Table of Contents University of Bridgeport............................................................4 Dowling College.........................................................................5 LIU Post.........................................................................................6 New York Institute of Technology...........................................7
East Coast Conference Staff Robert Dranoff Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org 631.348.3451
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UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name Yr 1 Biljana Savic Jr. 3 Frida Randen Fr. 4 Larissa Oliveira Jr. 5 Salina DeCicco Fr. 6 Fernanda Silva Sr. 7 Sofija Markovic So. 8 Martina Santia So. 9 Michele Santos Jr. 10 Sarah Rosa So. 11 Ying Shen Jr. 12 Jade Zhao Jr. 13 Kelly Palma Gr. 14 Amanda Kunrath Jr.
Pos Ht OH/S 5-10 MB/RS 6-0 MB 5-11 DS 5-7 S 6-0 MB 6-1 OH/DS 5-10 S/DS 5-9 OH 5-11 OH 5-11 MB 6-1 L 5-9 OH/RS 6-1
Hometown/Previous School Novi Sad, Serbia/Gimnazija Isidora Sekulic Sodertalje, Sweden/ Allebergsgymnastet Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Magnum Agostiniane HS Kingston, N.Y./Kingston HS Brasilia, Brazil/Alabama State Belgrade, Serbia/Sportska Gimnazija Sezze, Italy/E. Mojorana Campinas, Brazil/Ranger College Itajuba, Brazil/ Winthrop University Coach Leo Uzcategui Nanjing, China/Syracuse University Huhhot, China/Syracuse University Stamford, Conn./ Seton Hall University Ivoti, Brazil/ Florida State College
Head Coach: Leo Uzcategui (5th season) Assistant Coach: Helena Castro Graduate Assistant Coach: Fernanda Costa Volunteer Assistant Coach: Sabrina Simas Larissa Oliveira
Quick Facts
Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights Colors: Purple and White President: Neil Albert Salonen Director of Athletics: Jay Moran Arena (capacity): Harvey Hubbell Gym (1,200)
About Bridgeport
Did You Know?
• The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won the last five USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships. • UB men’s swimming team took eighth place at the 2013 NCAA Division II National Championship Meet. • The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team won the school’s first-ever NCAA Division II East Regional Title in the fall of 2011 and has now made four straight appearances in the regional final. • The UB men’s soccer team has made 11 consecutive conference tournament appearances.
Biljana Savic
Ying Shen
An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New England’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities.
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Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learning pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also available.
DOWLING COLLEGE
No. Name Yr 1 Katarzyna Klocek Fr. 4 Mirjana Radovanovic Sr. 5 Kayla Dillman So. 6 Cassy Kelly Jr. 7 Anna Rowan Fr. 8 Yarden Amsalem So. 9 Elizabeth Gorman Jr. 10 Dragana Jelovac Jr. 13 Kayla Morgan So. Coach Kevin DesLauriers 15 Franki Dove So. 18 Nicole Parkas Jr. 19 Jessica Kalbfleisch So.
Pos Ht RS/MB 6-3 S 5-8 S 5-3 OH 5-8 DS 5-7 MB 6-0 MB/RS 5-10 MB 6-1 L 5-6 OH 5-11 L 5-4 OH 6-0
Hometown/Previous School Poznan, Poland/Zespol Szkol Mistrzostwa Sportowego Dubrovnik, Croatia/Turisticka i Ugostiteljska Rochester, N.Y./Victor HS Fraser, Mich./Fraser HS Blue Point, N.Y./Bayport HS Tel Aviv, Israel/Hof HaSharon HS Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst HS Kotor, Montenegro/Mladost Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst HS Manorville, N.Y./Eastport Southmanor HS Dix Hills, N.Y./Saint Anthony’s HS Ridge, N.Y./Longwood HS
Head Coach: Kevin DesLauriers (1st Season) Assistant Coaches: Caitlin Bendy, Justine Hoffmann, and Amanda Ostapow
Kayla Dillman
Quick Facts
Jessica Kalbfleisch
Cassy Kelly
Location: Oakdale, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: Over 6,500 Nickname: Golden Lions Colors: Navy Blue and Gold President: Dr. Norman R. Smith Director of Athletics: Melody Cope Arena (capacity): Dowling Gymnasium at SJU Eastern Long Island Campus (800)
Did You Know?
• The men’s soccer program won the National Championship in 2006 and advanced to the National Championship game in 2008 • Dowling has had four baseball student-athletes selected in the MLB First Year Player draft (Kip Roggendorf, ‘93, Toronto; Wilberto Ortiz, ‘06, Los Angeles (AL); Billy Mottram, ‘07, Chicago (NL); David Wendt, ‘09, Tampa Bay) • The men’s lacrosse team won the program’s first National Championship in 2012 • In 2012-13 Dowling’s women’s basketball team advanced to the National Championship game after becoming the second team in ECC history to win the NCAA East Region Tournament. • The volleyball team has made 11 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
About Dowling
Founded in 1955 as part of Adelphi University’s Suffolk Campus, the college purchased the former W.K. Vanderbilt estate in Oakdale in 1962. In 1968 the college was renamed after its chief benefactor, Robert Dowling, a noted city planner and aviator. Situated on the banks of the Connetquot River on a former Vanderbilt estate, Dowling’s Rudolph Campus in Oakdale is among the nation’s most beautiful. The 105-acre Brookhaven Center is located on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley and features high-tech learning facilities for a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Located within walking distance to the Long Island Rail Road and featuring free parking and shuttle bus service, Dowling is easily accessible from both Suffolk and Nassau counties, as well as the five boroughs of New York City.
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LIU POST No. Name Yr 1 Heather Adams Jr. 2 Geony Fisher Sr. 3 Lulu Centro Jr. 4 Katie Hudencial Gr. 5 Katie Barto So. 6 Rachel Ringor So. 7 Melissa Hansen So. 9 Lynsea Hensel Fr. 12 Makamae Namahoe Sr. 13 Tori Baran Fr. 14 Susy Cricchi Sr. 15 Analise Austin Fr. 16 Monica Amador So. 19 Shelby McCool Fr.
Pos Ht MB 6-1 RS 5-10 S 5-7 DS 5-7 S 5-7 L 5-1 MH 6-0 MB/RS 6-1 OH 5-10 OH/S 5-9 MH 6-1 MH/RS 5-10 S/OH 5-11 OH 5-9
Hometown/Previous School Centerville, Ohio / Centerville Goodyear, Ariz. / Millennium Rome, Italy / Indian River Mechanicsville, Va. / Hanover East Rockaway, N.Y. / East Rockaway Honolulu, Hawaii / Roosevelt Colorado Springs, Colo. / Mesa Ridge Burnt Hills, N.Y. / Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Hilo, Hawaii / Hilo Brawley, Calif. / Brawley Union Borgovelino, Rieti, Italy / Casper Honolulu, Hawaii / Moanalua Cedar Park, Texas / Cedar Park Eugene, Ore. / Henry D. Sheldon
Coach Shellane Ogoshi
Head Coach: Shellane Ogoshi (5th Season) Assistant Coach: Jose Brito Lulu Centro
Quick Facts
Did You Know?
• Each of the Pioneers’ eight fall sports qualified for their Location: Brookville N.Y. respective conference championships with men’s soccer, field Founded: 1954 hockey, and men’s and women’s cross country taking home Enrollment: 8,472 their conference titles. Nickname: Pioneers • The Pioneer third-ranked field hockey and eighth-ranked men’s soccer teams have been nationally ranked over the Colors: Green and Gold course of the entire season. President: Dr. Kimberly R. Cline • Sophomore libero Rachel Ringor currently leads the conferDirector of Athletics: Bryan Collins ence in digs per set (4.75) and service aces per set (0.46). Arena (capacity): Pratt Recreation • Outside hitters Makamae Namahoe and Shelby McCool Center (3,000) have each registered eight double-doubles this season.
Shelby McCool
Rachel Ringor
About LIU Post
The LIU Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 undergraduate and graduate degrees in accountancy, business, computer science, education, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. Founded in 1954, LIU Post offers small classes, state-of-the art facilities and a safe, beautiful campus just 25 miles from Manhattan. Situated on 307 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, the campus features stately historic mansions, redbrick academic buildings, rolling green lawns, and formal gardens. Special campus highlights include wireless classrooms, a writing center, a museum, a recreation center, and one of the largest research libraries in the New York Metropolitan Region. LIU Post’s’ 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students enjoy exceptional health and fitness facilities, more than 80 clubs and 1,000 activities each year, competitive NCAA sports programs and the celebrated Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. More than 85 percent of the LIU Post students receive some form of financial assistance or scholarship. LIU Post’s award-winning Cooperative Education program places students at companies from MTV to American Express as well as government, health care and community service agencies. Our professional experience and Career Planning Office sponsors career fairs with top employers and keeps students in touch with the latest job openings. LIU Post graduates have gone on to become entrepreneurs, executives at major firms, teachers, doctors, artists, scientists and journalists. Many of our more than 100,000 alumni have achieved prominence in society’s most dynamic fields.
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For more information, visit the LIU Post Web Site at www.liu.edu/post.
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Coach Gail Wasmus
No. Name Yr 1 Lindsay Abrams So. 2 Savannah Donarski Sr. 3 Katarina Sretenovic Sr. 4 Shelby Cable Sr. 5 Becky Syers So. 6 Taylor Pulley Jr. 7 Kelly Brown Sr. 8 Marija Jovanovic Sr. 9 Sarah Stein Sr. 11 Kate Brock So. 16 Jushel Mitchell Sr. 17 Lana Kravtchenko Fr.
Pos Ht OH/MB 5-8 OH 5-11 RS 6-1 OH 5-9 L 5-4 L/S 5-4 MB 6-0 S 5-9 RS/L 5-7 MH 6-1 OH/RS 5-10 OH/MH 6-4
Hometown/Previous School Islip, N.Y./Islip HS Powell, Wyo./Casper College Belgrade, Serbia/Mineral Area College DeSoto, Mo./DeSoto HS East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow HS Bloomfield, Mo./Mineral Area College Queens Village, N.Y./Thomas Edison HS Belgrade, Serbia/Mineral Area College Bay Shore,N.Y./Bay Shore River Edge, N.J./River Dell HS Rosedale, N.Y./Thomas Edison Brooklyn, N.Y./Fort Hamilton HS
Head Coach: Gail Wasmus (28th Season) Assistant Coach: Kevin Cardoza
Shelby Cable
Quick Facts Savannah Donarski
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue and Gold President: Edward Guiliano, Ph. D. Director of Athletics: Clyde Doughty Jr. Arena (capacity): Recreation Hall (500)
Did You Know?
• Milestones: Senior Marija Jovanovic earned her 2,00th career assist on Nov. 7 against Bridgeport. She is the fifth Bear to reach the milestone. Senior Shelby Cable became the 10th Bear to amass 1,000 career digs and the fourth Bear to have both 1,000 career kills and digs. She accomplished the milestone on Sept. 26 at American International. • In the Record Books: Senior Kelly Brown has climbed her way up the career record books for blocking. She ranks second all-time in total (410) and block assists (290) and seventh in solo blocks. • Academic Honors: Jovanovic earned her first CoSIDA Academic All-District honor. Her accomplishments advance her to the All-America ballot.
Marija Jovanovic
About NYIT:
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A nonprofit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has 13,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 11 NCAA Division II programs and one Division I team. Led by President Edward Guiliano, NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger void. To date, 95,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu.
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