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Table of Contents University of Bridgeport............................................................4 Dowling College.........................................................................5 LIU Post.........................................................................................6 New York Insititute of Technology.........................................7
East Coast Conference Staff Robert Dranoff Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org 631.348.3451
Melissa Reilly Associate Commissioner mreilly@eccsports.org 631.348.3453
Casey Rafferty Assistant Commissioner crafferty@eccsports.org 631.348.3452
The 2015 East Coast Conference Volleyball Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Communications in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by ECC Graphic Design Intern, Ruth Rodriguez. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Melissa Reilly, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name Yr 1 Sara Cruz Jr. 2 Ellie Rich Fr. 3 Frida Randen Jr. 5 Salina DeCicco Jr. 7 Katarina Krstonosic Jr. 8 Martina Santia Sr. 9 Amelie Guinci Jr. 10 Sarah Rosa Sr. 11 Natali Lara Fr. 12 Jade Zhao Sr. 13 Lexi Enck Fr. 14 Kira Shapiro Fr.
Pos OH S MB DS OH L L/DS OH DS MB OH/DS RS/MB
Ht Hometown/Previous School 5-11 Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Trinity Valley JC 5-9 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon 6-0 Sodertalje, Sweden/ Allebergsgymnastet 5-7 Kingston, N.Y./Kingston 5-11 Kikinda, Serbia/Arkansas-Ft. Smith 5-10 Sezze, Italy/E. Mojorana 5-7 Cannes, France/Trinity Valley JC 5-11 Itajuba, Brazil/ Winthrop University 5-4 Bridgeport, Conn./Harding 6-1 Huhhot, China/Syracuse University 5-8 Lititz, Pa./Lititz Christian 6-0 Omaha, Neb./Millard West
Coach Gary Mullin
Head Coach: Gary Mullin (2nd Season) Graduate Assistant Coaches: Larissa Oliveira, Biljana Savic, and Giovana Soares
Katarina Krstonosic
Frida Randen
Quick Facts
Location: Bridgeport, Conn. Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 4,800 Nickname: Purple Knights Colors: Purple and White President: Neil Albert Salonen Director of Athletics: Anthony Vitti Arena (capacity): Harvey Hubbell Gym (1,200)
About Bridgeport
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Did You Know?
• The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last seven USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships. • UB men’s swimmer Ruben Gimenez has been selected the last two years as the NCAA Division II National At-Large Academic All-America of the Year. • The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team has hosted the NCAA Division II East Regional in 2013 and 2014. • The Bridgeport men’s basketball program has made three consecutive NCAA Division II Championship appearances and 21 total in the program’s history.
Sarah Rosa
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. 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 Jr. 3 Nicole Parkas Sr. 4 Taylor Takeda Fr. 5 Kayla Dillman Sr. 6 Lauren Lukasik Fr. 8 Tiffany Verni Fr. 9 Weronika Wiezik Jr. 10 Dragana Jelovac Sr. Coach Kevin DesLauriers 13 Kayla Morgan Sr. 16 Rachel Goatley So. 17/31 Mikalah Hughes So. 18 Brittney Olazagasti Sr. 19 Jessica Kalbfleisch Sr.
Pos RS L L S S OH OH/RS MB L MB/RS MB OH OH
Ht Hometown/Previous School 6-3 Poznan, Poland/Zespol Szkol Mistrzostwa Sportowego 5-4 Dix Hills, N.Y./St. Anthony’s HS 5-7 Mililani, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools Kapalama 5-3 Rochester, N.Y./Victor HS 5-7 Woodridge, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy 5-8 Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford HS 6-0 Szczyrk, Poland/Szkola Mistrzostwa Sportowego Edu 6-1 Tivat, Montenegro/Mladost 5-6 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst HS 5-11 Toledo, Ohio/Sylvania Southview HS 6-1 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista 5-8 Selden, N.Y./Newfield HS 6-0 Ridge, N.Y./Longwood HS
Head Coach: Kevin DesLauriers (3rd Season) Assistant Coach: Amanda Ostapow and Roxanne Hernandez Kayla Dillman
Jessica Kalbfleisch
Quick Facts
Weronika Wiezik
Location: Oakdale, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: Over 6,500 Nickname: Golden Lions Colors: Navy Blue and Gold President: Dr. Albert Inserra 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 six 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; Tyler Badamo, ‘14 New York (NL); Brendan Butler, ‘15, Oakland) • 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.
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 Giulia Genna Fr. 2 Rachel Londot Fr. 3 Elise Strange Fr. 4 Natalie Miller Fr. 5 Navah Evans Fr. 6 Rachel Ringor Sr. 7 Melissa Hansen Sr. 8 Monica Amador Sr. 10 Clara Fischer Jr. 11 Fiona Marziello Fr. 14 Taryn McCullouch Jr. 15 Analise Austin Jr. 22 Sophie Michaelides Jr. 26 Danielle Valenza So.
Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School S 5-10 Civitella San Paolo, Italy/Liceo Meucci OH 5-9 Utica, Ohio/Utica MH/RS 6-0 Chesapeake, Va./Hickory L/DS/OH 5-8 Scottsdale, Ariz./Notre Dame Prep OH/RS 5-8 Oakland, Calif./Bishop O’Dowd L 5-1 Honolulu, Hawaii/Roosevelt MH 6-0 Colorado Springs, Colo./Mesa Ridge S/RS 5-11 Cedar Park, Texas/Cedar Park MH/RS 5-9 Bondorf, Germany/Schickhardt-Gymnasium Coach Shellane Ogoshi S/RS 5-11 Haddonfield, N.J./Paul VI MH 6-0 Buena Park, Calif./Cal St. - Dominguez Hills OH/RS/MH 5-10 Honolulu, Hawaii/Moanalua DS 4-11 Whitestone, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy OH/MH/RS 6-0 Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge
Head Coach: Shellane Ogoshi (7th Season) Assistant Coach: Jose Brito, Keegan Garcia, and Terrance Crossan Giulia Genna
Rachel Ringor
Quick Facts
Location: Brookville N.Y. Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 8,472 Nickname: Pioneers Colors: Green and Gold President: Dr. Kimberly R. Cline Director of Athletics: Bryan Collins Arena (capacity): Pratt Recreation Center (3,000)
About LIU Post
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Did You Know?
• This is the Pioneers’ 10th-consecutive appearance in the East Coast Conference Championship. • LIU Post has won 20 matches for the fourth-straight year and fifth time in Shellane Ogoshi’s seven seasons as head coach. • Freshman outside hitter Rachel Londot ranks in the Top-5 in the nation in service aces. She has twice been named the ECC Rookie of the Week. • For three consecutive weeks (Sept. 21, Sept. 28, Oct. 5), freshman setter Giulia Genna earned ECC Rookie of the Week honors. She places fourth amongst the conference’s assist leaders.
Danielle Valenza
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 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. 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 Sr. 2 Caroline Herrera So. 3 Emily Mankowski So. 5 Becky Syers Sr. 6 Samantha Degaray Fr. 7 Tina Stefanovic So. 8 Karolina Moderova So. 9 Allison Fowler So. 10 Portia McIntosh Fr. 11 Kate Brock Sr. 14 Megan Mannle So. 15 Paige Trakas Fr. 17 Lana Kravtchencko Jr. 21 Rachel Guida Jr.
Pos OH/MB S/L RS/OH L/S DS RS OH S/RS L/DS MH MB MB/RS MB/RS MB
Ht Hometown/Previous School 5-8 Islip, N.Y./Islip 5-3 Deer Park, N.Y./St. John the Baptist 6-0 Naperville, Ill./Naperville North 5-4 East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow 5-7 Huntington, N.Y./Walt Whitman 5-10 Cacak, Serbia/Gimnazija Cacak 5-10 Bratislava, Slokvakia/Ostredkova 5-9 Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek 5-6 Aurora, Colo./Cherokee Trail 6-1 River Edge, N.J./River Dell 6-0 Franklin Square, N.Y./Franklin Square 6-0 Middletown, Del./Appoquinimink 6-4 Brooklyn, N.Y./Fort Hamilton 6-2 Huntington, N.Y./Sacred Heart University
Head Coach: Gail Wasmus (30th season) Assistant Coach: Emily Syers Kate Brock
Allison Fowler
Quick Facts Karolina Moderova
Location: Old Westbury, N.Y. Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 15,000 Nickname: Bears Colors: Blue and Gold President: Edward Guiliano, Ph. D. Director of Athletics: Duane Bailey Arena (capacity): Recreation Hall (500)
Did You Know?
• Gail Wasmus enters her 30th season leading the Blue and Gold and at the beginning of this year posted a 529-389 overall career record, making her the 13th most winningest coach (by victories) in all of NCAA Division II. With their 3-2 victory over Roberts Wesleyan in regular season this year, Wasmus earned her 15th season with 20 (or more) wins. • Sophomore setter Allison Fowler not only reached a career milestone of 1,000 assists, she reached a single season milestone, breaking 1,000 assists in this season alone, in a 3-0 sweep of LIU Post. • This season, NYIT defeated LIU Post in three straight setsthe last time Wasmus and the Bears took LIU (then C.W.) Post in three sets was back in 2003, On October 7. • Becky Syers also reached a career milestone this season, collecting her 1,000 career dig on September 24 in an East Coast Conference contest against Bridgeport.
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 non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has 12,000 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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We have joined institutions across 22 conferences and independents in committing to safe, fun, and entertaining sporting experiences on Division II campuses. We have signed the pledge to create and continue family-friendly experiences for everyone.
NCAA Division II presidents and chancellors affirm that athletics events should reflect the values of higher education and the mission of each institution. Division II emphasizes learning and development in a personal setting. As chancellors and presidents, we are concerned about the uncivil behavior exhibited at college athletics contests and thereby pledge to work together to make respectful, familyfriendly events a standard of the Division II experience.
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