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Table of Contents University of Bridgeport............................................................4 Dowling College.........................................................................5 LIU Post.........................................................................................6 Mercy College..............................................................................7
East Coast Conference Staff Robert Dranoff Commissioner rdranoff@eccsports.org 631.348.3451
Leslie Busch Associate Commissioner lbusch@eccsports.org 631.348.3453
Casey Rafferty Assistant Commissioner crafferty@eccsports.org 631.348.3452
The 2014 East Coast Conference Soccer Championship Program was written, laid out and designed by Casey Rafferty, Director of Media Relations, in Adobe InDesign CS5. Cover art work was designed by Casey Rafferty. Special thanks to the editorial assistance provided by: Bob Dranoff, Leslie Busch, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name Yr 00 Kaitlin Occhipinti Fr. 1 Ava Gambardella Fr. 2 Lauren Mengel So. 3 Tabea Rauschenberger So. 4 Julia Weidenmark So. 5 Gillian Munro Sr. 6 Paige Adamsky Sr. 7 Gabby Reis Jr. 8 Nicola Worthington So. 9 Flo Gamby Jr. 10 Amanda Moura So. 11 Danielle Puddefoot Sr. 12 Zhane Joseph So. 13 Stephanie Vahos So. 14 Ellen Karlsson Fr. 15 Ashleigh Berg Sr. 16 Alice Broadbent So. 17 Stephanie D’Andrea Sr. 19 Teriana Liovvi Jr. 20 Ariana Weingrad Fr. 21 Julia Navarro Jr. 22 Clarissa Romero So. 23 Daniela Varela So. 24 Lauren Hyde Fr. 26 Carolina Rico Fr. 27 Angelika Barris Fr. 28 Sophie Sorkvist Fr. 29 Hailey Marquis Fr. 30 Lizzie Rivera Fr. 18/32 Alison Dowdle Fr.
Pos GK GK B B/M M/F B/M M/F M/F B/M M F M/F M/F B M/F B M/F B F M B/M M M/F B F B F F F M
Ht 5-3 5-8 5-2 5-5 5-10 5-2 5-1 5-1 5-7 5-5 5-6 5-4 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-7 5-7 5-8 5-4 5-2 5-3 5-3 5-5 5-3 5-5 5-4 5-9 5-3 5-3 5-3
Hometown/Previous School Islip, N.Y./Islip West Haven, Conn./West Haven Gilbertsville, Pa./ Boyertown Area Mühlacker, Germany/ Oho-Huan Gymnasium Varnamo, Sweden/ Finnvedens Gymnasium Manchester, England/ Elton East Williston, N.Y./ Wheatley School West Haven, Conn./ West Haven Cholley, England/ Bishop Rawstorne Goffs Oak, England/ Thurstable School Belo Horizonte, Brazil/ Colegio Soma Slough, England/ Langleywood Sewell, N.J./ Washington Township Shelton, Conn./ Shelton Orebro, Sweden/John Bauer Plymouth, Mass./ Plymouth North Tamworth, England/ St. Francis of Assis Milford, Conn./ Lauralton Hall Oxford, Conn./ Holy Cross Hicksville, N.Y./Division Ave. West Haven, Conn./ West Haven Easton, Mass./ Oliver Ames Danbury, Conn./ Danbury Bridgeport, Conn./Trumbull North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen Hasbrouck Heights, N.J./ Hasbrouck Heights Orebro, Sweden/Jb gymnasium Middlebury, Conn./Pomperaug Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon Brooklyn, N.Y./Long Island City
Head Coach: Magnus Nilerud (16th Season) Associate Head Coach: Scott McBride Assistant Coaches: Felipe Ribeiro, Mark Catterall, Asia Pulse, Rachel O’Sullivan, Ross Stride, and Renato Topalli
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 Stadium: Knights Field
About Bridgeport
Coach Magnus Nilerud
Amanda Moura
Danielle Puddefoot
Did You Know?
• The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won the last six USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships. • UB men’s swimming team took fifth place and the UB women finished in eighth place at the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship Meet; both the highest team finishes in program history for both squads. • The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team won the school’s first-ever NCAA Division II East Regional Title in the fall of 2011 and hosted the NCAA East Regional for the first time in program history in the fall of 2013. • UB head women’s soccer Magnus Nilerud notched his 200th career win during the 2014 regular season.
Tabea Rauschenberger
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.
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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
Coach Kerri McCabe
Christina Cottone
No. Name Yr Pos 1 Melissa Guglielmo Sr GK 2 Kristen Breihof Fr B 3 Samantha DiClemente So B 5 Kayla Reyes So M 6 Amber Pindulic R-Fr M/F 7 Kristin Muir Fr B 8 Taylor Davide So F 9 Carla Calleja-Ortiz Jr M 10 Randi Knepper Fr M/F 11 Kim Spiciarich So F 12 Sam Swanson Fr B 13 Kelly Minicozzi Fr M/F 14 Lindsey Thompson Sr F 15 Allie Merrill Jr F 16 Dayna Galli Sr F 18 Kelly McQuail Fr M 19 Astasia Williams-Bertles Fr B 20 Christina Cottone Fr M 21 Liz Tilton Sr B 22 Christine Verrelle Sr M/B 24 Nicole Nulty Sr B 25 Emily Boge Jr M 26 Mariah Valva Jr GK
Ht 5-9 5-5 5-2 5-8 5-4 5-5 5-3 5-5 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 5-10 5-6 5-5 5-5 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-4 5-6 5-7
Hometown/Previous School West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Levittown, N.Y. / Island Trees Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur Manorville, N.Y./William Floyd Centereach, N.Y. / Centereach Massapequa Park, N.Y./ Massapequa West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon Navarra, Spain/Plaza de la Cruz Stony Brook, N.Y. / Ward Melville Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West Blue Point, N.Y. / Bayport-Blue Point Medford, N.Y. / Patchogue-Medford Centereach, N.Y./Centereach Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees Selden, N.Y. / Newfield Wantagh, N.Y. / MacArthur Alloway, N.J. / Woodstown Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur Wading River, N.Y./Riverhead Abington, Pa / Archbishop Wood Seaford, N.Y./Seaford Mastic, N.Y. / Eastport South Manor Bayport, N.Y./Bayport
Head Coach: Kerri McCabe (10th Season) Assistant Coaches: Karim Diallo and Paul Yarde
Melissa Guglielmo
Quick Facts
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 Stadium: Golden Lions Field
Did You Know?
• Dowling has had four 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 Dowling women’s basketball team advanced to the National Championship game in 2013. • Dowling’s men’s soccer (2006) and men’s lacrosse programs (2012) have won National Championships.
Lindsey Thompson
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 00 Hreffie Agnarsdottir 0 Felicia Orderud 1 Katelyn Phillips 2 Alex Lynn 3 Lauren Bellone 4 Klara Lindblom 5 Kristin Brandman 6 Morgan Miller 7 Julia Backman 9 Jasmine White 10 Sarah Kang 11 Morgan Kitton 12 Sarah McGarry 14 Kelsey Ferguson 16 Jackie Niciforo 18 Shannon Walter 19 Rebecca Swedberg 20 Eliza Sefton 21 Katie LaManna 22 Danielle Lehman 23 Klara Berggren 25 Susanne Vistnes 28 Katie Kingston
Yr So. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So.
Pos GK GK GK F B M B B F/M B/M F F M F M M B B/M B B M F M/B
Ht 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-2 5-4 5-6 5-6 5-5 5-6 5-4 5-6 5-6 5-6 5-9 5-5 5-8 5-3 5-3 5-6 5-6 5-9 5-4
Hometown/Previous School Reykjavik, Iceland / Menntaskolinn Reykjavik Gothenburg, Sweden / Nosnasgymnasium Littleton, Colo. / Columbine Sydney, Australia/ Pymble Ladies’ College West Islip, N.Y. / West Islip Stockholm, Sweden/ Norra Real East Northport, N.Y. / Commack West Nyack, N.Y. / Nanuet Morsil, Sweden / JB Gymnasiet Aurora, Colo. / Grandview Coram, N.Y./ Bellmore JFK Bellmore, N.Y. / Bellmore JFK Islip, N.Y. / Islip Holtsville, N.Y. / Sachem East East Islip, N.Y. / East Islip West Islip, N.Y./ West Islip Stockholm, Sweden / Franska Solen Sudbury, Mass. / Lincoln-Sudbury Smithtown, N.Y. / Smithtown West Brockport, N.Y. / Brockport Stockholm, Sweden/ Ostra Real Randaberg, Norway / Wang Topidrett Wantagh, N.Y. / Wantagh
Coach Mark Dawson
Hreffie Agnarsdottir
Head Coach: Mark Dawson (7th Season) Assistant Coaches: Joe Zydor, Allie Weiser, Andreas Lindberg
Lauren Bellone
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 Stadium: Pioneer Soccer Park
Did You Know?
• The LIU Post women’s soccer team was chosen to finish second in the conference in the 2014 ECC Preseason Poll. • LIU Post’s back line, led by junior Katie LaManna, is holding the opposition to an average of 0.57 goals per game. • Junior forward Susanne Vistnes is coming off back-toback ECC Offensive Player of the Year seasons. • The Pioneers enter the tournament ranked No. 14 in the NSCAA Division II Top 25 poll.
Susanne Vistnes
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.
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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.
MERCY COLLEGE
No. Name Yr 00 Ashley Price Fr. 1 Nicole Augustine Jr. 2 Jessica Carrillo Sr. 3 Alyssa Iannuzzi Fr. 4 Libby Zelikowitz So. 5 Alexandra Modlinski Fr. 6 Dawn Hickey Jr. 7 Abby Zielinski Sr. 9 Samantha Scovel Fr. Coach Jonathan Feinstein 10 Amanada McLean Jr. 11 Olivia Laverdiere Jr. 12 Vanessa Gonzalez Fr. 13 Danielle Deeb Sr. 14 Samantha Longo So. 15 Jenna Patel Sr. 16 MacKenzie Cochrane Sr. 17 Heidi Serna Fr. 18 Jessica DeLeon Jr. 19 Karina Ramirez Jr. 20 Ashley Johnson Jr. Jessica Carrillo 21 Savannah Campana B
Pos GK GK F M F F/M F F B B B B F B M M M/F M B/M F Jr.
Ht 5-6 5-5 5-0 5-6 5-3 5-6 5-3 5-6 5-8 5-4 5-4 5-2 5-6 5-3 5-3 5-7 5-4 5-7 5-4 5-11 5-10
Hometown/Previous School Goodyear, Ariz./ Millennium Kingston, N.Y./Kingston San Diego, Calif./Miramar College Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa Middle Village, N.Y./Francis Lewis Highland Mills, N.Y./Cornwall Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot Lancaster, Pa./George Mason Univ. La Mirada, Calif. / La Mirada Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley CC San Diego, Calif./Miramar College San Juan Capistrano, Calif./San Juan Hills San Diego, Calif./Miramar College Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside Cypress, Calif./Santiago Canyon College Mission Viejo Calif./Fresno State Univ. West Covina, Calif./South Hills Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley CC Woodland Hills, Calif./Pierce College Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley CC Garden City Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park Memorial
Head Coach: Jonathan Feinstein (6th Season) Associate Head Coach: Joseph Agiato Assistant Coaches: Sean Trinidad, David Piedrahita, Pablo Guere
MacKenzie Cochrane
Quick Facts
Jessica DeLeon
About Mercy:
Location: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Founded: 1950 Enrollment: 9,403 Nickname: Mavericks Colors: Blue and White President: Timothy L. Hall Director of Athletics: Matt Kilcullen, Jr. Stadium: Mavericks Field
Did You Know?
• The women’s soccer team has posted a program high 14 wins this season, while putting together a 12 game winning streak. • The Mavericks have ranked as high as No. 13 in the NSCAA National Poll. • Junior Jessica DeLeon currently ranks sixth in the NCAA in total assists with 11. She also leads the team in assists and points with 22. • In 2013, the Mavericks a posted program record 13 wins, reached the ECC championship title game, earned a fifth seed in the NCAA, and then-junior Abby Zielinski became the first women’s soccer player in school history to receive All-American accolades.
Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area college of over 9,000 students studying at five campus locations including: Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, Yorktown Heights. With over 90 undergraduate and graduate programs, 25 of which are offered online, Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts education within five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students may take classes during the day, evenings, weekends, and online, so that they can fit a rigorous Mercy College education into their busy lives. Mercy College also offers tremendous financial support so that the cost of college is not a barrier to success. The faculty is dedicated to the scholarship of teaching. Mercy College professors include Fulbright Scholars, published authors and national authorities in their fields. Mercy College offers a comprehensive intercollegiate NCAA Division II program that sponsors 16 varsity sports. The main campus located on the scenic banks of the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry is just minutes from Manhattan. Mercy College students reside in the College’s on campus dormitory and within the suburban community of Dobbs Ferry. Intramural activities are also offered throughout the year for the recreational athlete. To apply to Mercy College visit www.mercy.edu or call 1-877-MERCYGO.
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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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