... Named CCC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 20) ... Competed versus Salve Regina (Sept. 25) ... Contributed to the 1-0 overtime triumph over Lesley (Sept. 28) ... Took the field at Western New England (Oct. 2) ... Aided to the 1-0 shutout of Nichols (Oct. 9) ... Provided one goal and one assist to a 5-3 triumph at the University of New England (Oct. 12) ... Battled at Endicott (Oct. 16) ... Appeared in the line-up versus Wentworth (Oct. 20) ... Set-up both goals in a 2-0 cleansheet over Curry (Oct. 23) ... Attempted four shots at Roger Williams (Oct. 26).

ACADEMICS
CCC Fall All-Academic in 2023 ... Member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club in Fall 2023 ... Five-time AD Honor Roll selection (Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024).

BEFORE SUFFOLK • MILTON
Letterwinner at Milton and captained the team as a senior … Tallied 49 points over four seasons … Two-time Eastern Mass. All-Star … Three-time Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic … Three-time Bay State All-Star … Bay State MVP runner-up as a sophomore … Also lettered in baseball … Honor Roll student.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	19	8
Games started	0	0
Goals	1	0
Assists	4	2
Points	6	2
Shots	9	3
Shot Pct	.111	.000
Penalty kicks	0-0	0-0
Game-winning goals	1	0

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 14	Curry	W, 5-1
Oct 18	at U. of New England	W, 2-0
Oct 21	Gordon	L, 2-1
Oct 24	at Roger Williams	T, 0-0
Oct 28	Endicott	W, 1-0
Oct 31	at Western New Eng.	T, 2-2

Game Log - Misc.
Date	Opponent	Score	gp	gs	g	a	pts
Sep 1	at Emmanuel (Mass.)	W, 3-1	1	-	0	1	1
Sep 2	Salem St.	W, 1-0	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 5	at Babson	T, 0-0	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 9	at Emerson	L, 3-1	1	-	0	1	1
Sep 12	Framingham St.	L, 2-1	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 15	Wentworth	W, 4-0	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 19	Mass. Maritime	W, 4-0	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 23	at Endicott	W, 4-1	1	-	0	1	1
Sep 27	at MIT	W, 3-2	1	-	0	0	0
Sep 30	at Hartford	W, 2-1	1	0	1	0	2
Oct 2	at Boston College	L, 2-0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 7	Nichols	T, 1-1	1	-	0	0	0
Oct 10	at Western New Eng.	L, 2-1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 14	Curry	W, 5-1	1	-	0	1	1
Oct 18	at U. of New England	W, 2-0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 21	Gordon	L, 2-1	1	-	0	0	0
Oct 24	at Roger Williams	T, 0-0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 28	Endicott	W, 1-0	1	-	0	0	0
Oct 31	at Western New Eng.	T, 2-2	1	0	0	0	0

Game Log - Misc.
Date	Opponent	Score	gp	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Sep 1	at Emmanuel (Mass.)	W, 3-1	1	0	-	0	-
Sep 2	Salem St.	W, 1-0	1	1	.000	0	.000
Sep 5	at Babson	T, 0-0	1	0	-	0	-
Sep 9	at Emerson	L, 3-1	1	0	-	0	-
Sep 12	Framingham St.	L, 2-1	1	1	.000	0	.000
Sep 15	Wentworth	W, 4-0	1	1	.000	0	.000
Sep 19	Mass. Maritime	W, 4-0	1	1	.000	0	.000
Sep 23	at Endicott	W, 4-1	1	1	.000	0	.000
Sep 27	at MIT	W, 3-2	1	1	.000	1	1.000
Sep 30	at Hartford	W, 2-1	1	1	1.000	1	1.000
Oct 2	at Boston College	L, 2-0	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 7	Nichols	T, 1-1	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 10	at Western New Eng.	L, 2-1	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 14	Curry	W, 5-1	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 18	at U. of New England	W, 2-0	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 21	Gordon	L, 2-1	1	0	-	0	-
Oct 24	at Roger Williams	T, 0-0	1	1	.000	0	.000
Oct 28	Endicott	W, 1-0	1	1	.000	1	1.000
Oct 31	at Western New Eng.	T, 2-2	1	0	-	0	-

Game Log - Misc.
Date	Opponent	Score	gp	yc	pk	gw
Sep 1	at Emmanuel (Mass.)	W, 3-1	1	0	0-0	0
Sep 2	Salem St.	W, 1-0	1	0	0-0	0
Sep 5	at Babson	T, 0-0	1	1	0-0	0
Sep 9	at Emerson	L, 3-1	1	0	0-0	0
Sep 12	Framingham St.	L, 2-1	1	0	0-0	0
Sep 15	Wentworth	W, 4-0	1	0	0-0	0
Sep 19	Mass. Maritime	W, 4-0	1	0	0-0	0
Sep 23	at Endicott	W, 4-1	1	0	0-0	0
Sep 27	at MIT	W, 3-2	1	0	0-0	0
Sep 30	at Hartford	W, 2-1	1	1	0-0	1
Oct 2	at Boston College	L, 2-0	1	0	0-0	0
Oct 7	Nichols	T, 1-1	1	0	0-0	0
Oct 10	at Western New Eng.	L, 2-1	1	0	0-0	0
Oct 14	Curry	W, 5-1	1	0	0-0	0
Oct 18	at U. of New England	W, 2-0	1	0	0-0	0
Oct 21	Gordon	L, 2-1	1	1	0-0	0
Oct 24	at Roger Williams	T, 0-0	1	0	0-0	0
Oct 28	Endicott	W, 1-0	1	0	0-0	0
Oct 31	at Western New Eng.	T, 2-2	1	0	0-0	0

Career Stats - Season Scoring
Statistic	gp	gs	g	a	pts
2021-22	16	9	5	4	14
2022-23	19	12	2	5	9
2023-24	19	0	1	4	6
2024-25	18	7	2	1	5
Total	72	28	10	14	34

Career Stats - Season Shooting
Statistic	gp	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
2021-22	16	23	.217	12	.522
2022-23	19	27	.074	14	.519
2023-24	19	9	.111	3	.333
2024-25	18	7	.286	4	.571
Total	72	66	.152	33	.500

Career Stats - Season Misc.
Statistic	gp	yc	rc	pk	gw
2021-22	16	1	1	0-0	2
2022-23	19	1	1	0-0	1
2023-24	19	3	0	0-0	1
2024-25	18	0	0	0-0	0
Total	72	5	2	0-0	4

Career Stats - Game Scoring
Statistic	gp	gs	g/g	a/g	pts/g
2021-22	16	9	.31	.25	.88
2022-23	19	12	.11	.26	.47
2023-24	19	0	.05	.21	.32
2024-25	18	7	.11	.06	.28
Total	72	28	.14	.19	.47

Career Stats - Game Shooting
Statistic	gp	sh/g	sh%/g	sog/g	sog%/g
2021-22	16	1.44	.217	.75	.522
2022-23	19	1.42	.074	.74	.519
2023-24	19	.47	.111	.16	.333
2024-25	18	.39	.286	.22	.571
Total	72	.92	.152	.46	.500

Split Stats - Season Scoring
Statistic	gp	gs	g	a	pts
Event
Total	19	0	1	4	6
Conference	8	0	0	2	2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	0
Location
Home	8	-	0	1	1
Away	11	0	1	3	5
Neutral	-	-	-	-	0
Result
Wins	10	0	1	3	5
Losses	5	0	0	1	1
Month
September	10	0	1	3	5
October	9	0	0	1	1

Split Stats - Season Shooting
Statistic	gp	sh	sh%	sog	sog%
Event
Total	19	9	.111	3	.333
Conference	8	3	.000	0	.000
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	5	.000	1	.200
Away	11	4	.250	2	.500
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	7	.143	3	.429
Losses	5	1	.000	0	.000
Month
September	10	7	.143	2	.286
October	9	2	.000	1	.500

Split Stats - Season Misc.
Statistic	gp	yc	rc	pk	gw
Event
Total	19	3	0	0-0	1
Conference	8	1	0	0-0	0
Exhibition	-	0	0	0-0	-
Location
Home	8	1	0	0-0	0
Away	11	2	0	0-0	1
Neutral	-	0	0	0-0	-
Result
Wins	10	1	0	0-0	1
Losses	5	1	0	0-0	0
Month
September	10	2	0	0-0	1
October	9	1	0	0-0	0

Split Stats - Game Scoring
Statistic	gp	gs	g/g	a/g	pts/g
Event
Total	19	0	.05	.21	.32
Conference	8	0	.00	.25	.25
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	-	.00	.13	.13
Away	11	0	.09	.27	.45
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	0	.10	.30	.50
Losses	5	0	.00	.20	.20
Month
September	10	0	.10	.30	.50
October	9	0	.00	.11	.11

Split Stats - Game Shooting
Statistic	gp	sh/g	sh%/g	sog/g	sog%/g
Event
Total	19	.47	.111	.16	.333
Conference	8	.38	.000	.00	.000
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	.63	.000	.13	.200
Away	11	.36	.250	.18	.500
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	10	.70	.143	.30	.429
Losses	5	.20	.000	.00	.000
Month
September	10	.70	.143	.20	.286
October	9	.22	.000	.11	.500

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