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Table of Contents University of Bridgeport............................................................4 LIU Post.........................................................................................5 Mercy College..............................................................................6 Roberts Wesleyan College.........................................................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 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, Melissa Reilly, and the Sports Information Directors of the East Coast Conference.
UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT No. Name Yr 00 Jennifer Wendelius Fr. 1 Melanie Ziegner Fr. 2 Lauren Mengel Jr. 4 Julia Weidenmark Jr. 5 Hanne Neby Jr. 6 Rebecka Ronnegard Fr. 7 Gabby Reis Sr. 8 Nicola Worthington Jr. 9 Flo Gamby Sr. 10 Amanda Moura Jr. 11 Jess Laszlo Fr. 13 Stephanie Vahos Jr. 14 Marieke Kramer Fr. 16 Catalina DelMoral Fr. 18 Nicole Greenwald So. 19 Teriana Liovvi Sr. 20 Kendra Fitzpatrick Fr. 21 Julia Navarro Sr. 22 Ariana Weingrad So. 23 Daniela Varela Jr. 24 Alison Dowdle So. 26 Carolina Rico So. 29 Hailey Marquis So.
Pos GK GK B M/F M/F B M/F B/M M F F B M/F M M F B B/M M M/F M F F
Ht 5-6 5-8 5-2 5-10 5-7 5-4 5-1 5-7 5-5 5-6 5-9 5-4 5-7 5-5 5-5 5-4 5-5 5-3 5-2 5-5 5-3 5-5 5-3
Hometown/Previous School Lidingo, Sweden/Hersby Gymnasium Munster, Germany/Immanuel-Kant Gymnasium Gilbertsville, Pa./ Boyertown Area HS Varnamo, Sweden/ Finnvedens Gymnasium Furnes, Norway/U of Texas at Brownsville Norrkoping, Sweden/De Geergymnasiet West Haven, Conn./ West Haven HS Cholley, England/ Bishop Rawstorne HS Goffs Oak, England/ Thurstable School Belo Horizonte, Brazil/ Colegio Soma Coach Magnus Nilerud Stamford, Conn./ Westhill HS Shelton, Conn./ Shelton HS Megchelen, Netherlands/Almende College Isala San Antonio, Tex./Southeast HS Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur HS Oxford, Conn./ Holy Cross HS Darien, Conn./Darien HS West Haven, Conn./ West Haven HS Hicksville, N.Y./Division Ave. HS Danbury, Conn./ Danbury HS Brooklyn, N.Y./Long Island City HS Jess Laszlo North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen HS Middlebury, Conn./Pomperaug HS
Head Coach: Magnus Nilerud (17th Season) Associate Head Coach: Scott McBride Assistant Coaches: Felipe Ribeiro, Paige Adamsky, Stephanie D’Andrea, Leonardo Germinani, Renato Topalli and Ferid Zimic
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
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.
Hanne Neby
Nicola Worthington
About Bridgeport
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.
LIU POST
Coach Mark Dawson
Kristin Brandman
No. Name 0 Felicia Orderud 1 Katelyn Phillips 2 Alex Lynn 3 Taylor Chaimowitz 4 Klara Lindblom 5 Kristin Brandman 6 Morgan Miller 7 Julia Backman 8 Gabriella Fuduli 9 Andrea Huntzinger 10 Sarah Kang 11 Angela Careddu 12 Sarah McGarry 00/13 Hillevi Eklow 14 Kelsey Ferguson 15 Hanna Jedvall 16 Jackie Niciforo 18 Shannon Walter 19 Alice Schoenfeldt 21 Katie LaManna 22 Danielle Lehman 23 Klara Berggren 25 Susanne Vistnes 28 Katie Kingston 29 Isabella Fuduli
Yr Pos Ht Jr. GK 5-8 Sr. GK 5-6 So. F 5-5 Fr. M 5-1 So. M 5-4 Jr. B 5-6 Sr. B 5-6 Jr. F/M 5-5 Gr. M 5-2 Fr. F 5-8 So. F 5-4 Fr. F/M 5-4 Jr. M 5-6 Fr. GK/M 5-6 R-Sr. F 5-6 Fr. B 5-6 R-Jr. M 5-9 So. M 5-5 Fr. B/M 5-5 Sr. B 5-3 Sr. B 5-6 So. M 5-6 Sr. F 5-9 Jr. M/B 5-4 Fr. F 5-4
Hometown/Previous School Gothenburg, Sweden/Nosnasgymnasium Littleton, Colo./Columbine Sydney, Australia/Pymble Ladies’ College Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River Stockholm, Sweden/Norra Real East Northport, N.Y./Commack West Nyack, N.Y./Nanuet Morsil, Sweden/JB Gymnasiet East Meadow, N.Y./Iona Stockholm, Sweden/Viktor Rydbergs Gymnasium Coram, N.Y./Bellmore JFK Flushing, N.Y./St. Francis Prep Islip, N.Y./Islip Väröbacka, Sweden/Donnergymnasiet Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East Stockholm, Sweden/Östra Real East Islip, N.Y./East Islip West Islip, N.Y./West Islip Burtrask, Sweden/Balderskolan Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West Brockport, N.Y./Brockport Stockholm, Sweden/Ostra Real Randaberg, Norway/Wang Topidrett Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow
Head Coach: Mark Dawson (8th Season) Assistant Coaches: Joe Zydor, Billy Carroll, Kara Gazzano, Dr. Josefa Pace, Tom Williamson, and Andreas Lindberg
Andrea Huntzinger
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 first in the conference in the 2015 ECC Preseason Poll. • LIU Post’s back line, led by the defending ECC Defensive Player of the Year Kristin Brandman, is holding the opposition to an average of 0.78 goals per game. • Senior forward Susanne Vistnes is coming off three straight ECC Offensive Player of the Year seasons and leads the ECC with 43 points. Her 18 goals is tied for the league lead and her seven assists are third in the conference.
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. 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.
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MERCY COLLEGE No. Name Yr Pos 0 Ashley Price So. GK 1 Nicole Augustine Sr. GK 2 Lauren Calderaro Fr. F/M 3 Abigail Littleton Jr. F 4 Libby Zelikowitz Jr. F 5 Kennedy Salerno Fr. B 6 Dawn Hickey Sr. M 7 Jessica DeLeon Sr. M 8 Alyssa Iannuzzi So. M 9 Samantha Scovel So. B 10 Molly O’Callaghan Fr. M 11 Alexandra Modlinski So. F/M 12 Rebecca Conway Fr. B 13 Stephanie Escala So. B 14 Samantha Longo Jr. B 15 Kendall Wright Fr. M 16 Cassidy Campe Fr. B 17 Heidi Serna So. M/F 18 Corinna Ferrante Fr. M 19 Karina Ramirez Sr. M 20 Ashley Johnson Sr. F 21 Savannah Campana Sr. B 22 Ileen Mejia R-Fr. M 24 Haley Noble Fr. F 25 RaeAnn Ioannou Fr. M
Ht 5-6 5-5 5-5 5-6 5-3 5-7 5-3 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-4 5-6 5-5 5-7 5-3 5-2 5-9 5-4 5-4 5-4 5-11 5-10 5-2 6-0 5-6
Hometown/Previous School Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium Kingston, N.Y./Kingston La Verne, Calif./Bonita Simi Valley, Calif./Ventura College Middle Village, N.Y./Francis Lewis Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley CC Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa Coach Jonathan Feinstein La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada Commack, N.Y./Commack Highland Mills, N.Y./Cornwall Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst Corona, N.Y./Long Island City Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo San Diego, Calif./Point Loma West Covina, Calif./South Hills Savannah Campana Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford Woodland Hills, Calif./Pierce College Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley CC New Hyde Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park Memorial Whittier, Calif./La Mirada Torrance, Calif./Torrance Bethpage, N.Y./Plainedge
Head Coach: Jonathan Feinstein (7th Season) Assistant Coaches: David Piedrahita, Abby Zielinski, Danny Leon Jr., and Carl Spence
Quick Facts
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
Jessica DeLeon
Did You Know?
• The women’s soccer team appears in the ECC Championships for the third straight year. • In 2014, the Mavericks posted a program record 17 wins, earning the program’s first ECC Championship and advanced to the East Region Final for the first time in school history. • Mercy was ranked No. 14 in the NSCAA Preseason Poll. • Freshman Haley Noble leads Mavericks in goals (5), assists (5) and points (15). • Senior goalkeeper Nicole Augustine went 4-2-0 with two shutouts, a 0.66 goals against average and .857
Haley Noble
About Mercy:
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.
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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.
ROBERTS WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Coach Bobby McColl
Brittany Houghton
No. Name 00 Mary Kate Eckert 2 Breanna Ratliff 3 Adrianna Russell 4 Bella Mitrevski 5 Brooke Crocilla 6 Teara Thomas 7 Ronja Rimsler 8 Orla Martin 9 Ellie Swan 10 Jodi Kester 11 Mackenzie Kidder 12 Brittany Houghton 13 Vicki Crocker 14 Samantha Moreno 15 Christina Burke 16 Miranda Colon 17 Taylor Fletcher 18 Rachel Graves 19 Kiki Luedke 20 Erica Lamb 21 Courtney Hartnett 22 Shannon Donahue 23 Loren Lucio 24 Kayleigh Denney 25 Sam Barniak 26 Anna D’Aprix 27 Heaven Palamitia
Yr Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr.
Pos GK B M M M B M F F M F F M F B B M M B M M B M B M B B
Ht 5-11 5-6 5-4 5-5 5-4 5-4 5-6 5-9 5-9 5-4 5-4 5-5 5-5 5-4 5-4 5-2 5-4 5-5 5-4 5-6 5-4 5-5 5-4 5-5 5-6 5-5 5-5
Hometown/Previous School Honeye Falls N.Y./New Haven Henrietta, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta Spencerport, N.Y./Aquinas Institute Rochester, N.Y. /Churchville-Chili Whitesboro, N.Y./Whitesboro Sandys, Bermuda/Florida College Borlange, Sweden/Hagagymnasiet Borlaenge Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili Oswego, N.Y./Oswego Carthage, N.Y./Jefferson C.C. Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South Mexico City, Mexico/Tecnologico De Monterrey Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder North Chili, N.Y./Churchville-Chili Churchville, N.Y./Churchville-Chili Dansville, N.Y./Finger Lakes C.C. Rochester, N.Y./Greece Arcadia Newark Valley, N.Y./Homeschool Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus Syracuse, N.Y./Solvay Glenville, N.Y./Scotia Glenville Holley, N.Y./Holley Greece, N.Y./Greece Arcadia Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute
Head Coach: Bobby McColl (3rd Season) Assistant Coaches: Dragan Mitrevski and Rebecca McColl
Bella Mitrevski
Quick Facts
Heaven Palamitia
Location: Rochester, N.Y. Founded: 1866 Enrollment: 1,823 Nickname: Redhawks Colors: Red, Black, and White President: Dr. Deana L. Porterfield Director of Athletics: Bob Segave Stadium: Roberts Wesleyan Outdoor Stadium
Did You Know?
• Roberts Wesleyan College has made quick work of earning ECC titles, since becoming active members in 2014, the college has won eight ECC championships. • The Redhawks have finished second the last two years in the ECC Commissioner’s Cup standings. • At the conclusion of the 2014-15 academic year, Roberts Wesleyan was awarded the first-ever ECC Academic Success Rate award. The Redhawks earned the honor after posting an 89 percent graduation success rate in the NCAA Academic Tracking System. • Roberts Wesleyan women’s soccer has won 10 or more games dating back to the 2010 season.
About Roberts Wesleyan: With an enrollment of nearly 2,000 students and a tradition of excellence since 1866, Roberts Wesleyan College is a leader among liberal arts colleges with a Christian worldview. The College offers more than 50 undergraduate programs, as well as graduate programs in education, school psychology, school counseling, health administration, nursing education, nursing leadership & administration, strategic marketing, social work and strategic leadership. Roberts Wesleyan also offers innovative undergraduate degree-completion programs for working adults in health administration, nursing, organizational management, and teacher education.
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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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