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2026 Women's Soccer Roster

12 Emily Petring

  • Class Senior
  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Downers Grove, Ill.
  • High School Downers Grove South
  • Major Criminal Justice

Biography

2025: Enjoyed a breakthrough season offensively while earning Horizon League Second Team honors with career-highs across the board ... became the first player in program history to record over 20 points in a season in which five or fewer starts were made ... finished the campaign with 22 points (fourth on the team) on eight goals and six assists ... appeared in all 21 contests, starting three times ... was a spark plug for the offense coming off the bench, registering 40 total shots (second on the team) as well as 18 shots on goal (also second) ... finished the year ranked tied for fifth in the Horizon League in overall statistics in points, goals, and assists ... in league-only games, finished tied for first with five assists and fourth with 15 points ... made season debut with 25 minutes played in the season opener at Wisconsin Aug. 14 ... picked up her first point with an assist in the game two win over Northern Iowa Aug. 17 ... recorded a brace against SIUE Sept. 14, finding the back of the net in the 31st and 41st minutes ... netted the game-winner and assisted the other MKE tally in a 2-0 win over Robert Morris Sept. 18, playing a season-high 52 minutes against the Colonials ... scored a second-half goal in the 5-0 win over Purdue Fort Wayne Sept. 25 ... assisted the game-winner in the 3-2 win over Northern Kentucky Sept. 28 ... had a goal and assist in each of her next two outings, first against Cleveland State Oct. 4 and then in the next game at Detroit Mercy Oct. 9 ... against the Vikings, her goal came just 34 seconds after the previous MKE score, marking the third-fastest back-to-back goals scored in the history of the program ... against the Titans, she leveled the score at 1-1 on a penalty kick in the 77th minute and then helped set up the last-minute game-winner with an assist, with the goal coming at the 89:36 mark ... buried a goal on a career-high seven shot attempts in the win over IU Indy Oct. 16 ... picked up an assist on the opening goal in the 3-2 win over Green Bay Oct. 29 ... closed out the scoring in the 3-0 victory over Oakland in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals Nov. 6, finishing off a corner kick for the goal.

• 2025 game-by-game in PDF Format

2024: A spark off the bench for the offense in her first season in Milwaukee, appearing in 15 games ... finished the campaign with seven points, coming on three goals and one assist ... recorded seven shots, including five on goal (.714 SOG%) ... made a splash in her Panther debut, scoring the first goal of the year for the team in the season opener at Xavier Aug. 15 while playing 35 minutes ... posted an assist and a shot on goal against Harvard Sept. 12 ... came through with the game-winning goal in the 2-0 victory at IU Indianapolis Oct. 20, one-timing a well-placed volley on frame and up-and-over the goalkeeper for the 1-0 lead at the 42:51 mark ... finished off the scoring in MKE's 7-0 victory in the Horizon League Tournament semifinal victory over Robert Morris Nov. 7 ... played 11 minutes in the NCAA Tournament contest at No. 13 Notre Dame Nov. 15.

• 2024 game-by-game in PDF Format

Prior to MKE: Comes to the Panthers from Coastal Carolina University where she was second on the team in scoring in 2023 (7 points on 3G/1A) and led the way in shots (23) and shots-on-goal (15) … .652 SOG percentage … made 12 starts in 16 appearances … scored the game-winning goal in her collegiate debut against UNCW in August.
 
High School: A multi-sport athlete, lettering in soccer, volleyball, and basketball for four years along with lettering in golf for two years … conference champion in soccer for four-straight years (2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023) … two-time soccer regional champion (2021 and 2023) … won the 2023 basketball conference championship … three-time all-state selection in soccer (2021, 2022, and 2023) … all-sectional soccer selection (2021) and a three-time all-conference selection (2021,2022, and 2023) … named to the soccer all-area team and was named as the MVP for three years straight (2021, 2022, and 2023) … all-conference basketball selection and an all-area team selection (2022 and 2023) … all-state honorable mention in volleyball and named to the all-conference team (2023) … scored 33 goals in her senior season … played club soccer for Chicago Empire FC (8 years) … honor roll member.

Personal: Daughter of Brian and Kelly Petring … a criminal justice major … chose Milwaukee because of the soccer program and the major, as well as the community she would be surrounded by … career goal is to win the Horizon League and get a championship ring … most memorable sports experience was scoring her first collegiate goal … lists hanging out with friends as her hobby … has done volunteer work with Feed My Starving Children … born April 27, 2005.
 
Pronunciation: PEE-tring

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2024Sophomore

    Forward
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2025Junior

    Forward
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2026Senior

    Forward
    5'9"
    12