2009 Charlotte 49ers Women's Soccer Media Guide by Charlotte 49ers

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SUCCESS Five League Regular Season Titles (1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008).... Four League Tournament Championships (1995, 1998, 2007, 2008)... Four NCAA Tournament Appearances (1998, 2002, 2007, 2008)... Twelve Seasons With Double-Figure Wins In Program’s 15-year History...

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2009 Schedule AUGUST Sun. 23 at William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 4:00 Fri. 28 APPALACHIAN STATE Charlotte, NC 7:00 Sat. 29 ALUMNI GAME (Exhibition) Charlotte, NC 4:00 SEPTEMBER Fri. 4 FRANCIS MARION Charlotte, NC 7:00 Sun. 6 VILLANOVA Charlotte, NC 1:00 Thurs. 10 at Davidson Davidson, NC 7:00 Sun. 13 GEORGIA Charlotte, NC 1:00 Fri. 18 EAST TENNESSEE STATE Charlotte, NC 5:00 Sun. 20 NC STATE Charlotte, NC 2:30 Fri. 25 DUQUESNE* Charlotte, NC 7:00 Sun. 27 at Fordham* Bronx, NY 1:00 OCTOBER Fri. 2 RHODE ISLAND* Charlotte, NC 7:00 Sun. 4 MASSACHUSETTS* Charlotte, NC 1:00 Fri. 9 at Dayton* Dayton, OH 6:00 Sun. 11 at Xavier* Cincinnati, OH 11:00 Fri. 16 RICHMOND* Charlotte, NC 7:00 Sun. 18 GEORGE WASHINGTON* Charlotte, NC 1:00 Fri. 23 at Temple* Philadelphia, PA 3:00 Sun. 25 at Saint Joseph’s* Philadelphia, PA 12:00 Fri. 30 at Saint Louis* St. Louis, MO 8:00 NOVEMBER 5-8 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS Charlotte, NC Fri. 13 NCAA Tournament First Round * - Atlantic 10 game, All times are Eastern; Home matches in BOLD (at Transamerica Field in the Irwin Belk Center)

Seniors Leah Zappone, Lauren Brown and Hailey Beam are expected to lead the 49ers in their first-season under head coach John Cullen. Beam, Brown and Zappone have helped the 49ers win 47 games while claiming three A-10 regular-season titles, two A-10 Tournament titles and two NCAA Tournament bids over the past three seasons.

Charlotte Quick Facts Location: ........................................... Charlotte, N.C. 28223 Founded: ........................................... 1946 Enrollment: ....................................... 22,388 Nickname: ......................................... 49ers Colors: ............................................... Green and white Conference: ....................................... Atlantic 10 Chancellor: ....................................... Dr. Philip L. Dubois Athletic Director: ............................. Judy Rose Assoc. A.D./SWA............................... Kim Whitestone Assoc. A.D./Business ........................ Darin Spease Ticket Manager ................................ John George Ticket Office: .................................... 704/687-4949 Athletic Academic Advisor:.................Becky Cavaliere Soccer Trainer: ................................ Erin Bertagnoli Sports Information Dir.: ................. Thomas Whitestone Associate SID/Soccer: ...................... Brent Stastny Office Number: ................................. 704/687-6313 Fax Number:..................................... 704/687-4918 Email .....................................................bmstastn@uncc.edu Soccer Information Head Coach: ..................................... John Cullen Office Number: ................................. 704/687-3984 Charlotte Record: ............................ First Season Career Record: ................................. 113-33-16 (8 years) Assistant Coaches: .......................... Sarah Denton, Heather Dittmer Office Number: ................................. 704/687-3986 Soccer Manager ................................ Nicole Mercer Credits: The 2009 Charlotte Women's Soccer Media Guide is a publication of the Athletic Department’s Media Relations Office. It has been written, edited and designed by Brent Stastny. Editorial assistance by Patrick McCoy, Ryan Rose and Thomas Whitestone. Photos by Wade Bruton, Sam Roberts of FreezeFrame photography, Stan Cochrane. Cover created and designed by Shane Sellers and the ABZ Design Group. Paper was donated by George Thornton and the Case Paper Company.

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Table of Contents 2009 Season Preview .........................................................................................2 Head Coach John Cullen ..................................................................................3 All-Time Coaching Records .............................................................................3 Assistant Coaches: Sarah Denton and Heather Dittmer ...............................4 2009 Roster ........................................................................................................4 Player Profiles By Class Beam, Brown, Zappone ..............................................................................5 Bryant, Davies, Fried, Hadley, Huecker ...................................................6 Mayeaux, Mazzarella, Minnix, Roberto, Stenard ....................................7 Weinraub, Bernard, Carter, Dean, Handra..............................................8 LaVigne, Mansourian, McKeon, Suarez, Wingo, Barton........................9 Dail, McGowan, Nye, O'Dell, Rovito, Smith, Sullivan, Winford ..........10 2008 Season Review ........................................................................................11 Award Winners.......................................................................................... 12-13 Letterwinners ..................................................................................................13 The Records ............................................................................................... 14-15 All-Time Results ........................................................................................ 16-17 NCAA Tournament Teams .............................................................................17 Atlantic 10 Conference ...................................................................................18 Director of Athletics Judy Rose .....................................................................18 Athletic Academic Support Services .............................................................19 Strength and Conditioning .............................................................................20 The University .................................................................................................21 The Athletic Department .......................................................................... 22-23 The City of Charlotte ......................................................................................24 The Athletic Facilities ................................................................................. IBC

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THE 2009 SEASON AHEAD

The Charlotte 49ers Athletic Media Relations Department sat down with former 49ers men's soccer player and first-year head coach John Cullen to get his thoughts on the 49ers women's soccer program and the 2009 season. Last season, the 49ers captured their third straight Atlantic 10 regular-season championship and their second consecutive A-10 Tournament title and made the program's fourth NCAA Tournament. The 49ers blanked Tennessee, 2-0, in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament for a school-record 18th win. What does being a Charlotte 49er mean to you? Well it is a coming home for me even though I’m from England because of the immense pride that I have for the school. When I played here I never imagined that I would end up as a coach here. I enjoyed my four years of college soccer as a student-athlete here. Once I graduated from Charlotte, I experienced several avenues of coaching through college and club. I guess I always thought in the back of my mind that I would love to come back here one day. So to be able to come back here and lead the women’s program and to be the person that the administration has faith in is a great thing. The 49ers have won 47 games while posting 28-2-1 A-10 record over the past three seasons. Charlotte returns 10 starters and 21 letterwinners off a 2008 team which went 18-4-1 and 11-0-0 in the Atlantic 10. What are your thoughts on taking over a program that is the three-time defending A-10 Champions? I think some coaches would be fearful of walking into a program with such success and that is a definite challenge to build upon that success. There are already plenty of aspects in place but as every new coach I want to put my own handprint on the team, but I have a great core of players that have experienced success and I will call upon them to set an example.

Assistant coach Sarah Denton and head coach John Cullen are both graduates of Charlotte as well as former 49ers soccer players.

The senior class of Hailey Beam, Lauren Brown and Leah Zappone have won an Atlantic 10 regular-season championship in each of their first three seasons at Charlotte. What are your thoughts on the seniors? With Lauren Brown it is great to have a senior captain as our goalkeeper because it’s important to have experience and leadership in the goal to work with the defense. She is a very game-like player and very enthusiastic. She competes every time whether at training, practice or in games. Hailey Beam is a Hermann Award candidate, which is a reflection of her ability, but knowing Hailey it is much more than her natural all around game, she is a competitor and that's what drives her. Hailey has the gift to unlock defenses and she has the ability to create extraordinary opportunities for us. Just like Lauren in the back it’s nice to have Hailey up front in the attacking spectrum so that we have someone going forward to create those goals. She is a leader in the way she trains and works. Leah Zappone is a good role model for younger players by showing that there is a role for everybody on the team and you must be ready when called upon. Since Leah is a such a versatile player she adds depth to a number of Senior co-captain Lauren Brown, a two- positions on our team. time Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team The 49ers offense ranked among the nation's leaders in scoring with a school-record selection. 69 goals last season. The 49ers also recorded a school-record 76 assists. Charlotte returns players that accounted for 60 of those 69 goals. In the 49ers' 11 A-10 games last season, Charlotte scored 43 goals. Beam tallied 17 goals en route to earning consensus All-American honors. While Whitney Weinraub, who was named A-10 Offensive Player of the Year, scored 12 goals. Sam Huecker, who earned second-team All-A-10 honors, tallied 12 assists last season and she recorded five assists against Xavier which was the highest single-game total in Division I women's soccer last season. What are your thoughts on returning a majority of the players that contributed to that record setting offense? I think we have a nice balance of options. With Whitney Weinraub we are going to move her around a little bit. Last year she played more in the wider areas, but we may look to put her more central to give her more touches closer to goal. Again we might use her in the wide areas to give her more one-on-one opportunities. So obviously we are expecting goals from her as well as Hailey and Whitney Weinraub became the Sam Huecker from the midfield as well as assists. We definitely feel as if we have goal producers on first 49er to earn A-10 Offensive Player of the Year honors. this team it just comes down to creating chances and then of course taking them. The 49ers defense recorded a school-record 13 shutouts and limited 16 foes to a goal or less last season. Charlotte returns a majority of the players that contributed to the 49ers stout defensive effort in 2008 which only allowed six goals in 11 A-10 regular-season games. What are thoughts on the defensive backline that features three-year starting goalkeeper Lauren Brown, All-Atlantic 10 performers Whitney Bryant and Megan Minnix as well as two-year starters Danielle Mayeaux and Katie Davies as well as Jenna McKeon who started on defense last season as a freshman? I think that is the pleasing part of this season because we have a Senior co-captain Hailey good place to start with in regards to our defense. Some of the players mentioned will have to adapt to new roles. With Jenna McKeon Beam is one of only two we are looking at her to become a more attacking player. We are players in A-10 history to going to ask Megan Minnix and Whitney Bryant to get forward be named A-10 Tournament more and have Danielle Mayeaux stay back more to serve as MVP twice. a solid rock at the back with Katie Davies. But the backline is a group that we can hit the ground running with. I want them to continue with the not conceding goals mentality that is tough to play against. I was pleased with what I saw in the spring as we played six games and had four clean sheets, which is very encouraging as we move into the new season. The 49ers again face another challenging schedule with non-conference games against nationally recognized programs such as Georgia, NC State, Villanova and William & Mary as well as a trip across the county to face Davidson. Then, the 49ers face strong Atlantic 10 Conference schedule which includes road games at preseason A-10 favorite Dayton, two-time A-10 Tournament Champs Saint Louis as well as Fordham, who reached the 2007 A-10 Championship game, Temple, Saint Joseph's and Xavier. Charlotte will battle Duquesne, George Washington, Massachusetts, Richmond and Rhode Island at home. The regular-season culminates with the 2009 A-10 Tournament which will be played at Charlotte's Transamerica Field. Transamerica Field, the home of the 49ers soccer programs and the What are your thoughts on the 2009 schedule? I think each game presents its own challenge site of the 2009 A-10 Tournament. for us because we are going to play a new brand of soccer and we are going to change up the formation so there will be new roles expected out of players. For each game we will look to learn and garner something from it because at the end of the year we will be looking to contend for the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament title here in Charlotte.

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HEAD COACH JOHN CULLEN

First Season UNC Charlotte, 1992 Record at Charlotte: First Season Overall Record: 113-33-16 (8 years) USSF 'A' License

College Coaching History 2009 Charlotte Head Coach 2001-08 - Catawba College Head Coach (4 Division II Regionals, 2 Regional Finals. 4 SAC Coach of the Year Awards, 2005 NSCAA Region Coach of the Year) Other Soccer Coaching Experience 1992-2004 - Charlotte Soccer Club Assistant Director of Coaching 2005-08 - Executive Director of Soccer for the FCCA

Cullen graduated from UNC Charlotte in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English after a four-year career with the 49ers men’s soccer team. He was a member of the 49ers first NCAA Tournament team in 1991 which peaked at #4 in the national rankings, as well as the 1992 NCAA Tournament team, that reached #2 in the rankings. He was a team captain. In 1992, Cullen was named to the NSCAA South Region Scholar-Athlete team. He was a member of the Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll. Cullen resides in Concord, North Carolina with his wife Terina. They have three children, Bailey (10), Peyton (8) and Reagan (6).

A new era in Charlotte 49ers women's soccer began, January 15, 2009, when John Cullen was named just the fourth coach in the program's history. Cullen is in his first season as head coach at his alma mater after spending eight successful seasons as head women’s soccer coach at Catawba College. “I am extremely pleased to have someone with John’s character, abilities and accomplishments but the one thing that you can never put a price tag on -- the one thing that truly excites me -- is his passion for our program,” Charlotte Director of Athletics Judy Rose said. “To have an alum, who was a member of our soccer program, who has great coaching credentials, come home is the best of both worlds. What he’s done there is remarkable and I think the sky’s the limit for him, here. He has a vision for our program that exceeds what we have done.” Cullen, a native of London, England, has coached Catawba College for the past eight years, winning a pair of South Atlantic Conference championships and taking the Indians to four NCAA Division II Regionals and two regional finals. He was a four-time SAC Coach of the Year and was named the NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year in 2005 after leading the Indians to a 16-4-1 record that included a regular-season title in the South Atlantic Conference and a trip to the NCAA Regional final. “I need to give a special thank you to athletic director Judy Rose and Kim Whitestone for their faith and belief in me to lead the program forward," Cullen said. "I’m truly honored to be named the 49ers women’s soccer coach. UNC Charlotte has been home to me on many, many fronts. I enjoyed a playing career here, formed lifelong relationships and Charlotte has made a difference in my life and I hope to come back and make a difference in Charlotte’s life. When I walked back on campus yesterday and was welcomed so warmly, it was like when I first walked on campus in 1989 - I truly knew I was home. I’m glad to be back among the Charlotte family once again. I’m looking forward to my new adventure with the 49ers women’s soccer team.” In eight years at Catawba, Cullen posted a 113-33-16 record. He coached a pair of all-Americans, an academic all-American, two SAC Players of the Year, 18 All-Region selections and 32 All-Conference players at Catawba. In addition to his collegiate resume, Cullen boasts strong ties at the Olympic Development level. Cullen served as CHARLOTTE ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS Assistant Director of Coaching at the Year Coach Record Conference GF GA Conference Tourney Charlotte Soccer Club from 19921994 Robbie Church 13-4-2 N/A 59 22 N/A 2001. In 2001, he began working with 1995 Robbie Church 13-7-2 2-2-1 41 28 Champions (C-USA) 1996 Robbie Church 10-9-2 5-4-0 49 30 Semifinals (C-USA) the North Carolina Olympic Devel1997 Robbie Church 15-4-1 7-1-1! 54 19 Semifinals (C-USA) opment Program and joined the US 1998 Robbie Church 15-6-3 7-2-2 46 27 Champions (C-USA) NCAA Region III ODP staff in 2006. Overall, 1999 Neil Roberts 13-7-2 8-2-1 46 33 Finals (C-USA) he posted a 46-4 record with the NC 2000 Neil Roberts 12-9-1 8-2-1 40 29 Semifinals (C-USA) 2001 Neil Roberts 9-7-4 7-2-1 26 20 Semifinals (C-USA) ODP program including an unbeaten, 2002 Neil Roberts 16-2-2 8-0-2* 55 24 Semifinals (C-USA) NCAA unscored upon slate in 16 games with 2003 Neil Roberts 7-11-2 5-4-1 29 35 Quarterfinals (C-USA) the `90’s NC ODP team. 2004 Neil Roberts 5-12-2 5-3-2 20 41 Quarterfinals C-USA) For three years, Cullen served as 2005 Jon Lipsitz 11-9-0 6-3-0 39 30 Semifinals (A-10) 2006 Jon Lipsitz 13-5-2 8-1-0# 42 27 Semifinals (A-10) Executive Director of Soccer with 2007 Jon Lipsitz 16-5-1 9-1-1# 43 17 Champions (A-10) NCAA the FC Carolina Alliance in Concord, 2008 Jon Lipsitz 18-4-1 11-0-0# 69 26 Champions (A-10) NCAA N.C. Totals 15 Years 186-101-27 96-27-13 648 408 4 Titles, 4 NCAA Tournaments ! - C-USA co-regular season champs; * C-USA regular season champs; # - A-10 regular season champs

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THE ROSTER/THE COACHING STAFF

2009 CHARLOTTE 49ERS WOMEN'S SOCCER ROSTER No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. Hometown Last School Club Team 00 Jessica Barton 5-6 Fr. GK Jacksonville, NC Jacksonville CASL 0 Natalie LaVigne 5-9 So. GK Rochester, NY Aquinas Institute Rochester Junior Rhinos 1 Lauren Brown 5-4 Sr. GK Frenchtown, NJ Delaware Valley Regional PDA 2 Macky Wingo 5-1 So. F/M Raleigh, NC Saint Mary’s CASL 3 Ashley Roberto 5-5 Jr. D Fairfield, OH Stephen T. Badin Classics Hammer 4 Kellie Dean 5-2 So. F Raleigh, NC William Enloe Triangle Futbol Club 5 Megan Mazzarella 5-3 Jr. F Huntersville, NC Cannon School FC Carolina Alliance 6 Whitney Weinraub 5-3 Jr. F Holland, PA Council Rock South PA Strikers 7 Oni Bernard 5-8 So. F/M Toronto, Ontario, Canada Agincourt Collegiate Richmond Hill Raiders 8 Taylor Rovito 5-4 Fr. D/F Cary, NC Green Hope Greensboro Twisters 9 Sam Fried 5-7 Jr. F Massapequa, NY St. Anthony’s Albertson Fury 11 Jonna Handra 5-2 So. F/M Port Vue, PA South Allegheny Penns Forest 12 Jenna McKeon 5-5 So. D Bayside, NY St. Francis Prep East Meadow Dynamite 13 Hailey Beam 5-7 Sr. M Cornelius, NC Texas Tech University CESA 14 Sam Huecker 5-7 Jr. M Crestwood, KY Oldham County Javanon 15 Katie Davies 5-4 Jr. D Xenia, OH Xenia Ohio Premier 16 Lacey McGowan 5-9 Fr. D Fayetteville, GA Whitewater AFC Lightning 17 Leah Zappone 5-6 Sr. F Ballston Lake, NY Shenendehowa Albany Alleycats 18 Danielle Mayeaux 5-10 Jr. M Collierville, TN Collierville Memphis Mercury 19 Carrie Dail 5-5 Fr. M/F Hubert, NC Swansboro OCSA Coastal Crew 20 Megan Minnix 5-10 Jr. D Columbus, OH Bishop Watterson Ohio Premier 21 Maro Mansourian 5-4 So. D Boca Raton, FL Spanish River Community Team Boca 22 Whitney Bryant 5-2 Jr. D Marietta, GA Lassiter NASA 23 Heather Carter 5-4 So. M/F Badin, NC North Stanly FC Carolina Alliance 24 Katie Hadley 5-8 Jr. F Chapel Hill, NC Chapel Hill Triangle Futbol Club 25 Jennifer Nye 5-5 Fr. D Huntersville, NC Hopewell North Meck Soccer Club 26 India Winford 5-4 Fr. F Winston-Salem, NC RJ Reynolds Greensboro Twisters 27 Megan Smith 5-6 Fr. M/F Waxhaw, NC Union Mecklenburg Futbol Club 28 Mary Beth Sullivan 5-7 Fr. F Greensboro, NC Page Greensboro United 29 Lena Suarez 5-7 So. F Charlotte, NC Catawba College Charlotte Soccer Club 30 Kirby Stenard 5-2 Jr. M Cincinnati, OH Francis Marion Univ. Hammer FC 34 Nikki O’Dell 5-6 Fr. D/M Pleasant Valley, NY Arlington Mamaroneck Panthers Head Coach: John Cullen (UNC Charlotte, 1993), First Season Assistant Coaches: Sarah Denton, Heather Dittmer

Erin Bertagnolli Trainer

Nicole Mercer Manager

Sarah Denton Assistant Coach

Sarah Denton has returned to the 49ers women’s soccer coaching staff after spending the past three seasons as the head coach at Pfeiffer University. “I’m delighted to bring on Sarah Denton as an assistant coach,” Charlotte head coach John Cullen said. “Sarah is exceptionally passionate about the game of soccer and Charlotte. Our current players will love working with her and our prospective student-athletes will be very impressed by her knowledge and love of Charlotte. She brings all the attributes you look for in a coach, vibrant, passionate, great coaching experience and playing background. Her teams have always been successful and well prepared. Sarah demonstrates a quality that I value very highly, always being there for her players. I’m truly excited she has become a part of our coaching staff.” Denton has spent the past three seasons as head coach at Pfeiffer University. She guided Pfeiffer to a 40-21-4 during her three-year tenure. In 2008, she led Pfeiffer to a Conference Carolinas’ Tournament Championship and the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. She was named Conference Carolinas’ Coach of the Year after guiding Pfeiffer to 10 wins in 2007. For the past year, she has also been a member of the Region III ODP coaching staff as well as an assistant coach for the `93 and `95 Girls North Carolina ODP team since 2006. This is her second stint as a member of the 49ers coaching staff after being an assistant coach in 2005. In 2005, the 49ers won 11 games and reached the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Denton was a member of the FC Carolina Alliance Coaching staff from 2002-07. In 2009, she returned to FCCA Coaching Staff as the technical director for the female teams. She spent three years as a special education teacher at Kannapolis, North Carolina’s A.L. Brown High School. From 2001-04, she coached the men’s and women’s varsity soccer teams at A.L. Brown. She was a four-year letterwinner at Charlotte from 1996-2000. Denton earned second-team All-Conference USA honors as a senior in 2000. She was a two-time team captain. She played an integral role in helping the 49ers capture the 1998 Conference USA Tournament championship and earn the program’s first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament. In 1998, with Denton in the starting lineup, the 49ers defeated South Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the program’s first tournament win. Denton excelled in the classroom as well. As a senior, she received the athletic department’s highest honor, The Bonnie Cone Award for Academic Excellence. She graduated from Charlotte in 2001 with a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education. She earned a Master of Education in Special Education from Charlotte in 2006. Denton is married to Elijah Denton, who is head women's soccer coach at Pfeiffer University. She has a stepson named Andrew. The Dentons are expecting a baby girl in mid September.

Heather Dittmer Assistant Coach Heather Dittmer is in her second season as a member of the Charlotte 49ers women’s soccer coaching staff. She joined the 49ers coaching staff in 2008 after a highly successful playing career at Western Carolina. Dittmer finished her stellar career at Western Carolina with 15 goals which is tied for the fourth-highest in the program’s history. She also finished fifth in the program’s history with 39 career points. As a junior, she earned first-team All-Southern Conference and North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association All-State honors. As a sophomore, she was the first player in Western Carolina history to earn Soccer Buzz “National Elite Team of the Week” honors. She played two years with the WPSL’s Brevard County Cocoa Expos from 2006-07. In 2006, she led the Expos in goals while leading them to a third-place finish in their inaugural season in the WPSL. While playing for the Expos, she was camp director for the Cocoa Expos Sports Center for two summers. She played for the W-League's Charlotte Lady Eagles in 2008. In 2008, she also spent the spring semester of her senior year at Western Carolina as the junior varsity women’s soccer coach at Smoky Mountain High School in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The Marietta, Georgia native graduated from Western Carolina with a degree in Business Administration and Spanish in 2008. She was a member of the TIAACREF academic team as well as the Southern Conference honor roll at Western Carolina.

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MEET THE 2009 TEAM #1 Lauren Brown

Midfielder Cornelius, NC/Texas Tech U. Senior CESA Named to the Hermann Award Watch List. Preseason AllAtlantic 10 selection. Co-Captain. At Charlotte: 2008 - Program's first consensus All-American...Named secondteam All-American by Soccer America and Soccer Buzz and third-team All-American by the NSCAA and TopDrawerSoccer.com...Named second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and first-team NSCAA Scholar All-American...Earned A-10 Midfielder and Student-Athlete of the Year honors...Named MVP of the A-10 Tournament for the second consecutive year...Named first-team All-Atlantic 10 as well as first-team Soccer Buzz and NSCAA All-Southeast Region...Earned A-10 Player of the Week honors three times...Named to Soccer America's National Team of the Week three times and Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week and TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week twice...Led the A-10 and ranked among the nation's leaders in goals (17), assists (13) and points (47)...Her 17 goals and 47 points are the third highest single-season total in school history... Recorded the tenth hat trick in school history with three goals and she added two assists in the 49ers win at St. Bonaventure...Scored two goals in the 49ers wins over Saint Joseph's and Richmond...Had two streaks where she scored at least one goal in four straight games...Scored the game's only goal in the 49ers victory over Dayton in the A-10 Championship game. 2007 - Named A-10 Tournament MVP after scoring the 49ers first goal and assisting on the team's second goal in Charlotte's 3-2 win over Fordham in the A-10 Tournament Championship game...Named to Soccer Buzz's Elite Team of the Week (November 13) after her performance in the A-10 Tournament...For the second straight season she scored a goal in the 49ers first game of the season with a goal against The Citadel...Scored her other two goals on the season against East Carolina in the regular season and Clemson in the NCAA Tournament...Finished third on the team with five assists which included an assist on the 49ers first goal of the season against The Citadel...Tallied assists against Duquesne, George Washington, Dayton during the regular season. 2006 - Named A-10 Rookie of the Week for her early season performances against Francis Marion and Mississippi State where she scored three of the team's first four goals of the season...Assisted on the game-winning goal at Richmond...Finished the season with five goals and three assists...Finished second on the team with 29 shots. At Texas Tech University High: Played high school soccer for Charlotte Country Day where she was named All-State by the Charlotte Observer in 2006...Led her team to the 2006 state championship after scoring three goals in the championship game... Named first-team All-Mecklenburg county...Starred in the inaugural Oasis All-Star Shrine Classic game...Named Region 2 Player of the Year...A Region III ODP player and a former South Carolina ODP Player...In 2004, she was named South Carolina Coaches Association Women's Sports Player of the Year at Riverside High School in Greer, South Carolina...Only freshman in the state selected to the South Carolina Coaches Association all-state team...Younger sister of former Charlotte women's soccer standout Lindsey Ozimek.

Hailey Beam’s Career Statistics Year 2006 2007 2008 Career

G-S 15-10 22-22 23-23 60

G 5 4 17 26

A 3 5 13 21

Pts. 13 13 47 73

GWG 1 0 5 6

Shots 29 38 51 118

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Goalkeeper Frenchtown, NJ/Delaware Valley Senior PDA Co-Captain. Holds the program's record for career goals against average (0.95) and shutouts (19). At Charlotte: 2008 - Named to the A-10 All-Tournament for the second consecutive season after recording two shutouts... Recorded eight solo shutouts and contributed on all of the 49ers A-10 leading 13 shutouts which ranked among the nation's leaders in team's shutouts...Recorded shutouts in four of the 49ers final five games including a shutout against Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament...Leader of a 49ers defense which held 16 foes to a goal or less. 2007 - Named second-team All-Atlantic 10...Named to the A-10 All-Tournament team after helping the 49ers capture the A-10 Tournament title...Named to the NCCSIA All-State team... Led the A-10 with a school-record 10.5 shutouts and a school-record 0.78 goals against average...Seven of her 10.5 shutouts came against A-10 competition...Helped the 49ers defense limit 18 foes to a goal or less. 2006 - Named to A-10 All-Rookie team and is only the second goalkeeper in the program's history to earn all-freshman team honors... Finished the season with an unblemished 6-0-0 record with 33 saves and a 1.46 GAA.... Recorded her first career shutout at St. Bonaventure...Helped combine on the 49ers shutout of Mississippi State. At Delaware Valley Regional: Region I ODP player...A four-time all-conference selection...Earned all-area and all-West Jersey honors as a senior...As a senior, she recorded 234 saves with seven shutouts...Named team MVP three times...Played an integral role in helping her team claim the Group 2 state championship as a freshman...Played for the PDA club team that won the 2003 national championship and that reached the national finals twice and semifinals three times.

Lauren Brown's Career Statistics Year 2006 2007 2008 Career

G-S 8-7 22-22 23-23 53-52

GA 10 17 20 47

GAA 1.46 0.78 0.95 0.95

Mins. 617:35 1952:29 1897:04 4467:08

Saves 33 79 75 187

SHO 1.0 10.0 8.0 19

Record 6-0-0 16-5-1 18-3-1 40-8-2

#17 Leah Zappone Forward Senior

Ballston Lake, NY/Shenendehowa Albany Alleycats

At Charlotte: 2008 - One of the first players off the bench that saw action in 21 games...Tallied an assist in the 49ers victory over Xavier. 2007 - Valuable member of the 49ers bench who saw action in 20 games...Assisted on a goal against The Citadel...Finished the season with four shots. 2006 - Saw action in 20 games with five starts... Scored game-winning goal against South Carolina... Assisted on the game-winning goal against N.J. Tech. At Shenendehowa High: Three-time all-league selection... Earned first-team all-league honors as a junior and a senior...Team ranked #1 nationally by StudentSports. com as a senior...Led team to a state championship and a #7 ranking in the final NSCAA/adidas poll as a junior... Played three years with the ENYYSA ODP team... Member of the varsity track team for five years...Named team's most valuable sprinter as a junior...Holds three school track records and one section record.

Leah Zappone's Career Statistics Year 2006 2007 2008 Career

G-S 20-5 20-0 21-0 61-5

G 1 0 0 1

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A 1 1 1 3

Pts. 3 1 1 5

GWG 1 0 0 1

Shots 6 4 2 12

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#22 Whitney Bryant Defender Marietta, GA/Lassiter Junior NASA Preseason All-Atlantic 10 selection. At Charlotte: 2008 - First-team All-Atlantic 10...Third-team Soccer Buzz AllSoutheast Region...Earned NCCSIA All-State honors... Played an integral role on a defense which tallied 13 shutouts and limited 16 foes to a goal or less...Scored a goal and recorded an assist in 49ers win over Saint Joseph's...Recorded her first two career assists against Tennessee Tech and finished the season with six assists...Assisted on the game-winning goal against Pittsburgh...Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 49ers regular-season win over Dayton. 2007 - Named fourth-team Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American... Named second-team All-Atlantic 10 as well as to the A-10 All-Rookie team... Named to the A-10 All-Tournament team after helping the 49ers win the A-10 Tournament title...Earned first-team Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Region All-Freshman team honors... Scored her only goal of the season which proved to the game-winner at Saint Joseph's...Played an integral role in helping the 49ers defense limit 18 foes to a goal or less. At Lassiter: Two-time member of the Regional ODP Pool and three-time member of the Georgia ODP Team...Named Offensive MVP of the Georgia Soccer Coaches Association High School All-Star game as a senior...Named Defensive Team MVP...Earned all-county honors twice...Named Player of the Month in Georgia as a senior...Also lettered four years in basketball.

member of the East New York ODP State Team...Named league player of the year as a senior...Led the league in scoring as a junior and a senior en route to earning all-league honors twice...As a junior, she helped her team win the CHSAA state championship...In 2005, she helped her state team win the ODP national championship...Been an integral part of three East New York State Championships with the East Meadow and Albertson Fury Soccer Clubs.

Sam Fried's Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Career

G-S 7-0 15-0 22-0

G 0 2 2

A 1 1 2

Pts. 1 5 6

GWG 0 0 0

Shots 4 7 11

#24 Katie Hadley Forward Junior

Chapel Hill, NC/Chapel Hill Triangle Futbol Club

At Charlotte: 2008 - Awarded Charlotte's Bonnie Cone Award for Academic Excellence...Tallied an assist in the 49ers victory over La Salle...Saw action in 10 games and recorded three shots. 2007 - Scored two goals including one in the 49ers season-opening victory over The Whitney Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Career Statistics Citadel... Scored her other goal against Saint Joseph's... Year G-S G A Pts. GWG Shots Recorded an assist against Western Carolina... Saw action 2007 18-15 1 0 2 1 8 in 10 games. At Chapel Hill High: Two-time member of 2008 23-23 1 6 8 0 7 the North Carolina State ODP team... Earned all-conference Career 41-38 2 6 10 1 15 honors three times...Led her team in goals and assists as a junior and a senior, she was also named team Offensive Defender Xenia, OH/Xenia MVP twice...Helped the Triangle Futbol Club win the UJunior Ohio Premier 17 South Atlantic Super Y regional championship...Played At Charlotte: 2008 - Started all 23 of the 49ers game... on the gold medal winning North Region team in the 2006 Played an integral role on a 49ers defense which ranked North Carolina State games. among the nation's leaders Katie Hadleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Career Statistics with 13 shutouts...Assisted Year G-S G A Pts. GWG Shots on the game-winning goal in 2007 10-0 2 1 5 0 3 the 49ers A-10 Tournament 2008 10-0 0 1 1 0 3 Championship game victory Career 20-0 2 2 6 0 6 over Dayton...Recorded an assist in the 49ers road win at George Washington. 2007 - Started 18 games on defense for the 49ers...Played an integral role in helping the 49ers defense limit 18 foes to a goal or less... Assisted on the Midfielder Crestwood, KY/Oldham County game-winning goal in the 49ers regular-season win over Junior Javanon Richmond... Recorded assists against Saint Joseph's and Recorded 18 career assists which is the eighth most in the Clemson in the NCAA Tournament. At Xenia: Member program's history. At Charlotte: 2008 - Recorded five of the United States National Pool, attended a 2006 Naassists against Xavier which was the highest single-game tional Camp, a three-time ODP Regional team member total in Division I Women's Soccer in 2008...Her five assist and a member of the Ohio South ODP team for five years... Named All-State... game against Xavier also is a school single-game record... Played a major role in helping her Ohio Premier Soccer Club team win the USYS Finished second in the A-10 and tied for 23rd in the nation Region 2 Championship and seven Ohio South state championships. with 12 assists which is tied for the fifth highest singleKatie Davies' Career Statistics season total in school history... Year G-S G A Pts. GWG Shots Named second-team All-Atlantic 10...Earned NCCSIA 2007 18-18 0 3 3 0 4 All-State honors...Added six goals to finish the season 2008 23-23 0 2 2 0 0 fourth in the A-10 in points with 24. 2007 - Named fourthCareer 41-41 0 5 5 0 4 team Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American ...Earned Soccer Buzz Southeast Region All-Freshman team honors...Named honorable-mention All-Atlantic 10 as well as to the A-10 Forward Massapequa, NY/St. Anthony's All-Rookie team...Named to Soccer Buzz's Elite Team of Junior Albertson Fury At Charlotte: 2008 - Scored her first two career goals the Week (October 17) and A-10 Player and Rookie of in Charlotte's victories over George Washington and the Week (October 15) after scoring four of Charlotte's Xavier...Tallied her second career assist in the 49ers vic- five goals in 49ers wins over George Washington and tory over La Salle...Saw action in 15 games. 2007 - Saw Richmond... Scored the game-winning goal in the 49ers action in seven games... Assisted on the 49ers second goal A-10 regular-season title clinching win at Saint Louis... against East Carolina. At St. Anthony's High: Five-time Finished the season tied for the team-lead with six goals

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Sam Huecker’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Career

G-S 22-18 23-23 45-41

G 6 6 12

A 6 12 18

Pts. 18 24 42

GWG 34 0 2

Shots 2 33 67

#18 Danielle Mayeaux Midfielder Collierville, TN/Collierville Junior Memphis Mercury At Charlotte: 2008 - Named to the Wake Forest Nike All-Tournament team...Scored a career-high five goals and added a career-high five assists...Recorded her first career multiple goals game with two goals in the 49ers victory over Saint Joseph's...Also scored goals in Charlotte's wins over La Salle, St. Bonaventure and Saint Louis in the A-10 Tournament...Tallied two assists against Xavier and she also assisted on the game-winning goals against Tennessee Tech and Temple. 2007 - Saw action in all 22 games with 17 starts...Scored three goals including the game-winning goals against UNC Wilmington and Temple... Scored the 49ers first goal in their road win at Xavier...Tallied three assists including assists on the game-winning goals against East Carolina and Clemson during the regular season...Played an integral role on a 49ers defense that recorded 11 shutouts and limited 18 foes to a goal or less. At Collierville High: Two-time member of the Tennessee ODP State Team... Member of the Regional ODP Pool...Earned all-state honors three times ...Helped the team win the state championship in 2005 and reach the state championship game in 2006...Earned Best of the Preps all-metro honors as a junior and senior...Helped her Memphis Mercury Club team win the State Cup in 2007 and reach State Cup Finals in 2006.

Danielle Mayeaux’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Career

G-S 22-17 23-23 45-40

G 3 5 8

A 3 5 8

Pts. 9 15 24

GWG 2 0 2

Shots 26 35 61

#5 Megan Mazzarella Forward Huntersville, NC/Cannon School Junior FC Carolina Alliance At Charlotte: 2008 - Saw action in five games...Recorded two shots. 2007 - Saw action in six games...Tallied two shots on the season. At The Cannon School: Member of the State ODP Pool...Earned all-state honors each year of her high school career...Named to the Shrine Bowl roster... Scored 92 goals in her career...Garnered all-conference honors and team MVP honors every year... Team captain as a senior.... Played for the FC Carolina Alliance club team where she was coached by 49ers assistant coach Sarah Denton and former 49ers soccer standout Shane Carew.

Megan Mazzarella’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Career

G-S 6-0 5--0 11-0

G 0 0 0

A 0 0 0

Pts. 0 0 0

GWG 0 0 0

Shots 2 2 4

#20 Megan Minnix Defender Columbus, OH/Bishop Watterson Junior Ohio Premier Team Vice-Captain. At Charlotte: 2008 - Named second-team All-Atlantic 10...Earned A-10 Championship All-Tournament honors after helping the 49ers collect two shutouts en route to their second straight A-10 Tournament title...Named to the A-10 Academic All-Conference team...Awarded Charlotte's Bonnie Cone Award for Academic Excellence...Played an integral role on a 49ers defense which recorded an A-10 best 13 shutouts...Tallied assists in Charlotte wins over La Salle and Richmond. 2007 - Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (October 29) after scoring her first career goal which was the game-winner against Massachusetts... Assisted on the game-winning goal in the Western Carolina game... Started all 22 games on a 49ers defense that recorded 11 shutouts and limited 18 foes to a goal or less. At Bishop Watterson High: Member of the State ODP team...Earned all-state honors twice...Earned all-league honors four times and all-district honors three-times.. Two-time All-Midwest region selection as a junior and a senior...Named NSCAA Scholar All-American as a senior...Played a major role in helping her Ohio Premier Soccer Club team win the USYS Region 2 Championship and seven Ohio South state championships.

Megan Minnix’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Career

G-S 22-22 23-23 45-45

G 1 0 1

A 1 2 3

Pts. 3 2 5

GWG 1 0 1

Shots 3 3 6

#3 Ashley Roberto Defender Fairfield, OH/Stephen T. Badin Junior Classics Hammer At Charlotte: 2008 - Saw action in eight games. 2007 - Saw action in A-10 road wins at Saint Joseph's and Temple. At Stephen T. Badin High: Named NSCAA All-American and State Player of the Year as a senior... Named Player of the Year in Cincinnati... As a senior, she helped her team reach the state championship game... Played for the Classics Hammer club team...Younger sister of former 49er All-Conference USA defender Shannon Roberto.

Ashley Roberto’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Career

G-S 2-0 8-0 10-0

G 0 0 0

A 0 0 0

Pts. 0 0 0

GWG 0 0 0

Shots 0 0 0

#30 Kirby Stenard Midfielder Cincinnati, OH/Francis Marion U. Junior Hammer FC At Francis Marion: Received a Medical Redshirt in 2008 after missing the season due to an injury...Twoyear starter who played in 37 games and scored 29 goals with six assists from 2006-2007...Led the team in scoring both seasons...Recorded five game-winning goals... In 2006, she scored four goals against South Carolina State which was the second highest single-game total in Division I Women's Soccer that season...As a sophomore in 2007, she scored three goals against Howard. At Turpin High: Earned AllFAVC honors four times including three first-team All-FAVC selections...Named All-City twice...Received Turpin's Gold Boot Award twice...Member of the Ohio ODP State team.

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and second on the team with six assists for 18 points... Recorded two assists against The Citadel...Finished ninth in the A-10 in points and tied for tenth in the A-10 in goals and tied for eighth in the A-10 in assists. At Oldham County High: Member of the United States National Pool, attended a 2006 National Camp, a three-time ODP Regional team member and a five-time Kentucky ODP State team member... Earned NSCAA All-American honors as a senior...Named All-State four-times... Twice named Eurosport Kentucky Player of the Year...Led her Javanon club team to five straight state championships.

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#6 Whitney Weinraub Forward Junior

#23 Heather Carter

Holland, PA/Council Rock South PA Strikers

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 selection. At Charlotte: 2008 - Named A-10 Offensive Player of the Year...Earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors...Named to the A-10 Championship All-Tournament team...Earned secondteam NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Region honors... Named to the Jewish Sports Review's All-American team...Named NCCSIA All-State...Earned A-10 Player of the Week honors twice...Named to Soccer Buzz's Elite Team of the Week (September 10)...Finished second in the A-10 in goals (12) and points (34)...Her 12 goals is tied for the fourth highest single-season total in school history...Her 34 points is the fifth highest single-season total in school history...Tallied one of only ten hat tricks in school history when she scored three goals against Tennessee Tech...Scored two goals against La Salle... Scored game-winning goals against Pittsburgh, Temple and Xavier...Finished third on the team and tied for third in the A-10 with 10 assists...Tallied three assists against St. Bonaventure and two assists against Francis Marion and George Washington. 2007 - Named to the Jewish Sports Review's All-American team...Named A-10 Rookie of the Week (September 4) after scoring a goal in each of Charlotte's first two games...Tied for the team-lead and tied for tenth in the A-10 in goals scored with six... Finished the season third on the team with 14 points... Scored the first goal in the 49ers regular season win over #17 Clemson...Scored the game-winning goal against East Carolina and Western Carolina...Tallied two goals in the 49ers A-10 season-opening win at Duquesne...Finished second on the team with 43 shots. At Council Rock South High: Member of the ODP Regional Pool and a five-time member of the Eastern Pennsylvania ODP State team...Named NSCAA All-Region, All-State as well as numerous media recognitions...Played for the Pennsylvania Strikers club team.

Whitney Weinraub’s Career Statistics Year 2007 2008 Career

G-S 20-12 23-22 43-34

G 6 12 18

A 2 10 12

Pts. 14 34 48

GWG 2 3 5

Shots 43 45 88

Midfielder/Forward Badin, NC/North Stanly Sophomore FC Carolina Alliance At Charlotte: 2008 - Scored her first career goal which was the game-winner in the 49ers road win at Rhode Island...Saw action in 20 games and recorded seven shots. At North Stanly: Named to the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association 2A All-State team as a senior... Member of the North Carolina State ODP team...Earned conference player of the year honors twice... A three-time first-team all-conference selection...Finished her high school career with 116 goals and 39 assists...Earned allconference honors twice in basketball...Played club soccer for FC Carolina Alliance.

Heather Carter’s Career Statistics Year 2008

G-S 20-0

G 1

A 0

Pts. 2

GWG 1

Shots 7

#4 Kellie Dean Forward Raleigh, NC/William Enloe Sophomore Triangle Futbol Club At Charlotte: 2008 - Saw action in five games. At William Enloe: Named CAP-7 All-Conference and CAP-7 Academic All-Conference as a senior... Awarded the 2008 Soccer Coaches Award...An Enloe Scholar... A 2007 SYL ODP selection... Played a integral role in helping her team capture the 2007 Conference Championship...Was a second-team All-SYL selection as a junior who played for the highly successful Triangle Futbol Club team.

Kellie Dean’s Career Statistics Year 2008

#7 Oni Bernard Forward/Mid. Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Agincourt Sophomore Richmond Hill Raiders At Charlotte: 2008 - Earned second-team All-Atlantic 10 and A-10 All-Rookie team honors...Named to Soccer Buzz's Southeast Region All-Freshman team... Named A-10 Rookie of the Week twice...Finished tied for fourth on the team and ninth in the A-10 with seven goals... Scored two goals including the game-winner against Francis Marion...Recorded game-winning goals against Francis Marion, La Salle and Francis Marion...Finished fourth on the team with eight assists...Recorded two assists against Tennessee Tech...Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 49ers first-round NCAA Tournament victory over Tennessee. At Agincourt Collegiate: Member of the Canadian U16 National Team...Played many years for the Ontario provincial team...As a member of the Richmond Hill Raiders club team, she played an integral role in helping them capture the U-16 National Championship...Helped Richmond Hill capture three Ontario Cup Championships ...Played basketball where she led Agincourt Collegiate Institute in scoring and assists...Captured the 400 meter and 800 meter regional championships in track and field...Played in W-League during the summer of 2008. G-S 22-19

G 7

A 8

Pts. 22

GWG 3

G 0

A 0

Pts. 0

GWG 0

Shots 0

#11 Jonna Handra Forward/Mid. Port Vue, PA/South Allegheny Sophomore Penns Forest At Charlotte: 2008 - Named to the A-10 All-Rookie team...Earned Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week honors (Oct. 28)...Named A-10 Player and Rookie of the Week (Oct. 27) after scoring three goals and adding an assist in the 49ers victories over Dayton and Xavier...A-10 Rookie of the Week three times...Finished tied for fourth on the team and ninth in the A-10 with seven goals...Scored game-winning goals against UNCW, St. Bonaventure and Dayton...Scored two goals against St. Bonaventure and Xavier...Recorded five assists and finished tied for tenth in the A-10 with 19 points. At South Allegheny: Selected to the National ODP camp... Two-year member of the Region I ODP team...For six years, she was a member of the Pennsylvania West ODP team... Scored 178 goals in her career to finish third in WPIAL's all-time career goals scoring list...Earned Eastern Region All-American honors after leading the WPIAL in scoring twice...A four-time all-section selection and two-time all-state selection...The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette named her Athlete of the Year twice... Profiled in RiseMag.com magazine, July 22, 2008.

Jonna Handra’s Career Statistics

Oni Bernard’s Career Statistics Year 2008

G-S 5-0

Shots 26

Year 2008

G-S 23-1

G 7

A 5

Pts. 19

GWG 3

Shots 40

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Goalkeeper Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute Sophomore Rochester Junior Rhinos At Charlotte: 2008 - Saw action in three games and helped the 49ers record shutouts against Tennessee Tech and Xavier. At Aquinas Institute: Led her team to the 2006 state championships... Helped her team capture three section titles and accumulate 51 wins over her final three seasons...Earned all-league honors twice and first-team all-region honors as a senior...Recorded 11 shutouts and a 0.40 goals against average as a senior...Had a 0.64 goals against average and 31 shutouts in her final three seasons as a starter on the varsity...Helped the Buffalo United Club team to the 2006 New York West State Cup Championship... Led the Rochester Junior Rhinos to the 2008 GU18 State Cup Championship...Was a four-year member of the New York State West ODP team...Team captain of her high school lacrosse team as a senior.

Forward Charlotte, NC/Catawba College Sophomore Charlotte Soccer Club At Catawba: Earned first-team All-SAC honors as a freshman in 2008...Scored 10 goals and added three assists for 24 points as a freshman...Scored two goals against Coker and Converse...Had a stretch where she scored at least one goal in four straight games... Played for current 49ers coach John Cullen at Catawba. At Hopewell High: Earned All-Conference and All-Region honors four times...A two-time All-State selection...As a senior, she was Conference Player of the Year as well as team captain...Named team MVP twice and team Most Valuable Offensive Player once...As a senior she competed in the Clash of the Carolinas All-Star game as well as the East/West All-Star game where she earned MVP honors...A four-year varsity starter who tallied 113 career goals...Member of the North Carolina State ODP team.

Natalie LaVigne's Career Statistics Year 2008

G-S 3-0

GA 0

GAA 0.00

Mins. 24:45

Saves 1

SHO 0.0

#2 Macky Wingo

Record 0-0-0

Forward/Mid. Raleigh, NC/Saint Mary's Sophomore CASL At Charlotte: 2008 - Scored her first career goal against Tennessee Tech...Tallied an assist against UNC WilmDefender Boca Raton, FL/Spanish River ington...Saw action in nine games but missed all of the Sophomore Team Boca A-10 portion of the season due At Charlotte: 2008 - Saw action in five games. At Spanish to an injury. At Saint Mary's: River Community: As a senior Named a Top 150 Recruit by named first-team Boca News, Soccer Buzz...Finished her SunSentinel and All-County... high school career with a school-record 79 goals and 43 Led her Team Boca Club team assists...Four-year member of the Region III ODP team... to four State Cup Final-Fours... Attended the 2007 U.S. National Camp where she won A Region III ODP Pool Player the Golden Boot award for the leading goal scorer at and a three-time member of the Florida State ODP team... the camp...Was a two-time member of the USL Super-Y Risemag.com named her a South Florida All-Area Player... League National Select team and a three-time member Earned all-county and all-conference honors twice...Played of the USL Super-Y League South Atlantic Regional in the Senior All-Star game...Completed two triathlons in ODP team...Played six years for the North Carolina the spring of 2008...Finished first in the FAU Wellness State ODP team...Earned all-state and all-region honors Triathlon and fourth in the Publix family triathlon in her three times...As a member of the CASL club team, she age group...Also finished first in the Boca 10K run. helped them to two North Carolina State titles and two Region III Premier League Championships as well as Maro Mansourian’s Career Statistics three Super-Y League Championships. Year G-S G A Pts. GWG Shots 2008 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 Macky Wingo’s Career Statistics

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Year 2008

#12 Jenna McKeon Defender Sophomore

G-S 9-1

G 1

A 1

Pts. 3

GWG 0

Shots 14

Bayside, NY/St. Francis Prep East Meadow Dynamite

At Charlotte: 2008 - Started all 23 of the 49ers games... Scored her first career goal against Francis Marion...Assisted on goals in Charlotte's wins over La Salle and Saint Louis...Played an integral role on a 49ers defense which recorded Goalkeeper Jacksonville, NC/Jacksonville 13 shutouts and limited 16 foes to a goal or less. At St. Freshman CASL Francis Prep: A six-time member of the Region I ODP At Jacksonville High: A two-time All-State selection... team and Eastern New York ODP State team...Invited twice A three-time All-Region, All-Jacksonville Area and to the United States National Camp...A three-time captain All-Conference selection...Earned 2008 NSCAA/adidas of the State ODP team...In 2007, she earned W-League Scholar All-Region honors...Helped her CASL club Team of the Week honors while playing with the Long team capture the 2007 Region III Premier League East Island Rough Riders...Her East Meadow Dynamite club Championship and the 2007 USL Super Y South Atlantic team captured three state championships...Was a threeChampionship...Member of the North Carolina ODP team time first-team Timesledger CHSAA All-Queens selection...Ran cross country as a for six years and a Region III ODP player for four years and a Region III ODP freshman and a sophomore. Pool Player for five year...Participated in a Tournament in Barcelona, Spain with the Region III ODP team.

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Jenna McKeon’s Career Statistics

Year 2008

G-S 23-23

G 1

A 2

Pts. 4

GWG 0

Shots 13

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#19 Carrie Dail

#27 Megan Smith

Mid./Forward Hubert, NC/Swansboro Freshman OCSA Coastal Crew At Swansboro High: A two-time All-State selection... Earned All-Region honors three times and All-Conference honors four times...Named Conference Player of the Year for the ECC twice...Named to the Jacksonville Daily News' All-Area team four times and Jacksonville Daily News' Offensive Player of the Year as a senior...Played an integral role in helping her high school team win the 2006 and 2009 NCHSAA 2A state championships... Named Swansboro Female Athlete of the Year as a sophomore and Swansboro's Overall Athlete of the Year as a senior...Played in the 2009 Clash for the Carolinas game and the was MVP of the 2009 East-West All-Star game...Helped her ‘90 OCSA Coastal Crew club team capture the 2008 national championship...Member of the North Carolina ODP team for four years and the Region III ODP team in 2008...Not only does she excel at soccer but she is a standout track and field athlete that has earned All-Conference honors in track and field and cross country three times.

#16 Lacey McGowan Defender Fayetteville, GA/Whitewater Freshman AFC Lightning At Whitewater High: A three-time All-Region selection and a two-time All-State selection...Named Defensive Player of the Year in 2009...Helped Whitewater win the 2007 4A State title as well as making four appearances in the 4A State Final Four...Earned Region 4A StudentAthlete of the Week honors twice...In 2006, captured the team Wildcat Award...Team captain for her AFC Lightning Club team for four years...Not only excels in soccer but on the basketball court as well as she earned All-Region honors in basketball.

#25 Jennifer Nye Defender Huntersville, NC/Hopewell Freshman North Meck Soccer Club At Hopewell High: Earned All-Conference honors in 2007..Coached at Hopewell High School by for former 49ers women’s soccer standout Lindsey Ozimek’s husband Eric..Helped Hopewell capture a conference championship in 2006...A member of the National Honor Society as well as French National Honor Society.

Forward Waxhaw, NC/Union Freshman Mecklenburg Futbol Club At Union Academy: Scored 38 goals as a senior...Earned team MVP honors three times...As a sophomore, she was given the Coaches Award...Helped her high school team reach the state state semifinals as a senior....Helped Club team reach the state cup finals.

#28 Mary Beth Sullivan Forward Greensboro, NC/Page Freshman Greensboro United At Page High: Earned All-Conference honors as a junior and a senior.,,Earned honorable-mention All-State honors... Played an integral role in helping her team reach the 4A State Playoffs her junior and senior years.

#26 India Winford Forward Winston-Salem, NC/RJ Reynolds Freshman Greensboro Twisters At RJ Reynolds High: Helped Reynolds to a ranking of third in the final 4A poll in 2006...As a freshman and sophomore played an integral role in helping Reynolds win the Regional Championship...Scored 33 goals in her career including 15 goals as a sophomore in 2007...A three-time NSCAA All-Region selection as well as a three-time team midfield MVP...As a junior, she earned All-State honors after recording 11 goals with seven assists...Played on the North Carolina State ODP team for two years...Missed her senior season with an injury.

#34 Nikki O'Dell Def./Mid. Pleasant Valley, NY/Arlington Freshman Mamaroneck Panthers At Arlington High: Earned All-Section and All-League honors four times...Helped her high school team earn a sectional co-championship...Played an integral role as her club team reached the State Cup final three times.

#8 Taylor Rovito Defender/Forward Cary, NC/Green Hope Freshman Greensboro Twisters A preseason Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team selection. At Green Hope High: Earned All-Region and All-State honors...Captain of her ODP team since 2003 (East New York and then North Carolina)...Played on the Region I and Region III ODP teams...Guided two different club teams (Albertson Fury, ‘90 and CASL Spartan Elite ‘90) to their only state cup championships...In 2007, she played for former national team coach Tony DiCicco in the prestigious Adidas ESP Camp in California.

Lindsey Beam Ozimek (2004-07) became the first women's soccer player in school history to have her jersey retired. Charlotte Chancellor Dr. Philip Dubois and 49ers Director of Athletics Judy Rose presented Ozimek with her retired jersey during a ceremony at a 49ers men's basketball game in the Winter of 2009. In October 2008, Ozimek became the first 49er to be a finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. She was the 2007 A-10 Midfielder of the Year and a three-time first-team All-Atlantic 10 selection. She also was named the 2004 Conference USA Freshman of the Year. Ozimek was a three-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and a two-time first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American selection.

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2008 SEASON REVIEW Overall 18-4-1 11-0-0

Home 9-0-0 6-0-0

Away 6-3-1 5-0-0

Neutral 3-1-0 0-0-0

2008 Honors

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Name Hailey Beam Whitney Weinraub Sam Huecker Oni Bernard Jonna Handra Nikki Labuda Czaplicki Danielle Mayeaux Nikki Dumencich Whitney Bryant Sam Fried Jenna McKeon Macky Wingo Heather Carter Megan Minnix Katie Davies Katie Hadley Leah Zappone Lauren Brown Kathryn Page Megan Mazzarella Maro Mansourian Kelly DePompa Kait Roberts Kellie Dean Ashley Roberto Charlotte Opponents

GP-GS 23-23 23-22 23-23 22-19 23-1 21-3 23-23 23-23 23-23 15-0 23-23 9-1 20-0 23-23 23-23 10-0 21-0 23-23 7-0 5-0 5-0 2-0 4-0 5-0 8-0 23 23

G 17 12 6 7 7 7 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 26

A 13 10 12 8 5 2 5 4 6 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 27

Pts 47 34 24 22 19 16 15 8 8 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 214 79

Sh 51 45 33 26 40 17 35 13 7 7 13 14 7 3 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 321 231

GWG 5 3 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4

GOALKEEPER STATISTICS Name GP-GS Minutes GA GAA Saves Lauren Brown 23-23 1897:04 20 0.95 75 Juli Black 9-0 162:21 6 3.33 3 Natalie Lavigne 3-0 24:45 0 0.00 1 Charlotte 23 2084:10 26 1.12 81 Opponents 23 2084:10 69 2.98 111 Team saves: 2 (* - Lavigne, Brown and Black shared 5 shutouts)

W 18 0 0 18 4

L 3 1 0 4 18

T 1 0 0 1 1

RESULTS DATE August 22 August 25 August 31 September 5 September 7 September 12 September 14 September 21 September 26 September 28 October 4 October 10 October 12 October 17 October 19 October 24 October 26 October 31 November 2 November 7 November 9 November 14 November 16

OPPONENT at #2 North Carolina UNC WILMINGTON TENNESSEE TECH at Ohio State at Pittsburgh at #16 Wake Forest@ vs Virginia Tech@ FRANCIS MARION LA SALLE* at St. Bonaventure* SAINT LOUIS* TEMPLE* SAINT JOSEPH’S* at Richmond* at George Washington* DAYTON* XAVIER* at Rhode Island* at Massachusetts* vs Saint Louis% vs Dayton% vs Tennessee# at #6 North Carolina#

SCORE L, 1-5 W, 3-2 W, 8-0 T, 1-1 (2OT) W, 1-0 L, 0-3 L, 1-5 W, 6-0 W, 6-0 W, 8-2 W, 3-0 W, 1-0 W, 8-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 2-1 W, 5-0 W, 3-1 W, 1-0 W, 2-0 W, 1-0 W, 2-0 L, 0-4

ATTENDANCE 3274 481 516 671 312 860 613 104 796 179 1007 604 571 244 516 507 455 75 413 254 69 250 1085

@ - Wake Forest Nike Tournament, Winston-Salem, NC, * - Atlantic 10 Conference game % - Atlantic 10 Championship, St. Louis, MO, # - NCAA Tournament, Chapel Hill, NC

Sho 8.0 0.0 0.0 13 2

ATLANTIC 10 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS ATLANTIC 10 TOURNAMENT CHAMPION NCAA TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANT ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN Nikki Labuda Czaplicki (1st), Hailey Beam (2nd) NSCAA/ADIDAS SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICAN Hailey Beam (1st) NSCAA ALL-AMERICAN Hailey Beam (3rd) SOCCER AMERICA ALL-AMERICAN Hailey Beam (2nd) SOCCER BUZZ ALL-AMERICAN Hailey Beam (2nd) TOPDRAWERSOCCER.COM ALL-AMERICAN Hailey Beam (3rd) A-10 WOMEN'S SOCCER STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Hailey Beam ATLANTIC 10 MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR Hailey Beam ATLANTIC 10 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Whitney Weinraub ALL-ATLANTIC 10 Hailey Beam (1st), Whitney Bryant (1st), Whitney Weinraub (1st), Oni Bernard (2nd), Sam Huecker (2nd), Megan Minnix (2nd) ATLANTIC 10 ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Oni Bernard, Jonna Handra ATLANTIC 10 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Hailey Beam, Nikki Labuda Czaplicki, Megan Minnix ATLANTIC 10 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Hailey Beam (MVP), Lauren Brown, Megan Minnix, Whitney Weinraub ESPN THE MAGAZINE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT III Nikki Labuda Czaplicki (1st), Hailey Beam (1st) JEWISH SPORTS REVIEW ALL-AMERICAN Whitney Weinraub NCCSIA ALL-STATE TEAM Hailey Beam, Whitney Bryant, Sam Huecker, Whitney Weinraub NSCAA ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION Hailey Beam (1st), Whitney Weinraub (2nd) NSCAA/ADIDAS SCHOLAR ALL-SOUTH REGION Hailey Beam (1st), Lauren Brown (HM), Nikki Labuda Czaplicki (HM) SOCCER BUZZ ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION Hailey Beam (1st), Whitney Weinraub (2nd), Whitney Bryant (3rd), Oni Bernard (All-Freshman) SOCCER AMERICA NATIONAL TEAM OF THE WEEK Hailey Beam (Sept. 30, Oct. 22, Nov. 12) SOCCER BUZZ ELITE TEAM OF THE WEEK Whitney Weinraub (Sept. 10), Hailey Beam (Sept. 30) Jonna Handra (Oct. 28), Hailey Beam (Nov. 4) TEAM MVP Hailey Beam TOPDRAWERSOCCER.COM TEAM OF THE WEEK Hailey Beam (Sept. 30, Nov. 4) ATLANTIC 10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Whitney Weinraub (Sept. 2, Sept. 8) Hailey Beam (Sept. 29, Oct. 13, Oct. 20) Jonna Handra (Oct. 27) ATLANTIC 10 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Jonna Handra (Sept. 2), Oni Bernard (Sept. 22) Jonna Handra (Sept. 29), Oni Bernard (Oct. 6) Jonna Handra (Oct. 27) WAKE FOREST NIKE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Hailey Beam Danielle Mayeaux

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

THREE STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES

Record All Games Atlantic 10

THREE STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES

AWARD WINNERS

All-America Honors Lowe's Senior All-American 2007 - Lindsey Ozimek (1st) NSCAA All-America 2008 - Hailey Beam (3rd) 2002 - Courtney Crandell (1st) Soccer America All-America 2008 - Hailey Beam (2nd) 2002 - Courtney Crandell (Freshman) Hailey Beam

SoccerBuzz All-America 2008 - Hailey Beam (2nd) 2007 - Whitney Bryant (Freshman) Sam Huecker (Freshman) 2004 - Lindsey Beam (Freshman) 2002 - Courtney Crandell (2nd) Courtney Crandell (Freshman) 1998 - Christina Papp (3rd) 1997 - Jill Currie (Freshman)

Whitney Bryant

Courtney Crandell

Jill Currie

TopDrawerSoccer.com All-America 2008 - Hailey Beam (3rd) Sam Huecker

Lindsey Beam Ozimek

Christina Papp

All-Region Honors NSCAA All-Southeast Region 2008 - Hailey Beam (1st) Whitney Weinraub (2nd) 2007 - Lindsey Ozimek (1st) 2006 - Lindsey Ozimek (2nd) Kelsie Ormsby (3rd) 2004 - Lindsey Beam (3rd) 2002 - Courtney Crandell (1st) Jennie Leeder (1st) Kim Moore (3rd) 2001 - Mikel Casey (3rd) 2000 - Jill Currie (2nd) 1999 - Jill Currie (3rd) 1998 - Christina Papp (2nd) 1997 - Christina Papp (2nd) Jill Currie (3rd) 1996 - Christina Papp (2nd) Blair Angell (3rd)

1995 -

Heather Bridgewater (3rd) Blair Angell (3rd)

NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year 2002 - Neil Roberts SoccerBuzz Southeast Region Coach of the Year 2002 - Neil Roberts SoccerBuzz All-Southeast 2008 - Hailey Beam (1st) Whitney Weinbraub (2nd) Whitney Bryant (3rd) Oni Bernard (Fr.) 2007 - Lindsey Ozimek (1st) Whitney Bryant (Fr.) Sam Huecker (Fr.)

2006 - Nikki Labuda (2nd) Lindsey Ozimek (3rd) 2005 - Lindsey Beam (2nd) Nikki Dumencich (Fr.) 2004 - Lindsey Beam (3rd) 2002 - Courtney Crandell (1st) Mikel Casey (2nd) Kim Moore (2nd) Jennie Leeder (3rd) 2001 - Mikel Casey (2nd) 2000 - Jill Currie (2nd) 1999 - Jill Currie (2nd) Jen Bransford (3rd) Shannon Roberto (Fr.) 1998 - Christina Papp (1st) 1997 - Christina Papp (2nd)

Jennie Leeder First-team All-Southeast Region, 2002

Conference Honors Conference USA All-Decade Team 2004 - Christina Papp and Jill Currie Conference Coach of the Year 2007 - Jon Lipsitz (A-10) 2002 - Neil Roberts (C-USA) 1997 - Robbie Church (C-USA) Conference Player of the Year 2008 - Hailey Beam (A-10 Mid. of the Year) Whitney Weinraub (A-10 Offensive POY) 2007 - Lindsey Ozimek (A-10 Mid. of the Yr.) 2002 - Courtney Crandell (C-USA) 2000 - Jill Currie (C-USA) 1999 - Jill Currie (C-USA) 1998 - Christina Papp (C-USA)

Conference Freshman of the Year 2005 - Nikki Dumencich (A-10) 2004 - Lindsey Beam (C-USA) 2002 - Courtney Crandell (C-USA) 1997 - Jill Currie (C-USA) Conference Tournament MVP's 2008 - Hailey Beam (A-10) 2007 - Hailey Beam (A-10) 1999 - Jen Bransford, D (C-USA) Jenn Howell, GK (C-USA) 1998 - Christina Papp, F (C-USA) 1995 - Heather Bridgewater, GK (C-USA) Benji Lewis, D (C-USA) Blair Angell, F (C-USA)

Nikki Dumencich 2005 A-10 Rookie of the Year

NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 1998, 2002, 2007, 2008

AWARD WINNERS

2007- First Team: Lindsey Ozimek. Second Team: Lauren Brown, Whitney Bryant. Honorable Mention: Sam Huecker. All-Rookie: Whitney Bryant, Sam Huecker. All-Academic: Lindsey Ozimek.

2000 - First Team: Jill Currie. Second Team: Jenn Howell, Sarah Judy, Meredith Mayo. Third Team: Mikel Casey. All-Freshman: Jill Hayes. 1999 - First Team: Jill Currie, Jen Bransford, Meredith Mayo. Second Team: Carrie Hughes. All-Freshman: Shannon Roberto. 1998 - First Team: Christina Papp. Second Team: Jill Currie, Sarah Currie, Benji Lewis. Third Team: Meredith Mayo, Stacy Weaver. All-Freshman: Carrie Hughes.

2006 - First Team: Lindsey Ozimek. Second Team: Nikki Labuda, Kelsie Ormsby. All-Rookie: Lauren 1997 - First Team: Christina Papp, Stacy Weaver. Brown. All-Academic: Nikki Labuda, Julie Muckle, Second Team: Blair Angell, Jill Currie. Third Team: Kelsie Ormsby, Lindsey Ozimek. Courtney Cook, Cori Ray. All-Freshman: Kelly Allison, Jill Currie, Meredith Mayo. 2005 - First Team: Lindsey Beam. Second Team: Nikki Dumencich, Kelsie Ormsby, Lindsey Palmiero. Honor- 1996 - First Team: Blair Angell, Christina Papp. Third able Mention: Nikki Labuda. All-Rookie: Nikki Du- Team: Kamilah Barker, Benji Lewis. All-Freshman: mencich. All-Academic: Lindsey Beam, Nikki Labuda, Kristina Hoeg. Kelsie Ormsby. 1995 - First Team: Blair Angell. Second Team: Conference USA Heather Bridgewater, Maria Ciaravino, Kristen Reed. 2004 - Second Team: Lindsey Beam, Jill Leeder. All- All-Freshman: Lindsay Franklin, Julie Miller, Marianna Freshman: Lindsey Beam. Tysse. 2003 - Second Team: Courtney Crandell, Kim Moore. NCCSIA All-State Team Third Team: Tiffany Ross. All-Freshman: Shannon 2008 - Hailey Beam, Whitney Bryant, Sam Huecker, Huffman. Whitney Weinraub 2007 - Lindsey Ozimek, Lauren Brown 2002 - First Team: Courtney Crandell, Mikel Casey, 2006 - Nikki Labuda, Kelsie Ormsby, Kim Moore. Second Team: Jennie Leeder. Lindsey Ozimek All-Freshman: Courtney Crandell. 2005 - Lindsey Beam, Juli Black, Nikki Dumencich Kelsie Ormsby 2001 - First Team: Mikel Casey. Second Team: Jennie 2004 - Lindsey Beam Leeder, Dawn Geyer, Kim Moore, Jenn Howell. Third 2003 - Courtney Crandell, Kim Moore Team: Leslie Canales, Shannon Roberto. All-Freshman: Leslie Canales. UMBRO Select All-Star Classic 2000 - Jill Currie

Blair Angell Three-time All-C-USA, 1995-97

Mikel Casey Two-time first-team All-C-USA, 2001-02

Kim Moore Three-time All-C-USA, 2001-03

Kelsie Ormsby Two-time All-A-10, 2005-06

Letterwinners Airey, Quinn (03-04) Allison, Abbie (00-01) Allison, Kelly (97) Anderson, Catherine (94-95) Angell, Blair (94-97) Baer, Rachel (05 - 07) Barker, Kamilah (94-97) Barnier, Stephanie (98-99) Baniowski, Ariel (05) Beam, Hailey (06 - ) Berkau, Julie (94) Bernard, Oni (08 - ) Black, Juli (05-08) Bodnar, Marissa (06) Booth, Jackie (94) Bransford, Jen (99) Bray, Rebecca (95-96) Brenes, Jenna (02-05) Bridgewater, Heather (94-95) Brino, Amy (96) Brooks, Jessica (95; 97-98) Brown, Alyssa (07) Brown, Lauren (06 - ) Bruce, Shayna (95-96) Bryant, Whitney (07 - ) Bullington, Maddy (05) Burt, Laura (97) Callahan, Jen (06) Campbell, Meredith (94-97) Canales, Leslie (01-04) Casey, Mikel (99-02)

Ciaravino, Maria (94-97) Cook, Courtney (94-97) Cote, Colleen (04-05) Crandell, Courtney (02-03) Crews, Laura (04) Currie, Jill (97-00) Currie, Sarah (97-98) Czaplicki, Nikki Labuda (04-06,08) Dansby, Lauren (01-04) Davies, Katie (07 - ) Dean, Kellie (08 - ) Devine, Amy (02) Devine, Erica (02) Devine, Haley (00-03) DePompa, Kelly (07) Dorsch, Brittany (04-07) Ducray, Kelly (04-05) Dumencich, Nikki (05-08) Duncan, Lindsay (00-03) Eckstein, Kelly (02) Engleking, Rachael (03) Erato, Dana (94-97) Erlandson, Emily (02) Fisher, Krissy (97) Fitzgerald, Jennifer (95-96) Foreman, Lori (96) Fox, Samantha (05-07) Franklin, Lindsay (95-98) Fried, Sam (07 - ) Gegner, Sabrina (97-98) Geyer, Dawn (98-01)

Gillingham, Ashley (03) Giuliano, Emily (99) Gold, Shaina (06) Gooch, Laurel (94; 96) Grover, Lacy (02) Hadley, Katie (07 - ) Hamilton, Alisha (06) Hager, Lindsey (03) Handra, Jonna (08 - ) Harris, Sara Jane (06-07) Hayes, Jill (00-03) Hoeg, Kristina (96) Howell, Jenn (99-02) Huecker, Sam (07 - ) Huffman, Shannon (03-04) Hughes, Carrie (98-99) Johnson, Christy (01) Jones, Tracie (01) Judy, Sarah (98-00) Kollmorgen, Andrea (00-03) LaVigne, Natalie (08- ) Leeder, Jennie (99- 02) Leeder, Jill (01-04) Lewis, Benji (95-98) Lockwood, Laura (99-00) Ludtke, Alex (00-01) Maloomian, Katie (02) Mansourian, Maro (08 - ) Mayeaux, Danielle (07 - ) Mayo, Meredith (97-00) Mays, Jessica (98-00)

Mazzarella, Megan (07 - ) McBrayer, Mindy (94) McKeon, Jenna (08 - ) Mees, Rachel (04-07) Mercer, Nicole (06 -07) Merkel, Sandy (95) Miles, Kim (01-04) Miller, Julie (95-98) Miller, Nicole (01) Minnix, Megan (07 - ) Mitchell, Ryanne (04) Mitchum, Haley (00-01) Moore, Kim (00-03) Morris, Melissa (07) Mowatt, Samantha (05) Muckle, Julie (05-06) Mullinix, Melissa (94) Murphy, Candace (01) Murphy, Shannon (95-97) Nichols, Lainey (04) Ormsby, Kelsie (03-06) Outlaw, Jordan (99) Ozimek, Lindsey Beam (04-07) Page, Kathryn (08) Palmiero, Lindsey (02-05) Papp, Christina (96-98) Partin, Melissa (94) Pelletiere, Danielle (04-05) Pfeifer, Danielle (04-05) Phillips, Kaylee (07) Ray, Cori (97-98)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

Reed, Jolie (03) Reed, Kristen (94-97) Rendall, Allison (96-97) Rex, Ashley (04 -07) Robatin, Ann (94) Roberts, Kait (08) Roberto, Ashley (07 - ) Roberto, Shannon (99- 02) Robinson, Katie (06) Rogers, Jennifer (94-97) Rosenbarker, Paige (05) Ross, Tiffany (00-03) Rucker, Liz (03-05) Rucinski, Amy (94-95) Ryan, Jessica (94; 97-98) Sweetingham, Kelly (98-99) Terlip, Megan (01-04) Tysse, Marianna (95) Ulmer, Emily (98-99) Weaver, Stacy (95-98) Weinraub, Whitney (07 - ) Whitley, Christina (06-07) Wilson, Teresa (95) Wingo, Macky (08 - ) Zappone, Leah (06 - ) Bold denotes members of 2009 team

THREE STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES

All-Conference Honors Atlantic 10 2008- First Team: Hailey Beam, Whitney Bryant, Whitney Weinraub. Second Team: Oni Bernard, Sam Huecker, Megan Minnix. All-Rookie: Oni Bernard, Jonna Handra. All-Academic: Hailey Beam, Nikki Czaplicki, Megan Minnix.

THREE STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES

THE RECORDS

Career

Single Season Goals

1. 36 Courtney Cook .......... 1994-97 2. 31 Jill Currie ................... 1997-00 3. 30 Christina Papp ........... 1996-98 30 Courtney Crandell ..... 2002-03 5. 27 Meredith Mayo .......... 1997-00 27 Nikki Labuda Czaplicki..2004-06, 08 7. 26 Hailey Beam ................ 2006 8. 24 Blair Angell ............... 1994-97 9. 20 Lindsey Ozimek ........ 2004-07 10. 18 Jennie Leeder............. 1999-02 18 Nikki Dumencich ...... 2005-08 18 Whitney Weinraub ........2007

Assists 1. 43 Lindsey Ozimek ........ 2004-07 2. 30 Courtney Cook .......... 1994-97 30 Christina Papp ........... 1996-98 4. 29 Meredith Mayo .......... 1997-00 5. 26 Jill Currie ................... 1997-00 6. 21 Hailey Beam ................ 2006 7. 20 Tiffany Ross .............. 2000-03 8. 18 Sam Huecker ................ 20079. 15 Blair Angell ............... 1994-97 10. 14 Rachel Mees .............. 2004-07

Points 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 10.

102 90 88 83 83 73 72 63 63 48

Courtney Cook .......... 1994-97 Christina Papp ........... 1996-98 Jill Currie ................... 1997-00 Meredith Mayo .......... 1997-00 Lindsey Ozimek ........ 2004-07 Hailey Beam ................ 2006 Courtney Crandell ..... 2002-03 Blair Angell .............. 1994-97 Nikki Labuda Czaplicki..2004-06, 08 Whitney Weinraub ..... 2007 -

Courtney Cook

Freshman

Goals 1. 2. 3. 4.

21 18 17 12 12 12 7. 10 8. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Courtney Crandell.......... 2002 Courtney Cook ............... 1994 Hailey Beam ................. 2008 Blair Angell.................... 1996 Christina Papp................ 1998 Whitney Weinraub....... 2008 Jill Currie ....................... 2000 Christina Papp................ 1996 Christina Papp................ 1997 Stephanie Barnier........... 1999 Jennie Leeder ................. 2002 Courtney Crandell.......... 2003 Nikki Dumencich ........... 2005 Nikki Labuda Czaplicki . 2005 Nikki Labuda Czaplicki . 2006

Assists 1. 19 Lindsey Beam (Ozimek) 2005 2. 13 Christina Papp................ 1998 13 Lindsey Ozimek ............. 2007 13 Hailey Beam ................. 2008 5. 12 Courtney Cook ............... 1994 12 Meredith Mayo .............. 1999 12 Jill Currie ....................... 2000 12 Sam Huecker ................ 2008 9. 11 Christina Papp................ 1997 11 Tiffany Ross ................... 2002

Goals 1. 2. 3. 4.

21 18 9 8 8 8

Courtney Crandell ..... 2002 Courtney Cook .......... 1994 Nikki Dumencich ...... 2005 Kamilah Barker ......... 1994 Marianna Tysse ......... 1995 Meredith Mayo .......... 1997

1. 2.

12 8 8 7 7

Courtney Cook .......... 1994 Courtney Crandell ..... 2002 Oni Bernard ............. 2008 Julie Berkau ............... 1994 Melissa Mullinix ....... 1994

50 48 22 22 22

Courtney Crandell ..... 2002 Courtney Cook .......... 1994 Kamilah Barker ......... 1994 Meredith Mayo .......... 1997 Oni Bernard ............. 2008

Assists

Points 1. 2. 3.

Goals Against Average 1. 2. 3. 4.

1.07 1.23 1.25 1.39

(Min. 500 minutes) Andrea Kollmorgen .... 2000 Juli Black .................... 2005 Jenn Howell ................ 1999 Kristina Hoeg ............. 1996

1. 2. 3. 4.

90 77 75 67

Kristina Hoeg ............. 1996 Shannon Huffman....... 2003 Jenn Howell ................ 1999 Juli Black .................... 2005

50 48 47 37 34 32 29 29 9. 28 10. 26

Courtney Crandell ..... 2002 Courtney Cook .......... 1994 Hailey Beam ............. 2008 Christina Papp ........... 1998 Whitney Weinraub .. 2008 Jill Currie ................... 2000 Christina Papp ........... 1997 Lindsey Ozimek ........ 2005 Blair Angell ............... 1996 Meredith Mayo .......... 1999

1. 6 2. 4.5 3. 4 4

Kristina Hoeg ............. 1996 Andrea Kollmorgen .... 2000 Jenn Howell ................ 1999 Shannon Huffman......

Courtney Crandell

Season Goals Against Average 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

(Min. 500 minutes) Lauren Brown ................2007 Jenn Howell .....................2001 Lauren Brown ................2008 Juli Black .........................2006 Andrea Kollmorgen .........2000

Season Saves

Season Shutouts 1. 10 2. 8 3. 7 7 5. 6 6

Lauren Brown ................2007 Lauren Brown ................2008 Heather Bridgewater .......1995 Jessica Brooks .................1998 Kristina Hoeg ..................1996 Jenn Howell .....................2001

Career Goals Against Average 1. 2. 2. 4.

0.95 1.09 1.14 1.20

(Min. 1500 minutes) Lauren Brown .............. 2006Jessica Brooks ........... 1995-98 Jenn Howell ............... 1999-02 Heather Bridgewater . 1994-95

Career Saves 1. 324 Jenn Howell ............... 1999-02 2. 218 Heather Bridgewater . 1994-95 3. 187 Lauren Brown .............. 2006-

Shutouts

Meredith Mayo

0.78 0.93 0.95 1.06 1.07

1. 126 Heather Bridgewater .......1995 2. 92 Heather Bridgewater .......1994 3. 90 Kristina Hoeg ..................1996 90 Jenn Howell .....................2001 5. 86 Jessica Brooks .................1998

Saves

Points 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Goalkeeping

Career Shutouts 1. 2. 3. 4.

19 Lauren Brown .............. 200618 Jenn Howell ............... 1999-02 11 Jessica Brooks ........... 1995-98 8 Shannon Huffman ..... 2003-04 8 Heather Bridgewater . 1994-95 Bold denotes player on the 2009 team

Jenn Howell

NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 1998, 2002, 2007, 2008

THE RECORDS Goals: Assists: Points: Shots: Goalie saves: GK Minutes:

Team Records 3, 5, 8, 16, 17, 150:00,

10 times, most recently (Hailey Beam vs. St. Bonaventure, 9/28/08) Sam Hucker vs. Xavier, 10/26/08 2 times, most recently (Hailey Beam vs. St. Bonaventure, 9/28/08) Courtney Cook vs. East Carolina, 10/19/94 Heather Bridgewater at Clemson, 9/12/95 5 times, most recently (Jenn Howell vs. Saint Louis 10/19/01)

SEASON Games:

24,

Goals: 21, Assists: 19, Shots: 69, Points: 50, Goalie saves: 126, Hat Tricks: 2, Game-winners: 7, Goals against avg.: 0.78, Shutouts: 10.5, Minutes played: 2041:00,

CAREER Games: Goals: Assists: Points: Shots: Goalie saves: Hat Tricks: Game-winners: Goals against avg.: Shutouts:

87, 36, 43, 102, 200, 324, 2, 11, 0.95, 19,

Stephanie Barnier, Sarah Currie, Lindsay Franklin, Carrie Hughes, Sarah Judy, Benji Lewis, Meredith Mayo, Christina Papp, Jessica Ryan, Stacy Weaver, 1998 Courtney Crandell, 2002 Lindsey Beam (Ozimek), 2005 Courtney Cook and Melissa Mullinix, 1994 Courtney Crandell (21 goals, 8 assists), 2002 Heather Bridgewater, 1995 All-Time Hat Tricks (3 goals in a game) Courtney Cook, 1994 Julie Berkau vs. Furman, 9/10/94 Courtney Crandell, 2002 Meredith Campbell vs. Furman, 9/10/94 Lauren Brown, 2007 Courtney Cook vs. East Carolina, 10/19/94 Lauren Brown, 2007 Courtney Cook vs. Queens, 10/25/94 Jessica Brooks, 1998 Marianna Tysse vs. Memphis, 9/2/95 Meredith Mayo vs. UNC Greensboro, 9/4/99 Jill Currie vs. Southern Miss, 10/15/00 Courtney Crandell vs. Marquette, 10/11/02 Stacy Weaver, 1995-98 Whitney Weinraub vs. Tenn. Tech, 8/31/08 Courtney Cook, 1994-97 Hailey Beam vs. St. Bonaventure, 9/28/08 Lindsey Ozimek, 2004-07 Courtney Cook (36 goals, 30 asts), 1994-97 Jill Currie, 1997-00 Jenn Howell, 1999-02 Courtney Cook, 1994-97 Christina Papp, 1996-98 Lauren Brown, 2006Lauren Brown, 2006 -

Heather Bridgewater

Jessica Brooks

Lauren Brown

GOALS: Game: 12 vs. Furman, Sept. 10, 1994 Season: 69 in 2008 ASSISTS: Game: 10 vs. Xavier, Oct. 26, 2008 Season: 76 in 2008 SHOTS: Game: 46, vs. Furman, Sept. 10, 1994 Season: 328 in 1994 CORNER KICKS: Game: 19 vs. USF, Nov. 5, 1997 Season: 135 in 1995 SAVES: Game: 17 at Clemson, Sept. 12, 1995 Season: 135 in 2002 KEEPER'S GAA: Season: 0.76 in 2007 SHUTOUTS: Season: 13 in 2008 Wins In A Season: 18 in 2008 Win Streak: 15 games; 9//21/08 - 11/14/08 Unbeaten Streak: 18; 8/30/02 - 11/6/02 Consecutive Scoring Streak: 19; 9/7/94-9/6/95 Shutout Streak: 4 games; 6 times Margin of Victory: 12-0; vs. Furman (9/10/94) Highest National Ranking In The Four Polls: # 9 (Soccer Buzz, 10/28/02) #12 (NSCAA, 11/4/02) #13 (Soccer America, 11/4/02) #14 (Soccer Times, 11/4/02)

Lindsey Beam Ozimek

Stacy Weaver

-- All-Time Series Results -Alabama ................................ 0-2-0 Appalachian State .............. 4-0-0 Arizona State......................... 0-1-0 Auburn .................................. 0-1-0 Belmont Abbey ..................... 1-0-0 Buffalo .................................. 1-0-0 UC-Santa Barbara ................. 0-2-0 Campbell ............................... 1-0-0 Central Florida ...................... 1-1-0 Charleston Southern .............. 2-0-0 Cincinnati ............................. 5-6-1 Citadel ................................... 1-0-0 Clemson ............................... 1-6-0 College of Charleston ........... 2-0-0 Davidson............................... 9-3-1 Dayton .................................. 5-0-0 Delaware ............................... 1-0-0 Denver ................................... 0-1-0 DePaul ................................... 7-0-2 Duke ...................................... 1-5-0 Duquesne.............................. 2-1-0 East Carolina ......................... 6-2-0

East Tennessee State ........... 1-0-0 Elon ....................................... 2-0-0 Evansville.............................. 1-0-1 Florida State .......................... 1-0-0 Fordham............................... 3-1-1 Francis Marion .................... 2-0-0 Fresno State........................... 0-1-0 Furman .................................. 6-2-0 George Washington ............. 3-0-0 Georgia ................................ 0-3-0 Georgia Southern .................. 1-0-0 Georgia State ........................ 2-0-1 Houston ................................. 4-0-3 Indiana................................... 0-0-1 La Salle ................................. 1-1-0 Liberty ................................... 1-0-0 Louisville ............................. 9-2-2 Marshall ................................ 1-0-0 Marquette ........................... 3-14-1 Massachusetts ...................... 2-1-0 Memphis ............................... 9-1-0 Mercer ................................... 1-1-1

Miami .................................... 1-0-0 Mississippi ............................ 0-2-0 Mississippi State ................... 1-1-0 New Jersey Tech ................... 1-0-0 North Carolina ...................... 0-4-0 NC State ............................... 2-2-0 UNC Asheville ...................... 1-0-1 UNC Greensboro .................. 3-2-0 UNC Wilmington .................. 3-2-0 Ohio....................................... 0-1-0 Ohio State.............................. 0-0-1 Oregon................................... 0-1-0 Queens................................... 2-0-0 Pepperdine............................. 0-1-0 Pittsburgh .............................. 1-0-0 Radford ................................. 2-0-0 Rhode Island ........................ 2-2-0 Richmond ............................. 5-0-0 St. Bonaventure ..................... 3-0-0 Saint Joseph's ...................... 3-0-0 Saint Louis ........................... 8-5-1 San Francisco ........................ 1-0-0

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

South Alabama ...................... 0-1-0 South Carolina ...................... 6-2-0 USF ....................................... 5-2-1 Southern Miss ....................... 6-0-1 Temple .................................. 3-0-0 Tennesse ................................ 1-1-0 Tennessee Tech...................... 1-1-0 TCU....................................... 1-0-0 Tulane.................................... 7-1-0 UAB ..................................... 6-1-1 UCLA.................................... 0-2-0 Virginia.................................. 0-1-0 VCU ...................................... 0-1-0 Virginia Tech ......................... 3-1-1 Wake Forest .......................... 0-9-1 Western Carolina ................... 1-0-0 Xavier ................................... 4-0-0 15-Year Total ............... 186-101-27 2009 Opponents in bold Villanova and William & Mary are first time foes in 2009

THREE STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES

GAME

THREE STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES

ALL-TIME RESULTS

1994 - Record: 13-4-2 Coach: Robbie Church S 3 at Liberty ..............................................W, 5-0 S 4 South Alabama ......................................L, 0-1 S 7 at Davidson...........................................W, 4-2 S 10 vs. Furman$ ........................................W, 12-0 S 11 vs. UNC Asheville$...................... T, 1-1 (OT) S 14 Campbell ..............................................W, 2-1 S 18 Appalachian St. ....................................W, 6-0 S 21 at Charleston So. ..................................W, 1-0 S 25 Clemson.................................................L, 2-9 S 28 Radford.................................................W, 2-1 O 2 at Georgia So. .......................................W, 3-1 O 12 Wake Forest ...........................................L, 2-3 O 15 at Furman .............................................W, 3-0 O 16 Louisville...................................... T, 1-1 (OT) O 19 East Carolina ........................................W, 5-1 O 22 at Alabama.............................................L, 0-1 O 25 Queens ..................................................W, 3-1 O 29 at Clge. of Charleston..........................W, 4-1 N 5 Virginia Tech ........................................W, 2-0 $ - Puma/UNC Asheville Tournament 1995 - Record: 13-7-2 Conference USA Record: 2-2-1 Coach: Robbie Church S 3 Memphis*.............................................W, 7-2 S 6 Davidson ..............................................W, 2-0 S 8 at UNC Greensboro ...............................L, 0-2 S 12 at Clemson.............................................L, 0-2 S 17 Virginia ..................................................L, 0-5 S 20 Furman .................................................W, 3-1 S 24 at Cincinnati ..........................................L, 0-3 S 27 Alabama ................................................L, 1-3 S 29 at Georgia State ....................................W, 4-0 O 1 at Georgia ..............................................L, 2-4 O 6 at Marquette ................................W, 2-1 (OT) O 8 at Louisville...........................................L, 0-2 O 11 at Wake Forest .............................. T, 0-0 (OT) O 14 Evansville* ................................... T, 0-0 (OT) O 16 Queens .........................................W, 1-0 (OT) O 18 at Appalachian St..................................W, 3-1 O 20 Radford.................................................W, 2-0 O 24 Charleston So. ......................................W, 2-1 O 26 UNC Asheville .....................................W, 3-0 N 2 vs. Memphis& ......................................W, 4-1 N 3 vs. Louisville& .....................................W, 4-0 N 5 vs. Evansville& ...........................W, 1-0 (OT) * - Conference USA Game & - C-USA Tournament, Cincinnati, OH 1996 - Record: 10-9-2 Conference USA Record: 5-4 Coach: Robbie Church S 1 Appalachian St. ....................................W, 4-0 S 4 Wake Forest ...........................................L, 0-2 S 6 South Carolina......................................W, 4-3 S 12 Central Florida ......................................L, 0-1 S 15 Mercer .......................................... T, 2-2 (OT) S 19 at South Florida* ..................................W, 3-2 S 22 Georgia ..................................................L, 0-2 S 26 Tulane* .................................................W, 7-0 S 29 Marquette* ............................................L, 1-2 O 2 at Furman .............................................W, 4-1 O 4 at Memphis* .........................................W, 4-0 O 6 at Saint Louis*.......................................L, 0-1 O 9 at Davidson................................... T, 0-0 (OT) O 15 at Clemson.............................................L, 1-3 O 18 at Louisville*.........................................L, 1-3 O 20 at Cincinnati* ........................................L, 0-3 O 25 UAB* ...................................................W, 5-1 O 28 Georgia State ........................................W, 2-1 N 2 DePaul* ................................................W, 8-0 N 7 Louisville& ..........................................W, 3-0 N 9 Marquette& ...........................................L, 0-2 * - Conference USA Game & - C-USA Tournament, Charlotte, NC 1997 - Record: 15-4-1 Conference USA Record: 7-1-1 Coach: Robbie Church A 31 at Wake Forest .......................................L, 0-2 S 5 E. Tenn. State .....................................W, 10-0 S 7 Duke ......................................................L, 0-3 S 12 South Florida*& ...................................W, 5-1 S 14 Buffalo& ..............................................W, 1-0 S 19 at Marquette* ...............................L, 0-1 (OT) S 21 at DePaul* ............................................W, 1-0 S 24 Davidson ..............................................W, 3-1 S 26 Memphis*.............................................W, 2-0 S 28 Louisville*............................................W, 3-2 O 3 at Tulane* .............................................W, 2-1 O 5 at UAB* ...............................................W, 2-1 O 12 at Central Florida..................................W, 2-0 O 14 at Mercer ..............................................W, 2-0 O 17 Saint Louis* .........................................W, 2-0 O 24 Cincinnati* ................................... T, 1-1 (OT) O 30 Belmont Abbey.....................................W, 7-1 N 1 at South Carolina ..................................W, 4-0 N 6 vs. South Florida! .................................W, 5-2 N 7 vs. Marquette! .......................................L, 2-3 * - Conference USA Game & - Puma Classic, Charlotte, NC ! - C-USA Tournament St. Louis, MO

1998 - Record: 15-6-3 Conference USA Record: 7-2-2 Coach: Robbie Church S 1 UNC Greensboro..................................W, 2-1 S 5 at Appalachian St..................................W, 4-2 S 8 at NC State ...........................................W, 3-0 S 12 at San Francisco& .......................W, 3-2 (OT) S 13 vs. UCLA& ...........................................L, 0-1 S 18 at Cincinnati* ........................................L, 1-2 S 20 at Louisville*...............................W, 1-0 (OT) S 25 Tulane* .................................................W, 2-0 S 27 Southern Miss*.....................................W, 7-0 O 2 Memphis*.............................................W, 2-0 O 4 UAB* ...................................................W, 3-1 O 8 Wake Forest ...........................................L, 2-4 O 13 at Duke ..................................................L, 0-2 O 16 at DePaul ...................................... T, 1-1 (OT) O 18 at Marquette* ........................................L, 0-1 O 21 at Davidson...........................................W, 1-0 O 23 Saint Louis* .........................................W, 3-1 O 25 Houston* ..............................................W, 3-0 O 30 South Fla.* ................................... T, 2-2 (OT) N 4 vs. Saint Louis@ ..................................W, 2-0 N 5 vs. Cincinnati@ ....................................W, 2-1 N 7 vs. Marquette@! ............................T 0-0 (OT) N 11 South Carolina% ..................................W, 2-0 N 14 at North Carolina% ...............................L, 0-6 * - Conference USA Game & - Diadora Clsc., San Francisco, CA @ - C-USA Tourn., Farmer's Branch, TX ! - Win Tournament on Penalty Kicks % - NCAA Tournament 1999 - Record: 13-7-2 Conference USA Record: 8-2-1 Coach: Neil Roberts A 28 Davidson ..............................................W, 3-0 S 1 Elon ......................................................W, 5-0 S 4 at UNC Greensboro ..............................W, 5-1 S 10 vs. UCLA& ...........................................L, 0-7 S 12 vs. Oregon& ..........................................L, 1-2 S 17 Louisville*............................................W, 7-0 S 19 Cincinnati* ...........................................W, 2-0 S 24 at Southern Miss*.................................W, 1-0 S 26 at Tulane* .............................................W, 1-0 O 1 at UAB* ...............................................W, 2-1 O 3 at Memphis* .........................................W, 2-0 O 12 at Wake Forest .......................................L, 1-3 O 15 Marquette* ...........................................W, 1-0 O 17 DePaul* .......................................W, 2-1 (OT) O 19 NC State ....................................W, 3-2 (2OT) O 22 at Houston* ............................... T, 2-2 (2 OT) O 24 at Saint Louis*.......................................L, 0-1 O 27 Duke ......................................................L, 1-4 O 29 at South Fla.* ............................L, 2-3 (2 OT) N 3 vs. Cincinnati% ....................................W, 2-1 N 4 vs. Houston%$ .......................... T, 2-2 (4 OT) N 6 vs. Marquette% ............................L, 1-2 (OT) * - Conference USA Game & - Wake Forest Tourn., Winston-Salem, NC % - C-USA Tourn., Farmer's Branch, TX $ - Advanced on penalty kicks 2000 - Record: 12-9-1 Conference USA Record: 8-2-1 Coach: Neil Roberts A 25 Virginia Tech ........................................W, 3-2 A 30 at Elon ..................................................W, 2-0 S 1 vs. Auburn& .................................L, 2-3 (OT) S 3 at Clemson&..........................................L, 0-1 S 6 at Davidson..................................W, 3-2 (OT) S 9 UNC Greensboro...................................L, 2-3 S 12 Wake Forest ...........................................L, 1-2 S 15 Memphis*.............................................W, 3-2 S 17 UAB* ...................................................W, 3-0 S 22 Saint Louis* .................................. 0-0 (2 OT) S 24 Houston* ..............................................W, 5-0 S 27 at NC State ............................................L, 0-3 S 29 at DePaul* ............................................W, 2-0 O 1 at Marquette* ........................................L, 0-2 O 13 Tulane* .................................................W, 2-0 O 15 Southern Miss*.....................................W, 3-2 O 20 at Louisville*........................................W, 3-0 O 22 at Cincinnati* ............................L, 0-1 (2 OT) O 25 at Duke .........................................L, 1-2 (OT) O 29 at South Florida* ..................................W, 2-0 N 1 vs. Southern Miss@ .............................W, 2-0 N 2 vs. Marquette@ .....................................L, 1-4 * - Conference USA Game & - Clemson/Nike Inv., Clemson, SC @ - C-USA Tournament, St. Louis, MO 2001 - Record: 9-7-4 Conference USA Record: 7-2-1 Coach: Neil Roberts A 31 at Va. Tech ................................. T, 1-1 (2 OT) S 7 at North Carolina$ .................................L, 0-5 S 9 vs. Duke$...............................................L, 0-1 S 12 at UNC Greensboro ..............................W, 1-0 S 18 Davidson ..............................................W, 2-1 S 21 Houston* ..............................................W, 4-0 S 23 Tulane* .................................................W, 1-0 S 28 at Southern Miss*.................................W, 1-0 S 30 at South Florida* ..................................W, 3-0 O 4 Furman ...................................... T, 1-1 (2 OT) O 12 at Marquette* ........................................L, 0-1 O 14 at DePaul* ............................................W, 4-1

O 16 NC State ................................................L, 0-1 O 19 Saint Louis* .............................. T, 2-2 (2 OT) O 23 at Wake Forest .......................................L, 1-2 O 26 Cincinnati* ............................................L, 0-1 O 28 Louisville*............................................W, 3-1 N 2 at East Carolina* ..................................W, 2-1 N 7 vs. E. Carolina&!....................... T, 0-0 (2 OT) N 8 at Marquette& .......................................L, 0-1 * - Conference USA Game $ - Carolina Nike Clsc., Chapel Hill, NC & - C-USA Tournament, Milwaukee, WI ! - Advanced on penalty kicks 2002 - Record: 16-2-2 Conference USA Record: 8-0-2 Coach: Neil Roberts A 30 at Davidson..................................W, 3-2 (OT) S 6 South Carolina$....................................W, 2-0 S 8 Virginia Tech$ ......................................W, 3-1 S 13 at Miami& ............................................W, 5-2 S 15 vs. Florida State&.................................W, 4-3 S 20 at Houston* ............................... T, 2-2 (2 OT) S 22 at TCU* ................................................W, 3-1 S 27 UAB ............................................W, 4-3 (OT) S 29 Memphis...............................................W, 3-0 O 3 at Furman .............................................W, 3-2 O 11 Marquette* ...........................................W, 4-1 O 13 DePaul* ................................................W, 4-0 O 18 East Carolina* ......................................W, 1-0 O 20 Duke .....................................................W, 2-1 O 25 at Cincinnati* ............................ T, 0-0 (2 OT) O 27 at Louisville*........................................W, 6-1 N 1 at Saint Louis*......................................W, 3-2 N 6 Memphis% ...........................................W, 2-0 N 7 Marquette% ...........................................L, 1-2 N 15 James Madison# ....................................L, 0-1 * - Conference USA Game $ - Charlotte Classic, Charlotte, NC & - Miami Inv., Miami, FL % - C-USA Tournament, Charlotte, NC # - NCAA Tourn. First Round, Charlotte, NC 2003 - Record: 7-11-2 Conference USA: 5-4-1 Coach: Neil Roberts A 29 Fresno State ...........................................L, 1-3 A 31 UC Santa Barbara..................................L, 0-4 S 5 Delaware$ ............................................W, 3-1 S 7 UNC-Wilmington$ ................................L, 0-1 S 12 vs. #21 Denver& ...................................L, 3-4 S 14 at #13 Tennessee& ................................L, 0-3 S 19 UAB* ....................................................L, 1-2 S 21 USF* .....................................................L, 1-3 S 26 at Southern Miss*...................... T, 2-2 (2 OT) S 28 at Tulane* ............................................... l, 0-1 O 4 Furman ..................................................L, 1-2 O 7 #15 Wake Forest ....................................L, 1-4 O 10 DePaul* ................................................W, 3-1 O 12 Saint Louis* .........................................W, 2-1 O 17 at Marquette* ............................L, 2-3 (2 OT) O 21 Davidson ..............................................W, 2-0 O 24 at Cincinnati* ...........................W, 1-0 (2 OT) O 26 Louisville*............................................W, 5-0 O 31 at East Carolina* .........................W, 1-0 (OT) N 5 vs. UAB#^ ................................. T, 1-1 (2 OT) * - Conference USA game $ - Charlotte Classic, Charlotte, NC & - First Tennessee Classic, Knoxville, TN # - C-USA Tournament, Charlotte, NC ^ - UAB advanced on penalty kicks 2004 - Record: 5-12-2 Conference USA: 5-3-2 Coach: Neil Roberts A 27 at UNC Wilmington .................... L, 2-4 A 29 at Davidson ................................. L, 0-1 S 3 Mississippi$...................................... L, 0-1 S 5 VCU$ ......................................L, 1-5 S 10 at Santa Barbara ....................................L, 2-8 S 12 at Pepperdine ....................................... L, 0-1 S 19 at South Carolina ....................... L, 1-2 (2 ot) S 24 East Carolina* ......................................W, 2-0 S 26 Ohio University .....................................L, 0-1 O 1 Marquette* ............................................L, 0-4 O 3 DePaul* ..................................... T, 3-3 (2 OT) O 8 at Memphis* ........................................ L, 1-5 O 10 at Saint Louis*.......................................L, 0-3 O 15 Southern Miss* ............................W, 2-1 O 17 Tulane* .................................................W, 2-0 O 22 at Louisville* ............................ T, 0-0 (2 OT) O 24 at Cincinnati* ........................................W 2-0 O 29 at Houston* ..........................................W, 2-0 N 3 vs. Marquette&......................................L, 1-2 *Conference USA Games $ - Charlotte Classic, Charlotte, NC & - C-USA Tournament, St. Louis, MO 2005 Record: 11-9-0, Atlantic 10: 6-3-0 Coach: Jon Lipsitz A 26 Davidson ...............................................L, 1-2 A 28 Mercer ...................................................L, 1-2 S 4 UNC Wilmington .................................W, 4-2 S 6 at Tennessee Tech ......................L, 2-3 (2 OT) S 9 vs. Furman&.............................W, 2-1 (2 OT)

NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 1998, 2002, 2007, 2008

ALL-TIME RESULTS

1998 Conference USA Tournament Champions earned the program's first ever 2002 Conference USA Regular Season champions earned the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first bid to the NCAA Tournament. ever national ranking as they rose to a high of #9 in one of the four national polls. Recorded an undefeated regular season, and earned the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2007 Atlantic 10 Regular Season and Tournament champions. Won second 2008 Atlantic 10 Regular Season and Tournament champions. Won third straight A-10 regular season title and earned the program's third bid to the straight A-10 Regular Season title and second straight A-10 Tournament title. NCAA Tournament. Finished the season ranked #18 in the final Soccer America poll which is the program's highest season ending ranking. Earned the school's fourth bid to the NCAA Tournament. S 11 vs. South Carolina& .............................W, 2-1 S 16 at Ole Miss ............................................L, 0-3 S 18 at Mississippi State................................L, 1-2 S 25 Marshall................................................W, 2-1 S 30 at Saint Louis*.......................................L, 1-2 O 2 at Duquesne* .........................................L, 1-2 O 7 St. Bonaventure* ..................................W, 4-1 O 9 Fordham* .............................................W, 7-0 O 14 at Xavier* .............................................W, 3-0 O 16 at Dayton* ............................................W, 1-0 O 22 Richmond* ...............................W, 2-1 (2 OT) O 28 Massachusetts*......................................L, 0-2 O 30 Rhode Island*.......................................W, 3-2 N 3 vs. Duquesne$ .............................W, 2-1 (OT) N 4 vs. Rhode Island& .................................L, 0-2 & - Carolinas' Cup, Clemson, SC * - Atlantic 10 Games $ - Atlantic 10 Tournament, Dayton, OH

A 25 A 27 S1 23 S9 S 11 S 15 S 19 S 22 S 24 S 29 O1 O6 O8 O 14 O 20

2006 - Record: 13-5-2 Atlantic 10: 8-1-0 Coach: Jon Lipsitz Francis Marion .....................................W, 2-1 Georgia State .............................. T, 1-1(2 OT) Mississippi State...................................W, 5-0 at East Carolina .....................................L, 0-2 vs. South Carolina& .............................W, 1-0 vs. Clemson& ........................................L, 0-3 Indiana ........................................ T, 1-1(2 OT) at Davidson............................................L, 0-3 at College of Charleston .......................W, 3-2 New Jersey Tech...................................W, 5-0 Temple* ................................................W, 2-0 Saint Joseph's .......................................W, 3-1 at La Salle..............................................L, 1-2 at George Washington* .............W, 3-2(2 OT) at Richmond* ...............................W, 2-1(OT) at Fordham* .........................................W, 3-2

O 22 at St. Bonaventure* ..............................W, 3-0 O 27 Xavier* .................................................W, 3-2 O 29 Dayton* ..................................... W, 3-2 (2 OT N 3 vs. Fordham% .......................................L, 1-2 & - Carolinas' Cup, Greensville, SC * - Atlantic 10 Games % - Atlantic 10 Tournament, St. Louis, MO 2007 - Record: 16-5-1 Atlantic 10: 9-1-1 Coach: Jon Lipsitz A 31 The Citadel ...........................................W, 6-0 S 2 East Carolina ........................................W, 2-0 S 6 at Georgia ..............................................L, 0-2 S 9 at Arizona State .....................................L, 0-1 S 14 #13 South Carolina#..............................L, 0-2 S 16 #17 Clemson#.......................................W, 3-1 S 21 at UNC Wilmington .............................W, 1-0 S 23 Western Carolina ..................................W, 2-0 S 27 at Duquesne* ..................W, 5-0 S 30 Fordham* .................................. T, 1-1 (2 OT) O 5 at Saint Joseph's* .................................W, 4-0 O 7 at Temple* ............................................W, 1-0 O 12 George Washington* ..........................W, 3-0 O 14 Richmond* ..............................W, 2-1 (OT) O 19 at Xavier* .............................................W, 3-1 O 21 at Dayton* ...........................................W, 2-1 O 26 Massachusetts* .........................W, 1-0 O 28 Rhode Island*........................................L, 0-1 N 3 at Saint Louis*......................................W, 1-0 N 9 Richmond% ......................W, 1-0 N 11 Fordham% ........................W, 3-2 N 16 vs. Clemson$ .........................................L, 2-4 # - Carolinas' Cup, Charlotte, NC * - Atlantic 10 Game % - Atlantic 10 Tournament, Charlotte, NC $ - NCAA Tournament, Knoxville, TN

2008 - Record: 18-4-1 Atlantic 10: 11-0-0 Coach: Jon Lipsitz A 22 at #2 North Carolina ..............................L, 1-5 A 25 UNC Wilmington ..................................W 3-2 A 31 Tennessee Tech .....................................W, 8-0 S 5 at Ohio State .............................. T, 1-1 (2 OT) S 7 at Pittsburgh .........................................W, 1-0 S 12 at #16 Wake Forest@ ............................L, 0-3 S 14 vs. Virginia Tech@ ................................L, 1-5 S 21 Francis Marion .....................................W, 6-0 S 26 La Salle*...............................................W, 6-0 S 28 at St. Bonaventure* ..............................W, 8-2 O 4 Saint Louis* .........................................W, 3-0 O 10 Temple* ................................................W, 1-0 O 12 Saint Joseph's* .....................................W, 8-0 O 17 at Richmond* .......................................W, 3-2 O 19 at George Washington* ........................W, 3-0 O 24 Dayton* ................................................W, 2-1 O 26 Xavier* .................................................W, 5-0 O 31 at Rhode Island*...................................W, 3-1 N 2 at Massachusetts* .................................W, 1-0 N 7 at Saint Louis% ....................................W, 2-0 N 9 vs. Dayton% .........................................W, 1-0 N 14 vs. Tennessee$ ......................................W, 2-0 N 16 at #6 North Carolina$ ............................L, 0-4 @ - Wake Forest Nike Tournament, Winston-Salem, NC * - Atlantic 10 Game % - Atlantic 10 Tournament, St. Louis, MO $ - NCAA Tournament, Chapel Hill, NC

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

THREE STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES

NCAA Tournament Teams

THREE STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES

THE ATLANTIC 10

On March 2, 1975, the idea of what is now the Atlantic 10 Conference was conceived. What started as an eight-school, men’s basketball-only affiliation has grown into a 14-university, 21-sport league that is universally hailed as one of the best conferences in the country. That growth and prominence is a direct result of the ideals and commitments of the member institutions of the Atlantic 10 - the University of Dayton, Duquesne University, Fordham University, The George Washington University, La Salle University, University of Massachusetts, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Rhode Island, University of Richmond, St. Bonaventure University, Saint Joseph’s University, Saint Louis University, Temple University, and Xavier University. The presidents and chancellors of Atlantic 10 institutions, in conjunction with Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade, have made a strong commitment to making the academic and athletics equation a successful one. Over the years, the league membership has strived to better recognize the academic accomplishments of Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Selections its student-athletes. Hailey Beam The Commissioner’s Whitney Bryant Honor Roll, which Whitney Weinraub cites every Atlantic 10 Preseason A-10 All-Rookie Selection student-athlete with a Taylor Rovito 3.5 grade point average or better, recognized 1,162 student-athletes in the Fall 2008 while 1,164 were named to the Spring 2009 Honor Roll. The league sponsors Academic All-Conference teams in each of its sports and honors one student-athlete per sport as the A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year. Moreover, the Atlantic 10 provides four postgraduate scholarship grants to qualified student-athletes. In 2000-09, 182 student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference recognition, while Charlotte’s Lamarra Currie, Christa Dominick of La Salle, St. Bonaventure’s Katelyn Murray and David Zenk of George Washington received postgraduate scholarship grants.

JUDY ROSE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Charlotte 49ers Director of Athletics Judy Rose is one of the most successful and well-respected Athletics Directors in the nation. At the time of her appointment in 1990, she was just the third female to be put in charge of a Division I program. In 1999-2000, she became the first female to serve on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. She served a five-year term (2000-2004) on that committee. She also completed a term as 2003-04 President of the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA). With the 49ers, she has overseen the 49ers moves from the Sun Belt Conference to the Metro Conference to Conference USA and onto the Atlantic 10 in 2005-06. She has overseen the 49ers growth into a program that for the first time is fullyfunded at the NCAA level for athletic scholarships. She has helped raise monies for new athletic facilities, including the James H. Barnhardt Student Activity Center (Dale F. Halton Arena), the Miltimore-Wallis Athletics and Academic Training Center, the Irwin Belk Track and Field Center (Transamerica Field), the Wachovia Fieldhouse, the Short Game Golf Practice Facility at Rocky River Golf of Concord, N.C. and the Robert and Mariam Hayes Baseball Stadium. The 49ers will begin construction on their on-campus tennis facility in the spring of 2010. In all, she has helped develop nearly $50 million worth of athletic facilities which have enhanced playing venues, academic services, strength and conditioning programs, training and medical support. In all, these upgrades have improved the experience of each and every student-athlete, as a student and as an athlete. She has been instrumental in attracting national sporting events to Charlotte, including the 1994 Men’s Final Four, the 1996 Women’s Final Four, the 1997 AAU Junior Olympics and the 1999 and 2000 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer College Cup. In 2008, the 49ers hosted the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball East Regional at Bobcats Arena.

The Atlantic 10 Conference had 50 teams among the 767 Division I sports teams honored by the NCAA with public recognition awards for their latest multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores. These teams posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. This represents an increase of 16 teams from a year ago and ranked the league fifth among 31 Division I Conferences. In 19 of the 21 sports sponsored by the Atlantic 10, the league’s APR was at or above the conference average nationally according to the most recent data released by the NCAA. Moreover, 75 A-10 teams attained a perfect score in the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate Report. The Atlantic 10 Conference, with a total population of nearly 74 million people within its geographic footprint of eight states and 2008 Final Atlantic 10 Standings the District of Columbia, will Conference Overall crown champions in 21 sports W-L-T W-L-T this season: baseball, men’s and Charlotte*#% 11-0-0 18-4-1 women’s basketball, men’s and Dayton 8-2-1 15-6-1 women’s cross country, field Fordham 8-2-1 12-6-2 Saint Louis 6-4-1 11-6-4 hockey, men’s golf, women’s St. Bonaventure 6-4-1 11-8-1 lacrosse, men’s and women’s Duquesne 5-4-2 7-7-4 indoor and outdoor track & field, La Salle 5-4-2 9-8-3 women’s rowing, men’s and Saint Joseph’s 3-4-4 8-7-4 women’s soccer, softball, men’s George Washington 4-7-0 8-11-0 and women’s swimming & divRichmond 4-7-0 10-9-1 ing, men’s and women’s tennis, Massachusetts 3-7-1 6-9-3 and women’s volleyball. Rhode Island 3-8-0 7-12-1 Temple Xavier

2-6-3 0-9-2

5-10-4 1-16-2

* - 2008 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion # - 2008 Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion % - 2008 NCAA Tournament Participant

It is under her watch that the 49ers have expanded opportunities to include women’s soccer and men’s and women’s track. Her next step has been to lead the 49ers most aggressive push to add football to the Charlotte 49ers program. Winning approval from both the Chancellor and UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees, the 49ers have pushed forward with plans to start the program in 2013. In addition, it has been under Rose’s leadership that the 49ers athletics program has enjoyed its best success. The men’s basketball program has copped nine NCAA bids under her reign and men’s soccer has enjoyed five bids, including a trip to the 1996 National Semifinals. Baseball, wommen’s basketball, women’s soccer and golf have all posted multiple NCAA Tournament bids while the men’s tennis team earned its first-ever bid. The 49ers have also landed their first-ever individual NCAA qualifiers in men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and cross-country. Recent highlights include four straight A-10 titles for the women’s indoor track, women’s outdoor track and golf programs as well as a program-best third-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. With that top four finish, Charlotte has boasted a “Final Four” team in both decades that Rose has served as A.D. (‘90’s - M. Soccer, 1996; ‘00’s - Golf, 2007). Since Rose became A.D., 14 of the school’s 16 athletic programs have either won a league title or been represented in NCAA play, or both. Along the way, Rose has reaped her share of awards, most notably the 2001 NACDA Southeast Region Athletic Director of the Year Award. Other awards have included the Pegasus Award in 1999, the 1996 Bob Quincy Award by the Charlotte Sportsman Club, and the 1996 Charlotte Regional Sports Commission “Sixth-Man” Award for city-wide athletic achievement. She was selected the 1996 Woman of the Year in Charlotte and was named the 1997 Citizen of the Year by the University Chamber of Commerce. In 1986, she became the first female inducted into the Blacksburg (S.C.) Hall of Fame and she received her 25-Year Service Award from UNC Charlotte in 2000. More recently, she was inducted into Winthrop’s Athletics Hall of Fame, was named one of the city’s Top Businesswomen by The Business Journal and was recognized with the Judy Wilkins Rose endowment as part of the University YMCA’s Y Pathways program.

NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 1998, 2002, 2007, 2008

2008-09 ACADEMIC SUCCESS FALL, 2008

Lisa Hibbs Academic Director

Mark Verburg Academic Advisor

Becky Cavaliere Academic Advisor

Donna Bialosky Admin. Assistant

Chancellor's List (3.8-4.0) Hailey Beam* Nikki Czaplicki* Kellie Dean* Katie Hadley* Sam Huecker* Jenna McKeon* Megan Minnix*

Dean's List (3.4-3.79) The Charlotte 49ers Athletic Academic Center (AAC) prides itself on academic excellence. Housed in the Miltimore-Wallis Oni Bernard* Athletics Training and Academic Center, the center is equipped with Dell computer terminals, study hall facilities and a stock of Lauren Brown* tutors. Nikki Dumencich* The AAC is committed to assisting all student-athletes in achieving academic and personal success at the university. The office provides support services designed to meet student-athletes’ unique needs and ensures that they are in compliance with all uniSam Fried* versity, Atlantic 10, and NCAA academic regulations. These services include orientation, study hall, tutoring, grade monitoring, Maro Mansourian* academic advising and registration assistance. Nicole Mercer* Lisa Hibbs serves as the Director of the AAC. Mark Verburg serves as an Assistant Director of the AAC and Life Skills CoorKathryn Page dinator, Becky Cavaliere also serves as an Assistant Director and Tutor Coordinator, and Donna Bialosky is the Administrative Assistant. The AAC also employs an array of tutors that are available for student-athletes. Athletic Director's List Hibbs graduated from Appalachian State in 1986 with a degree in communications/public relations and a minor in marketing. (3.0-3.39) She then received her master’s in speech communication from Wake Forest in 1987. After serving as assistant director of admisJuli Black sions at Charlotte for four years, she became the athletic academic director in March, 1993. She is married to Charlotte baseball Danielle Mayeaux coach Loren Hibbs; they are the parents of Lanie (9) and reside in Unionville. Ashley Roberto Mark Verburg is in his eighth year with the 49ers’ Athletic Academic Center after serving as the compliance and marketing Macky Wingo intern with the Charlotte 49ers. Verburg earned a master’s in sport management from Georgia in 2001. While at Georgia, he asLeah Zappone sisted student-athletes in the Academic Achievement Center. He earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from Missouri in 1999. Verburg and his wife Mel reside in Concord and are proud parents of Carson (1). SPRING, 2009 Becky Cavaliere is in her fourth year with the 49ers after serving as the Tutor Coordinator/Athletic Chancellor's List (3.8-4.0) Academic Counselor for Football at Memphis for four years. She was previously at Virginia Tech as the Freshman Football Advisor and Indiana State as the Assistant Coordinator for Academics. Cavaliere Hailey Beam* earned her master’s in social psychology of sport from Southern Illinois in 1998 and her undergraduate Nikki Dumencich* degree in psychology from Austin Peay in 1996. Cavaliere and her husband Rich reside in Charlotte. Katie Hadley* Charlotte student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom during the 2008-2009 year. The Megan Mazzarella* Department’s cumulative GPA was 3.089 after the spring 2009 semester. This is the 3rd year that the Jenna McKeon* Athletic Department’s Cumulative GPA reached the 3.0 mark. It also marks the 26th semester that the Megan Minnix* Athletic GPA exceeded the university GPA. Thirty-eight student-athletes have graduated since August Ashley Roberto* 2008. Overall 89% of the student-athletes that have exhausted their eligibility at UNC Charlotte since spring of 1993 have graduated. 169 student-athletes received academic honors in the fall and 160 Dean's List (3.4-3.79) received academic honors in the spring. Thirty–eight student-athletes were named to the Chancellor’s Lauren Brown* List by earning GPA’s of 3.8 or higher for the fall semester and 28 student-athletes were named to the Maro Mansourian Chancellor’s List for the spring semester. Twenty-two student-athletes had perfect 4.0’s in the fall and Nicole Mercer 17 student-athletes had 4.0’s in the spring. Seventy-five student-athletes were named to the fall 2008 Kathryn Page* Atlantic 10 Honor Roll (3.5 GPA for the semester) and 67 student-athletes were named to the spring Leah Zappone* 2009 Atlantic 10 Honor Roll. The AAC also administers the NCAA’s Life Skills program at Charlotte. Since 1999, the Life Skills Athletic Director's List p r o g r a m h a s Lindsey Ozimek was helped student- named A-10 Female (3.0-3.39) ACADEMIC NOTES OF EXCELLENCE: athletes become Jessica Barton Scholar-Athlete of the The 49ers are fourth in the history of the Academic All-American program more well roundOni Bernard with the most all-time ESPN The Magazine Women's Soccer Academic All- ed individuals. Year. She was also a threeJuli Black Americans with eight. Student-athletes time ESPN The Magazine Nikki Czaplicki The 49ers athletic department as a whole had 12 Academic All-Americans are required to Academic All-American. Kellie Dean from 1985 – 2002. Since the Athletic Academic Center moved to the Miltimore- attend several She was one of nine finalJonna Handra events per year ists for the 2008 NCAA Wallis ATAC in 2003 the 49ers have had 19 Academic All-Americans. Sam Huecker from a wide variDanielle Mayeaux ety of areas such as study skills, career development, personal development, health and wellness, drug Woman of the Year award * - A-10 Commissioner's and alcohol education and community service. Through nationally acclaimed speakers, seminars specifi- and the only Division 1 Honor Roll (3.50 GPA or better) cally tailored for student-athletes and campus workshops Charlotte student-athletes gain knowledge and soccer player. experiences that will aide them during their college years and prepare them for life after athletics.

WOMEN'S SOCCER ACADEMIC AWARDS ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-American 2003-04: Lindsay Duncan, 3rd team 2005-06: Lindsey Beam, 3rd team 2006-07: Lindsey Ozimek, 1st team, Nikki Labuda, 2nd team, Kelsie Ormsby, 3rd team 2007-08: Lindsey Ozimek, 1st team 2008-09: Nikki Labuda Czaplicki, 1st team, Hailey Beam, 2nd Team ESPN the Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District III 1997-98: Lindsay Franklin, 2nd team 1998-99: Lindsay Franklin, 1st team, Julie Miller, 2nd team 2000-01: Sarah Judy, 2nd Team 2003-04: Lindsay Duncan, 1st team, Leslie Canales, 2nd team, Kim Miles, 2nd team 2004-05: Leslie Canales, 1st team, Kim Miles, 2nd team

2005-06:

Lindsey Beam, 1st team, Nikki Labuda, 1st team; Kelsie Ormsby, 2nd team 2006-07: Nikki Labuda, 1st team, Kelsie Ormsby, 1st team, Lindsey Ozimek, 1st team 2007-08: Lindsey Ozimek, 1st team 2008-09: Hailey Beam, 1st team, Nikki Labuda Czaplicki 1st team Charlotte Bonnie Cone Award 1998-99: Lindsay Franklin 2000-01: Sarah Judy 2002-03: Leslie Canales, Kim Miles 2003-04: Lindsay Duncan, Kim Miles 2004-05: Kim Miles 2005-06: Lindsey Beam, Nikki Labuda, Julie Muckle 2006-07: Nikki Labuda, Lindsey Ozimek 2007-08: Nikki Labuda, Lindsey Ozimek 2008-09: Katie Hadley, Megan Minnix A-10 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2007-08: Lindsey Ozimek

Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference 2005: Lindsey Beam, Nikki Labuda, Kelsie Ormsby 2006: Nikki Labuda, Julie Muckle, Kelsie Ormsby, Lindsey Ozimek 2007: Lindsey Ozimek (Student-Athlete of the Yr.) 2008: Hailey Beam (Student-Athlete of the Yr.), Nikki Labuda Czaplicki, Megan Minnix Charlotte Rhodes Scholar Nominee 1998-99: Julie Miller Charlotte NCAA Woman of the Year 1998-99: Julie Miller 2007-08: Lindsey Ozimek (Finalist) NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-American 2007: Lindsey Ozimek (2nd team) 2008: Hailey Beam (1st team) NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-South Region 2006: Lindsey Ozimek (1st team), Ashley Rex (HM) 2007: Lindsey Ozimek (1st team), Ashley Rex (HM) 2008: Hailey Beam (1st team), Lauren Brown (HM) Nikki Labuda Czaplicki (HM) Conference USA GPA Team Award - 1996-97 NSCAA Team Academic Award - 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

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Athletic Academic Center Staff

ATHLETIC ACADEMIC SERVICES

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STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING College athletics has evolved to the point where total physical preparation is necessary to be successful at the Division I level. Under the guidance of the strength and conditioning coach Ryan Atchison with the assistance of assistant strength and conditioning coaches Stacy Hummer and Matt Parvis and graduate assistant Richard Buford, they oversee the strength and conditioning training for the 49ers 16 sports. Atchison is in his second year as head strength and conditioning coach. He is a 1996 graduate of Sul Ross State University, where he earned a degree in Business Administration. He earned a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from Hardin-Simmons University in 2001. He served as assistant strength and conditioning coach with the NBA’s Houston Rockets for two and half years before coming to Charlotte. Prior to that, he spent four years as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Rice University. He also spent one year as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Louisiana Tech University. Ryan Atchison He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the CSCS as well as a certified strength and conditioning coach by SCCC. He is also USAW certified. Hummer returned to the 49ers in the spring of 2008, after a previous six-year stint with Charlotte 49ers Athletics. She was a four-year letterwinner for the Charlotte 49ers women’s soccer program (95-98). She was a two-time team captain and earned All-Conference USA honors twice. She was a major part of two Conference USA Tournament championships. As a senior, she helped lead Charlotte to their first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1998. She also spent seven years in the WLeague where she won a national championship with the Charlotte Eagles. She is a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the NSCA, graduated Matt Parvis from Charlotte in 1999 with a degree in Health Fitness and Kinesiology. In 2001, she received a Master’s Degree in Health Promotion and Exercise Physiology from Charlotte. Parvis is in his second year as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Charlotte. He designs and implements all aspects of year round strength and conditioning programs for the women’s basketball, baseball, and men’s soccer programs. Before his appointment at Charlotte, he was a minor league strength and conditioning coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization working with the Bradenton Pirates. He was also a student assistant for two years at West Virginia University primarily working with football, baseball, women’s gymnastics, and men’s basketball. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Sport Psychology in 2003 and a Master of Science in Athletic Coaching with an emphasis in Strength and Stacy Hummer Conditioning in 2007, both from West Virginia University. He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Buford is in his first season at Charlotte. Buford was a four year letter winner and graduate at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, MI. He competed in Football and Track & Field where he earned GLIAC Conference Championships in both sports and several individual GLIAC Conference Championship titles. Upon earning his Bachelor's of Business Administration in Management, he started a Speed, Agility and Quickness training program along with an AAU/USATF Track & Field team. Buford has worked with athletes from Football, Basketball, Track & Field, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball through this business. He will be working directly with the Men’s and Women’s Tennis and Baseball teams. Buford is a member of the NSCA and also working towards his CSCS certification. The 49ers strength and conditioning program makes use of the weight training facility in the Miltimore-Wallis Athletics and Academic Training Richard Buford Center. The Athletics and Academic Training Center includes a 5,400-square-foot weight room. It is equipped with a variety of free weight and systematic training equipment. The weight training facility is exclusively used by the 49ers athletic department and its student-athletes. The unlimited access allows the strength and conditioning staff the flexibility in scheduling time in the facility assuring that the student-athletes are able to maximize their athletic development.

NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 1998, 2002, 2007, 2008

Membership Levels

The Charlotte 49ers Athletic Foundation provides scholarship assistance to over 250 male and female student-athletes in 16 varsity sports. Established in 1969, the Athletic Foundation has developed into a vitally important support group, pursuing excellence, integrity and pride in the University’s athletic program. The 49er Club, the Athletic Foundation’s official booster organization, offers membership to both individuals and businesses.

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

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Opponent at William and Mary APPALACHIAN STATE ALUMNI GAME (Exhibition) FRANCIS MARION VILLANOVA at Davidson GEORGIA EAST TENNESSEE STATE NC STATE DUQUESNE* at Fordham* RHODE ISLAND* MASSACHUSETTS*

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Day Date Opponent Time Friday October 9 at Dayton* 6:00 Sunday October 11 at Xavier* 11:00 Friday October 16 RICHMOND* 7:00 Sunday October 18 GEORGE WASHINGTON*# 1:00 Friday October 23 at Temple* 3:00 Sunday October 25 at Saint Joseph’s* 12:00 Friday October 30 at Saint Louis* 8:00 Thur.-Sun. November 5-8 ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS (at Charlotte’s Transamerica Field ) Friday November 13 NCAA Tournament First Round * - Atlantic 10 game, # - Senior Day, All times are Eastern; Home games in BOLD (at Transamerica Field in the Irwin Belk Center)

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2009 CHARLOTTE 49ERS WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE Day Sunday Friday Saturday Friday Sunday Thursday Sunday Friday Sunday Friday Sunday Friday Sunday

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