AMANDA HILL MIDFIELDER
KADEISHA BUCHANAN DEFENDER
CARLY BLACK DEFENDER
THREE BIG 12 TITLES IN TWO SEASONS
ASHLEY LAWRENCE FORWARD
TWO-TIME BIG 12 CONFERENCE REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS | 2013 BIG 12 SOCCER TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Top left to bottom right: Katie Osterman, Kate Schwindel, Ali Connelly, Jess Crowder
Contents TABLE OF
1................................... Table of Contents 2......................A Championship Program 4.......................................NCAA Success 6.........................................All-Americans 8.....................Professional Mountaineers 10..................................... Coaching Staff 12........................... Coaching Philosophy 14.....................................2013 in Review 16................... Game Day in Morgantown 18................................ Dreamswork Field 22................. Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium 24.......................Caperton Indoor Facility 26................... Strength and Conditioning 28.................................. Mountaineer Life 30............................... Big 12 Conference 32.....................................In the Spotlight 34..........Mountaineers in the Community 36...........................Mountaineers Abroad 38............................. Mountaineer Alumni 40......................Student-Athlete Support 44.........................................Campus Life 48.......................Mountaineer Excellence 51..................................... Coaching Staff 52.................................. Nikki Izzo-Brown 56............... Q&A with Coach Izzo-Brown 58............................................. Lisa Stoia 59...................................... Marisa Kanela 60........................................Support Staff
Managing Editor: Joe Swan Editor/Writer: Shannon McNamara Page Layout/Design: BlaineTurner Advertising Inc., Kristin Coldsnow Contributors: Lisa Ammons, John Antonik, Nick Arthur, Ashley Bailey, Matt Billman, Grant Dovey, DJ Jamiel, Brian McCracken, Bryan Messerly Mike Montoro, Mackenzie Mullenax, Amy Prunty, Amy Salvatore, Samantha Strejeck, Sara Wells, Cheryl Wire Contributing Photographers: All-Pro Photography by Dale Sparks, M.G. Ellis, Dan Friend, Erin Irwin, Brian Persinger, Steve Prunty, Niesha Shafer, Raymond Thompson, WVU Athletic Communications Archives, WVU Photo Services Š 2014 West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. The indicia depicted are registered trademarks of West Virginia University. Reproduction of any material appearing herein is prohibited without approval of the publisher. All views represent the views of the author and are not necessarily those of the University or Intercollegiate Athletics.
61............................ Mountaineer Profiles 62.................................................Rosters 63........................................ Photo Roster 64.......................................... Ali Connelly 66....................................... Jess Crowder 68.................................... Katie Osterman 70.................................... Kate Schwindel 72.................................. Maggie Bedillion 73......................................... Leah Emaus 74..........................................Amanda Hill 75................................. Noelle Honeycutt 76.....................................Kelsie Maloney 77............................................. Cari Price 78............................... Hannah Steadman 79.......................................... Kailey Utley 80...........................................Carly Black 81............................. Kadeisha Buchanan 82.................................. Ashley Lawrence 83................................... Ashley Woolpert 84....................................Bryce Banuelos 85.......................................Sarah Howley
86..............................Michelle Newhouse 87.........................Amandine Pierre-Louis 88.......................................... Newcomers 91........................................ 2014 Season 92.................................... 2014 Notebook 93..................................... 2014 Schedule 95.........................Opponent Quick Facts 99........................................ 2013 Season 100.................................. Season Review 102................................. A Big 12 Sweep 102...................................... 2013 Results 103..........................................2013 Stats
105...................................... Record Book 106..................... A Blueprint for Success 109.........WVU Women’s Soccer Timeline 110...................................Match Records 111.................................Season Records 112.................................. Career Records 113............................. Individual Records 114................... Top Yearly Performances 115.................................... Team Records 116....................................Class Records 118............. Dick Dlesk Stadium Records 119..........................Year-by-Year Results 119.............................Opponent Records 120.............................. Academic Honors 121.................................. Athletic Honors 125.....Regulation, OT, PK and Misc. Records 126.........................Fastest Goals Scored 127............................ All-Time TV Games 128.....................................All-Americans 132.................Professional Mountaineers 133...............WVU on the National Scene 134...................................Series Records 135..................................All-Time Scores 140....................... All-Time Letterwinners 142................. All-Time Numerical Roster 143......................West Virginia University 144................... President E. Gordon Gee 145........ Director of Athletics Oliver Luck 146..........................Athletics Senior Staff 147.......................... WVU Head Coaches 148................................ Athletic Facilities 149.............................. Media Information 150.............................. Media Information 152..........WVU Athletic Communications
A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM WVU HAS WON
CONFERENCE TITLES,
INCLUDING SIX IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
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ALL-AMERICANS 12 Mountaineers
have earned 40 All-America honors Frances Silva
KATIE BARNES
GREER BARNES
CHRISSIE ABBOTT
AMANDA CICCHINI
LISA STOIA
CAROLYN BLANK
LAURA KANE
BRY McCARTHY
DEANA EVERRETT
KADEISHA BUCHANAN
ASHLEY BANKS
FRANCES SILVA
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2008, 2009 2012 2013 2013
Amanda Cicchini
Carolyn Blank
Laura Kane
Chrissie Abbott
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PROFESSIONAL THEY GAINED UNDER NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
TO PAVE THEIR WAY TO THE
PROFESSIONAL
SOCCER RANKS
Deana Everrett
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Lisa Stoia
Greer Barnes
Sara Keane
Bry McCarthy Erica Henderson
Megan Mischler
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Katie Barnes
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COACHING STAFF
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COACHING PHILOSOPHY FAMILY 路 HARD WORK DEDICATION 路 MOTIVATION
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“My approach, my philosophy, is that you do everything right. If you’re going to be the best soccer player, the best friend, the best student or the best daughter you can be, you have to do it right. Whatever you do, it has to be done with 100 percent commitment, sacrifice and pride.” - Nikki Izzo-Brown Head Coach
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2013 IN REVIEW The Mountaineers pushed their Big 12 Conference title count to three in 2013, as they successfully defended their regularseason championship and won the Big 12 Soccer Tournament title, becoming the first WVU team to capture a Big 12 tournament championship. Frances Silva and Kadeisha Buchanan were each named to the NSCAA All-America Second Team. Buchanan was the first Mountaineer rookie to earn All-America honors. WVU’s 4-0 win over Central Michigan on Aug. 30 gave Nikki Izzo-Brown her 250th career win. The squad’s 1-0 win over Baylor in the Big 12 Soccer Tournament semifinal was the program’s 250th victory. WVU earned its 14th straight NCAA Tournament bid and advanced to the second round for the first time since 2010.
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GAME DAY IN MORGANTOWN
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DREAMSWORK FIELD
In the fall of 2011, the Mountaineers stepped foot on their new state-of-the-art training facility called Dreamswork Field. The training site features the same custom, natural grass surface as the game field at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The women’s soccer-only practice facility features a 75-by-120 yard natural turf field, along with additional space for goalkeeper drills and player warm-ups to avoid extensive use of the playing surface. A complete water drainage and irrigation system exists on the new site, while four towers outline the fields with lights that can illuminate game-field conditions. The program also has a custom players’ locker room, coaches office suite, players’ lounge with kitchenette and computer stations, athletic training room that includes a hydrotherapy pool, hall of honor, equipment and apparel room and public restrooms.
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DICK DLESK SOCCER STADIUM The 2014 season is the Mountaineers’ 10th year competing at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, one of the nation’s finest facilities. The stadium itself, named in honor of a generous gift on behalf of Mr. Dlesk, is a two-level, 1,650-seat stadium that features grandstand bleachers, a spacious five-booth press box, an on-site locker room, restrooms and concession booths. The Mountaineers have played numerous conference and NCAA tournament matches at Dick Dlesk, including in front of a record 3,000 fans in WVU’s 2007 NCAA Elite Eight match against eventual national champion USC.
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TOP 10 CROWDS AT DICK DLESK Rank Date
Crowd
Opponent
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11-30-07
3,000
No.8 USC**
L, 0-1
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8-31-12
2,057
No.6 Penn State
L, 1-2
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11-12-10
1,688
Morehead State**
W, 2-0
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9-21-08
1,615
No.6 Virginia
W, 3-0
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11-16-13
1,610
Rutgers**
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10-4-13
1,553
Texas
W, 2-1
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11-6-11
1,550
Louisville*
W, 2-0
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10-12-08
1,407
Connecticut
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10-2-09
1,382
No.8 Notre Dame
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11-4-11
1,380
Georgetown*
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Result
T, 0-0 2OT (WVU won PK, 3-0)
T, 0-0 2OT L, 3-2 OT W, 5-1
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CAPERTON INDOOR FACILITY
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The Caperton Indoor Facility provides a big plus for all of West Virginia’s student-athletes needing an indoor training site. Equipped with a 90-yard FieldTurf playing surface with seven yards of safety zone surrounding the entire field, the total length of the facility from wall-to-wall is 105 yards, and the Mountaineers’ sparkling indoor facility exceeds 75,000 square feet of training room.
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STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
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BIG 12 CONFERENCE The Big 12 ushers in its 19th year this fall as it continues to promote the stability, strength and success of one of the nation’s premier athletic conferences. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced a league-record $198 million in revenue distributions to their 10 members for the 2012-13 school year. The total was a $15 million increase from last year. Conference institutions include Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech, TCU and West Virginia. Kansas State, however, does not field a women’s soccer program.
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Big 12 institutions create a league that encompasses five states and nearly 37 million people. More than 4,200 student-athletes from across the United States and around the World compete annually in the sports sponsored by the Conference. The Big 12 is a strong conference that, like WVU, values quality academic and athletic programs, and has a great tradition of success. Whether on the field, in the classroom, or within the community, the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship.
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Winning and working hard are important to the West Virginia University women’s soccer team. But becoming successful and positive role models on and off the field is just as significant to the Mountaineers. Women’s soccer student-athletes and coaches participate in a variety of community service activities, including reading at schools, hospital visits and speaking engagements. At the core of women’s soccer’s many philanthropic activities has been its involvement to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research. This past spring, the team raised a record-setting $8,584 for Morgantown’s Betty Puskar Breast Care Foundation at its annual 4-versus-4 tournament. The WVU women’s soccer team has raised more than $100,000 over the past 11 years to help fight breast cancer.
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“The experience and knowledge gained from our international competitions have been instrumental in our development as a team and for our program. We were forced to adapt to many different styles of play and continually develop our team chemistry. And for many of our ladies, they have never been to another country. Each trip has been a tremendous cultural and soccer experience for our student-athletes.” - Nikki Izzo-Brown Head Coach
2012 The Mountaineers’ fourth international tour featured a nineday tour of Spain. West Virginia spent March 24-April 1, 2012, in Madrid and Barcelona.
2008 Billed as the trip of a lifetime, the West Virginia University women’s soccer team traveled to the Czech Republic and Italy for a 10-day spring break tour of Europe. The Mountaineers spent March 20-30, 2008, playing four games while exploring new cultures.
2004 During spring break 2004, West Virginia University took advantage of the NCAA rule that permits international travel once every four years by taking a 10-day tour of central and north-central Italy.
1999 The West Virginia women’s soccer team took its first foreign tour in the summer of 1999 by traveling to Brazil. The Mountaineers used the opportunity to showcase their infant program against some of the nation’s top professional teams.
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“She calls herself Aunt Nikki because she really is a mother-figure to us. I feel comfortable talking to her about anything and everything. She is very open and understanding. I wouldn’t trade my four years playing for her for anything in the world. I’m a better person because of Nikki Izzo-Brown.”
– Chelsey Corroto (2008-11)
“I chose to play soccer at WVU because of my aspiration to be a part of one of the most competitive programs in the country. Coach Nikki IzzoBrown and her staff built an infant program into a top 10 power.”
– Cathy Abel (2003-06)
“Led by Nikki Izzo-Brown and her coaching staff, the fierce competition, team training, and grueling conditioning sessions on top of academic responsibility…they prepared us not only for matches, but for life after graduation.”
– Maura Cirilli (2001-04)
“During my years at West Virginia University, I came to realize what many before me have understood – WVU is the best collegiate experience in the country. They maximized my talent as a soccer player and prepared me to succeed in the real world upon graduation. I have made lifelong friendships that form the basis for most of what makes the ‘Mountaineer Experience’ so valuable and rewarding.”
– Chrissie Abbott (2000-03)
“From the moment I stepped on campus, it felt like home. The university embraces all that is WVU, from academics to athletics. The soccer team was beginning to build a tradition of strength, integrity and pride, and I knew everything Coach Izzo-Brown reflected on her players was the type of player I wanted to be.”
– Laura Finley (2000-03)
“Being a student-athlete at West Virginia was one of the most rewarding decisions I have ever made. Through hard work and goal setting, we surpassed expectations and always believed in one another. I am truly grateful for the opportunity and will always cherish my time wearing the Old Gold and Blue.”
– Nikki (Garzon) Goodenow (1997-98)
“I am a better person for having West Virginia women’s soccer in my life. I wouldn’t change one single thing about my college experience. I’ll always be proud to be a Mountaineer.”
– Ann (Sorensen) Ross (1996-99)
“As a member of the inaugural team, I look back and treasure the challenges I faced and the amazing opportunities throughout my four years. Not only was I able to capitalize on my skills at a high level of competition, I also learned a lot about myself from the leadership of coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. Overall, my experience is one I refer back to frequently in my everyday life as I continue on as a physical educator and soccer coach.”
– Rena (Lippa) Lindsay (1996-98)
“WVU women’s soccer is a program built on hard work, commitment and passion. It also is a program that exemplifies the true meaning of a family, from the staff down to the fans.”
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CAMPUS LIFE Character
Public, land-grant institution, founded in 1867.
Research Classification
Research University (High Research Activity) as classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Research Funding
WVU’s three-year average (2011-13) in total sponsored projects and land-grants: $157,984,965.
WVU System Operating Budget Will top $1 billion (2014).
Accreditations
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and dozens of specialized academic accrediting agencies.
Governance
The WVU Board of Governors is the governing body of WVU. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing, and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities.
Location
Morgantown, W.Va., population 30,293, rated “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Within easy traveling distance of Washington, D.C., to the east, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the north, and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, to the northwest. Other recent rankings: One of “Best Sports Cities” by Sporting News; 13th “Best College Town in America,” Business Insider; 5th “Best Small Metro” by Forbes; 12th overall “Hottest Small City by Inc.; one of “50 Smartest Places to Live” by Kiplinger’s; one of the “Best Cities for Jobs” by MSN Careers; one of the 50 best places to launch a small business by CNNMoney.com; and the second-ranking “Best College Town for Jobs” by Forbes.
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Student Profile
Fall 2013 enrollment, on WVU campuses statewide, was 32,348; 29,466 in Morgantown.
THAT INCLUDED:
• 14,489 West Virginia residents, 14,977 nonresidents • 22,757 undergraduates • 5,077 graduate and 1,632 professional students
Academic Excellence
WVU ranks nationally for prestigious scholarships—24 Rhodes Scholars, 22 Truman Scholars, 39 Goldwater Scholars, 2 British Marshall Scholars, 3 Morris K. Udall Scholars, 5 USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 36 Fulbright Scholars, 9 Boren Scholars, 7 Gilman Scholars, and 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars.
Degrees Granted
In 2012-2013, WVU awarded 6,267 degrees; 1,765 graduate and 424 professional.
Faculty and Staff Profile
Excellent faculty—18 of whom have been named Carnegie Foundation Professors of the Year—guide and mentor students. • instructional faculty: 2,361 • graduate assistants: 1,725 • total main campus employees: 8,346 • total WVU System employees: 8,846
Academics
15 colleges and schools offering 191 bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degree programs in agriculture, natural resources, and design; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts; dentistry; education and human services; engineering and mineral resources; law; media; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; physical activity and sport sciences; public health; plus the WVU Honors College, University College, and programs at Potomac State College and WVU Institute of Technology. wvu. edu/Academics/
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Student Living Experience
The First-Year Experience helps students navigate their first year at WVU. Elements include residential colleges and Adventure West Virginia, an outdoor freshman orientation program. All WVU students benefit from a vibrant array of student life programs, including a Festival of Ideas lecture series, bringing the world’s top minds to campus to share their experiences and knowledge; WVUp All Night, a weekend package of safe, fun, and healthy activities; an award-winning Student Recreation Center; and the Mountaineer Parents Club, helping families stay connected with their students’ education and life at WVU. apply.wvu.edu/life
Freshman Class Profile
2013 average ACT of 23.6, SAT (math and critical reading) 1052, and high school GPA of 3.39.
Transportation
University buses operate free on a year-round basis as does the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system—a computer-directed system that glides along 8.7 miles of guideway between Downtown, Evansdale, and Health Sciences Center campuses. In addition, Morgantown’s Mountain Line bus service offers free rides to students and employees. WVU ID is required for all services. transportation.wvu.edu/services
Safety
WVU has one of the safest college campuses in America, with 24-hour police protection and 37 outdoor emergency phones. The WVU Alert system sends urgent news to participants’ cell phones, and digital InfoStations across campus show important announcements.
The Mountaineer Parents Club, with more than 22,000 members in clubs across the state and nation, fosters success by connecting parents and family members with the student experience. The organization sponsors events on and off-campus, has a newsletter, a toll-free helpline (1-800-WVU-0096), parent electronic news, and a Parent Perk program. Membership is free. parentsclub.wvu.edu
Athletics
A member of the NCAA, WVU competes in the Big 12 Conference at the Division I level in 18 intercollegiate varsity sports. Teams make regular post-season bowl appearances in football, including winning the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl and NCAA tournament appearances in men’s and women’s basketball, including a Final 4 appearance in men’s basketball in 2010; in 2014, women’s basketball was the Big 12 champion and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The WVU rifle team won its 16th national title in 2014 and was the first WVU athletic team to visit the White House on NCAA Champions Day. wvusports.com
Facilities
WVU’s mix of historic and modern facilities includes 430 buildings on 1,456 acres. Eleven main campus buildings are located on the National Register of Historic Places, and WVU operates eight experimental farms and four forests throughout the state, in addition to WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp and Lifelong Learning Center near Weston. jacksonsmill.ext.wvu.edu/
Libraries
Student Organizations
Students can choose from more than 400 student organizations, and participate in an active intramural program and many club sports. sos.wvu.edu
Five library facilities—Downtown Library Complex, Evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library, Law Library, and West Virginia and Regional History Center—contain over 2.1 million volumes, 246 electronic databases, and more than 48,000 journal subscriptions, with access to 36 million volumes through a book-sharing consortium. Library staff offer in-person and online assistance. libraries.wvu.edu
Study Abroad
Admission and Application Timeline
Hundreds of distance education classes are available. elearn.wvu.edu/
Admission is based on a combination of high school GPA and ACT or SAT scores. Applications are processed beginning September 15 for admission the following fall. March 1 is the deadline for West Virginia residents to submit PROMISE Scholarship applications. WVU has a rolling admissions policy, and while there is no official application deadline, applicants who apply later in the year may be deferred to the spring semester. adm.wvu.edu
Civic Engagement
Visitors Center
Last year, WVU students traveled to over 60 nations around the world in University-led study abroad programs and international exchanges. internationalprograms.wvu.edu/
Academic Innovation
The Center for Service and Learning develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty and consults with academic units on incorporating civic engagement into the curriculum. WVU has earned the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification, putting WVU in the 6% of higher education institutions that Carnegie recognizes for engagement. service.wvu.edu/
Scholarships and Aid
Each year, WVU awards over $5 million in scholarships to over 2,500 students from West Virginia and around the nation. There are many different types of scholarships available based on academic record, financial need, group affiliation, or some combination of these factors. In 2012-13, over $395 million in financial aid was given out. The average financial package was $11,622. West Virginia residents may be eligible for the PROMISE scholarship in addition to WVU awards.
Honors College
The WVU Honors College encourages a style of learning and living at WVU that is tailored to the highly motivated, excelling student’s special requirements. Innovative, challenging courses, designed to stimulate creativity and to provoke in-depth discussion, are offered in small class settings. Students may participate as Presidential Honors Scholars or Dean’s Honors Scholars; both options provide enhanced experiences. / honors.wvu.edu/
University College:
The new University College is a home base for exploratory students, general studies students, nontraditional students, the First-year Experience, McNair Scholars, and undergraduate research opportunities. It focuses on academic and career advising, with the goal of guiding students to a major by sophomore year.
Internships
WVU offers hundreds of ways to gain valuable on-the-job experience and networking contacts. careerservices.wvu.edu/
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Located on the Morgantown Waterfront, the Visitors Center features unique, cutting-edge displays and traditional West Virginia hospitality. Operating hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Saturday (closed Sundays and most University holidays). Guided tours with friendly knowledgeable student guides Monday-Friday at 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and Saturday at 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., except home football Saturdays. Phone: 304-293-3489. visit.wvu.edu
Alumni
Chartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of more than 190,000 graduates worldwide in some 60 nations. alumni.wvu.edu
Private Support
Chartered in 1954, the West Virginia University Foundation is a private nonprofit corporation that generates, administers, invests, and disburses contributed funds and properties given by individuals, corporations, and philanthropic foundations in support of WVU and its nonprofit affiliates. Alumni and friends of WVU contributed $99.5 million in cash, pledges, and in-kind gifts in the most recent fiscal year. www.wvuf.org
Extension
Throughout the year in West Virginia’s 55 counties, WVU Extension Service faculty and volunteers work with more than 536,000 West Virginians, many of whom participate in 4-H, agriculture, home gardening, health, firefighter training, and community development to improve lives and communities; 4-H alone reaches one in four West Virginia youths. ext.wvu.edu.
Divisional Campuses
Potomac State College of WVU – Keyser, WV; 800-262-7332; potomacstatecollege.edu/ West Virginia University Institute of Technology – Montgomery, WV; wvutech.edu Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center – Charleston, WV; hsc.wvu.edu/charleston Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center East – Martinsburg, WV; hsc.wvu.edu/eastern
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Team Records
Baseball: 28-26, 9-14 Big 12 Cross Country: 2nd at Big 12 Championships; 24th at NCAAs Men’s Basketball: 17-16, 9-9 Big 12; NIT First Round Women’s Basketball: 30-5, 16-2 Big 12; Big 12 Regular-Season Champions; NCAA Second Round Football: 4-8, 2-7 Big 12 Gymnastics: 6-11, 0-4 Big 12 Rowing: 10th at Conference USA Championship Men’s Soccer: 7-7-5, 2-2-2 MAC Women’s Soccer: 16-4-3, 7-1 Big 12; Big 12 Regular-Season and Tournament Champions; NCAA Second Round Men’s Swimming and Diving: 3rd Big 12 (6 NCAA Qualifiers: 1 Diver and 5 swimmers) Women’s Swimming and Diving: 5th Big 12 (5 NCAA Qualifiers: 4 Divers and 1 swimmer) Rifle: 10-0, 7-0 GARC; GARC Regular-Season and Tournament Champions; NCAA Champions Women’s Tennis: 3-18, 0-10, Big 12 Women’s Track: Indoor-10th Big 12; Outdoor-9th Big 12 Volleyball: 20-13, 5-11 Big 12 Wrestling: 11-7, 0-3 Big 12; 4th at Big 12 Tournament (five NCAA Qualifiers)
National Champions Rifle
Capital One Academic All-Americans
• Andy Bevin, Men’s Soccer, Capital One Academic All-America First Team • Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer, Capital One Academic All-America First Team; Capital One Academic All-America of the Year for NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer
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Capital One Academic All-District • Andy Bevin, Men’s Soccer • Liz Gulick, Volleyball • Amanda Hill, Women’s Soccer • Thomas Kyanko, Rifle • Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer
• Haily VandePoel, Swimming and Diving
Team Conference Champions
• Women’s Basketball, Big 12 Regular Season • Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Regular Season and Tournament Champions • Rifle, GARC Postseason Champions
First Team All-Americans
• Bryce Bohman, Swimming, College
Swimming Coaches Association of America • Ziva Dvorsak, Rifle, NRA Air Rifle All-American • Stormy Nesbit, Outdoor Track, Triple Jump • Maren Prediger, Rifle, NRA Air Rifle All-American • Garrett Spurgeon, Rifle, NRA Air Rifle All-American, NRA Smallbore All-American, • CRCA All-American
Second Team All-Americans
• Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA/Continental Tire • Meelis Kiisk, Rifle, NRA Smallbore, NRA Air Rifle • Thomas Kyanko, Rifle, NRA Smallbore • Sarah Martinelli, Outdoor Track, 3,000-meter steeplechase • Maren Prediger, Rifle, CRCA All-American • Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA/ Continental Tire • Daniel Sojka, Rifle, NRA Smallbore • Patrick Sunderman, Rifle, NRA Smallbore
Third Team All-Americans
• Meelis Kiisk, Rifle, CRCA All-American • Allison Lasnicki, Outdoor Track, 10,000 meters
Honorable Mention All-Americans
• Asya Bussie, Women’s Basketball, Associated Press, WBCA All-American • Bria Holmes, Women’s Basketball, Associated Press • Patrick Sunderman, Rifle, NRA Air Rifle, CRCA All-American
Conference Major Awards
• Bryce Bohman, Swimming, Big 12 Swimmer of the Year • Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year; Big 12 • Newcomer of the Year; Big 12 Tournament Defensive MVP • Taylor Palmer, Women’s Basketball, Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year • Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (Unanimous); Big • 12 Tournament Offensive MVP • Charles Sims, Football, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year • Tim Squires, Big 12 Championship Men’s Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet
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First Team All-Conference
• Andy Bevin, Men’s Soccer • Bryce Bohman, Swimming and Diving (100 Back and 200 Back) • Bobby Boyd, Baseball • Christopher Brill, Swimming and Diving • Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer • Eva Burlingham, Swimming and Diving • Asya Bussie, Women’s Basketball • Nate Carr, Swimming and Diving • Ross Glegg, Swimming and Diving • Bria Holmes, Women’s Basketball • Ashley Lawrence, Women’s Soccer • Sarah Martinelli, Cross Country • Liam McLaughlin, Swimming and Diving • Julie Ogden, Swimming and Diving • Majed Osman, Men’s Soccer • Maren Prediger, Rifle (Air Rifle) • Jake Querciagrossa, Swimming and Diving (200 IM and 400 IM) • Courtney Schrand, Rowing, Big 12 and Conference USA • Kate Schwindel, Women’s Soccer • Charles Sims, Football • Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer • Hope Sloanhoffer, Gymnastics • Garrett Spurgeon, Rifle (All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and combined score) • Tim Squires, Swimming and Diving • Juwan Staten, Men’s Basketball
NCAA Team Qualifiers • Cross Country • Rifle • Women’s Basketball
NCAA Individual Qualifiers • Bryce Bohman, Swimming • Chris Brill, Swimming • Nate Carr, Swimming • Beth Deal, Gymnastics • Ross Glegg, Swimming • Alexa Goldberg, Gymnastics • Colin Johnston, Wrestling • Liam McLaughlin, Diving • Mike Morales, Wrestling • Jennifer Rey, Diving • Bubba Scheffel, Wrestling • Lindsay Schmidt, Diving • Hope Sloanhoffer, Gymnastics • Cory Stainbrook, Wrestling • Tim Squires, Swimming • Nicolette Swoboda, Gymnastics • Tori Taffner, Diving • Haily VandePoel, Diving • Julien Vialette, Swimming • A.J. Vizcarrondo, Wrestling
66 All-Conference Selections
• 12 All-Region Selections • 20 NCAA Individual Qualifiers • 108 Academic All-Conference Selections • Three Team Academic Award Winners (Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer and Rifle) • 496 Student-athletes on the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll and 446 student-athletes on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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Head Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown SEASON AT WVU: 19th DATE OF BIRTH: May 4 HOMETOWN: Rochester, N.Y. ALMA MATER: Rochester, 1993 RECORD AT WVU: 251-96-39 OVERALL RECORD: 264-101-39
Entering her 19th season as the only coach in Mountaineer women’s soccer history, Nikki Izzo-Brown has built a one-time infant program into one of the nation’s elite. In her previous 18 seasons, Izzo-Brown has coached 14 players who went on to play professionally, 17 All-Americans, 12 Academic All-Americans and 14 conference players of the year. The Mountaineers enter the 2014 season having made an appearance in each of the last 14 NCAA Tournaments, the country’s ninthlongest streak. To date, Izzo-Brown has led the Mountaineers to an impressive 251-96-39 overall record and a 106-41-18 conference mark that includes seven regular-season divisional titles and four tournament championships. West Virginia has won at least one conference title in each of the last four seasons, including the 2013 Big 12 Conference regular-season and tournament championships. Women’s soccer won the school’s first Big 12 championship in 2012 and was the only WVU program to win multiple Big East tournament titles. Izzo-Brown’s teams have been a consistent force in the national rankings, and WVU has defeated a Top-10 opponent in nine straight seasons. In addition to the success she has enjoyed with the Mountaineers, Izzo-Brown has several years of experience with U.S. Women’s National Teams, including serving as an assistant at the teams’ 2012 training camps with the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 squads.
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PLAYING CAREER: (defender) Rochester, 1989-92 COACHING CAREER: West Virginia Wesleyan, assistant coach, 1993; West Virginia Wesleyan, head coach, 1994; West Virginia University, 1996-present
Entering the 2014 season, she ranks in the top 20 among active NCAA Division I coaches with a .702 winning percentage and in the top 25 with 264 career wins (includes one year at West Virginia Wesleyan). IzzoBrown has never had a losing season as head coach and has led WVU to 14 straight 10-plus win seasons.
2010-13 The Mountaineers became the third team in Big 12 history to win back-to-back regular-season titles. The squad secured seven straight victories in conference play in 2013 to successfully defend its championship with a 7-1 record. The team continued its stronghold on its conference opponents with three shutout victories at the 2013 Big 12 Soccer Tournament en route to the Mountaineers’ first Big 12 Conference Championship title, also the first for any WVU team at a Big 12 Conference Championship. The Mountaineers have won four conference tournaments in the last seven years. With the win, WVU earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, its 14th consecutive appearance. The Mountaineers advanced to the second round for the ninth time in program history, the first time since 2010, and finished the year at 16-4-3 and ranked No. 12 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire College Rankings and No. 8 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 25 Rankings. WVU swept the conference awards, as Frances Silva was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and Kadeisha Buchanan was the Big 12 Defender and Newcomer of the Year; the Mountaineers became the first team to win the offensive and defensive awards in the same season. Additionally, Izzo-Brown earned her second straight Big 12 Coach of the Year honor, and six student-athletes scored eight All-Big 12 awards.
The successful season ended with the trio scoring several major awards, including NSCAA/Continental Tire All-America Second Team honors for Silva and Buchanan and NSCAA Central Region Coach of the Year honors for Izzo-Brown. Additionally, Silva, a M.A.C. Hermann Trophy semifinalist, was named an NSCAA College Scholar All-American and the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. In its inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference in 2012, WVU won the regular-season championship with a 7-0-1 record. Seven student-athletes were named All-Big 12, including Bry McCarthy who was chosen Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Izzo-Brown was named the conference coach of the year. The 2012 Mountaineers scored an upset win over No. 1-ranked Stanford, 1-0, on Aug. 26 at the Penn State Invitational. The win snapped Stanford’s 64-match regular-season unbeaten streak. West Virginia defeated visiting Texas Tech, 3-2, on Sept. 21 to give women’s soccer, and WVU athletics, its first victory as members of the Big 12 Conference. To end their careers, McCarthy earned All-America honors and midfielder Bri Rodriguez was named a NSCAA College Scholar All-American. The 2010-11 seasons marked the end of an era as the Mountaineers won back-to-back Big East Championships before departing for membership in the Big 12 Conference. It also marked the third conference title in the last five seasons. West Virginia finished the 2011 season with a 17-5-0 record, and a 10-1-0 mark in league play, to win its
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UNDER NIKKI IZZO-BROWN All-Americans Kadeisha Buchanan (2013) Frances Silva (2013) Bry McCarthy (2012)
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Carolyn Blank (2009, 2008) Greer Barnes (2008, 2007) Ashley Banks (2007) Amanda Cicchini (2007) Deana Everrett (2006) Laura Kane (2004) Lisa Stoia (2003, 2002) Chrissie Abbott (2003, 2002) Katie Barnes (2001, 2000)
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Frances Silva (2013) Bri Rodriguez (2012) Ashley Banks (2007) Kim Bonilla (2007)
WVU’s 1-0 win over fifth-ranked Virginia matched the then-highest-ranked opponent defeated in school history, and the team’s 3-0 shutout against Georgetown marked the program’s 200th win. West Virginia’s defense set the single-season record for shutouts at 14, while goalkeeper Kerri Butler also broke the school record for career shutouts, finishing with 44.
2005-09 From 2005-09, the program reached new heights with consecutive NCAA appearances in every season and won its first Big East Championship. Izzo-Brown was named NSCAA/adidas and Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year in 2007 as WVU was ranked every week throughout the season and tied a school record for wins (18). The 2007 squad advanced to the program’s first NCAA Elite Eight while establishing an attendance record with more than 3,000 fans for the NCAA Elite Eight contest with USC. Three players earned All-America status and six were named All-Big East. Forward Ashley Banks added to Izzo-Brown’s collection of major award winners
Seven seasons ago, Izzo-Brown took her high-powered offense to the 2006 NCAA Tournament as WVU scored a school-record 55 goals in 21 games. Forward Deana Everrett had a breakout sophomore season to earn third team All-America honors from Soccer Buzz. The 2006 Mountaineers also displayed a stingy defense that shut out 13 opponents over the course of the season, including eight Big East foes.
2000-04 Led by All-Americans Chrissie Abbott and Lisa Stoia, the 2003 Mountaineers made history, going 17-4-2 to give West Virginia its first NCAA “Sweet 16” appearance. The senior-led squad logged nine straight wins at one point during the season and had its first-ever Hermann Trophy nominee in Abbott, who graduated as WVU’s all-time leader in goals scored, points and shots, while Stoia established the school’s then-all-time assist record. Izzo-Brown directed West Virginia to an 18-3-1 record, the most wins in school history, and the program’s first Big East division title in 2002. The Mountaineers also received their third consecutive invitation to the NCAA Tournament after putting together an 18-match unbeaten streak. Abbott was the Big East Offensive Player of the Year and a first team All-American, while Stoia earned Big East Midfielder of the Year honors. IzzoBrown was the Big East and regional coach of the year.
Ashley Weimer (2004) Laura Kane (2004, 2003) Melissa Haire (2002, 2001) 2013 SEASON
Christen Seaman (2002) Stacey Sollmann (1997)
Conference Players of the Year Kadeisha Buchanan (Defensive – 2013) Kadeisha Buchanan (Newcomer – 2013) Frances Silva (Offensive – 2013) Bry McCarthy (Defender - 2012) Kate Schwindel (Rookie - 2011) Carolyn Blank (Midfielder - 2008) Ashley Banks (Offensive - 2007)
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The 2010 season was a record-breaking one as the team won its second Big East Championship while advancing to the NCAA “Sweet 16.” WVU had its school record 14-match win streak end in the NCAA Tournament against College Cup participant Boston College, giving the Mountaineers a final record of 18-5-1. The 18 victories tied the 2002 and 2007 teams for most wins in program history.
WVU won Big East division titles in three straight seasons (2006-08) and at least one Mountaineer earned All-America honors from 2006-09. Carolyn Blank added the title of Big East Midfielder of the Year to her resume in 2008, a team that tied the school record for fewest losses in a season with three defeats.
Marisa Kanela (2005)
Ashley Banks (Rookie - 2004) Lisa Stoia (Midfielder - 2002, 2003) Chrissie Abbott (Offensive - 2002) Katie Barnes (Offensive - 2000, 2001) Lisa Stoia (Rookie - 2000)
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The Mountaineers finished the season ranked No. 9 by Soccer America and won 15 of their last 17 matches to close the season.
as the 2007 Big East Offensive Player of the Year and a Hermann Trophy finalist.
Greer Barnes (WPS) Katie Barnes (WUSA, USL) Carolyn Blank (WPS, USL) Kim Bonilla (Sweden, USL, Australia) Kerri Butler (WPS) Erica Henderson (Iceland) Laura Kane (Sweden, USL) Sara Keane (NWSL) Rachel Kruze (WUSA, Iceland, USL) Bry McCarthy (NWSL)
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division for the fifth time. The 10 wins marked a school record, making WVU one of only four Big East schools to ever win 10 league contests in a season.
Blake Miller (Australia) Megan Mischler (WPS, USL, Sweden) Frances Silva (NWSL) Lisa Stoia (WPS, USL)
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NIKKI IZZO-BROWN YEAR-BY-YEAR Year Record School
Postseason
1995
13-5-0
West Virginia Wesleyan
1996
10-7-2
West Virginia
NAIA
1997
11-6-2
West Virginia
1998
11-6-2
West Virginia
1999
9-9-1
West Virginia
2000
15-6-0
West Virginia
NCAA
2001
15-5-1
West Virginia
NCAA
2002
18-3-1
West Virginia
NCAA
2003
17-4-2
West Virginia
NCAA
2004
15-6-0
West Virginia
NCAA
2005
12-6-3
West Virginia
NCAA
2006
14-4-3
West Virginia
NCAA
2007
18-5-2
West Virginia
NCAA
2008
14-3-6
West Virginia
NCAA
2009
10-7-6
West Virginia
NCAA
2010
18-5-2
West Virginia
NCAA
2011
17-5-0
West Virginia
NCAA
2012
11-5-4
West Virginia
NCAA
2013
16-4-3
West Virginia
NCAA
Total 264-101-39
Izzo-Brown has coached 12 Academic All-Americans, and the NSCAA honored her team in the fall of 2013 with its 12th consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Award for its work in the classroom.
A youthful Mountaineer squad played to a fifth straight 15-win season in 2004 and saw Izzo-Brown’s fourth All-American develop as forward Laura Kane earned the nod from the NSCAA after an eight goal, nine assist senior season. West Virginia was nationally ranked for the first time in 2000, a regional coach of the year season for IzzoBrown’s first-ever NCAA Tournament team. Four team members landed spots on Big East all-conference teams, including Big East Offensive Player of the Year Katie Barnes and co-Big East Rookie of the Year Stoia. In that season, Barnes became WVU’s first All-American.
The Early Years Izzo-Brown accepted perhaps her greatest challenge on Aug. 3, 1995, when then-WVU Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong named her the first head coach of West Virginia’s women’s soccer program. In WVU’s inaugural season, Izzo-Brown led a young team to an amazing 10-7-2 record and a 4-4-1 Big East mark. WVU finished fifth in the conference, surprising Big East coaches, whose preseason prediction picked the fledgling Mountaineers to finish dead last. Soccer Buzz ranked West Virginia as the eighth-best “new program” in the nation. In addition, Izzo-Brown’s first season at WVU produced a Big East All-Rookie team member in defender Stacey Sollmann. Only two years later, West Virginia made its first Big East Tournament on a team that won 11 matches in 1998. Stacey Adams was the program’s first Big East Female Scholar Athlete of the Year winner, and Sollmann earned second team all-region accolades. Izzo-Brown led the Mountaineers to an 11-6-2 record in 1997, and two years later, they finished 9-9-1. With trust, hard work and sacrifice, the foundation had been laid for a breakout season in 2000.
Academic Success Graduation is a must for Izzo-Brown-coached players who are asked to challenge themselves academically while at WVU. Her teams consistently hold one of the program’s highest GPAs on campus with their serious commitment to academics. Nikki Izzo-Brown has several years of experience coaching U.S. Women’s National Teams.
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The women’s soccer team received public recognition in the spring of 2010 for the third year in a row by the NCAA for its multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores.
A program-best 10 student-athletes were named to the 2013 All-Big 12 Academic Soccer Team, with eight landing on the first team. Amanda Hill and Carly Black earned the first-team honor with a 4.0 GPA. For the seventh straight season, at least one Mountaineer was an NSCAA Scholar All-Region.
Player Development With tremendous experience and knowledge of the game, Izzo-Brown has built a reputation for getting the most out of her student-athletes. The veteran coach maximizes the performance of her players by providing opportunities to process information in multiple ways, in order to find success for each individual. Paving the way for the success of recent Mountaineers, Katie Barnes was the first women’s soccer player to be named an All-American, and captured two straight Big East Offensive Player of the Year awards. In all, IzzoBrown has guided 17 players to All-America status and 14 conference player of the year honors. Barnes was drafted with the first pick of the second round (ninth overall) of the 2002 Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) professional draft by the Carolina Courage. WVU was well represented in the WUSA and added to its professional player development with the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) league. Most recently, Frances Silva became the seventh Mountaineer to be drafted when she was selected by FC Kansas City with the 19th overall pick at the 2014 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft. Additionally, Sara Keane was picked up by FC Kansas City prior to the 2014 opener, and both signed contracts with the Blues. During the 2012 offseason, Izzo-Brown served as an assistant at U.S. Women’s National Team training camps with the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 squads. In the summer of 2011, she joined April Heinrichs, U.S. Soccer Technical Director, for a week of training with the U-20 team. She also spent time after the 2007 season as an assistant coach with the U-20 National Team under then-head coach Jill Ellis. During her coaching tenure, more than a dozen Mountaineers have participated in the national team scene, with Barnes being selected to the team that won the 2001 Nordic Cup. Most recently, Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence earned spots on the Canadian Women’s National Team for friendlies throughout the 2014 summer.
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TEAMS IZZO-BROWN HAS DEFEATED AT WVU Arizona Auburn Baylor Binghamton Boston College Bowling Green Canisius Central Connecticut Central Michigan Cincinnati Colgate Connecticut Dayton
DePaul Duquesne Eastern Kentucky Florida Atlantic Georgetown George Mason High Point Hofstra Iowa State Jacksonville State James Madison Kansas Kentucky
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In May 2010, Izzo-Brown was named to the West Virginia Executive Sports Hall of Fame. Later that fall, she was inducted into the University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame for her outstanding achievement in the sport of soccer. Two summers ago, she was named a 2011 Frontier Field Walk of Fame inductee. She and her husband, Joe, have three daughters – Samantha, Gracie and Gabriella.
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During her career at Rochester, Izzo-Brown also earned All-East, all-region and all-league honors, while meriting Dean’s List recognition all four years. Following her senior campaign, she won the prestigious Merle Spurrier Award, which recognizes Rochester’s top female athlete based on leadership, academics and athletics.
While coaching at the Buckhannon, W.Va., school, IzzoBrown earned her master’s of business administration degree in 1994. In the fall of 2010, she was inducted into the University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame.
Olympic Development member. She has served on several regional and national ranking committees for the NSCAA. She also is qualified internationally with Brazilian, KNVB and Czech Republic certification.
In addition to her duties at WVU, Izzo-Brown is certified as an advanced national level coach by the NSCAA, has her USSF “B” license and is a Region I senior staff Louisville Loyola Marymount Loyola (Md.) Marquette Marshall Miami (Fla.) Michigan State Morehead State Mount St. Mary’s Navy New Hampshire Notre Dame Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State
Old Dominion Penn State Pitt Princeton Providence Purdue Radford Rhode Island Richmond Robert Morris Rutgers St. Bonaventure St. Francis (Pa.) St. John’s St. Louis Seton Hall
Southern Methodist Stanford Syracuse TCU Tennessee Texas Texas Tech Towson UCF USF Villanova Virginia Virginia Commonwealth Virginia Tech Washington Western Carolina
Western Michigan William & Mary Wright State Wyoming Xavier Yale
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As a player, Izzo-Brown attained All-America status at Rochester, where she was a four-year starter from 1989-92. During that span, Izzo-Brown helped the Yellowjackets to a 58-10-9 record and four straight NCAA Tournament appearances. In 1991, as a junior, she led Rochester to a 16-4-2 mark and a spot in the NCAA championship game.
Izzo-Brown graduated from Rochester in the spring of 1993 with a degree in psychology. That fall, she was named assistant coach at West Virginia Wesleyan, where she continued her winning ways by helping the Bobcats to a 12-7 record. Izzo-Brown was elevated to head coach in 1994 and led Wesleyan to a 13-5 mark and a spot in the NAIA National Tournament.
Youngstown State
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The Brown Family (l-r): Samantha, Nikki, Gabriella, Joe and Gracie
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Q&A With Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown Your team returns in 2014 as the two-time defending Big 12 champions. Do you think you’ve sent a message in the conference that you are the team to beat? What does it say of the program that the Mountaineers have won five conference titles in four years? Obviously, winning championships is what we strive to do every year. For us to have an impact on the Big East Conference, and then go into the Big 12 Conference and continue to win is good for this program. There is always a target on our back. I think that pressure is a privilege, and that privilege is something this team works hard for. Everyone wants to take down the team at the top. With us finishing first again in 2013, that’s something we’ll have to pay attention to this season. The season starts with several challenges, including a trip to Penn State and an August home meeting with NCAA quarterfinalist Duke. What are you hoping to learn about your squad early, and what does the team need to do to be successful? We’re hoping that preseason is an opportunity for our team to get organized and in tune with each other quickly. We all need to understand that we need to sharpen up during preseason. We will be tested early on in 2014 by some of the best teams in the country. It’s going to be important that everyone arrives at preseason camp ready to compete at that high level. We don’t have all season to build up to that level. Though you only lost two starters from the 2013 squad, forward Frances Silva and goalkeeper Sara Keane, they were big cogs in the team’s success. How does this year’s team replace their talent and experience? You can never replace any senior, let alone two that are currently playing professional soccer (for FC Kansas City). Though we’re only replacing two starters, they’re both having an impact on a professional team’s success in their first season, and that speaks for itself. We will have an understanding that Frances and Sara’s shoes need to be filled. They both set great examples for what it takes to be a role model, and it’s time for other players to step up and assume those leadership roles. They left a legacy for two more players to fill. Frances Silva led the Big 12 Conference in goals, assists and points in 2013. In addition to All-Big 12 forward Kate Schwindel, who do you see assuming the scoring responsibility this year? I think there is a high expectation for (junior forward) Kelsie Maloney to continue to develop and impact this team. (Junior forward) Kailey Utley is definitely someone who had a great spring. (Freshman forward) Amandine Pierre-Louis was forced to sit out last season but has trained well this offseason. These are the players that we feel will need to step up and get the job done.
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KELSIE MALONEY Though last year’s backline was young, they proved steady and gained valuable experience. What is your trust level with this unit this year? We had two freshmen center backs (Carly Black and Kadeisha Buchanan) in 2013, and at times you could see their youth peek through. I think the leadership and experience that they gained last year will be valuable for our success this year. It’s going to be exciting to see them out on the field again this year and playing alongside the new girls. Kadeisha Buchanan emerged as one of the top talents in the NCAA last year as a freshman and has gained international exposure this summer. What are your thoughts on her play and her leadership capabilities, and what areas can she improve this year? Kadeisha is a constant student of the game, and I think she recognizes that she always has room to grow. She will continue to strive toward growth. She is someone that never feels like she has it all figured out. Tactically, being in her position for another year and understanding forwards’ runs and the organizational piece will be something that she, along with Carly, can lean on and use to further our team’s success.
We lay out our expectations for our newcomers every year – follow the workouts and be prepared. I think our freshmen will have the opportunity to acclimate to college soccer and being away from home; I know that’s a hard adjustment. I think this group is focused and understands that there is a high standard, and they’re going to do everything they can to live up to that. From my standpoint, I expect them to work hard and to continue to grind it out. It’s crucial that freshmen are open minded to learning and continue to move forward. Two years in, has the program adjusted to life in the Big 12 Conference? I think now that the staff has competed in every Big 12 venue, we have a very important understanding of what to expect when we travel. We have a much better idea of the facilities, environment and the teams’ style of play; that was something I was very uncertain of two years ago. The players have a better understanding, too, and I would say the program has adjusted nicely. The Mountaineers have made an appearance in the last 14 straight NCAA Tournaments. Fielding such a young squad in 2013, how important was it to move on to that second round game, and how will that help this year?
The WVU women’s soccer team enjoys a loyal following from Mountaineer Nation, especially in Morgantown. How would you describe the game-day atmosphere at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, and how does a home crowd push your team forward? We have such a great following. That support has definitely helped us moving forward and achieving success. Many teams have told me they don’t like to play in Morgantown because of our supportive crowds and the energy and enthusiasm they bring every match. That support is a critical piece in our program’s success. We’re very thankful that we have a loyal soccer community that comes out for our matches and supports us. They help us push forward, and we can always rely on them to make our home a tough environment for visiting teams. You and the team enjoyed milestone victories in 2013. What steps are important for this program to earn its next 250 wins? We’re going to come into the 2014 preseason with team goals and lay out our pillars for success. My goal has always been this – let’s get better, and let’s play better by the end of the year. Every day, every practice, if we’re getting better and everyone is doing her job, then that’s exactly what we need to do to earn those next 250 wins.
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No question, advancing in the NCAA Tournament was very important for this squad. We came so close to having an opportunity to further advance to the Sweet 16, and that was definitely good for them to experience and feel, too. They now know that when you’re one-and-done, you’re done. I think that even though we won two conference championships and put together a great season, many of these student-athletes have a fire in their bellies and want to advance further this year.
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You have six freshmen joining the squad this fall. What are you expecting from this group?
I hope that we’re not excellent in just one area. I stress balance and the understanding that education is their foundation. That’s the one thing I mention a lot to our recruits – when you step into Dreamswork Practice Facility and look at our Wall of Traditions, you will see that we have an equal amount of athletic and academic All-Americans. Striving for excellence in everything we do is one part of this program’s foundation.
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I think all three bring three different strengths and aspects to the table. This is going to be a very exciting preseason – I’m anxious to see who is going to win that spot. I’m in an exciting position because that decision is not going to be easy; they’re all very strong in their own way.
Student-athlete life balance is very important to you and your staff, and each season, at least one Mountaineer earns national honors for academics. Are you pleased with the progress your squad makes in the classroom, too?
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You rotated three goalies (senior Katie Osterman, junior transfer Hannah Steadman and redshirt-freshman Michelle Newhouse) in the net throughout the spring season. What do you expect from this trio?
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(l-r) Frances Silva , Nikki Izzo-Brown, Sara Keane
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Associate Head Coach Lisa Stoia SEASON AT WVU: 8th
PLAYING CAREER: (midfielder) West Virginia,
DATE OF BIRTH: August 28
2000-03; Boston Renegades, 2005-06;
HOMETOWN: Shirley, N.Y.
St. Louis Athletica, 2009
ALMA MATER: West Virginia University, COACHING CAREER: West Virginia, B.S. 2005; Jacksonville, M.B.A. 2007
Lisa Stoia begins her eighth year at her alma mater. The Mountaineers have thrived under Stoia’s assistance, winning Big 12 and Big East titles, and making seven straight trips to the NCAA Tournament. In 2013, Stoia helped the Mountaineers to their fifth conference title in four consecutive seasons, as the squad successfully defended its Big 12 Conference regular-season title and won its first Big 12 Soccer Tournament title. Additionally, she aided forward Frances Silva in winning the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors and saw WVU secure eight All-Big 12 awards. Silva ended the season tops in the Big 12 in goals (15), assists (13) and points (43). She also heads up the team’s travel throughout the season, team-issued gear and its Nike Elite allotment, along with on-campus visitations, recruiting and scouting efforts. Two seasons ago, Stoia helped WVU win the school’s first Big 12 championship with an unbeaten 2012 regular season. She guided midfielder Bri Rodriguez to All-Big 12 First Team honors, as well as NSCAA College Scholar All-America recognition. In 2011, Stoia helped the Mountaineers post a 17-5-0 record – one win shy of tying the school record for wins in a season. She mentored forward Kate Schwindel to a 19-point freshman season to be named Big East Rookie of the Year. Additionally, five Mountaineers were named All-Big East in the team’s final season in the conference. Stoia, a former conference player of the year, has developed WVU’s midfield and front line, as Carolyn Blank twice earned All-America honors (2008-09). Blank also became the first Mountaineer since Stoia to be named Big East Midfielder of the Year.
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With Rodriguez’s first team All-Big East selection in 2010, it gave WVU a midfielder on the league’s first team in each of the past five seasons. Stoia’s efforts were recognized as she was named NSCAA/Mondo North Atlantic Regional Assistant Coach of the Year. Five years ago, Stoia played in the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer league after being drafted with the 48th overall pick by the Saint Louis Athletica. In the WPS’ inaugural season, Stoia helped the Athletica to a second-place finish and WPS Super Semifinal playoff appearance. In 2007, WVU advanced deep into postseason play, making a trip to the school’s first NCAA Elite Eight. She also helped midfielder Amanda Cicchini earn AllAmerica honors. Stoia spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons as an assistant coach at Jacksonville, where she helped guide the Dolphins to a 2006 NCAA Tournament berth. The Dolphins posted their first double-digit win total since 2002 and earned their second Atlantic Sun Championship in school history. She was active in securing the Atlantic Sun’s top recruiting class according to Soccer Buzz magazine, which rated Jacksonville’s 2007 class as best in the conference. JU players benefited from Stoia’s two seasons of leadership as four Dolphins picked up all-conference recognition, and forward Keri Zwikker earned 2005 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year honors. In the summer, Stoia competed for two seasons as a midfielder with the Boston Renegades in the Women’s United Soccer League. In 2006, she led the team and ranked second in the league with 11 assists. She also
2007-present; Jacksonville, 2005-06
ranked fifth in the league with 29 points and finished with nine goals on the season. Prior to JU, Stoia served as a student assistant coach in 2004 at WVU. That season, she helped the program to its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, including a first-round win over SMU. A four-year letterwinner at West Virginia from 2000-03, Stoia set Mountaineer career records for assists (33) and matches played and started (87). As a senior, she set a program record with 12 assists and was second on the squad with seven goals and 26 points en route to Big East Midfielder of the Year along with NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-America accolades. Stoia earned NSCAA and Soccer Buzz Second Team All-America honors, Big East Midfielder of the Year and First Team All-Big East recognition as a junior after finishing with eight goals, 10 assists and 26 points. As a sophomore, she earned Soccer Buzz Honorable Mention All-America, Soccer Buzz First Team All-Region, NSCAA/ adidas Second Team All-Region and First Team All-Big East accolades after tallying four goals and five assists. Stoia also earned NSCAA/adidas Third Team All-MidAtlantic Region and Big East co-Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman. Stoia also was a member of the U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team Pool in 2003. A year later, she was named a 2004 National Strength and Conditioning All-American. In September 2007, she was inducted into William Floyd High’s inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame. A native of Shirley, N.Y., Stoia earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management from West Virginia in 2005 and her master’s of business administration from Jacksonville in 2007.
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HOMETOWN: Wantagh, N.Y. ALMA MATER: West Virginia University, B.S. 2007;
PLAYING CAREER: (midfielder) West Virginia, 2002-05; West Virginia Illusion, 2007-08 COACHING CAREER: West Virginia, 2010-present
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DATE OF BIRTH: February 3
West Virginia University, M.S. 2009
Kanela helped guide senior forward Frances Silva to Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2013; in total, WVU secured eight All-Big 12 awards. Additionally, she oversaw a Mountaineer frontline that tallied a Big 12-best 141 points on 47 goals. WVU went unbeaten in Big 12 play in 2012, just the sixth time a Big 12 team has won the regular season without a loss. West Virginia’s seven All-Big 12 selections were the most of any conference program, including defensive player of the year Bry McCarthy. Kanela helped WVU win back-to-back Big East Championships in its final two seasons in the league. The Mountaineers earned 11 all-conference honors in 2010 and 2011, including 2011 Big East Rookie of the Year Kate Schwindel. She also heads up the academic, audio/video, scouting, compliance, camps and clinics and community service efforts of the team. Ten Mountaineers were named to the 2013 All-Big 12 Academic Soccer Team, with eight landing on the first team, including 4.0 student-athletes Amanda Hill and Carly Black. Additionally, Silva was named a NSCAA Scholar All-American and the Capital One Academic All-America of the Year. Kanela has continued the program’s vision to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research. WVU women’s soccer has raised more than $100,000 over the last 11 years for the Betty Puskar Breast Cancer Fund.
Since 2005, Kanela has been active in the state’s youth soccer programs, coaching U-10 thought U-18 MUSC (Mountaineer United Soccer Club) teams. She also has worked as the state’s Region 1 coach for the West Virginia Olympic Development Program for the past four years. Kanela spent one season with the West Virginia Illusion, a former member of the W-League, as an assistant coach. She also spent time as a player/coach with the Illusion during its inaugural season and worked out at the 2008 Women’s Professional Soccer Combine in Tampa.
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A four-year letterwinner from 2002-05, Kanela participated in four NCAA Tournaments at WVU while being named an NSCAA Scholar All-American, Big East Academic All-Star, Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll member and the Big East Institutional Female ScholarAthlete. Upon graduation, she ranked in the school’s Top 10 record book for career goals, assists and points and led the 2004 and 2005 teams in scoring. A two-time NSCAA all-region selection, Kanela earned First Team All-Big East honors in 2005, second team honors in 2004 and was an all-rookie team pick in 2002. The former New York State Gatorade Player of the Year was team captain of the 2005 WVU soccer team. Kanela earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education/health education from WVU in 2007 and a master’s degree in physical education/teacher education in 2009.
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A former All-Big East midfielder, Kanela has translated her experience on the field to success with the Mountaineers with conference titles in each of her four seasons.
Kanela spent three seasons (2007-09) as a volunteer with the Mountaineers, assisting Izzo-Brown and her staff in a variety of roles on and off the field. She witnessed the program’s first Big East championship and Elite Eight appearance in 2007 while assisting with administrative tasks, team travel, on-campus visits, game day management, academic tutoring, practice sessions and other duties.
She served as a youth soccer coach and personal trainer at Pro Performance Rx in Morgantown from 2006-08. At Pro, Kanela ran private soccer lessons, conducted clinics for players ages 4-12 and instituted a summer soccer camp program. Kanela holds Level I & II regional and state goalkeeping licenses and National Youth Soccer Association coaching licenses. A member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) since 2007, she has her USSF “C” license.
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Marisa Kanela enters her fifth season as an assistant coach with the Mountaineer women’s soccer team.
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Assistant Coach Marisa Kanela
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Volunteer Assistant Zach Johnson SEASON AT WVU: 4TH Zach Johnson returns for his fourth season as a volunteer assistant with the West Virginia women’s soccer team. He serves as WVU’s goalkeeper coach, while assisting in daily training sessions and game preparation with the team. West Virginia’s defenses have posted 29 shutouts in its 44 victories over the last three years, with 22 credited to goalkeeper Sara Keane. Johnson put together one of the finest careers by a WVU men’s soccer player, earning All-Big East honors in three different seasons. The 2008 Big East Goalkeeper of the Year, Johnson set the
school record for games played (80), minutes played (7,593), goals-against (60) and goals-against average (0.71). A native of Lumberton, N.J., Johnson compiled 36 shutouts (second all-time) and made 282 saves (fourth all-time). A Big East Academic All-Star, he helped the Mountaineers to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from WVU in 2010 and was named a 2010-11 Big East Institutional Male Scholar-Athlete winner.
Support Staff
Taylor Schram
Theo Egbele
Stephanie White
Chad Snodgrass
Keli Cunningham
Shannon McNamara
Amy Hile
Dr. Matt Lively
Graduate Assistant
Assistant Director, Athletic Communications – WVU Women’s Soccer Contact
Bubba Schmidt
Equipment Manager
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Director of Operations
Assistant Athletic Trainer, Women’s Soccer
Scott Herdzik
Assistant Equipment Manager
Associate Director of Student-Athlete Academic Services
Strength Coach
Executive Senior Associate Athletic DirectorSport Administrator
Dr. Ben Moorehead Team Physician
Dr. Vanessa Shannon
Medical Director
Sue Davis
Tammy Cavender
Nettie Freshour
Program Assistant
Travel Coordinator
Sports Psychology Consultant
Sports Nutritionist
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62 Rosters 63 Photo Roster 64 Ali Connelly 66 Jess Crowder 68 Katie Osterman 70 Kate Schwindel 72 Maggie Bedillion 73 Leah Emaus 74 Amanda Hill 75 Noelle Honeycutt 76 Kelsie Maloney 77 Cari Price
78 Hannah Steadman 79 Kailey Utley 80 Carly Black 81 Kadeisha Buchanan 82 Ashley Lawrence 83 Ashley Woolpert 84 Bryce Banuelos 85 Sarah Howley 86 Michelle Newhouse 87 Amandine Pierre-Louis 88 Newcomers
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No.
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Name
Michaela Abam Bryce Banuelos Maggie Bedillion Carly Black Toryn Broadwater Kadeisha Buchanan Ali Connelly Jess Crowder Leah Emaus Amanda Hill Noelle Honeycutt Sarah Howley Heather Kaleiohi Kelly LaPorte Ashley Lawrence Kelsie Maloney Michelle Newhouse Katie Osterman Amandine Pierre-Louis Carla Portillo Cari Price Kate Schwindel Macy Stalnaker Hannah Steadman Kailey Utley Ashley Woolpert
Cl.
Fr. R-Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. R-Fr. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So.
Pos.
M/D M D D F D M M D/M M D D F M F F GK GK F M D/M F F/M GK F D
Ht.
5-8 5-5 5-8 5-8 5-10 5-6 5-6 5-2 5-8 5-6 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-6 5-2 5-8 5-9 5-6 5-1 5-9 5-6 5-4 5-7 5-4 5-8
Hometown
Houston, Texas Elmhurst, Ill. Washington, Pa. Horsham, Pa. Midlothian, Va. Brampton, Ontario South Bend, Ind. Cary, N.C. Webster, N.Y. Washington, Pa. Huntsville, Ala. Dallas, Texas San Diego, Calif. Geneva, Ill. Toronto, Ontario Harrisburg, Pa. Pinch, W.Va. Virginia Beach, Va. Montreal, Quebec Mississauga, Ontario Sykesville, Md. Livingston, N.J. Butler, Pa. Kinnelon, N.J. St. Louis, Mo. Springboro, Ohio
High School
Harmony Science Academy/Houston High York Trinity Hatboro Horsham Cosby High Cardinal Leger Catholic St. Joseph’s Needham Broughton Webster Thomas Trinity Randolph School Highland Park Horizon Christian Academy Geneva Community High Mayfield Secondary Bishop McDevitt Capital Bishop Sullivan Catholic Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Secondary School Port Credit Secondary School Century Livingston Butler High Kinnelon High Pattonville Springboro
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Head Coach: Nikki Izzo-Brown (19th Season) Assistant Coaches: Lisa Stoia (Eighth Season), Marisa Kanela (Fifth Season) Volunteer Assistant: Zach Johnson (Fourth Season) No. 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 27 30 31 88 99
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Name Katie Osterman Michelle Newhouse Heather Kaleiohi Leah Emaus Michaela Abam Cari Price Kelsie Maloney Ashley Lawrence Jess Crowder Amandine Pierre-Louis Macy Stalnaker Sarah Howley Kailey Utley Noelle Honeycutt Ashley Woolpert Carla Portillo Ali Connelly Bryce Banuelos Toryn Broadwater Carly Black Kelly LaPorte Amanda Hill Hannah Steadman Maggie Bedillion Kadeisha Buchanan Kate Schwindel
Cl. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr.
Pos. GK GK F D/M M/D D/M F F M F F/M D F D D M M M F D M M GK D D F
Ht. 5-9 5-8 5-7 5-8 5-8 5-9 5-2 5-6 5-2 5-6 5-4 5-8 5-4 5-6 5-8 5-1 5-6 5-5 5-10 5-8 5-5 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-6
Hometown Virginia Beach, Va. Pinch, W.Va. San Diego, Calif. Webster, N.Y. Houston, Texas Sykesville, Md. Harrisburg, Pa. Toronto, Ontario Cary, N.C. Montreal, Quebec Butler, Pa. Dallas, Texas St. Louis, Mo. Huntsville, Ala. Springboro, Ohio Mississauga, Ontario South Bend, Ind. Elmhurst, Ill. Midlothian, Va. Horsham, Pa. Geneva, Ill. Washington, Pa. Kinnelon, N.J. Washington, Pa. Brampton, Ontario Livingston, N.J.
High School Bishop Sullivan Catholic Capital Horizon Christian Academy Webster Thomas Harmony Science Academy/Houston High Century Bishop McDevitt Mayfield Secondary Needham Broughton Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Secondary School Butler High Highland Park Pattonville Randolph School Springboro Port Credit Secondary School St. Joseph’s York Cosby High Hatboro Horsham Geneva Community High Trinity Kinnelon High Trinity Cardinal Leger Catholic Livingston
By State/Country Canada 4 Pennsylvania 5 Illinois 2 New Jersey 2 Texas 2 Virginia 2 Alabama 1 California 1 Indiana 1 Maryland 1 Missouri 1 New York 1 North Carolina 1 Ohio 1 West Virginia 1 By Class Freshmen 10 Juniors 8 Seniors 4 Sophomores 4 By Position Forwards 7 Midfielders 7 Defenders 9 Goalkeepers 3 Pronunciation Guide Michaela Abam Bryce Banuelos Kadeisha Buchanan Leah Emaus Heather Kaleiohi Amandine Pierre-Louis Coach Marisa Kanela Coach Lisa Stoia
uh-BAM ban-way-los kuh-Deesh-uh E-muss cal-E-oh-HE ama-Dine kuh-nella stoy-uh
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CARI PRICE JR. | D/M | 5-9 SYKESVILLE, MD.
HEATHER KALEIOHI FR. | F | 5-7 SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
LEAH EMAUS JR. | D/M | 5-8 WEBSTER, N.Y.
KELSIE MALONEY JR. | F | 5-2 HARRISBURG, PA.
ASHLEY LAWRENCE SO. | F | 5-6 TORONTO, ONTARIO
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MICHAELA ABAM FR. | M/D | 5-8 HOUSTON, TEXAS
MICHELLE NEWHOUSE R-FR. | GK | 5-8 PINCH, W.VA.
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KATIE OSTERMAN SR. | GK | 5-9 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
AMANDINE PIERRE-LOUIS FR. | F | 5-6 MONTREAL, QUEBEC
MACY STALNAKER FR. | F/M | 5-4 BUTLER, PA.
SARAH HOWLEY R-FR. | D | 5-8 DALLAS, TEXAS
KAILEY UTLEY JR. | F | 5-4 ST. LOUIS, MO.
NOELLE HONEYCUTT JR. | D | 5-6 HUNTSVILLE, ALA.
ASHLEY WOOLPERT SO. | D | 5-8 SPRINGBORO, OHIO
CARLA PORTILLO FR. | M | 5-1 MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO
ALI CONNELLY SR. | M | 5-6 SOUTH BEND, IND.
BRYCE BANUELOS R-FR. | M | 5-5 ELMHURST, ILL.
TORYN BROADWATER FR. | F | 5-10 MIDLOTHIAN, VA.
CARLY BLACK SO. | D | 5-8 HORSHAM, PA.
KELLY LaPORTE FR. | M | 5-5 GENEVA, ILL.
AMANDA HILL JR. | M | 5-6 WASHINGTON, PA.
HANNAH STEADMAN JR. | GK | 5-7 KINNELON, N.J.
MAGGIE BEDILLION JR. | D | 5-8 WASHINGTON, PA.
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KADEISHA BUCHANAN SO. | D | 5-6 BRAMPTON, ONTARIO
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JESS CROWDER SR. | M | 5-2 CARY, N.C.
KATE SCHWINDEL SR. | F | 5-6 LIVINGSTON, N.J.
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Senior Ali Connelly CONNELLY’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013 3 0 0 0 0
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2012 18 1
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0 0/0
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Saw time in three of the first five matches of the season before suffering a season-ending knee injury at No. 12 Duke Earned first career point with assist on Cari Price’s second goal in WVU’s 4-0 win over Central Michigan
At West Virginia in 2012 • Academic All-Big 12 Soccer Team • WVU Female Student-Athlete Community Service Outreach Award • Made 18 appearances, with first career start against Central Michigan • Logged a career-high 76 minutes against CMU • Played 43 minutes in WVU’s win over No.1-ranked Stanford At West Virginia in 2011 • Saw action in three matches as a true freshman • First career action came against Marshall
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Four-year letterwinner for Saint Joseph’s High Three-time all-conference selection As a senior, awarded Most Dedicated Team Player, Top Team Player and team captain honors 2009 All-Diocesan and 2010 all-district selections Led her squad to two Final Fours and the 2010 state championship; team ranked No. 7 nationally Twice named academic all-state Played club soccer for Jr. Irish, serving as team captain Team finished state runner-up in 2009 and 2010 A three-time all-conference runner in track; played basketball for two seasons National Honor Society member, High Honor Roll every semester and Saint Joseph Scholar honoree
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0
1
1
0/0
Personal • Daughter of Tim and Donna Connelly • One of two children • Father ran track and cross country at Notre Dame and is its head women’s cross country coach • Mother is a WVU graduate • Birthday is October 10 • Majoring in elementary education • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • President’s List • WVU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee team representative
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HEIGHT: 5-6 POSITION: Midfielder HOMETOWN: South Bend, Ind.
Connelly’s Single Game Career Highs
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SHOTS: 1 (five times); last vs. TCU, 10/31/12 SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 vs. Western Carolina, 8/19/12 GOALS: 0 ASSISTS: 1 vs. Central Michigan, 8/30/13 POINTS: 1 vs. Central Michigan, 8/30/13 65
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Senior Jess Crowder CROWDER’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013 23 23 15 0 0
4
4 1/0
2012
3
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20
19
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0 0 0/0 7
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In High School • Two-time all-state pick at Needham Broughton High • 2010 ESPN Rise Top Player for state of North Carolina • Three time all-region and all-conference selection • Played club soccer for CASL 91 • Played in 2009 adidas Elite Soccer Program • Class of 2011 Player to Watch by TopDrawerSoccer and TopDrawerSoccer Top 10 Regional player • Attended USYS ODP regional and state camps from 2005-09 • Member of 2007-08 USL Super Y ODP regional teams • Four-time state cup champion • Three-time USL Super Y regional champion; 2006 US National Club finalist • National Honor Society member and Distinguished Honor Roll choice
• Academic All-Big 12 Soccer Team • Appeared in all 20 matches, starting the final 19 • Helped defense record eight shutouts on the season • Worked 90-plus minutes in 16 matches • Was outstanding in WVU’s win over No. 1-ranked Stanford • Tallied three assists, including first career helper against No. 6 Penn State • Soccer America Team of the Week (8/29) • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (8/28) • CollegeSoccer360 Primetime Performer of the Week (8/28) At West Virginia in 2011 • Saw action in 13 matches as a true freshman • Logged 25-plus minutes seven times • Took two shots in 33 minutes against Marshall
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2011 13 0 3 0 0
At West Virginia in 2013 NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Honorable Mention Academic All-Big 12 Soccer First Team Started all 23 matches at outside back Ranked No. 3 on team with 2,112 minutes played Helped the defense record 10 shutouts on the season, including four straight in postseason play Worked 90-plus minutes in 20 matches Earned a career-high four points, all on assists Assisted on Frances Silva’s goal in WVU’s 1-1 draw at Duke Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team
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Daughter of Dave and Ellain Crowder One of two children Mother played softball at Illinois Tech Birthday is October 27 Majoring in exercise physiology with a biology minor Second degree black belt in tae kwon do Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Dean’s List
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5-2 Defender Cary, N.C.
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Crowder’s Single Game Career Highs
Goals: Assists: Points:
3 at Oklahoma State, 9/27/13 2 vs. Kansas (Big 12 Championship quarterfinal), 11/6/13 0 1 (seven times); last at Baylor, 9/29/13 1 (seven times); last at Baylor, 9/29/13
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Shots: Shots on Goal:
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Senior Katie Osterman OSTERMAN’S CAREER NUMBERS Year
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1
0
14:53
2012
did not see action
2011
did not see action
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0
14:53
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0
0
0
0
0.00
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0
0
0
0
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At West Virginia in 2013
Standout goalkeeper from Bishop Sullivan Catholic High Second team all-state selection Two-time team captain, team defensive MVP award winner District tournament defensive MVP Played club soccer for Virginia Rush Named to 2010 ECNL Showcase Tournament All-Event Team Also played basketball, ran cross country and swam for two seasons National Honor Society member
Shutouts
Daughter of Tony and Joyce Osterman One of four children Birthday is December 13 Majoring in sport management Father played collegiate lacrosse Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Dean’s List President’s List
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5-9 Goalkeeper Virginia Beach, Va.
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Senior Kate Schwindel SCHWINDEL’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/Ea
At West Virginia in 2013 • NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Central Region Second Team • All-Big 12 First Team • Academic All-Big 12 Soccer Second Team • Started 17 of the first 18 matches before suffering a season-ending injury in loss at No. 7 Texas Tech • Tallied 11 goals, a personal-best season total, the second-best team total and No. 4 in Big 12; five of those scores came in eight conference matches • Finished with a career-high 28 points, the second best team total and No. 3 in the Big 12 • Six assists on the season ranked No. 2 on team and No. 4 in the conference • Recorded three game-winners, the fourth-best total in Big 12 • Currently ranks No. 10 in program history with 26 career goals • Took 81 shots in 18 matches for a conference-best 4.50 shots per match average • Netted game-winner in 3-2 overtime victory against TCU • Finished with a personal-best 11 shots against TCU • Tallied the golden goal in the 101st minute in 2-1 double-overtime win at Oklahoma that clinched second straight Big 12 regular-season title • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (10/1, 10/15) • TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Week (10/15) • TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (10/1, 10/15) • Duke Nike Classic All-Tournament Team • CollegeSoccer360 National Primetime co-Player of the Week (10/1) • CS360 Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll (10/1) • Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team
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6 28 2/0
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20
20
84
9
3
8
26
1/0
2011
22
22
51
6
2
7
19
2/0
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5/0
At West Virginia in 2012 • NSCAA All-Central Region Second Team • Academic All-Big 12 Soccer Team • All-Big 12 First Team • Started all 20 matches as a sophomore • Scored a team-best 26 points behind nine goals and eight assists • Set career high in shots with eight against Western Carolina and TCU • Scored a goal in four straight matches to close non conference play • Tied school record for points (seven) in a single match against High Point behind two goals and three assists • Tied the school record twice for assists in a single match (three) against High Point and at Iowa State • Disney Soccer/NSCAA National Player of the Week (10/10) • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (9/18, 10/9) • ECAC Player of the Week (9/18) • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (9/17) • Soccer America Team of the Week (9/26, 10/12) • CollegeSoccer360 Primetime Performer of the Week (10/2) At West Virginia in 2011 • • • • • • • • •
Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team All-Big East Second Team and Big East All-Rookie Team Big East Championship All-Tournament Team Voted team’s most improved player Made 22 starts en route to being named Big East Rookie of the Year First career goal in win over No. 8 Marquette Multi-point games (1G, 1A) against Georgetown (twice) and Marquette Scored the fastest goal in school history in win at Georgetown, only 55 seconds into the match Multi-assist game (2) at Connecticut
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Led all Big East rookies in points with 15 on five goals and five assists in league play Her 19 points, six goals and seven assists all tie for third-most by a freshman in school history Big East Rookie of the Week (10/10) TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (10/10)
In High School • Team captain at Livingston High • 2010 ESPN Rise Fall All-American and ESPN Rise Fall State All-Stars for state of New Jersey • 2010 New Jersey Soccer Female Player of the Year • Two-time first team all-state, four-time all conference and four-time all-county • Totaled 118 goals and 68 assists in her career • Recorded 40 goals and 20 assists as a senior, finishing as state runner-up • Played club soccer for Montclair United Thunderbolts • Led Thunderbolts to 2009 state championship, three other state finals • 2008 and 2009 US U17 National Team Pool; U14 National Camp • Member of NJ ODP teams from 2005-11 • Three-time region one ODP player • Member of region one ODP team, competing at trips to Costa Rica, Portugal and Russia Personal • • • • • • •
Daughter of Kirk and Susan Schwindel One of three children Birthday is April 21 Majoring in child development and family studies U.S. U-20 National Team Training Camp (2012) Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
5-6 Forward Livingston, N.J.
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2013 SEASON
2014 SEASON
HEIGHT: POSITION: HOMETOWN:
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
COACHING STAFF
14 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS | SIX CONFERENCE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
Schwindel’s Single Game Career Highs
11 vs. TCU, 10/13/13 7 vs. TCU, 10/13/13 2 vs. High Point, 9/16/12 3 (twice); last at Iowa State, 10/7/12 7 vs. High Point, 9/16/12
MEDIA INFORMATION
Shots: Shots on Goal: Goals: Assists: Points:
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Junior Maggie Bedillion BEDILLION’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013 15 0 4 0 0
0
2012 2 0 0 0 0
0 0 0/0
Career 17 0
0
4
0
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
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• • • • • • • •
• • • • • •
Saw time in a career-high 15 matches Registered first career shot against Eastern Kentucky and finished the year with four shots Played a career-high 38 minutes in back-to-back matches against Eastern Kentucky and Kentucky Logged time in all five postseason matches, including 24 minutes at No. 4 Virginia Tech in the NCAA Second Round
At West Virginia in 2012 • Saw action in two matches as a true freshman • Logged a career high 14 minutes against Towson
BEDILLION’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots:
1 (four times); last at Virginia Tech, 11/22/13
Shots on Goal: 0 Goals:
0
Assists:
0
Points:
0
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Four-year starter at Trinity High Two-time WPIAL All-Star Twice named to all-section squad Plays club for Beadling Soccer Club, five-time state cup champions (2006-10) People to People Ambassador 2008 Nomination for Congressional Youth Leadership Council National Young Leader Honor Roll student and National Society of High School Scholars member
0
0 0/0 0
Daughter of Daniel and Conniejo Passo One of two children Birthday is March 31 Majoring in exercise physiology Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
HEIGHT:
5-8
POSITION:
Defender
HOMETOWN:
Washington, Pa.
0/0
COACHING STAFF
14 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS | SIX CONFERENCE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Junior Leah Emaus EMAUS’ CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013 23 23 8 0 0
0
0 0/0
2012 20 20 10 1
0
0
2 1/0
Career 43 43
0
0
2
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• • • •
• Four-year letterwinner at Webster Thomas High • TopDrawerSoccer New York Top 20 recruit • 2011 first team all-state and New York Player of the Year • Led team to 2010 section championship and state runner-up finish • Recorded 26 career goals and 29 career assists in varsity action • 2011 member of the All-East Regional Team • Four-time All-Greater Rochester selection • Played club for Empire United Soccer Academy, two-time state cup champions (2008-09) • Three-time CASL champions • ODP state team member from 2008-2011 and ODP Regional Team member from 2008-11 • Has traveled to Spain and Russia for international competition (2011-12) • National Honor Society member and 2011 Principal’s Award recipient • Academic Excellence and Scholar Athlete honoree • High Honor Roll and High Honor Roll with Distinction • Also a state qualifier on the varsity Nordic ski team
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• • • • • •
Big 12 All-Newcomer Team Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Started all 20 matches at center back as a true freshman Played 1,890 minutes – second most on the team Helped defense record eight shutouts on the season Scored first career goal in win over High Point
HEIGHT:
5-8
POSITION:
Defender/Midfielder
HOMETOWN:
Webster, N.Y.
2013 SEASON
At West Virginia in 2012
Daughter of Joe and Karen Emaus One of four children Mother was a downhill skier Birthday is July 28 Majoring in exercise physiology Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Dean’s List
RECORD BOOK
Academic All-Big 12 Soccer First Team Started all 23 matches at outside back Helped the defense record 10 shutouts on the season, including four straight in postseason play Worked 90-plus minutes in 17 matches
1/0
2014 SEASON
1
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
18
EMAUS’ SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS
2 (four times); last vs. Rutgers (NCAA Tournament first round), 11/16/13 MEDIA INFORMATION
Shots:
Shots on Goal: 1 (twice); last vs. Oklahoma State, 9/23/12 Goals:
1 vs. High Point, 9/16/12
Assists:
0
Points:
2 vs. High Point, 9/16/12
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2014 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER GUIDE
Junior Amanda Hill HILL’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
• • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • •
All-Big 12 Second Team Capital One Academic All-District 2 Women’s Soccer Team Academic All-Big 12 Soccer First Team Started all 23 matches at defensive center midfield Ranked No. 5 on team with 2,081 minutes played Helped the defense record 10 shutouts on the season, including four straight in postseason play Tallied a career-high two assists Lone goal came in Mountaineers’ 4-1 win over Wright State Assisted on Frances Silva’s equalizer at Oklahoma; Mountaineers defeated Sooners, 2-1, in double-over time and clinched second straight Big 12 regularseason title
At West Virginia in 2012 • • • • • • • •
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Started all 20 matches at defensive center midfield Helped defense record eight shutouts on the season Worked 90-plus minutes in 16 matches Scored first career goal at TCU Notched first career assist on Kate Schwindel’s game-winner at Kansas Recorded first career game-winning goal in 2-0 win over Oklahoma Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (10/23)
2013 23 23 17 1
0
2012
20
20
15
2
Career
43
43
32
3
Four-year letterwinner and team captain at Trinity High TopDrawerSoccer Pennsylvania Top 20 recruit Two-time all-state selection Three-time All-WPIAL and three-time all-section 2008 Team MVP and three-time team Offensive MVP Played club for Beadling Soccer Club, five-time state cup champions (2006-10) Multi-year team captain Region I Premier League participant ODP state team member from 2006-09 and ODP Regional Team member (2006, 2008) High Honor Roll student and National Honor Society member Ranked No. 1 academically in class with a GPA above a 4.0 Class valedictorian Also ran track at Trinity
HILL’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots:
4 vs. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Championship final), 11/10/13
Shots on Goal: 2 (two times); last time vs. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Championship final), 11/10/13 Goals:
1 (three times); last vs. Wright State, 9/22/13
Assists:
1 (three times); last at Oklahoma, 10/25/13
Points:
2 (three times); last vs. Wright State, 9/22/13
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2
4 0/0
1
1
5
0/0
1
3
9
0/0
Personal • • • • • • •
Daughter of Jay and Lori Hill One of four children Birthday is November 20 Majoring in exercise physiology Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll President’s List
HEIGHT:
5-6
POSITION:
Midfielder
HOMETOWN:
Washington, Pa.
COACHING STAFF
14 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS | SIX CONFERENCE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Junior Noelle Honeycutt HONEYCUTT’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013 6 0 0 0 0
0
2012 3 0 0 0 0
0 0 0/0
Career
0
• Saw time in six matches • Logged a career-high 45 minutes at No. 1 North Carolina
• Midfielder at the Randolph School • Helped 2009 team to Alabama 1A-4A state championship • MVP of 2010 Mardi Gras Classic, leading team to tournament championship • Twice named team’s Offensive MVP • 2011 NSCAA High School Scholar All-American • 2011 AHSAA All-Star and honorable mention all-state • Two-time Huntsville Times Elite Girls Soccer Team selection • Played club for BUSA 94, four-time state cup champions (2007, 2009-2011) • Region III Premier League Champion (2009) • ODP state team member from 2005-10 • ODP Region III Camp participant • National Honor Society member and Honor Roll student • Randolph School Scholar Athlete recipient • Mu Alpha Theta (National Math Honor Society) member • National Spanish Exam Premio de Oro and National Spanish Exam Premio de Bronce • National Latin Exam Cum Laude Achievement Award (2008) • 2012 Raider Award winner for character, leadership and talent • Graduated with a GPA above a 4.0 • Ran cross country as a senior
At West Virginia in 2012 • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Saw action in three matches as a true freshman • Played a career-high 18 minutes in win over Towson
0
0/0
Personal • • • • • • •
Daughter of Tharon and Tammy Honeycutt One of three children Birthday is July 4 Majoring in mechanical engineering Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Dean’s List
HEIGHT:
5-6
POSITION:
Defender
HOMETOWN:
Huntsville, Ala.
2013 SEASON
In High School
0
RECORD BOOK
At West Virginia in 2013
0
2014 SEASON
0
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
0
MEDIA INFORMATION
9
0 0/0
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Junior Kelsie Maloney MALONEY’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013 23 23 27 6 4
4
2012 17 17 37 2 0
3
Career 40 40
7
64
8
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• • • • • • • • •
• Three-time team captain at Bishop McDevitt High • ESPNHS State All-Star • TopDrawerSoccer Mid-Atlantic Regional Top 10 recruit • Totaled 165 goals and 56 assists in her career • Owns school record for career goals, and goals (49) and assists (18) in a single season • Two-time all-state selection • Four-time Patriot News Big 11 Selection • Three-time divisional player of year • Four-time Mid-Penn First Team All-Star • Three-time Mid-Penn leader in points • Led 2012 team to school’s first district championship • Played club for the Baltimore Bays • Five-time state cup champion (2006, 2008-11) • Member of 2007 Pennsylvania Strikers Region 1 championship team • Also a team captain and all-conference basketball player
• • • •
Ranked No. 1 on team and No. 2 in the Big 12 with four game-winners Ranked No. 3 on team and No. 6 in the Big 12 with six goals, a personal-best output Four assists ranked No. 3 on the team and No. 9 in the Big 12 Finished season with 16 points, the third-best team output and No. 7 in the conference Started all 23 matches on the frontline Played 90 or more minutes four times Tallied three points in Mountaineers’ seasonopening 2-2 draw at No. 2 Penn State, assisting on Frances Silva’s goal and scoring her first of the season on a header in the 69th minute Netted game-winner at Oklahoma State for WVU’s first Big 12 victory of the season CS360 Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll (8/27)
At West Virginia in 2012 • Big 12 All-Newcomer Team • Appeared and started in 17 matches as a true freshman • Played a career-high 95 minutes in draw with No. 20 Baylor • Scored two goals and recorded three assists for seven points on the season • Scored first career goal at Purdue • Tallied first career assist against Duquesne • Attempted a career-high seven shots against Duquesne
MALONEY’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots: 7, vs. Duquesne, 9/6/12 Shots on Goal: 4 vs. Oklahoma State, 9/23/12
76
Goals:
1 (eight times); last vs. Kansas, 10/18/13
Assists:
1 (seven times); last vs. TCU, 10/13/13
Points:
3 at Penn State, 8/23/13
4
16 0/0 7 0/0 23 0/0
Daughter of Terence and Tammy Maloney One of four children Birthday is September 11 Majoring in pre-physical education teaching
HEIGHT:
5-2
POSITION:
Forward
HOMETOWN:
Harrisburg, Pa.
COACHING STAFF
14 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS | SIX CONFERENCE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Junior Cari Price PRICE’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013 23 16 27 4 2
4
2012 4 0 1 0 0
0
0 0/0
Career 27 16
4
12
4
2
1/0
2014 SEASON
28
12 1/0
• • • • • • • •
Four assists on the season ranked No. 3 on the team, No. 9 in the Big 12 Finished fourth on team with 12 points Saw time at midfield in all 23 matches Made first career start against Kentucky and started final 16 matches of season Netted first career goals with two scores in WVU’s 4-0 victory against Central Michigan Capped five-point weekend with first career assist in WVU’s 2-0 win over Morehead State Tallied game-winner in 4-3 victory at No. 9 Baylor Voted team’s Most Improved Player
In High School • Standout midfielder at Century High • All-state performer • Three-time all-conference and all-county • Led her team in scoring in 2009 and 2010 • Played club for Bethesda Soccer Club
Personal • • • • •
Daughter of Vince and Linda Price One of two children Birthday is September 11 Majoring in multidisciplinary studies Mother was a swimmer at Maryland and father played college football
HEIGHT:
5-9
POSITION:
Defender/Midfielder
HOMETOWN:
Sykesville, Md.
2013 SEASON
At West Virginia in 2013
Saw action in four matches as a rookie Took one shot in 19 minutes against Western Carolina Logged a career-best 23 minutes in win over High Point
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
• • •
RECORD BOOK
At West Virginia in 2012
MEDIA INFORMATION
PRICE’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots: 3 (two times); last at Oklahoma State, 9/27/13 Shots on Goal: 2 (two times); last at Oklahoma, 10/25/13 Goals:
2 vs. Central Michigan, 8/30/13
Assists:
1 (four times); last vs. Kansas, 10/18/13
Points:
4 vs. Central Michigan, 8/30/13
77
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Junior Hannah Steadman
At Tennessee (2013)
In High School
Personal
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• • • • • • • • •
• • • • •
Between the posts for 45 minutes at No. 16 Kentucky and made three saves, the first of her career, posting a second-half shutout; Volunteers lost to the Wildcats, 4-1 Volunteers finished season at 8-7-4, 3-5-3 in the Southeastern Conference
At Tennessee (2012) • Saw time in two matches, including a season-high 45 minutes at Mississippi State • Made career debut against Kennesaw State and allowed no goals in 26:07 of action • Volunteers finished 14-5-3, 9-3-1 in SEC, and advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament At Tennessee (2011) • Did not see competitive action
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Earned an 84.1 win percentage as goalkeeper at Kinnelon High, compiling a 35-5-4 overall record Set school records as a senior with a 0.45 goalsagainst average and 13 shutouts; also stopped five penalty kicks Earned New Jersey Girls Soccer Coaches Association (NJGSCA) sectional honors in 2010 2010 The Star-Ledger All-State Team Helped Kinnelon to consecutive Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference titles in 2009 and 2010 2011 ESPN/RISE New Jersey State Winter All-Star ESPN/RISE 2010 New Jersey High School Starting 11 2009 The Star-Ledger All-State, All-Conference and All-County Tied Kinnelon’s single-season shutout record in 2009 with 12
Daughter of Tom Steadman One of two children Birthday is October 14 Majoring in communication studies Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
HEIGHT:
5-7
POSITION:
Goalkeeper
HOMETOWN:
Kinnelon, NJ.
COACHING STAFF
14 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS | SIX CONFERENCE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Junior Kailey Utley UTLEY’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E
At West Virginia in 2012 • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Saw action in all 20 matches with three starts as a rookie • Scored five points behind one goal and three assists • Multi-point game (1G, 1A) against Western Carolina – both career firsts • First career goal against Western Carolina came in her first collegiate start
UTLEY’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots: 3 vs. Western Carolina, 8/19/12
2012 20 3 13 1
0
3
5 0/0
Career 40 4
0
4
6
In High School • Four-year letterwinner at Pattonville High • ESPNHS Top 150 recruit (No. 139) and ESPNHS All-Star • Two-time NSCAA All-Region (Midwest) selection (2011-12) • Three-time first team all-state and four-time all-conference • School record holder for career points and single season goals • 2011 Future Star award winner by the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame • Four-time Post Dispatch All-Metro selection • Three-time team MVP and twice named team captain • Four-time district champions (2009-12) and three time conference champions (2009, 2011-12) • Two-time Suburban North Player of the Year • Played club for J.B. Marine after previously leading St. Louis Scott Gallagher teams to three state cup runner-up finishes (2009-11) • 2009 Region II champions and national champion ships participants • Four-year Scholastic Academic Award and Citizenship Awards • Spanish National Honor Society member and National Honor Society member • Ranked No. 1 academically in class with a GPA above a 4.0 • 2012 Academic All-State (basketball) and 2012 Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete Award • All-league basketball and softball player at Pattonville
1
0/0
2014 SEASON
28
Personal • • • • • • •
Daughter of Michael and Wilma Utley One of four children Birthday is December 17 Majoring in biology Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Dean’s List
HEIGHT:
5-4
POSITION:
Forward
HOMETOWN:
St. Louis, Mo.
2013 SEASON
Academic All-Big 12 Soccer First Team Saw time in 20 matches and earned the start against Richmond Tallied two shots in four matches Played a career-high 68 minutes against Central Michigan Logged 40-plus minutes in eight matches Assisted on Frances Silva’s goal in WVU’s 4-1 vic tory over Wright State
1 0/0
RECORD BOOK
• • • • • •
1
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
At West Virginia in 2013
15 0 0
MEDIA INFORMATION
2013 20 1
Shots on Goal: 1 (11 times); last vs. Rutgers (NCAA Tournament first round), 11/16/13 Goals:
1 vs. Western Carolina, 8/19/12
Assists:
1 (four times); last vs. Wright State, 9/22/13
Points:
3 vs. Western Carolina, 8/19/12
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Sophomore Carly Black BLACK’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013
23
23
13
1
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• • • • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • •
All-Big 12 Newcomer Team Academic All-Big 12 Soccer First Team Started all 23 matches at center back and finished fourth on the team with 2,097 minutes played Netted game-winner and first career point in 4-1 victory against Wright State Set up game-winning goal in the Mountaineers’ 1-0 victory over Oklahoma State in Big 12 Soccer Championship final
At West Virginia in 2012 • Medical redshirt
ESPNHS Top 100 recruit (No. 72) TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 recruit (No. 85) TopDrawerSoccer Top 25 Defender (No. 17) TopDrawerSoccer Pennsylvania Top 10 recruit Named 2011 Suburban One Top Five Players To Watch 2010 First Team Suburban One All-League Played club for PDA Charge, voted Soccer America’s No. 1 Girls Soccer Club in the Nation (2011) Five-time state cup champion (2007-11) 2007 Region 1 champion and twice Region 1 Premier League champion (2008, 2010) ECNL Nationals Silver Medalist (2010, 2011) ODP state team member (2005-09) and ODP regional team participant (2005-09) Twice member of U.S. National Pool (2008, 2009) 2010 id2 National Camp player and March 2012 ECNL PDP Four-year student government officer English Excellence Award (2009) and Champions of Learning medal in Honors Physics (2012) Graduated in Top-10 percent of class academically National Honor Society member High School Administrators Leadership Award All-league volleyball player at Hatboro Horsham
BLACK’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots: 2 (4 times); last vs. Wright State, 9/22/13 Shots on Goal: 1 (2 times); last vs. Wright State, 9/22/13 Goals:
1 vs. Wright State, 9/22/13
Assists:
1 (2 times); last vs. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Championship Final), 11/10/13
Points:
2 vs. Wright State, 9/22/13
80
1
2
4
Daughter of Ed and Patsy Black One of two children Mother played soccer at La Salle Birthday is February 4 Majoring in exercise physiology Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll President’s List Dean’s List
HEIGHT:
5-8
POSITION:
Defender
HOMETOWN:
Horsham, Pa.
0/0
COACHING STAFF
14 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS | SIX CONFERENCE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Sophomore Kadeisha Buchanan BUCHANAN’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 0
1
3 2/0
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• Full Canadian National Team member • Standout defender at Cardinal Leger Catholic Secondary School under coach James Chambers • 11-A side champions in 2009 and ROPSSA champions in 2010 • Also played flag football, volleyball and basketball • Played club for Brams United under coach Joe Nucifora • Silver medalist with full Canadian national team at Yongchuan Cup in China (2013) • Represented Canada at the 2012 U17 CONCACAF Women’s tournament, winning a silver medal • Game MVP against Jamaica at U17 CONCACAF (2012) • Guided club teams to league championship (2011), Ontario Cup titles (2008, 2011) and a national championship (2011) • Earned MVP honors at Gran Campon Del Torneo (2008-09) • Provincial wins in the Quebec Series (2010) and nationals (2010-11)
• • • • • • • • •
HEIGHT:
5-6
POSITION:
Defender
HOMETOWN:
Brampton, Ontario
RECORD BOOK
Daughter of Howard Tate and Melsadie Tate One of 12 children Birthday is November 5 Current backline starter for the Canadian Women’s National Team 2013 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year Enrolled in general studies Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Dean’s List
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
NSCAA/Continental Tire All-America Second Team; first Mountaineer rookie to earn NSCAA AllAmerica honors NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Central Region First Team TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Freshman First Team Big 12 Defender of the Year Big 12 Newcomer of the Year All-Big 12 First Team All-Big 12 Newcomer Team Academic All-Big 12 Newcomer Team Big 12 Soccer Championship Defensive MVP Big 12 All-Tournament Team Started all 23 matches at center back Only Mountaineer to play all 2,151 minutes of season Netted first career goal at Baylor Earned first career assist in win over TCU Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (10/1) TopDrawerSoccer.com mid-season No. 4 Impact Freshman Team Defensive MVP
BUCHANAN’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots: 2 vs. TCU, 10/13/13 1 at Baylor, 9/29/13
Assists:
1 vs. TCU, 10/13/13
Points:
2 at Baylor, 9/29/13
MEDIA INFORMATION
Shots on Goal: 1 at Baylor, 9/29/13 Goals:
2013 SEASON
2014 SEASON
2013 23 23 6 1
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Sophomore Ashley Lawrence LAWRENCE’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013
23
20
46
4
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• Full Canadian National Team member • Attended U20 (July 2012) and Full National Team (Jan. 2013) camps, including international CAPS at the Four-Nation Tournament in China (Jan. 2013) • Captained Canada’s U17 teams at CONCAF qualifiers (April 2012) and Women’s World Cup (Sept. 2012) • Represented Canada at the 2010 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago • Won Gold medals with Team Ontario at U14 Nationals and U16 Nationals • Twice named U17 Canadian Player of the Year (2011-12) • Played club for Erin Mills Mighty Eagles under coach Cyprian McFarlane • Led team to Gold medal at 2010 Ontario Summer Games, two Gold medals at the Ontario Cup Championship and a Gold medal at the National Club Championships in Lethbridge, Alberta • Two-time Petro Canada Fueling Athlete and Coaching Excellence Program member (2010-11) • Attended Mayfield Secondary School after three seasons of soccer at Cardinal Leger High for coach James Chambers
• • • • • • •
NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Central Region First Team All-Big 12 First Team All-Big 12 Newcomer Team Academic All-Big 12 Newcomer Team Big 12 All-Tournament Team Saw time in all 23 matches and started 20 at midfield Ranked No. 4 on team with 12 points Four assists ranked No. 3 on team, No. 9 in Big 12 Earned first career point off an assist on Kelsie Maloney’s goal at No. 2 Penn State in team’s season-opening 2-2 draw Earned a game-best three points in 4-0 win over Eastern Kentucky, including first career goal Registered a career-high six shots against TCU Tallied the game-winning goal in the Mountaineers’ 1-0 win over Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Soccer Championship final; finished tournament with three points Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (10/8) Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team
LAWRENCE’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots: 6 vs. TCU, 10/13/13 Shots on Goal: 3 vs. Kansas (Big 12 Championship quarterfinal), 11/6/13
82
Goals:
1 (four times); last vs. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Championship final), 11/10/13
Assists:
1 (four times); last vs. Kansas (Big 12 Championship quarterfinal), 11/6/13
Points:
3 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/13/13
1
4
12
1/0
Daughter of Raphael Emovon and Tina Lawrence One of two children Birthday is June 11 Invited to camp with the Canadian Women’s National Team in summer of 2014 Enrolled in general studies Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
HEIGHT:
5-6
POSITION:
Forward
HOMETOWN:
Toronto, Ontario
COACHING STAFF
14 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS | SIX CONFERENCE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Sophomore Ashley Woolpert WOOLPERT’S CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 0
0 0/0
2014 SEASON
2013 4 0 2 0 0
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• • • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • • • • •
HEIGHT:
5-8
POSITION:
Defender
HOMETOWN:
Springboro, Ohio
2013 SEASON
Daughter of Phil and Kathy Woolpert One of two children Birthday is June 7 Majoring in exercise physiology Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll Dean’s List
RECORD BOOK
Played club for Cincinnati United Premier under coach Scott Rogers Led team to 2008 State Championship, 2010 CASL Showcase Championship and 2011 Ohio South State Cup Finals Four-year letterwinner at Springboro High for coach Eric Detmer Team captain as a junior and senior All-Ohio second team as a senior, leading team to district semifinals in 2012 2012 All-Miami Valley First Team and All-Greater Western Ohio Conference First Team 2012 Greater Western Ohio Conference Player of the Year 2012 Springboro High Offensive Player of the Year 2010 All-Dayton South selection Four-year Greater Western Ohio Conference Scholar Athlete Award (2009-12) Led U18 team to 2013 USYSA Midwest Regional League Region II championship Won 2013 OSYSA state cup title with Cincinnati United Premier U18 State ODP member from 2008-11 2010-2011 ODP State Team National Championship Semifinalist Helped 2010 squad to Region II Team Championship
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Academic All-Big 12 Newcomer Team Saw time in four matches Logged a career-high 29 minutes against Eastern Kentucky Recorded first career shot on-goal against Eastern Kentucky
WOOLPERT’S SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots: 1 (two times); last vs. Wright State, 9/22/13
MEDIA INFORMATION
Shots on Goal: 1 vs. Eastern Kentucky, 9/13/13 Goals: 0 Assists:
0
Points: 0
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2014 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER GUIDE
R-Freshman Bryce Banuelos BANUELOS’ CAREER NUMBERS Year M MS S G GWG A Pts C/E 2013 3 3 1 0 0
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• Started first three matches of career before suffering season-ending knee injury against Central Michigan
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ESPNHS Top 150 (No. 66) Top Drawer Soccer Midwest Regional Top 10 (No. 9) Girls IMG Academy Top 150 (No. 89) Plays club for Team Chicago under coach Phil Nielsen 2012-13 USYSA National League Champions 2012 USYSA Region II Champions Two-time Illinois State Cup Champions (2011-12) 2009 Illinois State Cup Finalists Played one season (2012) at York High for coach Krzysztof Halupka Earned all-conference and all-sectional honors ODP Region II team member (2009-12)
0 0 0/0
Daughter of Michael and Maria Banuelos Mother, Maria, played tennis at Central Michigan One of three children Birthday is May 6 Majoring in psychology
HEIGHT:
5-5
POSITION:
Midfielder
HOMETOWN:
Elmhurst, Ill.
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R-Freshman Sarah Howley
At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• Did not see competitive action
• Three-year letterwinner at Highland Park High for coach Stewart Brown • Team captain as a senior (2013) • 2013 All-State First Team • 4A state champions in 2012; state finalists in 2013 • 2012 4A state championship MVP and 4A All-State Tournament Team • 2012 all-district first team; 2010-11 all-district second team • Played club for Sting ’95 under coach Jeremy Halverson • 2013 USYSA NTX state champions • 2012 USYSA state champions and Region III semifinalists • Two-time LHGCL Division 1 Grand Champions • Member of state ODP teams from 2005-07 and regional ODP teams in 2007 and 2008 • Honors student who was twice named Cornerstone Scholar Athlete (2012-13) and AP Scholar (2010-12)
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Defender
HOMETOWN:
Dallas, Texas RECORD BOOK
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5-8
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Daughter of Scott and Emily Howley One of three children Birthday is September 12 Granddaughter of former WVU All-American and Super Bowl MVP Chuck Howley Enrolled in general studies Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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At West Virginia in 2013
In High School
Personal
• Did not see competitive action
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2012 NSCAA Girls High School All-American 2012 West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year Standout goalkeeper and four-time MVP at Capital High for coach Riley Gibson Recorded 483 saves and 30 shutouts in her career Also scored nine goals in final two seasons Made 93 saves against 121 shots as a senior Four-time all-state selection 2012 AAA state Player of the Year and MSAC Player of the Year 2012 team captain and North South All-Star Game participant All-MSAC First Team and All-Kanawha Valley Team 2011 AAA state Goalkeeper of the Year and MSAC Goalkeeper of the Year Played club for WVSC Rowdies under coach Kevin Long Member of seven state champion teams State ODP member from 2010-12 “A” honor roll student
Daughter of Andy and Cindy Newhouse Father played football at Glenville State One of two children Birthday is April 5 Majoring in pre-physical education teaching Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
HEIGHT:
5-8
POSITION:
Goalkeeper
HOMETOWN:
Pinch, W.Va.
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R-Freshman Amandine Pierre-Louis
Personal
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HEIGHT:
5-6
POSITION:
Forward
HOMETOWN:
Montreal, Quebec
2013 SEASON
Daughter of Emerson and Martine Pierre-Louis One of two children Birthday is February 18 Speaks French Competes for the Canadian U-20 National Team Enrolled in general studies Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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Canadian U17 Player of the Year finalist Won a Silver medal at 2012 CONCACAF U17 Championship in Guatemala Represented Canada at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Azerbaijan 2012 Played club for Saint-Leonard 2011 Quebec Player of the Year Graduated from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Secondary School
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In High School
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Newcomers
Freshman Michaela Abam
Freshman Toryn Broadwater
HEIGHT:
5-8
HEIGHT: 5-10
POSITION:
Midfielder/Defender
POSITION:
Forward
HOMETOWN:
Houston, Texas
HOMETOWN:
Midlothian, Va.
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Girls IMG Academy Top 150 (No. 18) No. 3-ranked player in the Texas region and No. 6-ranked defender nationally Played club for Texas Rush under coach Andy Squire U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team member U.S. Youth National Team Program (U14, U15, U17) Attended multiple Youth National Team camps Attended Harmony Science Academy Houston High
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Daughter of David and Natalie Abam One of four children Birthday is June 12 Will major in psychology
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Member of the Under-18 Richmond Kickers Elite under coach Rob Ukrop 2013-14 Virginia State Cup champion 2011-13 Disney Soccer Showcase champion 2013 San Diego Surf Cup finalist 2011-12 Washington Area Girls Soccer League champion Tallied 31 goals and 11 assists in three season (2011-13) at Cosby High under coach Roger Lattimer 2013 all-district and all-region first team 2012 Virginia State AAA high school champions 2012 and 2013 Richmond Times Dispatch All-Metro Second Team
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Daughter of Timothy and Natasha Broadwater One of four children Sister, Tessa, played for the Mountaineers in 2013, while sister, Taylor, also attends WVU Birthday is August 28 Will enroll in general studies
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HEIGHT: 5-7
HEIGHT: 5-5
POSITION:
Forward
POSITION:
Midfielder
HOMETOWN:
San Diego, Calif.
HOMETOWN:
Geneva, Ill.
• Ten-year top-level player for Albion SC and five-year team captain (2010-14) • 2011-12 Cal South ODP selection pool • Team captain at Horizon Christian Academy • Set high school career goals record (111 goals) • Three-time Linfield Tournament Offensive MVP • 2013 San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team • 2013 and 2012 San Diego Union Tribune Division 5 First Team • 2013 all-coastal first team • 2012 all-league first team • 2012 Division 5 MVP • Set Horizon Christian Academy’s single-game goals (5) and single-season goals (48) records in 2011 Personal
• Three-year defender for Strikers Fox Valley 96’ Premier under coaches Amy Winslow and Jim Winslow • Only girl to play and start for boys Strikers’ squad • 2013 Midwest Regional League champions • Advanced to the 2012 and 2013 Illinois State Cup quarterfinals • Advanced to the 2011 Illinois State Cup semifinals • Attended Geneva Community High Personal • Daughter of Victor LaPorte and Lynda Coxe-LaPorte • One of three children • Sister, Jessica, plays soccer for Loras College • Birthday is October 25 • Enrolled in general studies
Daughter of Joseph and Deana Kaleiohi One of five children Sister, Kayla, plays soccer at Holy Names University Birthday is January 16 Will major in pre-business
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In High School
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Freshman Kelly LaPorte
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Freshman Heather Kaleiohi
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Newcomers
Freshman Carla Portillo
Freshman Macy Stalnaker
HEIGHT: 5-1
HEIGHT: 5-4
POSITION:
Midfielder
POSITION:
Forward/Midfielder
HOMETOWN:
Port Credit, Mississauga
HOMETOWN:
Butler, Pa.
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Member of the 2014 Pre-Regional Exceleration (REX) Program Invited to several Canadian Under-20 camps and has played alongside current Mountaineers Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence and Amandine Pierre-Louis Trained with the National Training Centre Ontario in 2013 Played club soccer for the Burlington Bayhawks under coach Neil Schofield Won the 2013 and 2012 Ontario Youth Soccer League (OYSL) Championships and 2013 and 2012 Ontario Cups with the Bayhawks Earned the Bronze medal at the 2013 Canadian National Championships and the Silver medal at the 2012 Championships with Team Ontario Bayhawks won Gold at the 2012 Canadian Club National Championships and the 2012 Disney Showcase Bayhawks named 2012 Burlington Team of the Year Four-year member (2009-12) of Provincial Team Ontario Won the 2010 Canadian National Championships with Team Ontario Finished second at 2010 Canadian Club National Championship with Brams United Attended Port Credit Secondary School
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Daughter of Carlos Portillo and Herminia Bongog Has one brother Birthday is July 12 Will major in pre-sport exercise psychology
In High School • • • • • • • • •
Played four years of club soccer for Northern Steel Soccer Team won 2013 U.S. Club Soccer Regional (Greensboro) and advanced to the U.S. Club National Tournament Six-year member of Northern Crew Soccer Earned 11 varsity letters at Butler High Four-time Offensive MVP for the Golden Tornadoes Two-time WPIAL AAA all-section MVP, 2013 WPIAL AAA All-Star Game Three-year recipient of Butler High’s tri-athlete award Also competed varsity track & field for Butler
Personal • • • •
Daughter of William and Melinda Stalnaker One of four children Birthday is October 6 Will major in forensic & investigative sciences
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2014 Notebook Ready for Battle One thing is certain entering the 2014 season – the Mountaineers will be challenged. WVU’s slate features six opponents that appeared in the 2013 NCAA Tournament: Penn State, Duke, Georgetown, La Salle, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. “The goal is always to improve every game in preparation for conference play and to be competing for as long as we can at the end of the season,” says WVU coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “To be the best, you must play the best – that’s always been my philosophy.” For the second straight season, and the third time in four years, WVU will open at Penn State. The team also will face Missouri that weekend. WVU opens its 10th year at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium against Duke, a 2013 NCAA Tournament quarterfinalist, on Aug. 29. The two teams battled to a 1-1 doubleovertime draw at the 2013 Duke Nike Classic. The Mountaineers will compete at DDSS 12 times in 2014, and the two-time defending Big 12 Conference regular-season champions and reigning conference tournament champions will close out their slate with three straight home matches against league opponents – Oklahoma State, the 2013 Big 12 Tournament runners-up, Oklahoma and Baylor, the 2012 conference tournament champions. Nice to Meet You The Mountaineers will face three first-time opponents in 2014: Missouri, Elon and UNC Greensboro. In the program’s 18-year history (moving into 2014), the Mountaineers have faced 97 different teams.
National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) TV College Soccer Showcase Series. After matches at Iowa State and Kansas, WVU closes its regular season with three straight Big 12 matches at DDSS, including a season-ending match against Baylor, the 2012 Big 12 Tournament champions, on Oct. 31. WVU snapped BU’s 31-game unbeaten streak last season with a 4-3 victory in Waco. Following a successful first stint, the Big 12 Soccer Championship will be held at Swope Soccer Village, in Kansas City, Missouri, Nov. 5-9. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were streamed by the Big 12 Digital Network on Big12Sports.com in 2013, and Fox Sports 1 carried the championship match. The top eight teams based on conference results determined by a point system qualify for the Big 12 Championship. A squad gets three points for each conference win and one point for each conference tie. All-Big 12 Talent Returns Five of the Mountaineers’ six All-Big 12 honorees from last season return in 2014, including Big 12 Defender and Newcomer of the Year, Kadeisha Buchanan. She is one of three first-team honorees on this year’s squad, as forwards Kate Schwindel, a two-time honoree, and Ashley Lawrence also return. Midfielder Amanda Hill was named to the second team, and defender Carly Black landed on the Newcomer Team, along with Black and Lawrence.
Schwindel, Maloney to Lead Offensive Attack Despite the loss of All-American forward Frances Silva, the Mountaineers return 68 percent of their goal scoring from 2013, including forwards Kate Schwindel and Kelsie Maloney. The duo combined for 17 goals last season, including seven game-winners. Schwindel, a senior and two-time NSCAA All-Central Region honoree, finished second behind Silva in 2013 with 11 goals and six assists for 28 points. Maloney, a junior, finished third with 16 points (6 G, 4 A). In total, WVU returns four student-athletes that tallied double-digit point totals in 2013, including sophomore forward Ashley Lawrence and junior defender/midfielder Cari Price; the duo each finished with 12 points on four goals and four assists. Junior forward Kailey Utley had a great spring with the Mountaineers and is expected to see more action this season. She owns six career points. A Back Line Matures Young just one season ago, the Mountaineer defense will be one of the most experienced units on the field in 2014. WVU returns all four back-line starters: senior outside back Jess Crowder, junior outside back Leah Emaus and sophomore center backs Kadeisha Buchanan and Carly Black. The unit helped the Mountaineers post 10 shutouts in 2013, including four straight in postseason play, and hold opponents to just 24 goals.
WVU also returns 2012 All-Big 12 honorees, defender Leah Emaus and forward Kelsie Maloney.
WVU was 2-1-1 against first-time foes in 2013, including a 1-1 double-overtime draw at Duke on Sept. 6. The Mountaineers and the Blue Devils will meet again in 2014, as WVU opens its home season against Duke on Friday, Aug. 29, at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Going For Five The Mountaineers look to push their Big 12 Conference haul to five in 2014, as WVU seeks its third straight regular-season championship and a successful defense of its tournament title. WVU opens its conference season on the road with a swing through Texas, as the team opens at TCU on Friday, Sept. 26, before a Sunday showdown against the Longhorns. The Mountaineers face a tough challenge in their home Big 12 opener, as Texas Tech, the only conference team to earn a regular-season victory against WVU, travels to Morgantown for a Friday night match on Oct. 10. The contest will be featured on the
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All-Big 12 honoree Carly Black returns to a more mature Mountaineer back line.
Osterman saw her first career action in 2013, playing the final 14:53 in the team’s 4-1 win over Wright State. Steadman comes from Tennessee, where she saw time in three matches throughout her career, including 45 minutes between the posts in the team’s 4-1 loss to No. 16 Kentucky in 2013. She made three saves, the first of her career, in the defeat. Newhouse, a Pinch, W.Va., native, was a 2012 NSCAA Girls High School AllAmerican and the 2012 West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year at Capital High.
Izzo-Brown has coached 14 student-athletes who went on to play professionally, 17 All-Americans, 12 Academic All-Americans and 14 conference players of the year. To date, she owns an impressive 251-96-39 overall record at WVU and a 264-101-39 overall mark. IzzoBrown earned her career 250th victory with a 4-0 win over Central Michigan on Aug. 30, 2013. She enters the
2014 Women’s Soccer Schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME Aug. 12 at Rutgers (scrimmage) Noon Aug. 16 Navy (scrimmage) 1 p.m. Aug. 22 at Penn State + 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24 vs Missouri + Noon Aug. 29 Duke 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 Elon 1 p.m. Sept. 5 Indiana State vs UNC Greensboro ^ 5 p.m. Sept. 5 Hofstra ^ 7 p.m. Sept. 7 Indiana State vs Hofstra ^ Noon Sept. 7 UNC Greensboro ^ 5 p.m. Sept. 12 Georgetown 7 p.m. Sept. 14 Duquesne 1 p.m. Sept. 19 La Salle 7 p.m. Sept. 21 Villanova 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at TCU * 8 p.m. Sept. 28 at Texas * 2 p.m. Oct. 10 Texas Tech * 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Iowa State * 8 p.m. Oct. 19 at Kansas * 2 p.m. Oct. 24 Oklahoma State * 7 p.m. Oct. 26 Oklahoma * 1 p.m. Oct. 31 Baylor * 7 p.m. Nov. 5 Big 12 Soccer Championship Quarterfinal • TBA Nov. 7 Big 12 Soccer Championship Semifinal • TBA Nov. 9 Big 12 Soccer Championship Final • TBA
Izzo-Brown has never had a losing season as head coach and has led the Mountaineers to 14 straight 10-plus win seasons. Taking Names The Mountaineers have defeated at least one top-10 team in each of the last nine seasons. Most recently, the squad scored a 4-3 win at No. 9 Baylor on Sept. 29, 2013. WVU is 11-10-2 against top-10 teams and 17-22-7 against all ranked opponents since 2005.
2014 SEASON
Three contenders emerged this spring: senior Katie Osterman, junior-transfer Hannah Steadman and redshirt-freshman Michelle Newhouse.
Wins vs. the Top 10 2013
at No. 9 Baylor
W, 4-3
2012
No. 7 Oklahoma State
W, 1-0
2012
vs. No. 1 Stanford (at Penn State)
W, 1-0
2011
No. 8 Marquette
W, 301
2010
No. 9 Virginia
W, 1-0
2009
at No. 9 Rutgers (Big East Tournament)
W, 1-0
2009
at No. 8 Penn State
W, 2-1
2008
No. 7 Virginia
W, 3-0
2007
at No. 6 Penn State (NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen)
W, 1-0
2006
at No. 7 Penn State
W, 2-1
2005
No. 9 Marquette
W, 2-0
2013 SEASON
Head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown returns to West Virginia University for her 19th season with the Mountaineers and her 20th season as a college coach. Named the program’s first head coach in 1995, she has led WVU to 14 straight NCAA appearances, the country’s ninthlongest active streak, and won 11 conference titles with the Mountaineers. WVU has won six conference titles in the last four seasons.
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For the first time in three seasons, the Mountaineers will feature a new goalie in net, as the team looks to replace three-year starter Sara Keane.
2014 season ranked in the top 20 among active NCAA Division I coaches with a .702 winning percentage and her career-wins mark ranks in the top 25. Additionally, she ranked No. 6 on All White Kit’s 2014 CoachRank, a data-driven, objective system of measuring coach performance over at least a three-year period.
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Fearless Leader
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+ Penn State Invitational (University Park, Pa.) ^ WVU 90 Minute Classic * Big 12 Conference opponent • Big 12 Soccer Championship at Swope Soccer Village (Kansas City, Mo.) All times Eastern and subject to change
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2014 Notebook The Next 250
Morgantown Magic
International Experience
In just 18 seasons, the West Virginia University women’s soccer team has earned 251 program wins, an average of 14 victories per season.
The Mountaineers have developed a true home field advantage, going 80-15-12 at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium since its opening in August 2004. Including a 4-0 showing in 2013, WVU has not dropped a conference match in Morgantown since losing, 3-2 in overtime, to then-No. 8 Notre Dame on Oct. 2, 2009.
The 2014 WVU roster features four student-athletes who gained experience on the national level throughout the offseason.
The Mountaineers scored program win No. 250 with their 1-0 victory over Baylor at the 2013 Big 12 Soccer Championship semifinal on Nov. 8, in Kansas City, Missouri.
A season-high 1,610 fans were in attendance for WVU’s thrilling NCAA Tournament first-round match against Rutgers in 2013, the fifth-best attendance in program history. There were 1,553 fans in attendance for WVU’s 2-1 win over Texas, the sixth-best mark in program history. Over the past five seasons, more than 52,000 fans have packed the stands to make Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium one of the toughest environments in the Big 12.
Three Mountaineers were selected to represent Canada at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada: sophomores Kadeisha Buchanan (defender) and Ashley Lawrence (forward), and freshman Amandine PierreLouis (forward). Buchanan, the 2013 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year, and Lawrence also gained experience with the Canadian Women’s National Team. Buchanan scored her first career international score, as she put a shot past the United States’ Hope Solo in a 1-1 draw against the USA on May 8. Additionally, freshman defender Michaela Abam was named to the United States’ Under-18 Women’s National Team 20-player roster and trained in Mexico City with the squad from July 22-28.
A season-high 1,610 fans packed Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium for WVU’s thrilling 2013 NCAA Tournament first round match vs. Rutgers.
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SCHOOL INFORMATION Location: University Park, Pa.
Head Coach: Erica Walsh
SID Contact: Kellie O’Brien
Conference: Big Ten
Record at PSU: 115-43-8 (Eighth season)
Email: kbo2@psu.edu
Nickname: Nittany Lions
2013 Record: 15-7-1/7-4-0
Phone: 814-863-5119
Colors: Navy and White
2013 Postseason: NCAA Second Round
Internet: www.gopsusports.com
Head Coach: Bryan Blitz
SID Contact: Kate Lakin
Conference: Southeastern
Record at PSU: 196-158-21 (19th season)
Email: lakinke@missouri.edu
Nickname: Tigers
2013 Record: 8-9-3/4-4-3
Phone: 573-884-8519
Colors: Gold and Black
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.mutigers.com
Head Coach: Robbie Church
SID Contact: Lindy Brown
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Record at PSU: 159-96-36 (14th season)
Email: lbrown@duaa.duke.edu
Nickname: Blue Devils
2013 Record: 9-9-6/5-5-3
Phone: 919-684-2664
Colors: Dark Blue and White
2013 Postseason: NCAA Quarterfinals
Internet: wwww.goduke.com
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Location: Durham, N.C.
Twitter: @Duke_WSOC
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Head Coach: Chris Neal
SID Contact: Dan Wyar
Conference: Southern
Record at EU: 60-41-22 (Seventh season)
Email: dwyar@elon.edu
Nickname: Phoenix
2013 Record: 13-3-6/5-1-4
Phone: 336-278-6634
Colors: Maroon and Gold
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.elonphoenix.com
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Location: Elon, N.C.
Twitter: @elonwsoccer
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HOFSTRA September 5
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Twitter: @MizzouSoccer
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ELON August 31
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Location: Columbia, Mo.
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DUKE August 29
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Twitter: @PennStateWSOC
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vs. MISSOURI August 24
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Location: Hempstead, N.Y.
Head Coach: Simon Riddiough
SID Contact: Brian Bohl
Conference: Colonial
Record at HU: 98-52-13 (Ninth season)
Email: brian.k.bohl@hofstra.edu
Nickname: Pride
2013 Record: 10-6-3/3-2-3
Phone: 516-463-6759
Colors: Blue, White and Gold
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.gohofstra.com
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at PENN STATE August 22
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Twitter: @riddi21
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UNC GREENSBORO September 7
Head Coach: Steve Nugent
SID Contact: Justin Glover
Conference: Southern
Record at UNCG: 30-23-6 (Third season)
Email: Justin.glover@uncg.edu
Nickname: Spartans
2013 Record: 10-6-4/5-2-3
Phone: 336-482-7568
Colors: Navy, Gold and White
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.uncgspartans.com Twitter: @UNCGWSoccer
SID Contact: Mike Carey
Conference: Big East
Record at GU: 133-64-18 (11th season)
Email: mbc32@georgetown.edu
Nickname: Hoyas
2013 Record: 16-3-2/7-1-1
Phone: 202-687-2475
Colors: Blue and Gray
2013 Postseason: Second Round
Internet: www.guhoyas.com Twitter: @HoyasWSoc
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Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Head Coach: Al Alvine
SID Contact: Ryan Gavatorta
Conference: Atlantic 10
Record at DU: 12-20-4 (Third season)
Email: gavatortar@duq.edu
Nickname: Dukes
2013 Record: 6-9-2/2-5-1
Phone: 412-396-6560
Colors: Blue and Red
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.goduquesne.com Twitter: @DuqWSoccer
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Location: Philadelphia, Pa.
Head Coach: Paul Royal
SID Contact: Molly Gallagher
Conference: Atlantic 10
Record at LSU: 115-89-19 (12th season)
Email: gallaghermj@lasalle.edu
Nickname: Explorers
2013 Record: 15-5-3/5-2-1
Phone: 215-951-1633
Colors: Blue and Gold
2013 Postseason: First Round
Internet: www.goexplorers.com Twitter: @LaSalle_WSOC
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Villanova September 21
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Head Coach: Dave Nolan
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La Salle September 19
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Location: Washington, D.C.
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Duquesne September 14
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Location: Greensboro, N.C.
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GEORGETOWN September 12
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Location: Villanova, Pa.
Head Coach: John Byford
SID Contact: Krissy Woods
Conference: Big East
Record at VU: 50-53-14 (Seventh season)
Email: kristine.woods@villanova.edu
Nickname: Wildcats
2013 Record: 6-10-3/3-5-1
Phone: 610-519-5927
Colors: Blue, Light Blue and White
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.villanova.com Twitter: @NovaWSoccer
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Location: Forth Worth, Texas
Head Coach: Eric Bell
SID Contact: Brandie Davidson
Conference: Big 12
Record at TCU: 13-20-7 (Third season)
Email: b.i.davidson@tcu.edu
Nickname: Horned Frogs
2013 Record: 6-10-3/2-5-1
Phone: 817-257-7969
Colors: Purple and White
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.gofrogs.com Twitter: @TCUSoccer
Head Coach: Angela Kelly
SID Contact: TBA
Conference: Big 12
Record at UT: 20-16-4 (Fourth season)
Email: TBA
Nickname: Longhorns
2013 Record: 12-6-2/5-2-1
Phone: 512-232-1539
Colors: Burnt Orange and White
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.texassports.com Twitter: @TexasSoccer
Head Coach: Tom Stone
SID Contact: Britton Drown
Record at TTU: 78-49-14 (Eighth season)
Email: britton.drown@ttu.edu
Nickname: Red Raiders
2013 Record: 18-2-3/6-0-2
Phone: 972-679-5094
Colors: Scarlet and Black
2013 Postseason: NCAA Second Round
Internet: www.texastech.com
2013 SEASON
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Twitter: @TechAthletics
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Location: Ames, Iowa
Head Coach: Tony Minatta
SID Contact: Patyon Arnold
Conference: Big 12
Record at ISU: 0-0-0 (First season)
Email: piarnold@iastate.edu
Nickname: Cyclones
2013 Record: 9-9-2/3-4-1
Phone: 515-294-3372
Colors: Cardinal and Gold
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.cyclones.com
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Twitter: @cycloneSCR
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at KANSAS October 19
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Location: Lubbock, Texas
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at IOWA STATE October 17
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Location: Austin, Texas
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TEXAS TECH October 10
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at TEXAS September 28
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Location: Lawrence, Kan.
Head Coach: Mark Francis
SID Contact: Brad Gilbert
Conference: Big 12
Record at KU: 163-121-22 (16th season)
Email: brgilbert@ku.edu
Nickname: Jayhawks
2013 Record: 7-11-2/2-5-1
Phone: 785-864-7788
Colors: Crimson and Blue
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.kuathletics.com Twitter: @KUWSoccer
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OKLAHOMA STATE October 24
Head Coach: Colin Carmichael
SID Contact: Wade McWhorter
Conference: Big 12
Record at OSU: 136-42-28 (10th season)
Email: wade.mcwhorter@okstate.edu
Nickname: Cowgirls
2013 Record: 9-7-6/2-3-3
Phone: 405-744-7853
Colors: Orange and Black
2013 Postseason: NCAA First Round
Internet: www.okstate.com Twitter: @CowgirlFC
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SID Contact: Makayla Hipke
Conference: Big 12
Record at OU: 23-29-9 (Third season)
Email: mhipke@ou.edu
Nickname: Sooners
2013 Record: 4-13-1/1-7-0
Phone: 405-325-8372
Colors: Crimson and Cream
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.soonersports.com Twitter: @SoonerSoccer
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Location: Waco, Texas
Head Coach: Marci Jobson
SID Contact: Zach Peters
Conference: Big 12
Record at BU: 69-34-21 (Seventh season)
Email: zach_peters@baylor.edu
Nickname: Bears
2013 Record: 11-6-3/3-4-1
Phone: 254-710-3784
Colors: Green and Gold
2013 Postseason: None
Internet: www.baylorbears.com Twitter: @BaylorFutbol
WVU ends 2014 with three straight Big 12 matches at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
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BAYLOR October 31
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OKLAHOMA October 26
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Big 12 Beasts
Uncharted Territory
The Mountaineers staked their claim in 2013 as the Big 12 Conference’s team to beat, as the squad successfully defended its regular-season title and posted three straight shutouts in the conference tournament to capture its first Big 12 Championship title, the first Big 12 Tournament title for any WVU team.
After an early exit from the 2012 Big 12 Conference Tournament, the Mountaineers entered the 2013 round of games focused and prepared to not allow history to repeat itself.
The Mountaineers swept the 2013 Big 12 Conference postseason awards. Forward Frances Silva earned the Offensive Player of the Year honor as a unanimous selection, while center back Kadeisha Buchanan was named the Defender and Newcomer of the Year. Additionally, coach Nikki Izzo-Brown earned her second straight Big 12 Coach of the Year honor.
The two titles gave the Mountaineers three conference tournament titles in four seasons (one Big 12, two Big East), and six conference titles in four seasons.
The Streak Continues The Mountaineers qualified for the 2013 NCAA Tournament with the Big 12 Conference’s automatic bid, earning the team its 14th straight qualification, the nation’s ninth-longest active streak. WVU needed penalty kicks to move past Rutgers in the first round. Locked in a 0-0 draw after 110 minutes of action at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium on Nov. 16, the Mountaineers earned a 3-0 edge in PKs and moved past the Scarlet Knights in front of a season-high home crowd of 1,610. Sara Keane made seven saves for her fourth straight shutout and 10th clean sheet of the season. The result was WVU’s first NCAA Tournament match decided by a penalty-kick shootout. WVU is 3-2 in all-time PK shootouts. Playing in the second round for the first time since 2010 and the ninth time in program history, WVU saw its season conclude with a 1-0 loss at No. 4-ranked Virginia Tech, one of the tournament’s four No. 1 seeds, on Nov. 22.
Title Defense
Seeded No. 1, WVU made quick work of its first opponent, defeating Kansas, 3-0, on Nov. 6, at Swope Soccer Village, in Kansas City, Missouri. Goals did not come as easily against No. 5 seed Baylor on Nov. 8, but the Mountaineers only needed one, and a free kick from Frances Silva in the 52nd minute sent WVU to its first Big 12 Soccer Tournament championship match. Relatively unchallenged in the first two games, goalkeeper Sara Keane proved to be the difference against No. 6 seed Oklahoma State on Nov. 10, as she made a career-high nine saves, including five during a first-half Cowgirl offensive onslaught, to deliver the Mountaineers their second conference trophy in three weeks. Two freshmen combined for the team’s game-winner. Defender Carly Black lofted a ball toward the far right post in the 72nd minute, and midfielder Ashley Lawrence chased it down before sending a high kick just above the head and through the outstretched hands of OSU’s goalkeeper for the first game-winner of her Mountaineer career. With the victory, WVU earned the Big 12’s automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Championships.
WVU was the first program to win the offensive and defensive player of the year awards in the same season. Prior to the defensive recognition’s debut in 2007, only Colorado (2003) had swept the individual honors outright. Silva was the fifth Mountaineer to earn an offensive player of the year award and the first since 2007. Buchanan’s defender of the year award was the second straight honor for a Mountaineer, as Bry McCarthy was honored in 2012. Buchanan was the team’s fourth newcomer of the year honoree and first since 2011. Izzo-Brown’s honor was the fourth conference award of her career. Silva, Buchanan, Kate Schwindel and Ashley Lawrence were named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while Amanda Hill landed on the second team, Buchanan, Lawrence and Carly Black were named to the All-Big 12 Newcomer Team. The eight All-Big 12 honors were a conferencebest total.
Four Mountaineers landed on the All-Big 12 Tournament Team, the first-ever honors for the program. Silva was named the Offensive MVP, and Kadeisha Buchanan was named Defensive MVP. Keane and Lawrence also earned a spot on the squad.
WVU opened its 2013 Big 12 Conference season with seven straight victories, pushing its all-time Big 12 unbeaten record to 14-0-1 before a season-ending 2-0 loss at No. 7 Texas Tech on Oct. 27. The Mountaineers captured their second straight conference regular-season title with a 2-1 double-overtime victory at Oklahoma on Oct. 25. Following a scoreless first half, the Sooners grabbed the advantage in the 64th minute. A fantastic assist from Amanda Hill set-up Frances Silva’s match-tying goal in the 80th minute. WVU needed only two minutes in the second overtime to clinch the win and the title, as Silva sent a ball to a streaking Kate Schwindel, who sent the shot past the keeper for the victory.
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Forward Ashley Lawrence scored the game-winning goal against Oklahoma State to deliver WVU its first Big 12 Soccer Tournament title.
Silva Etches Name in Record Book Senior forward Frances Silva enjoyed one of the most prolific final seasons with the Mountaineers in program history, as the Overland Park, Kan., native collected multiple national and conference awards and nominations and scribbled her name throughout the team’s record book. Silva, the unanimous Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year, led the conference in goals (15), assists (13) and points (43). Her totals ranked No. 23, No. 7 and No. 10, respectively, in the NCAA. A member of the All-Big 12 First Team and the All-Big 12 Tournament Team, as well as the Tournament’s Offensive MVP, Silva also was named to the NSCAA/Continental Tire All-America Second Team. Additionally, she was one of 15 semifinalist for the 2013 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy, a candidate for the Senior Class Award and a 2013 Soccer America MVP Second Team. Just as strong in the classroom, Silva was named the Big 12 Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She also was named the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America of the Year and to the NSCAA Women’s Scholar AllAmerica First Team.
The three first-team honors matched the program high, set in 2007, while the four total selections were the second-best showing in program history. WVU has earned 19 NSCAA All-Region First Team honors under Izzo-Brown. Each of the first-team selections were there first career awards for the trio; Schwindel was named to the second team in 2012, too.
All-America Talent
Izzo-Brown’s honor was the fourth of her career and first since 2007.
Forward Frances Silva and defender Kadeisha Buchanan were named to the 2013 National Soccer Association of America (NSCAA)/Continental Tire All-America Second Team. The first career honor for the duo, they were the first Mountaineers to earn second-team recognition since Carolyn Blank scored consecutive honors in 2008 and 2009. It was the fourth time in program history multiple Mountaineers earned NSCAA All-America honors in the same season, and the first time since 2008 that more than one student-athlete garnered the award. Additionally, Buchanan was the first Mountaineer rookie to earn NSCAA All-America honors. In total, coach Nikki Izzo-Brown has coached 11 players to 15 NSCAA All-America honors in 18 seasons.
Regional Recognition Four Mountaineers, along with coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, earned NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Region Honors. Forward Frances Silva, midfielder Ashley Lawrence and defender Kadeisha Buchanan were named to the AllCentral Region First Team, while forward Kate Schwindel was named to the second team. Additionally, Izzo-Brown was named the Central Region Coach of the Year.
On the academic side, Silva was named to the NSCAA Scholar All-East Region First Team, while goalkeeper Sara Keane and defender Jess Crowder earned honorable mention honors.
Keeping Rank The Mountaineers finished the 2013 season ranked No. 8 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 25 Rankings and No. 12 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire College Rankings. The team was the highest ranked Big 12 Conference squad in both polls. WVU twice was ranked a seasonbest No. 7 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Rankings. The final ranking in the coaches’ poll was the squad’s highest postseason finish since placing seventh in 2007. The team last earned a spot in the NSCAA Postseason Rankings in 2011 and was ranked No. 18. After receiving votes in the 2013 preseason poll and the Aug. 27 poll, WVU entered the coaches’ rankings on Sept. 3 at No. 19 and did not fall out of the poll for the remainder of the season. The Mountaineers were ranked as high as No. 9 on Oct. 22.
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In her 19th season as a head coach, Nikki Izzo-Brown eclipsed the 250-career victory mark with a 4-0 win over Central Michigan in WVU’s home opener on Aug. 30, at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. She led the Mountaineers to their 250th program victory with a 1-0 win over Baylor in the Big 12 Soccer Tournament semifinals on Nov. 8, at Swope Soccer Village, in Kansas City, Missouri. A four-time conference and regional coach of the year, her career record stands at 264-101-39, and her record at WVU is 251-96-39.
Silva was selected by FC Kansas City with the 19th overall pick at the 2014 National Women’s Soccer League Draft in Philadelphia in January. She was the second Mountaineer to advance to the league, as Bry McCarthy was assigned to the Western New York Flash. Classmate Sara Keane was picked up by the Blues two months later.
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Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year Frances Silva led the conference in points, goals and assists.
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A Big 12 Sweep • Won back-to-back regular-season titles, including the 2012 title, the first Big 12 championship for a WVU team • Won the 2013 Big 12 Soccer Tournament title, the first Big 12 tournament title for a WVU team • Watched their head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown win back-to-back Big 12 Coach of the Year honors • Swept the major conference honors in 2013, becoming the first program to win the offensive and defensive player of the year awards in the same season • Won back-to-back Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors (Bry McCarthy 2012, Kadeisha Buchanan 2013) “Winning championships is what we strive to do every year. For us to have an impact on the Big East Conference, and then go into the Big 12 and continue to win, is good for this program.” - coach Nikki Izzo-Brown
• Navigated their first 15 Big 12 matches without a loss
2013 Results
(16-4-3 Overall, 7-1 Big 12) DATE Aug. 23 Aug. 25 Aug. 30 Sept. 1 Sept. 6 Sept. 8 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 20 Sept. 22 Sept. 27 Sept. 29 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 13 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Oct. 27 Nov. 6 Nov. 8 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 22
OPPONENT RESULT at No. 2 Penn State & T, 2-2 (2OT) vs. Syracuse & W, 2-1 Central Michigan W, 4-0 Morehead State W, 2-0 at No. 12 Duke % T, 1-1 (2OT) vs. No. 1 North Carolina % L, 4-2 Eastern Kentucky W, 4-0 Kentucky L, 4-2 Richmond W, 2-0 Wright State W, 4-1 at Oklahoma State* W, 2-1 at No. 9 Baylor* W, 4-3 Texas* W, 2-1 Iowa State* W, 2-0 TCU* W, 3-2 (OT) Kansas* W, 2-0 at Oklahoma* W, 2-1 (2OT) at No. 7 Texas Tech* L, 2-0 Big 12 QF vs. Kansas ! W, 3-0 Big 12 SF vs. Baylor ! W, 1-0 Big 12 F vs. Oklahoma State W, 1-0 Rutgers (NCAA First Round) T, 0-0 (advance on PKs, 3-0) at No. 4 Virginia Tech (NCAA Second Round) L, 1-0
& Penn State Invitational % Duke Nike Classic * Big 12 Conference Game ! Big 12 Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.)
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GA 24 0 24 47
OT
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25 16
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OT2 1
Pct .736 .000 .736 .689
OT3 0
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Dates/Avg Per Date
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7/1329
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96
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2
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Opponents
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3
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2nd
OT
OT2
OT3
OT3
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74
3
1
0
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51
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W 16 0 16 4
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Individual Overall Statistics # Name GP-GS Min G A Pts Shots Shot% SOG SOG% YC-RC GW PK-ATT 9 Frances Silva 23-23 2055 15 13 43 92 .163 41 .446 0-0 4 3-3 99 Kate Schwindel 18-17 1107 11 6 28 81 .136 38 .469 2-0 3 0-0 11 Ashley Lawrence 23-23 1612 4 4 12 46 .087 11 .239 1-0 1 0-0 7 Kelsie Maloney 23-23 1673 6 4 16 27 .222 14 .519 0-0 4 0-0 6 Cari Price 23-16 1664 4 4 12 27 .148 8 .296 1-0 2 0-0 27 Amanda Hill 23-23 2081 1 2 4 17 .059 7 .412 0-0 0 0-0 14 Annalika Steyn 23-0 599 1 4 6 16 .062 4 .250 0-0 0 0-0 10 Jess Crowder 23-23 2112 0 4 4 15 .000 7 .467 1-0 0 0-0 16 Kailey Utley 20-1 641 0 1 1 15 .000 4 .267 0-0 0 0-0 21 Tessa Broadwater 17-5 650 2 1 5 14 .143 7 .500 0-0 0 0-0 24 Carly Black 23-23 2097 1 2 4 13 .077 2 .154 0-0 1 0-0 32 Kara Blosser 7-7 339 0 0 0 11 .000 4 .364 0-0 0 0-0 3 Leah Emaus 23-23 2030 0 0 0 8 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 88 Kadeisha Buchanan 23-23 2151 1 1 3 6 .167 1 .167 2-0 0 0-0 31 Maggie Bedillion 15-0 301 0 0 0 4 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 18 Ashley Woolpert 4-0 65 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0-0 0 0-0 22 Bryce Banuelos 3-3 140 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.00 0-0 0 0-0 17 Noelle Honeycutt 6-0 91 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 4 Daniela Neves 1-0 16 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 2 Halie Conroy 7-0 80 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 20 Ali Connelly 3-0 52 0 1 1 0 .000 0 .000 0-0 0 0-0 Total 23 2151 47 47 141 395 .119 151 .382 8-0 16 3-3 Opponents 23 2151 24 20 68 232 .103 91 .392 14-1 4 4-6
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Score 2-2 2-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 2-4 4-0 2-4 2-0 4-1 2-1 4-3 2-1 2-0 3-2 2-0 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 47-24 24
G 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 47 20
A 2 1 4 3 1 2 3 1 3 6 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 47 68
Pts 6 5 12 7 3 6 11 5 7 14 7 12 6 7 9 6 6 0 7 2 3 0 0 141 232
Shot 12 10 17 23 12 3 14 21 22 22 21 19 16 15 35 15 20 13 20 14 20 26 5 395 .103
Date Opponent Score Aug. 23 at Penn State 2-2 Aug. 25 vs. Syracuse 2-1 Aug. 30 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 4-0 Sept. 1 MOREHEAD STATE 2-0 Sept. 6 at Duke 1-1 Sept. 8 vs. North Carolina 2-4 Sept. 13 EASTERN KENTUCKY 4-0 Sept. 15 KENTUCKY 2-4 Sept. 20 RICHMOND 2-0 Sept. 22 WRIGHT STATE 4-1 Sept. 27 at Oklahoma State 2-1 Sept. 29 at Baylor 4-3 Oct. 4 TEXAS 2-1 Oct. 11 IOWA STATE 2-0 Oct. 13 TCU 3-2 Oct. 18 KANSAS 2-0 Oct. 25 at Oklahoma 2-1 Oct. 27 at Texas Tech 0-2 Nov. 6 vs. Kansas 3-0 Nov. 8 vs. Baylor 1-0 Nov. 10 vs. Oklahoma State 1-0 Nov. 16 RUTGERS 0-0 Nov. 22 at Virginia Tech 0-1 Totals 47-24 Opponent
Shot% .167 .200 .235 .087 .083 .667 .286 .095 .091 .182 .095 .211 .125 .133 .086 .133 .100 .000 .150 .071 .050 .000 .000 .119 91 Minutes 110:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 110:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 98:44 90:00 101:40 90:00 90:00 90:00 90:00 110:00 90:00 2150:24 2150:24
SOG 5 7 11 7 4 2 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 8 12 7 9 4 11 5 5 9 1 151 .392 GA 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 24 47
SOG% .417 .700 .647 .304 .333 .667 .429 .238 .273 .318 .286 .368 .438 .533 .343 .467 .450 .308 .550 .357 .250 .346 .200 .382 14-1 GAAvg 1.64 1.35 0.93 0.71 0.73 1.24 1.0 1.42 1.27 1.24 1.22 1.37 1.34 1.25 1.29 1.21 1.19 1.23 1.17 1.11 1.06 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Saves 8 4 3 3 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 6 3 4 0 2 3 1 0 2 9 7 1 67 104
YC-RC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 8-0 4 Save% .800 .800 1.00 1.00 .800 .556 1.00 .000 .000 .000 .500 .667 .750 1.00 .000 1.00 .750 .333 .000 1.00 1.000 1.00 .500 .736 .689
GW 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 16 4-6 W 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 16 4
PK-ATT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-3 L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 16
T 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3
Min 1207 990 999 993 1228 1012 992 990 989 990 990 989 990 990 1088 989 1121 990 989 990 990 1210 991 23707
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A Blueprint for Success A 12-Year Plan When Nikki Izzo-Brown was hired as the first women’s soccer coach at West Virginia University in the fall of 1995, her eyes glistened with visions for the future of Mountaineer women’s soccer. In four seasons, having had one complete recruiting class come to fruition, she thought West Virginia could make the coveted NCAA tournament. In five years, she anticipated the Mountaineers would be contending for a Big East championship. Her vision was nearly prophetic. It took five years for the Mountaineers to make their first appearance in the NCAA tournament and six for WVU to earn a spot in the Big East championship match. Then in 2007, 12 years into its existence, West Virginia won its first Big East tournament and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight. With 12 years in the books, the history of West Virginia women’s soccer was by no means lengthy, but it is certainly storied. Women’s soccer was born at West Virginia on March 1, 1995, when WVU Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong announced that the sport would be added for the 1996 season. Later that year, on Aug. 3, Izzo-Brown was asked to take the reins and develop the West Virginia women’s soccer program. Having spent the past two seasons at Division II West Virginia Wesleyan, first as an assistant, but eventually as the head coach, it was a challenge she was eager to accept. “When I first came to West Virginia,” Izzo-Brown said, “I felt that the combination of athletic tradition at WVU and athletic department support for the program would bring nothing but success. “I thought that the Big East was a soccer conference and that we could build a program at West Virginia that would be successful on a yearly basis.” Success came early and often in Izzo-Brown’s first year at WVU, despite the fact that the Big East preseason coaches poll tabbed the Mountaineers as potential last place finishers. Although the Mountaineers lost their inaugural match 3-0 at Rutgers, they rebounded to beat Providence 4-0 in their first home match in front of 2,000 fans at Mountaineer Field. West Virginia would win nine more games in its inaugural season, four of which were Big East matches, en route to a final 10-7-2 record that assured Izzo-Brown her first winning season as a Division I coach.
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The 2003 Mountaineers celebrate a goal.
At the Big East awards banquet that November, Mountaineer defender Stacey Sollmann was named to the conference’s all-rookie team, making her the first women’s soccer player in West Virginia history to earn postseason honors. In 1997, the Mountaineer Soccer Complex opened and after one season as a varsity sport, the women’s soccer team had a field of its own. The Mountaineers won their first match at the new stadium, defeating Duquesne, 1-0, in the second game of the season. West Virginia boasted a 7-2-1 record in front of home crowds in 1997 before finishing the season 11-6-2 and in fifth place in the Big East. West Virginia went 11-6-2 for the second-straight season and earned its first postseason berth in 1998. The Mountaineers defeated conference rival Pitt, 2-0, in the last game of the regular season to earn a spot in the Big East tournament. The season would end there, however, as Notre Dame upended WVU, 5-0. West Virginia earned a 9-9-1 record in 1999 before having a breakout season in 2000. That year, the Mountaineers won 15 games and saw the emergence of a star player. Katie Barnes, a junior forward from Mason, Ohio, claimed the spotlight, as she led the Mountaineers in nearly every offensive category throughout the season. She finished the year with 17 goals and nine assists for a school record 43 points. For her outstanding efforts that season, Barnes was named Big East Offensive Player of the Year, making her the first West Virginia women’s soccer player to earn a major conference award. Barnes also became West Virginia’s first All-American in 2000, a Soccer Buzz third-team selection.
On September 20, West Virginia appeared in the Top 25 of a major national poll for the first time. After opening the season 7-1, the Mountaineers were the 24th-ranked team in the country according to Soccer Buzz as they headed into conference play. West Virginia split its conference matches, going an even 3-3 during the regular season. After a one-year hiatus from the Big East tournament, the Mountaineers faced off against the Connecticut Huskies in the first round. WVU was unable to score a goal in the match, however, and Connecticut advanced to the semifinal round with a 1-0 win. Because of its regular season success, however, West Virginia earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. WVU traveled to Richmond for a first-round match against the Spiders. Richmond emerged victorious, defeating the Mountaineers 5-1. At the season’s end, Izzo-Brown was named region coach of the year by the NSCAA. In addition to the accolades earned by Barnes and Izzo-Brown in 2000, midfielders Lisa Stoia and Rachel Kruze earned all-Mid-Atlantic region honors as well. Stoia also was named Big East co-Rookie of the Year for her play as a freshman. In her first season as a Mountaineer, Stoia developed into a deadly play-maker from the center of the field. Over the course of the season, she assisted on six of the team’s 39 goals, while Kruze, a sophomore, complemented Stoia in the midfield, adding six more assists. Building on the success of the previous season, West Virginia continued its winning ways in 2001. With Barnes leading the way, the Mountaineers again
The loss was devastating, but not quite as shocking as falling to Miami (Ohio) in the first round of that season’s NCAA tournament. Hosting the first and second rounds at the Mountaineer Soccer Complex, West Virginia took on the Redhawks in the first round and was defeated 1-0 on a penalty kick. West Virginia finished the season 15-5-1. Postseason honors were abundant that year as Barnes earned her second-consecutive conference offensive player of the year award and Izzo-Brown was named Big East Coach of the Year. For the second-straight season, Barnes was named All-American, earning first-team honors from the NSCAA and second-team
The Mountaineers defeated Rutgers, 3-2, in the semifinal match and advanced to the championship match for the second straight year, this time against Connecticut. The end result was the same, however, as WVU was edged by the Huskies, 1-0, on a penalty kick. Once again, hosting the NCAA tournament in Morgantown, West Virginia faced Loyola (Md.) in first-round action. The Mountaineers scored three goals, defeating Loyola, 3-0, to earn their first-ever NCAA tournament victory. WVU’s season ended in the next round, however, when it fell to Virginia, 1-0. Picking up where former teammate Katie Barnes left off, junior forward Chrissie Abbott had a record breaking season in 2002. The North Olmstead, Ohio,
Led by Abbott and Stoia, the 2003 Mountaineers again made history. Going 17-4-2, West Virginia notched key road wins over Connecticut, its firstever over the Huskies at Morrone Stadium, and SEC-power Tennessee, and earned a trip to the Sweet 16 for the first time ever.
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The Mountaineers tied the record they set the season before, logging nine-straight wins at one point during the season. WVU went 4-1-1 in conference play and faced St. John’s for the second-straight season in the Big East quarterfinal match. The Mountaineers advanced past the Red Storm, but fell short of reaching their third straight championship match when Villanova slid past WVU on penalty kicks in the semifinal. West Virginia, in the NCAA tournament for the fourth-straight year, defeated Loyola (Md.), 4-2, in the opening round and routed Ohio State, 3-0, in the second to earn the program’s first berth in the Sweet 16. In Morgantown, the Mountaineers drew Florida State for their Sweet 16 match. Down 2-0 at the half, WVU battled back and sent the game into overtime at 2-2. With under 30 seconds remaining in the second overtime, the Seminoles broke the West Virginia defense for the game-winning score. At the season’s end, WVU had its first-ever Hermann Trophy nominee in Abbott and both she and Stoia had firmly planted themselves as two of the greatest to ever don the Old Gold and Blue. Together, they rewrote the record books and helped to build a national powerhouse with each game they played. Abbott graduated as WVU’s all-time leader in goals scored, points and shots leader, while Stoia grabbed the school’s all-time assist record. Both were AllAmericans in 2003, and together they set the West Virginia mark for games played and games started, each starting 87 matches in their careers.
Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown addresses the 1996 squad before its season opener.
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The Mountaineers entered their third consecutive Big East tournament having shut out their last six opponents. Facing St. John’s in the quarterfinal match, West Virginia extended its shutout streak to seven with a 4-0 win over the Red Storm.
The 2002 season saw the Mountaineers attain their highest national ranking ever, No. 4 by Soccer Buzz, a spot West Virginia held for two-straight weeks at the close of the regular season.
Having lost Abbott and Stoia to graduation, a young Mountaineer squad entered the 2004 season, its first in Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, looking to build upon the success of 2003. Led by senior forward
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With the victory, the Mountaineers advanced to the Big East championship, another first for the program. Playing against Notre Dame, WVU was down 1-0 early, but tied the match on a goal by Barnes in the 15th minute. For the next 60 minutes, the two squads battled evenly before Notre Dame’s Randi Scheller scored the game-winner to give the Fighting Irish the Big East title.
Nikki Izzo-Brown was once again named Big East Coach of the Year as well as Soccer Buzz and NSCAA regional coach of the year, while Stoia earned Big East Midfielder of the Year honors.
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At the 29:03 mark, West Virginia sophomore Chrissie Abbott, on an assist from Stoia, beat UConn goalkeeper Shanna Caldwell to give the Mountaineers a 1-0 lead. It would be the only goal scored in the match as WVU held on for its first-ever win over Connecticut.
With the taste of unfinished business laying sourly in their mouths, the Mountaineers set out in 2002 with something to prove. For years, it seemed, they were right there, in and out of games with soccer powerhouses. For the previous three seasons, West Virginia had suffered one-goal losses to teams the caliber of Connecticut, Notre Dame and Virginia. In 2002, that all changed. The Mountaineers racked up a nine-game win streak and an 18-match unbeaten streak on their way to the program’s first-ever regular season title. Going 5-0-1 in conference play, the Mountaineers notched the program’s first victory, 3-0, over rival Notre Dame on Oct. 6, at the Mountaineer Soccer Complex. Earlier in the season, West Virginia won at 10th-ranked Virginia, 2-1, to earn WVU’s first victory over a Top 10 program.
native scored 20 goals and dished out seven assists for 47 points, breaking the previous records set by Barnes in 2000. She was named Big East Offensive Player of the Year, a first team All-American by both the NSCAA and Soccer Buzz and was a finalist for Soccer Buzz’s Player of the Year award. Additionally, Abbott was named one of Soccer America’s 11 most valuable players of 2002.
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Having defeated Miami in the quarterfinal round of the Big East tournament, West Virginia advanced to the semifinals for the first time in program history. Waiting for them there were the Huskies. A traditional conference and national soccer power, Connecticut owned a 6-0-0 all-time record against the Mountaineers.
recognition from Soccer Buzz. Stoia and Abbott also received conference and national recognition.
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won 15 games. That season, the Mountaineers went 4-1-1 in the Big East, good enough for a second-place mid-Atlantic division finish. West Virginia recorded wins over Big East foes Syracuse, Rutgers, Seton Hall and Miami, but none was sweeter than the program’s first-ever win over Connecticut.
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going 7-0-0, but played the majority of its games on the road, where they battled fatigue and unfamiliar surroundings en route to a 12-6-3 final mark. The Mountaineers found success in Big East competition, narrowly missing a spot in the conference championship match after falling 1-0 to Connecticut with minutes left in the second overtime period. But, a sixth-straight trip to the NCAA tournament awaited. WVU downed Hofstra in the first round, giving junior goalkeeper Lana Bannerman the career shutouts record with a 3-0 victory before falling to Final-Four participant Penn State in the second round. WVU’s 2007 team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight.
Laura Kane, the Mountaineers posted their fifthstraight 15-win season and earned a fifth-consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament as well. The 2004 season was highlighted by total team play. Injuries seemed to be a consistent theme throughout the year, yet somehow a different Mountaineer always rose to the challenge and helped bring her team to victory. For the first time since 1999, the Big East wasn’t broken into divisions and the Mountaineers went 7-4-0 in league play before finishing the year with a 15-6-0 record. WVU was sent to Texas for the 2005 NCAA tournament and faced teams from the Big 12 and Sunbelt Conferences for the first time in school history. West Virginia downed Southern Methodist, 2-1, in the opening round and fell to Texas, 2-1, to close out its ninth season of collegiate competition. Freshman Ashley Banks emerged as the most productive freshman in WVU history, notching more goals, assists and points than any newcomer before her. At the season’s end she became the second Mountaineer to earn Big East Rookie of the Year honors (Lisa Stoia, 2000).
Individual accolades were once again abundant with five being named to an all-conference team (Marisa Kanela - first team; Ashley Banks and Amanda Cicchini - second team; Lana Bannerman and Kambria Riggins - third team). Kanela, Cicchini and Riggins also earned all-region honors from Soccer Buzz and the NSCAA. Cicchini also claimed Freshman All-America recognition from Soccer Buzz. Izzo-Brown’s 11th season running the program in 2006 saw a youthful Mountaineer squad with just two seniors go 14-4-3 and win the Big East American Division title. WVU picked up a key road win at No. 7 Penn State on its way to an 8-0-2 start. Sophomore forward Deana Everrett, a Soccer Buzz third team AllAmerican, emerged onto the scene and led the league in scoring through the regular season on a team that set the school record for goals with 55. West Virginia rolled to an 8-2-1 league record and advanced to the Big East semifinals before making its seventh consecutive NCAA tournament appearance in November.
honors and three players earned All-America accolades. Forward Ashley Banks was a finalist for the 2007 Soccer Buzz National Player of the Year and a semifinalist for the prestigious Hermann Trophy. The forward’s 15 goals and 38 points as a senior were the most-ever by a senior women’s soccer player. She graduated with rankings in the top five all-time in three major offensive categories – 34 goals (3rd), 26 assists (3rd) and 94 points (3rd). Banks collected numerous honors, including Soccer Buzz second team All-America, NSCAA third team All-America, first team all-Big East, the Big East co-Offensive Player of the Year, an NSCAA Scholar All-American and an ESPN The Magazine first team Academic All-American. Defender Greer Barnes helped the Mountaineer defense tie a school record with 13 shutouts. She became the first defender in school history to earn first team all-Big East honors and was named a second team NSCAA All-American. Amanda Cicchini, a two-time NSCAA all-region selection, was awarded second team NSCAA AllAmerica honors and first team all-Big East as a junior. The three-time all-league midfielder was also named to the all-tournament team at the 2007 Big East Championship. Since the program’s birth in 1996, the Mountaineers have had 18 consecutive non-losing seasons, and with a coaching staff that consistently recruits some of the nation’s top soccer talent, the years that continue to go by will continue to write their own story.
The Mountaineers produced the finest season in school history in 2007, winning both the Big East regular season and tournament titles, and advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight. Soccer Buzz and NSCAA regional coach of the year Izzo-Brown guided six Mountaineers to all-conference
Junior Marisa Kanela and senior Ashley Weimer joined the freshman on the all-conference second-team. Kane was named first team all-Big East and became the Mountaineers’ fourth All-American in four years when the NSCAA named her a third-team honoree. Additionally, both her and Weimer were named Scholar All-Americans. A streak that began in September of 2002 ran 29 consecutive weeks until Nov. 1, 2004, and saw West Virginia ranked in the national Top 25 for nearly three complete seasons. The toughest schedule in program history awaited the Mountaineers in 2005, and at the season’s end, West Virginia had played six ranked teams in 19 matches, including eventual national champion Portland. WVU went undefeated at home for the second time,
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list on Sept. 2, 2003, making her WVU’s first nominee for the sport’s top award.
3-1-95
West Virginia Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong announced that women’s soccer will be added as a varsity sport for the 1996 season.
8-3-95 Nikki Izzo is hired as West Virginia’s inaugural head women’s soccer coach. 3-1-96
Nikki Izzo signs program’s first recruiting class.
9-1-96
Mountaineers play first game, a 3-0 loss at Big East foe Rutgers.
9-7-96
First home game and first program win, a 4-0 victory over Providence at Mountaineer Field in front of nearly 2,000 fans.
11-3-96 Mountaineers end first season with a 10-7-2 record, earning the program’s first winning season. 11-6-96 WVU earns its first postseason honors when defender Stacey Sollmann is named to the Big East all-Rookie Team.
Katie Barnes becomes the first WVU women’s soccer player to enter the profes sional ranks when she is drafted by the Carolina Courage in the second round of the 2002 WUSA draft.
9-13-02
The Mountaineers defeat No. 10 Virginia on the road to notch their first-ever victory over a top 10 team. The victory is also the program’s 75th win.
9-16-02
WVU is the No. 1 ranked team in the NSCAA’s mid-Atlantic region, the first No.1 ranking in the seven-year history of the program.
10-8-02
West Virginia secures its first-ever Big East regular season divisional title with a 3-0 shutout of Notre Dame. The win is also the program’s first over the Fighting Irish.
11-15-02 WVU wins first NCAA tournament match, a 3-0 victory over Loyola (Md.) at the Mountaineer Soccer Complex. 2-2-03
Rachel Kruze becomes the second WVU women’s soccer player to enter the professional ranks when she is drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 WUSA draft by the Philadelphia Charge.
9-2-03 Chrissie Abbott is named to the Hermann Trophy watch list making her WVU’s first nominee for soccer’s top award.
12-13-04 Laura Kane becomes West Virginia’s fourth All American in four years when she is selected to the NSCAA’s third team. 9-25-05 The Mountaineers defeat St. John’s 3-0 to claim the program’s 125th victory. 9-19-06 West Virginia starts off 7-0-1 and earns its highest ranking ever in the NSCAA/adidas coaches poll at No. 6. 10-22-06 WVU locks up the Big East American Division crown with a 4-0 win over Providence; it’s the program’s second league division title ever. 9-9-07 A crowd of 887 witnessed the Mountaineers post a 1-0 win at home over #15 Penn State to give WVU 150 wins. 11-11-07 The Mountaineers win their first Big East tournament title with a penalty kick shootout win (5-3) over #9 Notre Dame following a 1-1 tie. 11-28-07 Senior forward Ashley Banks was named a semifinalist for the 2007 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy. 11-30-07 A Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium attendance record (3,000) was established in WVU’s first NCAA Elite Eight match. The Mountaineers fell 1-0 to eventual national champion USC. 12-24-07 Seniors Ashley Banks and Kim Bonilla were named to the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-America Soccer Team, the first since Laura Kane was a two-time selection in 2003 and 2004.
11-16-03 The Mountaineers shut out Ohio State, 3-0, to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history.
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Chrissie Abbott was named to the Hermann Trophy watch
2-11-02
9-5-04 Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium is dedicated in front of 1,200 fans.
9-3-97 West Virginia defeats Duquesne 1-0 in its first match at the Mountaineer Soccer Complex.
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10-31-98 Mountaineers earn their first Big East tournament berth with a 2-0 win over Pitt. 9-20-00 West Virginia gets its first national ranking, a No. 24 ranking by Soccer Buzz. 10-4-00 Nikki Izzo-Brown and the Mountaineers win their 50th match, a 2-0 shutout of Big EAST rival Pitt.
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12-9-01 Katie Barnes becomes WVU’s first women’s soccer All-American.
West Virginia plays Purdue in its first game in the new Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, winning 1-0 on a goal from redshirt freshman Natalie Cocchi.
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11-4-01 Mountaineers win their first-ever Big East tournament match by defeating Miami 2-0.
9-1-04
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11-8-00 WVU makes its first appearance in the NCAA tournament, a 5-1 loss at Richmond.
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The 2001 WVU team defeated Miami, 2-0, at the Big East Tournament, giving the program its first conference tournament victory.
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Match Records Goals 1. 10.
Points
Ashley Banks at Georgetown, 2007 Deana Everrett at DePaul, 2006 Kim Bonilla vs. St. Bonaventure, 2006 Ashley Banks vs. Ohio, 2004 Rachael Minnich vs. Ohio, 2004 Chrissie Abbott vs. William and Mary, 2002 Katie Barnes vs. Marshall, 2000 Katie Barnes vs. Virginia Tech, 1999 Rena Lippa vs. Bowling Green, 1998 79 times Most recent: Frances Silva vs. Kansas at Big 12 Tournament, 2013
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
1. Kate Schwindel Ashley Banks Kim Bonilla Rachael Minnich Katie Barnes Rena Lippa 7. Deana Everrett Ashley Banks Chrissie Abbott Katie Barnes Tonia Deligiannis Shots
vs. High Point, 2012 vs. Georgetown, 2007 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2006 vs. Ohio, 2004 vs. Marshall, 2000 vs. Bowling Green, 1998 at DePaul, 2006 vs. Ohio, 2004 vs. William & Mary, 2002 vs. Virginia Tech, 1999 vs. RMU, 1996
3 3 3 3 3 3 2
1. Laura Kane 2. Chrissie Abbott Rachel Kruze 4. Kate Schwindel Frances Silva Marisa Kanela Chrissie Abbott Katie Barnes 9. Kim Bonilla Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Goalkeeper Saves
vs. Seton Hall, 2004 vs. Seton Hall, 2002 vs. Villanova, 2002 vs. TCU, 2013 vs. Duquesne, 2012 vs. Seton Hall, 2003 vs. Michigan State, 2003 vs. Seton Hall, 2001 at DePaul, 2006 vs. Syracuse, 2000 vs. Miami (Ohio), 2001 vs. Miami, 2001 vs. George Mason, 2002 vs. Rutgers, 2002 vs. Georgetown, 2002 vs. Colgate, 2002
13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
1. 2. 3. 5. 7. 10.
vs. Connecticut, 1998 vs. Rutgers, 1996 vs. Connecticut, 1996 vs. Boston College, 1998 vs. Duquesne, 1996 vs. Notre Dame, 1998 vs. Navy, 1997 vs. Notre Dame, 1997 vs. Syracuse, 1998 vs. Butler, 1999
22 18 16 16 13 13 12 12 12 11
Assists 1. 7.
Frances Silva vs. Wright State, 2013 Kate Schwindel at Iowa State, 2012 Kate Schwindel vs. High Point, 2012 Deana Everrett vs. Syracuse, 2008 Katie Barnes vs. St. John’s, 2001 Robyn D’Aversa vs. Virginia Tech, 1999 43 times Most recent: Frances Silva vs. Wright State, 2013
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Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Melissa Haire
7 (2G, 3A) 7 (3G, 1A) 7 (3G, 1A) 7 (3G, 1A) 7 (3G, 1A) 7 (3G, 1A) 6 (3G, 0A) 6 (3G, 0A) 6 (3G, 0A) 6 (3G, 0A) 6 (2G, 2A)
Assists 1. Frances Silva, 2013 2. Lisa Stoia, 2003 Kim Bonilla, 2006 4. Katie Barnes, 2001 Lisa Stoia, 2003 6. Bry McCarthy, 2011 Blake Miller, 2010 Deana Everrett, 2007 Marisa Kanela, 2005 Laura Kane, 2004 Katie Barnes, 2000 Points
13 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9
1. Chrissie Abbott, 2002 2. Frances Silva, 2013 Deana Everrett, 2006 Katie Barnes, 2000 5. Ashley Banks, 2007 6. Chrissie Abbott, 2003 Katie Barnes, 2001 8. Chrissie Abbott, 2001 9. Katie Barnes, 1999 10. Kim Bonilla, 2006 Shots
47 43 43 43 38 34 34 33 31 30
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
159 136 113 107 103 102 98 95 92 87
Chrissie Abbott, 2002 Chrissie Abbott, 2003 Katie Barnes, 2001 Chrissie Abbott, 2001 Ashley Banks, 2007 Laura Kane, 2004 Katie Barnes, 2000 Deana Everrett, 2007 Frances Silva, 2013 Deana Everrett, 2008
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Ashley Banks, 2007 Kim Bonilla, 2007 Kiley Harris, 2007 Carolyn Blank, 2007 Amanda Cicchini, 2007 Natalie Cocchi, 2007 Krystle Kallman, 2007 Lisa DuCote, 2007 Greer Barnes, 2007
25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
Matches Started 1. Ashley Banks, 2007 Greer Barnes, 2007 Kim Bonilla, 2007 Carolyn Blank, 2007 Amanda Cicchini, 2007 Natalie Cocchi, 2007 Lisa DuCote, 2007 Krystle Kallman, 2007 Goalkeeper Saves 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10.
Stacey Adams, 1998 Stacey Adams, 1997 Stacey Adams, 1996 Melissa Haire, 2000 Kerri Butler, 2010 Sara Keane, 2012 Lana Bannerman, 2003 Sara Keane, 2011 Kerri Butler, 2009 Sara Keane, 2013
25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
125 113 109 88 87 84 84 80 72 67
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 9. 10.
Laura Finley, 2002 Kerri Butler, 2008 Kerri Butler, 2007 Lana Bannerman, 2006 Melissa Haire, 2002 Kerri Butler, 2010 Lana Bannerman, 2003 Laura Finley, 2001 Jen Furcht, 1996 Melissa Haire, 2001 Stacey Adams, 1997
0.53 0.56 0.58 0.60 0.71 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.87 0.88 0.88
Shutouts (for some seasons prior to 2003, the school recognized combined shutouts) 1. 2. 3. 4. 7. 8. 10.
Kerri Butler, 2010 Lana Bannerman, 2006 Kerri Butler, 2008 Sara Keane, 2013 Lana Bannerman, 2003 Stacey Adams, 1997 Melissa Haire, 2000 Sara Keane, 2011 Lana Bannerman, 2005 Sara Keane, 2012
14 12 11 10 10 10 9.5 9 9 8
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20 18 17 15 15 15 13 13 13 12
Goalkeeper Minutes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Kerri Butler, 2010 Sara Keane, 2013 Kerri Butler, 2008 Lana Bannerman, 2003 Sara Keane, 2011 Lana Bannerman, 2005 Lana Bannerman, 2006 Sara Keane, 2012 Lana Bannerman, 2004 Melissa Haire, 2000
2,201:51 2,134:18 2,106:41 2,094:10 1975:49 1,975:40 1,960:00 1905:44 1,828:45 1,821:51
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Chrissie Abbott, 2002 Deana Everrett, 2006 Katie Barnes, 2000 Frances Silva, 2013 Ashley Banks, 2007 Chrissie Abbott, 2001 Chrissie Abbott, 2003 Katie Barnes, 1999 Rena Lippa, 1998 Katie Barnes, 2001
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Career Records Goals 1. Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 2. Katie Barnes, 1998-2001 3. Deana Everrett, 2005-08 4. Frances Silva, 2010-13 5. Ashley Banks, 2004-07 6. Blake Miller, 2008-11 7. Laura Kane, 2001-04 8. Rena Lippa, 1996-98 9. Marisa Kanela, 2002-05 10. Kate Schwindell, 2011-
Matches Played 53 45 39 38 34 33 31 29 28 26
Assists 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 10.
Lisa Stoia, 2000-03 Katie Barnes, 1998-2001 Ashley Banks, 2004-07 Deana Everrett, 2005-08 Laura Kane, 2001-04 Rachel Kruze, 1999-2002 Frances Silva, 2010-13 Kim Bonilla, 2004-07 Kate Schwindel, 2011- Marisa Kanela, 2002-05
33 30 26 24 23 23 22 21 21 20
Points 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10.
Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 Katie Barnes, 1998-2001 Deana Everrett, 2005-08 Frances Silva, 2010-13 Ashley Banks, 2004-07 Laura Kane, 2001-04 Blake Miller, 2008-11 Marisa Kanela, 2002-05 Kate Schwindel, 2011- Lisa Stoia, 2000-03
125 120 102 98 94 85 85 76 73 71
Shots 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 Katie Barnes, 1998-2001 Deana Everrett, 2005-08 Blake Miller, 2008-11 Laura Kane, 2001-04 Ashley Banks, 2004-07 Frances Silva, 2010-13 Marisa Kanela, 2002-05 Lisa Stoia, 2000-03 Kate Schwindel, 2011-
472 339 299 260 256 246 238 228 223 216
1. Carolyn Blank, 2006-09 Blake Miller, 2008-11 3. Amanda Cicchini, 2005-08 Meghan Lewis, 2008-11 Bry McCarthy, 2009-12 Bri Rodriguez, 2009-12 Frances Silva, 2010-13 8. Erica Henderson, 2008-11 9. Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 Natalie Cocchi, 2005-07 Kiley Harris, 2004-07 Lisa Stoia, 2000-03 Matches Started
92 92 89 89 89 89 89 88 87 87 87 87
1. 2. 3. 5. 7. 9.
92 89 87 87 86 86 85 85 84 84
Carolyn Blank, 2006-09 Bri Rodriguez, 2009-12 Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 Lisa Stoia, 2000-03 Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 Amanda Cicchini, 2005-08 Laura Kane, 2001-04 Robin Rushton, 2005-08 Natalie Cocchi, 2004-07 Frances Silva, 2010-13
Goalkeeper Saves 1. 2. 3. 5.
Stacy Adams, 1996-98 Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 Kerri Butler, 2007-10 Sara Keane, 2011-13 Melissa Haire, 1998-2002
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347 241 231 231 189
Goals Against Average (min. 18 games played) 1. Laura Finley, 2000-03 0.64 (31 matches) 2. Kerri Butler, 2007-10 0.67 (82 matches) 3. Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 0.82 (86 matches) 4. Melissa Haire, 1998-2002 0.95 (62 matches) 5. Sara Keane, 2011-13 0.96 (65 matches) Shutouts (for some seasons prior to 2003, the school recognized combined shutouts) 1. Kerri Butler, 2007-10 44 2. Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 36 3. Sara Keane, 2011-13 27 4. Stacy Adams, 1996-98 24.8 5. Melissa Haire, 1998-2002 19.5 Goalkeeper Minutes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 Kerri Butler, 2007-10 Sara Keane, 2011-13 Stacy Adams, 1996-98 Melissa Haire, 1998-2001
7,858:35 7,559:09 6,015:51 4,804:42 4,554:37
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Goals: 3 by Rena Lippa vs. Bowling Green, 1998; Katie Barnes vs. Virginia Tech, 1999; Katie Barnes vs. Marshall, 2000; Chrissie Abbott vs. William & Mary, 2002; Ashley Banks vs. Ohio, 2004; Rachael Minnich vs. Ohio, 2004; Kim Bonilla vs. St. Bonaventure, 2006; Deana Everrett vs. DePaul, 2006; Ashley Banks vs. Georgetown, 2007 Assists: 3 Robyn D’Aversa vs. Virginia Tech, 1999; Katie Barnes vs. St. John’s, 2001; Deana Everrett vs. Syracuse, 2008; Kate Schwindel vs. High Point, 2012 and at Iowa State, 2012; Frances Silva vs. Wright State, 2013 Points: 7 (3G, 1A) by Rena Lippa vs. Bowling Green, 1998; 7 (3G, 1A) by Katie Barnes vs. Marshall, 2000; 7 (3G, 1A) Rachael Minnich vs. Ohio, 2003; 7 (3G, 1A) Kim Bonilla vs. St. Bonaventure, 2006; 7 (3G, 1A) by Ashley Banks vs. Georgetown, 2007; 7 (2G, 3A) by Kate Schwindel vs. High Point, 2012 Shots: 13 by Laura Kane vs. Seton Hall, 2004 Goalkeeper Saves: 22 by Stacey Adams vs. Connecticut, 1998
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Goals: 20 by Chrissie Abbott, 2002 Game Winning Goals: 9 by Chrissie Abbot, 2002 Multiple Goal Matches: 5 by Katie Barnes, 2000; by Chrissie Abbott, 2002 Assists: 13 by Frances Silva, 2013 Points: 47 (20G, 7A) by Chrissie Abbott, 2002 Shots: 159 by Chrissie Abbott, 2002 Matches Played: 25 by nine players, 2007 Matches Started: 25 by eight players, 2007 Goalkeeper Saves: 128 by Stacey Adams, 1998 Goals-Against Average: 0.49 by Laura Finley, 2002 Shutouts: 14 by Kerri Butler, 2010 Goalkeeper Minutes: 2,201:51 by Kerri Butler, 2010 Cautions: 4 by Kim Bonilla, 2006; Drea Barklage, 2011 Ejections: 1 by Meghan Lewis, 2011; Kara Blosser, 2012
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Goals: 53 by Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 Game Winning Goals: 22 by Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 Multiple Goal Matches: 12 by Katie Barnes, 1998-2001 Assists: 33 by Lisa Stoia, 2000-03 Points: 125 (53G, 19A) by Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 Shots: 472 by Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 Matches Played: 92 by Carolyn Blank, 2006-09; Blake Miller, 2008-11 Matches Started: 92 by Carolyn Blank, 2006-09 Goalkeeper Saves: 358 by Stacey Adams, 1996-98 Goals-Against Average: 0.67 by Kerri Butler, 2007-10 Shutouts: 44 by Kerri Butler, 2007-10 Goalkeeper Minutes: 7,858:35 by Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 Cautions: 7 by Kim Bonilla, 2004-07; Drea Barklage, 2010-11 Ejections: 1 by Meghan Lewis, 2011; Kara Blosser, 2012
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Top Yearly Performances Points 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Tonia Deligiannis Rena Lippa Rena Lippa Katie Barnes Katie Barnes Katie Barnes Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Marisa Kanela Marisa Kanela Deana Everrett Ashley Banks Deana Everrett Carolyn Blank Blake Miller Blake Miller Kate Schwindel Frances Silva
16 23 28 31 43 34 47 34 26 27 43 38 22 12 29 27 26 43
Goals 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Tonia Deligiannis Rena Lippa Rena Lippa Rena Lippa Katie Barnes Katie Barnes Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Chrissie Abbott Marisa Kanela Marisa Kanela Deana Everrett Ashley Banks Blake Miller Megan Mischler Blake Miller Blake Miller Frances Silva Frances Silva
6 6 11 12 13 17 15 20 13 11 9 18 15 10 5 10 10 11 15
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Assists 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Stacey Sollmann Stacey Sollmann Katie Barnes Rachel Kruze Katie Barnes Katie Barnes Lisa Stoia Lisa Stoia Laura Kane Marisa Kanela Kim Bonilla Deana Everrett Deana Everrett Caroline Szwed Blake Miller Bry McCarthy Kate Schwindel Frances Silva
7 5 6 6 9 10 10 12 9 9 12 9 8 6 9 9 8 13
Goals-Against Average 1996 Stacey Adams 1997 Stacey Adams 1998 Stacey Adams 1999 Tera Berardi 2000 Melissa Haire 2001 Laura Finley 2002 Laura Finley 2003 Lana Bannerman 2004 Lana Bannerman 2005 Lana Bannerman 2006 Lana Bannerman 2007 Kerri Butler 2008 Kerri Butler 2009 Kerri Butler 2010 Kerri Butler 2011 Sara Keane 2012 Sara Keane 2013 Sara Keane
2.10 1.23 1.12 1.45 0.95 0.82 0.49 0.82 0.98 0.92 0.60 0.89 0.56 0.67 0.82 0.91 0.94 1.01
Saves 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Stacey Adams Tera Berardi Melissa Haire Melissa Haire Laura Finley Lana Bannerman Lana Bannerman Lana Bannerman Lana Bannerman Mallory Beck Kerri Butler Kerri Butler Kerri Butler Sara Keane Sara Keane Sara Keane
109 121 128 51 88 37 38 84 44 61 52 33 43 72 87 80 84 67
Goalkeeper Minutes 1996 Stacey Adams 1997 Stacey Adams 1998 Stacey Adams 1999 Tera Berardi 2000 Melissa Haire 2001 Melissa Haire 2002 Laura Finley 2003 Lana Bannerman 2004 Lana Bannerman 2005 Lana Bannerman 2006 Lana Bannerman 2007 Mallory Beck 2008 Kerri Butler 2009 Kerri Butler 2010 Kerri Butler 2011 Sara Keane 2012 Sara Keane 2013 Sara Keane
1,540 1,765 1,775 1,119 1,888 1,129 1,112 2,095 1,829 1,965 1,956 1,218:42 2,106:41 2,161:10 2,201:51 1,975:49 1,905:44 2,134:18
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Goals:
0 1 2
Most Goals: 55 in 2006 Fewest Goals: 22 in 2009 Most Assists: 47 in 2007 and 2013 Fewest Assists: 17 in 1997 Most Points: 150 in 2002, 2006 Fewest Points: 66 in 2009 Most Shots: 516 in 2007 Fewest Shots: 202 in 1997 Most Shutouts: 14 in 2010 Most Saves: 122 in 1997 Fewest Saves: 48 in 2008 Most Corner Kicks: 160 in 2008 Fewest Corner Kicks: 51 in 1996 Most Fouls: 233 in 2007 Fewest Fouls: 117 in 1999 Most Wins: 18 in 2002, 2007, 2010 Fewest Wins: 9 in 1999 Most Losses: 9 in 1999 Fewest Losses: 3 in 2002, 2008 Most Ties: 6 in 2008, 2009 Fewest Ties: 0 in 2004, 2011
Assists: 9 8 6 5
vs. Ohio, 2004 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2006 vs. Wright State, 2013 vs. High Point, 2012 vs. Seton Hall, 2011 vs. Syracuse, 2008 vs. Bowling Green, 2007 vs. Bowling Green, 1998 14 times, most recent: vs. Towson, 2012
Points: 24 23 22 18 17 16 15
vs. St. Bonaventure, 2006 vs. Ohio, 2004 vs. Syracuse, 2008 vs. High Point, 2012 vs. Bowling Green, 1998 vs. Virginia Tech, 1999 vs. Central Florida, 1999 vs. Seton Hall, 2011 vs. Towson, 2012 vs. Syracuse, 2011 vs. Xavier, 2007 vs. James Madison, 2006 vs. Radford, 2003 vs. St. John’s, 2001 vs. Robert Morris, 1996
Shots: 49 44 43 41 37 36 35 34 32 31
vs. Seton Hall, 2003 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2006 vs. St. John’s, 2004 vs. Duquesne, 2012 vs. Western Michigan, 2006 vs. Radford, 2003 vs. Providence, 2002 vs. TCU, 2013 vs. George Mason, 2002 vs. VCU, 1999 vs. Miami (Fla.), 2001 vs. Villanova, 2000 vs. Navy, 2007 vs. Syracuse, 2004 vs. Seton Hall, 2004
vs. USF, 2007 vs. Binghamton, 2006 vs. Robert Morris, 1996 vs. Towson, 2008 vs. Syracuse, 2006 vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 vs. Wright State, 2013 vs. Purdue, 2011 vs. Cincinnati, 2007 vs. Providence, 2007 vs. Syracuse, 2005 vs. USF, 2005 vs. Providence, 2005 vs. Georgetown, 2004 vs. James Madison, 2003 vs. Syracuse, 2002
Goalkeeper Saves: 22 18 16 13 11 10
vs. Connecticut, 1998 vs. Rutgers, 1996 vs. Connecticut, 1996 vs. Duquesne, 1996 vs. Butler, 1999 vs. Notre Dame, 1999 vs. Ohio State, 1996 vs. Notre Dame, 2000
NCAA Tournament Appearances 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 (Sweet 16), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (Elite Eight), 2008, 2009, 2010 (Sweet 16), 2011, 2012, 2013
Corner Kicks:
Big East Tournament Champions
18 17 16 15 14 13
2007, 2010, 2011
vs. Villanova, 2008 vs. Seton Hall, 2001 vs. Binghamton, 2006 vs. Syracuse, 2009 vs. St. John’s, 2007 vs. Radford, 2004 vs. TCU, 2013 vs. Radford, 2003 vs. Wright State, 2013 vs. Richmond, 2013 vs. Duquesne, 2012 vs. Seton Hall, 2011 vs. Villanova, 2010 at Syracuse, 2007 vs. Syracuse, 2006
Big East Division Champions 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 Big East Tournament Appearances 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (Champions), 2008, 2009, 2010 (Champions), 2011 (Champions) Big 12 Tournament Champions 2013 Big 12 Regular Season Champions
Fouls:
2012, 2013
24 23 20 19 18 17
Big 12 Tournament Appearances
vs. Notre Dame, 2007 vs. St. John’s, 1998 vs. SMU, 2004 vs. Miami, Fla., 2012 vs. Ohio State, 1998 vs. St. Francis, Pa., 1996 vs. Pitt, 1996 vs. Villanova, 2006 vs. Boston College, 2004 vs. Georgetown, 1998 vs. Villanova, 1998 vs. St. John’s, 2006
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vs. Syracuse, 2008 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2006 vs. Ohio, 2004 vs. High Point, 2012 vs. Pitt, 2004 vs. Virginia Tech, 1999 vs. Bowling Green, 1998 vs. St. Francis, Pa., 1997 19 times, most recent: vs. Towson, 2012
2012, 2013 (Champions)
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Class Records Freshman Goals 1. Blake Miller 2. Ashley Banks 3. Erica Henderson Tonia Deligiannis Kate Schwindel
Year 2008 2004 2008 1996 2011
Games 23 21 21 19 22
Goals 10 8 6 6 6
Avg. 0.43 0.38 0.28 0.31 0.27
Freshman Assists 1. Ashley Banks 2. Stacey Sollmann Kate Schwindel 4. Katie Barnes Rachel Kruze Lisa Stoia Caroline Szwed
Year 2004 1996 2011 1998 1999 2000 2009
Games 21 19 22 19 19 21 23
Assists 8 7 7 6 6 6 6
Avg. 0.38 0.37 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.29 0.26
Freshman Points 1. Ashley Banks 2. Blake Miller 3. Kate Schwindel 4. Tonia Deligiannis 5. Erica Henderson
Year 2004 2008 2011 1996 2008
Games 21 23 22 19 21
Points 24 21 19 16 13
Avg. 1.14 0.91 0.86 0.84 0.61
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Sophomore Goals 1. Deana Everrett 2. Chrissie Abbott 3. Katie Barnes 4. Laura Kane 5. Kate Schwindel
Year 2006 2001 1999 2002 2012
Games 21 21 19 21 20
Goals 18 15 13 10 9
Avg. 0.85 0.71 0.68 0.48 0.45
Sophomore Assists 1. Laura Kane Kate Schwindel 3. Deana Everrett Ashley Banks Bri Rodriguez
Year 2002 2012 2006 2005 2010
Games 21 20 21 21 24
Assists 8 8 7 7 7
Avg. 0.38 0.40 0.33 0.33 0.29
Sophomore Points 1. Deana Everrett 2. Chrissie Abbott 3. Katie Barnes 4. Laura Kane 5. Kate Schwindel
Year 2006 2001 1999 2002 2012
Games 21 21 19 21 20
Points 43 33 31 28 26
Avg. 2.04 1.57 1.63 1.33 1.30
Games 25 23 23 19 21
Goals 15 15 13 12 12
Avg. 0.60 0.65 0.57 0.63 0.57
Senior Assists 1. Frances Silva 2. Lisa Stoia 3. Katie Barnes 4. Laura Kane 5. Marisa Kanela
Year 2013 2003 2001 2004 2005
Games 23 23 21 21 21
Assists 13 12 10 9 9
Avg. 0.57 0.52 0.48 0.43 0.43
Senior Points 1. Frances Silva 2. Ashley Banks 3. Chrissie Abbott Katie Barnes 5. Rena Lippa
Year 2013 2005 2003 2001 1998
Games 23 25 23 21 19
Points 43 38 34 34 28
Avg. 1.87 1.52 1.47 1.62 1.47
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Games 22 21 19 21 20 18
Goals 20 17 11 11 11 11
Avg. 0.91 0.81 0.58 0.58 0.55 0.61
Junior Assists 1. Kim Bonilla 2. Lisa Stoia 3. Bry McCarthy Blake Miller Katie Barnes Deana Everrett
Year 2006 2002 2011 2010 2000 2007
Games 21 22 22 24 21 23
Assists 12 10 9 9 9 9
Avg. 0.57 0.45 0.40 0.38 0.43 0.39
Junior Points 1. Chrissie Abbott 2. Katie Barnes 3. Kim Bonilla 4. Deana Everrett Blake Miller
Year 2002 2000 2006 2007 2010
Games 22 21 21 21 24
Points 47 43 30 29 29
Avg. 2.14 2.05 1.42 1.26 1.21
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Year 2002 2000 1997 2004 2012 2013
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Junior Goals 1. Chrissie Abbott 2. Katie Barnes 3. Rena Lippa Marisa Kanela Frances Silva Kate Schwindel
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Top 25 Crowds for Women’s Soccer at DDSS (2004-present)
Goals: 8 (2x vs. Syracuse 11/28/09 and St. Bonaventure 9/10/06)
Date 11-30-07 8-31-12 11-12-10 9-21-08 11-16-13 10-4-13 11-6-11 10-12-08 10-2-09 11-4-11 9-19-10 9-25-11 8-30-13 8-20-10 11-11-07 9-5-04 10-12-12 9-21-12 9-1-11 9-11-08 9-6-09 10-18-13 8-23-09 9-18-11 10-19-08
Assists: 8 (vs. St. Bonaventure 9/10/06) Points: 24 (vs. St. Bonaventure 9/10/06) Shots: 44 (vs. Binghamton 9/3/06)
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Saves: 9 (vs. Penn State 8/20/10) Fouls: 24 (vs. Notre Dame 11/11/07) Corners: 18 (vs. Villanova 10/19/08)
Opponent Records Goals: 4 (Kentucky 9/15/13) Assists: 4 (Notre Dame 10/1/04) Points: 10 (Notre Dame 10/1/04; Kentucky 9/15/13) Shots: 23 ( Penn State 8/20/10) Saves: 18 (Binghamton 9/3/06) Fouls: 23 (Providence 10/24/10) Corners: 11 (Penn State 8/20/10)
Other Records First game: WVU, 1 Purdue 0
September 1, 2004
First goal: Natalie Cocchi vs. Purdue
September 1, 2004
First WVU goal: Natalie Cocchi vs. Purdue
September 1, 2004
First opponent goal: Kristen Weiss, Virginia
September 5, 2004
First WVU assist: Laura Kane vs. Arizona
September 10, 2004
First opponent assist: Sarah Huffman, Virginia; September 5, 2004
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Crowd Opponent Result 3,000 #8 USC** L, 0-1 2,057 #6 Penn State L, 1-2 1,688 Morehead State** W, 2-0 1,615 #6 Virginia W, 3-0 1,610 Rutgers** T, 0-0 2OT (WVU won PK, 3-0) 1,553 Texas W, 2-1 1,550 Louisville* W, 2-0 1,407 Connecticut T, 0-0 2OT 1,382 #8 Notre Dame L, 3-2 OT 1,380 Georgetown* W, 5-1 1,376 #5 Virginia W, 1-0 1,375 Rutgers W, 1-0 OT 1,310 Central Michigan W, 4-0 1,277 #11 Penn State L, 1-2 OT 1,213 #9 Notre Dame* T, 1-1 2OT 1,208 #10 Virginia L, 0-1 1,207 #20 Baylor T, 1-1 2OT 1,206 Texas Tech W, 3-2 1,177 #18 Ohio State L, 0-2 1,137 Kentucky W, 1-0 1,102 Boston T, 0-0 2OT 1,091 Kansas W, 2-0 1,079 Ohio State T, 0-0 2OT 1,077 #8 Marquette W, 3-1 1,036 Villanova W, 2-1 OT
*Big East tournament ** NCAA tournament
Year Coach
Captains
1996
Nikki Izzo
Kristin Cholewa, Tonia Deligiannis, Rena Lippa
10-7-2
1997
Nikki Izzo
Rena Lippa, Nikki Garzon, Stacey Sollman
11-6-2
1998
Nikki Izzo
Rena Lippa, Nikki Garzon, Stacey Sollmann
11-6-2
1999
Nikki Izzo
Melissa Finkle, Stacey Sollmann, Ann Sorensen, Danielle Turrie
9-9-1
2000
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Katie Barnes
15-6-0
2001
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Katie Barnes
15-5-1
2002
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Melissa Haire, Rachel Kruze, Shawna Toth
18-3-1
2003
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Chrissie Abbott, Lisa Stoia
17-4-2
2004
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Leslie Barden, Laura Kane, Ashley Weimer
15-6-0
2005
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Karrie Hutchins, Kambria Riggins, Marisa Kanela
12-6-3
2006
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Cathy Abel, Lana Bannerman
14-4-3
2007
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Ashley Banks, Natalie Cocchi, Kiley Harris
18-5-2
2008
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Carolyn Blank, Deana Everrett, Robin Rushton
14-3-6
2009
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Mallory Beck, Carolyn Blank, Nicole Mailloux
10-7-6
2010
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Ashtin Larkin, Meghan Lewis, Sydney Metheny
18-5-1
2011
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Drea Barklage, Chelsey Corroto, Meghan Lewis, Blake Miller
17-5-0
2012
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Bry McCarthy, Bri Rodriguez, Mallory Smith
11-5-4
2013
Nikki Izzo-Brown
Sara Keane, Frances Silva, Caroline Szwed
16-4-3
Record
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Opponent Records at DDSS Individual Goals: 3 by Jenny Heft and Jenny Streiffer, Notre Dame, 1998
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Assists: 4 by Margaret Tietjen, Connecticut, 1996 Points: 7 (3G, 1A) by Jenny Heft, Notre Dame, 1998; by Cindy Daws, Notre Dame, 1996 Shots: 13 by Jen Carlson, Connecticut, 1997 Goalkeeper Saves: 16 by Carolina Hines, Providence, 2002; Renee Leone, Saint Francis, Pa., November, 1997
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Team Goals: 12 by Connecticut, 1996 Assists: 21 by Connecticut, 1996 Points: 45 by Connecticut, 1996 Shots: 45 by Connecticut, 1996 Goalkeeper Saves: 18 by Binghamton, 2006 Corner Kicks: 14 by Connecticut, 1998
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Fouls: 23 by Providence, 2010
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Academic Honors NSCAA Team GPA Award (min. GPA 3.0) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CoSIDA Women’s Soccer Academic All-America of the Year Frances Silva
2013
CoSIDA Academic All-America Frances Silva Ashley Banks Melissa Haire Christen Seaman
2013, first team 2007, first team 2002, second team; 2001, third team 2002, first team
CoSIDA Academic All-District Amanda Hill Frances Silva Chelsey Corroto Bri Rodriguez Deana Everrett Robin Rushton Ashley Banks Krystle Kallman Kim Bonilla Karrie Hutchins Ashley Weimer Laura Kane Christen Seaman Melissa Haire
2013 2013 2009, second team; 2010-11 first team 2010, second team 2008, second team 2008, second team 2006 first team; 2007, first team 2007, second team 2006 2005 2003, 2004 2002, 2004 2002 2001, 2002
NSCAA Scholar All-American Frances Silva Bri Rodriguez Ashley Banks Kim Bonilla Marisa Kanela Ashley Weimer Laura Kane Melissa Haire Stacey Sollmann
Robin Rushton Ashley Banks Kim Bonilla Lisa DuCote Krystle Kallman Cathy Abel
2008, honorable mention; 2007, honorable mention 2007, first team; 2006, first team 2007, first team 2007, honorable mention 2007, honorable mention 2006, third team
Big 12 Scholor Athlete of the Year Frances Silva
All-Big 12 Academic Soccer Team
Carly Black 2013, first team Jess Crowder 2013, first team; 2012, first team Leah Emaus 2013, first team Amanda Hill 2013, first team Sara Keane 2013, first team; 2012, first team Kate Schwindel 2013, first team; 2012, second team Frances Silva 2013, first team; 2012, first team Annalika Steyn 2013, second team Caroline Szwed 2013, first team Kailey Utley 2013, first team Kara Blosser 2012, first team Ali Connelly 2012, first team Bri Rodriguez 2012, first team
2013 2012 2007 2007 2005 2004 2003, 2004 2002 1999
NSCAA Scholar All-Region Jess Crowder Frances Silva Bri Rodriguez Sara Keane Chelsey Corroto Ashtin Larkin Meghan Lewis Heather Saffel Lisa DuCote Deana Everrett Kelsey Fowler
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2013, honorable mention 2013, first team, 2012, third team 2012, first team 2013, honorable mention; 2012, honorable mention 2010, third team 2010, third team 2010, second team 2009, honorable mention 2008, honorable mention 2008, second team 2008, honorable mention
2013
AMANDA HILL
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Kadeisha Buchanan Ashley Lawrence Daniela Neves Ashley Woolpert Halie Conroy Leah Emaus Mia Gunter Amanda Hill Noelle Honeycutt Kailey Utley
Big East Female Scholar Athlete of the Year Kiley Harris Ashley Weimer Melissa Haire Stacey Sollmann Stacey Adams
Rhodes Scholar Nominee Ashley Weimer
2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2007 2004 2002 1999 1998 2004
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2003
Frances Silva Bry McCarthy Bri Rodriguez Carolyn Blank Greer Barnes Amanda Cicchini Ashley Banks Deana Everrett Chrissie Abbott * was added to the list during the season
Soccer America College MVP Frances Silva Greer Barnes Amanda Cicchini Chrissie Abbott
2013, second team 2008, second team 2007, first team 2002
NSCAA First Team All-America Lisa Stoia Chrissie Abbott Katie Barnes
NSCAA Second Team All-America Kadeisha Buchanan Frances Silva Carolyn Blank Greer Barnes Amanda Cicchini Chrissie Abbott Lisa Stoia
2013* 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007, 2008 2007 2006* 2003
2003 2002 2001 2013 2013 2008, 2009 2007 2007 2003 2002
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M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List
2013 2007 2003
JENNIFER LEWIS NSCAA Third Team All-America Bry McCarthy Greer Barnes Ashley Banks Laura Kane
2012 2008 2007 2004
Umbro/Soccer News Net Player of the Year Finalist Ashley Banks
Soccer Buzz Player of the Year Finalist Ashley Banks Chrissie Abbott
Soccer Buzz First Team All-America Lisa Stoia Chrissie Abbott
Soccer Buzz Second Team All-America Greer Barnes Carolyn Blank Ashley Banks Greer Barnes Chrissie Abbott Lisa Stoia Katie Barnes
Soccer Buzz Third Team All-America Amanda Cicchini Deana Everrett Katie Barnes
2007
2007 2002, 2003 2003 2002 2008 2008 2007 2007 2003 2002 2001 2007 2006 2000
Soccer Buzz Freshman All-America Blake Miller Carolyn Blank Amanda Cicchini Ashley Banks Lana Bannerman Lisa Stoia
2008, fourth team 2006, fourth team 2005, second team 2004, second team 2003, honorable mention 2000, second team
NSCAA All-Region Coach of the Year Nikki Izzo-Brown
2000, 2002, 2007, 2013
Regional Assistant Coach of the Year Lisa Stoia First Team Kadeisha Buchanan Ashley Lawrence Frances Silva Bry McCarthy Bri Rodriguez Carolyn Blank Greer Barnes Ashley Banks Amanda Cicchini Laura Kane Chrissie Abbott Lisa Stoia Katie Barnes
2010 2013 2013 2013 2011, 2012 2010 2008, 2009 2007, 2008 2007 2007 2004 2002, 2003 2002, 2003 2000, 2001
Soccer Buzz Honorable Mention All-America Lisa Stoia
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Chrissie Abbott
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Athletic Honors Second Team Bri Rodriguez Kate Schwindel Erica Henderson Carolyn Blank Deana Everrett Amanda Cicchini Marisa Kanela Kambria Riggins Rachel Kruze Jennifer Lewis Chrissie Abbott Lisa Stoia
2012 2012, 2013 2010 2007 2006, 2007 2006 2004, 2005 2005 2002 2002 2001 2001
Third Team Blake Miller Kerri Butler Bry McCarthy Nicole Mailloux Megan Mischler Amanda Cicchini Ashley Weimer Rachel Kruze Lisa Stoia
2011 2010 2010 2009 2009 2005, 2008 2004 2000 2000
Soccer Buzz All-Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year Nikki Izzo-Brown
2000, 2002, 2007
First Team Bri Rodriguez Greer Barnes Carolyn Blank Ashley Banks Amanda Cicchini Deana Everrett Laura Kane Chrissie Abbott Lisa Stoia Katie Barnes
2010 2007, 2008 2008 2007 2006, 2007 2006 2004 2002, 2003 2001, 2002, 2003 2000, 2001
Second Team Erica Henderson Kerri Butler Deana Everrett Carolyn Blank Kim Bonilla Amanda Cicchini Marisa Kanela Kambria Riggins Ashley Weimer Jennifer Lewis Rachel Kruze Chrissie Abbott Lisa Stoia Stacey Sollman
2010 2008 2007, 2008 2007 2006 2005 2005 2005 2004 2002, 2003 2002 2001 2000 1998, 1999
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Third Team Bry McCarthy Amanda Cicchini Lana Bannerman Ashley Weimer Laura Kane Rachel Kruze Katie Barnes Stacey Stollman
2010 2008 2006 2003 2002 2000, 2001 1999 1997
Soccer Buzz Regional All-Freshman Team Erica Henderson Blake Miller Megan Mischler Carolyn Blank Amanda Cicchini Ashley Banks Lana Bannerman Nicole Cauzillo Marisa Kanela Lisa Zanti Lisa Stoia Katie Barnes Vanessa Heppeler Stacey Stollmann
2008 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Big 12 Honors (2012-present) Big 12 Coach of the Year Nikki Izzo-Brown
2012, 2013
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year Frances Silva
2013
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Kadeisha Buchanan Bry McCarthy
2013 2012
Big12 Newcomer of the Year Kadeisha Buchanan
2013
All-Big 12
First Team Kadeisha Buchanan Ashley Lawrence Kate Schwindel Frances Silva Bry McCarthy Bri Rodriguez
2013 2013 2013, 2012 2013 2012 2012
Second Team Amanda Hill Frances Silva
2013 2012
AMANDA CICCHINI
Big 12 Tournament Offensive MVP Frances Silva
2013
Big 12 Tournament Defensive MVP Kadeisha Buchanan
2013
Big 12 All-Tournament Team Kadeisha Buchanan Sara Keane Ashley Lawrence Frances Silva
2013 2013 2013 2013
Big East Honors (1996-2011) Big East Coach of the Year Nikki Izzo-Brown
2001, 2002
Big East Offensive Player of the Year Ashley Banks Chrissie Abbott Katie Barnes
2007 2002 2000, 2001
Honorable Mention Blake Miller Kim Bonilla
2008 2007
All-Rookie Team (reappeared in 2009) Sara Keane Kate Schwindel Frances Silva Bri Rodriguez Caroline Szwed
2011 2011 2010 2009 2009
Big East Championship All-Tournament Team (started in 2007) Sara Keane Bry McCarthy Blake Miller Kate Schwindel Frances Silva Kerri Butler Meghan Lewis Megan Mischler Bri Rodriguez Carolyn Blank Erica Henderson Greer Barnes Carolyn Blank Kim Bonilla Kerri Butler Amanda Cicchini Robin Rushton
2011 2010, 2011 2010, 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
All-Big East First Team Blake Miller Bri Rodriguez Carolyn Blank Greer Barnes Amanda Cicchini Ashley Banks Deana Everrett Marisa Kanela Laura Kane Chrissie Abbott Lisa Stoia Katie Barnes
2011 2010 2008, 2009 2007, 2008 2006, 2007, 2008 2007 2006 2005 2003, 2004 2002, 2003 2001, 2002, 2003 2000, 2001
Second Team Sara Keane Bry McCarthy Kate Schwindel Frances Silva Kerri Butler Blake Miller Megan Mischler Deana Everrett Carolyn Blank Lana Bannerman
2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2008 2007 2006
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2008 2002, 2003
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Big East Midfielder of the Year Carolyn Blank Lisa Stoia
2011 2004 2000
2010 2009 2008, 2009 2007 2006 2005 2005
2003 2002 2002 2001 2000 2000 1999 1997 1996
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Big East Rookie of the Year Kate Schwindel Ashley Banks Lisa Stoia
Third Team (started in 2005) Bry McCarthy Nicole Mailloux Megan Mischler Deana Everrett Kim Bonilla Lana Bannerman Kambria Riggins
Nicole Cauzillo Marisa Kanela Kambria Riggins Laura Kane Chrissie Abbott Lisa Stoia Rachel Kruze Vanessa Heppeler Stacey Sollmann
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2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
2006 2005 2004, 2005 2004 2004 2002 2001 2000, 2002 2000 1999 1997
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Carly Black Kadeisha Buchanan Ashley Lawrence Leah Emaus Kara Blosser Kelsie Maloney
Greer Barnes Amanda Cicchini Ashley Banks Ashley Weimer Marisa Kanela Laura Kane Chrissie Abbott Rachel Kruze Lisa Stoia Katie Barnes Stacey Sollmann
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Big 12 All-Newcomer Team
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Athletic Honors Big East Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player (started in 2007) Blake Miller Meghan Lewis Kim Bonilla
2011 2010 2007
Big East Championship Most Outstanding Defensive Player (started in 2007) Bry McCarthy Kerri Butler Carolyn Blank
2011 2010 2007
National Strength and Conditioning Association AllAmerica Erica Henderson 2011 Robin Rushton 2008 Kelsey Fowler 2007 Lana Bannerman 2006 Karrie Hutchins 2005 Lisa Stoia 2004 Katie Barnes 2002 WVU Fred Schaus Captain’s Award Carolyn Blank Ashley Banks Laura Kane Katie Barnes
2010 2008 2005 2001
WVU Red Brown Cup Karrie Hutchins Chrissie Abbott
2006 2004
WVU Sports Hall of Fame Katie Barnes
2012
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Miscellaneous Records Longest Winning Streak: 14 in 2010 Longest Unbeaten Streak (includes ties): 18 in 2002 Longest Losing Streak: 4 in 1999 Consecutive Matches Scored In: 18 in 2002 18 in 2012-13 (last game of 2012, snapped on Oct. 27, 2013) Consecutive Shutouts: 7 in 1996, 2002 Consecutive Shutout Minutes: 678:33 in 1996 Consecutive Matches Without Scoring: 4 in 1999 All-Time Record: 251-96-39 All-Time Home Record: 144-32-15 All-Time Road Record: 81-52-20 All-Time Neutral Record: 26-12-4 All-Time Regulation Record: 229-81-0 All-Time Overtime Record: 22-15-39
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All-Time Record in Regulation Year Home Road Neutral Overall 1996 5-3 4-4 - 9-7 1997 7-2 3-3 - 10-5 1998 6-1 4-3 - 10-4 1999 7-2 1-7 1-0 9-9 2000 7-0 6-2 1-0 14-2 2001 7-2 3-1 1-1 11-4 2002 8-1 6-2 3-0 17-3 2003 10-1 5-2 2-0 17-3 2004 5-5 7-1 2-0 14-6 2005 7-0 3-5 2-0 12-5 2006 7-1 5-1 1-2 13-4 2007 12-2 5-2 0-1 17-5 2008 7-0 3-2 2-0 12-2 2009 6-0 3-3 1-2 10-5 2010 9-0 3-4 3-0 15-4 2011 10-2 4-3 1-0 15-5 2012 6-2 3-0 1-2 10-4 2013 8-1 2-2 4-1 14-4 Totals 134-25 70-47 25-9 229-81
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Regulation, Overtime, PK and Miscellaneous Records
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All-Time Record in Overtimes Year Home Road Neutral Overall 1996 1-0-1 0-0-1 - 1-0-2 1997 0-1-1 1-0-1 - 1-1-2 1998 0-1-1 1-1-1 - 1-2-2 1999 - - 0-0-1 0-0-1 2000 0-1-0 1-3-0 - 1-4-0 2001 1-0-0 2-1-1 1-0-0 4-1-1 2002 1-0-0 0-0-1 - 1-0-1 2003 0-1-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-1-2 2004 - 1-0-0 - 1-0-0 2005 - 0-0-3 0-1-0 0-1-3 2006 1-0-2 0-0-1 - 1-0-3 2007 1-0-1 0-0-1 - 1-0-2 2008 2-0-2 0-0-2 0-1-2 2-1-6 2009 0-1-2 0-0-4 0-1-0 0-2-6 2010 1-1-1 2-0-0 - 3-1-1 2011 1-0-0 1-0-0 - 2-0-0 2012 0-1-3 1-0-1 - 1-1-4 2013 1-0-1 1-0-2 - 2-0-3 Totals 10-7-15 11-5-20 1-3-4 22-15-39
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All-Time Record in Penalty Kick Shootouts 3-2 Megan Mischler and the 2010 Mountaineers won a record 14 straight matches.
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Fastest Goals Scored Time Name 0:55 Kate Schwindel 1:17 Kambria Riggins 1:18 Bry McCarthy 1:29 Carolyn Blank, 1:43 Laura Kane 1:47 Kim Bonilla 1:57 Megan Mischler 2:31 Lisa Stoia 2:44 Laura Kane 2:52 Kate Schwindel 2:54 Lisa Zanti 3:12 Caroline Szwed 3:17 Cathy Abel 3:32 Katie Barnes 3:57 Blake Miller 3:59 Robyn D’Aversa 4:02 Laura Kane 4:17 Frances Silva 4:18 Nicole Cauzillo 4:30 Marisa Kanela 4:32 Marisa Kanela 4:45 Deana Everrett 4:50 Laura Kane
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Date September, 30, 2011 September 5, 2003 August, 17, 2012 November 13, 2009 October 6, 2002 September 22, 2006 September 21, 2008 October 21, 2001 September 7, 2003 August 25, 2013 September 24, 2003 October 22, 2010 November 14, 2004 September 14, 1999 November 4, 2011 October 21, 1998 September 8, 2002 August 23, 2013 September 14, 2003 October 30, 2005 October 22, 2004 September 28, 2007 September 19, 2003
Opponent Away at Georgetown Neutral vs. New Hampshire Home vs. La Salle Neutral vs. Loyola Home vs. Notre Dame Home vs. Syracuse Home vs. Virginia Home vs. Georgetown Away at James Madison Neutral vs. Syracuse Home vs. Binghamton Home vs. Connecticut Away at Texas Home vs. Virginia Tech Home vs. Georgetown Home vs. Ohio Home vs. George Mason Away at Penn State Home vs. St. John’s Away at Villanova Away at Radford Home vs. St. John’s Away at Connecticut
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Opponent (Date) vs. Oklahoma State (11/10/13) at Oklahoma (10/25/13) at Baylor (9/29/13) at Texas (10/26/12) OKLAHOMA (10/18/12) LOUISVILLE (11/6/11) GEORGETOWN (11/4/11) RUTGERS (9/25/11) vs. USF (11/07/10) vs. Connecticut (11/05/10) vs. Marquette (11/06/09) at Providence (10/25/09) at Connecticut (10/23/09) NOTRE DAME (10/02/09) at USF (09/27/09) TENNESSEE (09/20/09) BOSTON (09/06/09) vs. Connecticut (11/07/08) at USF (10/26/08) VILLANOVA (10/19/08) CONNECTICUT (10/12/08) SYRACUSE (09/28/08) KENTUCKY (09/11/08) NOTRE DAME (11/11/07) LOUISVILLE (11/09/07) vs. Rutgers (11/03/06) vs. Connecticut (11/04/05) vs. Villanova (11/07/03) at Tennessee (09/28/03) at Connecticut (11/10/02) vs. Notre Dame (11/12/01)
Result W, 1-0 W, 2-1 (2OT) W, 4-3 W, 1-0 (OT) W, 2-0 W, 2-0 W, 5-1 W, 1-0 (OT) 1-0, W 2-0, W 0-1, L 1-0, W 0-0, T (2OT) 2-3, L (OT) 1-2, L 1-0, W 0-0, T (2OT) 1-1, T (2OT)* 2-0, W 2-1, W (OT) 0-0, T (2OT) 8-0, W 1-0, W 1-1, T (2OT)** 1-0, W (2OT) 2-3, L 0-1, L (2OT) 0-0, T (2OT)*** 2-0, W 0-1, L 1-2, L
Misc. Big 12 Soccer Tournament Final Clinch Big 12 Regular-Season title Regular Season Regular Season Regular Season Big East Tournament Big East Tournament Regular Season Big East Tournament Big East Tournament Big East Tournament Regular Season Regular Season Regular Season Regular Season Regular Season Regular Season Big East Tournament Regular Season Regular Season Regular Season Regular Season Regular Season Big East Tournament Big East Tournament Big East Tournament Big East Tournament Big East Tournament Regular Season Big East Tournament Big East Tournament
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*UCONN advanced on PKs, 4-2 **WVU advanced on PKs, 5-3 ***NOVA advanced on PKs, 5-4
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Year 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2006 2005 2003 2003 2002 2001
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All-Americans Katie BARNES
2001 NSCAA First Team All-American 2001 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American 2000 Soccer Buzz Third Team All-American
West Virginia’s first women’s soccer All-American, Katie Barnes rewrote the Mountaineer record book during her tenure at WVU. The Mason, Ohio, native started every match in her career and helped lead the Mountaineers to their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance as a junior in 2000. That season, Barnes scored 17 goals and added nine assists for a 43-point season. At the time, no women’s soccer player boasted better seasonal numbers. The forward was a two-time Big East Offensive Player of the Year, earning the honor in 2000 and 2001, as well as a member of the US U-21 National Team that won three consecutive Nordic Cups. On February 11, 2002, Barnes became the first West Virginia women’s soccer player to be drafted by the WUSA when she was selected in the second round as the ninth overall pick by the Carolina Courage. Barnes also spent time as a member of the San Jose CyberRays. During 2004, Barnes spent time training with America’s elite, in hopes of becoming a member of the United States full National Team.
Chrissie ABBOTT
2002 NSCAA First Team All-American 2002 Soccer Buzz First Team All-American 2003 NSCAA Second Team All-American 2003 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American 2002 Soccer America College MVP When Chrissie Abbott earned first team All-America honors from both the NSCAA and Soccer Buzz in 2002, she became the first woman in the history of the program to do so. The honors followed a record-breaking season that saw the junior forward break former All-American Katie Barnes’ seasonal records. Abbott scored 20 goals in 2002, and dished out seven assists for a program-best 47 points while leading her team to its first-ever NCAA tournament win. Abbott completed her record-setting career at West Virginia by leading the Mountaineers to the Sweet 16 in 2003 with a team-high 13 goals and eight assists. She became WVU’s most decorated alumnus, earning five career records during her tenure. The North Olmstead, Ohio, native graduated as WVU’s career goals (53), points (125), shots (472), matches played (87) and matches started (87) leader. She was the 2002 Big East Offensive Player of the Year, marking the third consecutive season that the award was earned by a Mountaineer. In the history of the program, no Mountaineer scored more game-winning goals (22) than Abbott. Along with teammate Lisa Stoia, Abbott was a 2003 member of the U-21 National Team Pool and a member of a select group of collegians invited to train with WUSA teams during the summer of 2003. She spent her summer training with both the Philadelphia Charge and the Carolina Courage. Abbott, a second team Soccer Buzz and NSCAA All-American in 2003, was the cowinner of the 2004 Red Brown Cup, sharing the honor with wrestling’s three-time NCAA champion Greg Jones.
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Lisa STOIA
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2003 NSCAA First Team All-American 2003 Soccer Buzz First Team All-American 2002 NSCAA Second Team All-American 2002 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American A dynamic performer in the midfield, Lisa Stoia earned Big East Midfielder of the Year honors in 2002 for her efforts in leading West Virginia to its first regular season championship. She also assisted on 10 of West Virginia’s record-breaking 53 goals in 2003, tying her with Katie Barnes for the seasonal record. Stoia was a NSCAA/adidas and Soccer Buzz second team All-American in 2002. Stoia continued her domination in her senior season, breaking the season assist record (12) she tied the season before on her way to becoming West Virginia’s alltime assists leader with 33 career dishes. The Shirley, N.Y., native became the first midfielder in Big East history to earn midfielder of the year honors in consecutive seasons by winning the award for the second time in 2003.
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Alongside teammate Chrissie Abbott, Stoia became WVU’s all-time matches played and matched started leader with 87 career starts, after leading her 2003 squad to the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance. For her efforts in 2003, Stoia earned first team All-America honors from both Soccer Buzz and the NSCAA. A three-time first team all-Big East selection, Stoia was a member of the 2003 U-21 National Team Pool and one of a select group, including Abbott, who were invited to train with WUSA teams during the summer of 2003.
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Stoia also spent time training with the Philadelphia Charge and the Carolina Courage. In the spring of 2009, Stoia played in the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer league, after being drafted with the 48th overall pick by the Saint Louis Athletica.
Laura KANE
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Laura Kane became West Virginia’s fourth All-American in four years in 2004 when she capped off a stellar career with an eight-goal and nine-assist, 25-point performance in her senior season. For her efforts, she earned third team All-America accolades from the NSCAA. Known for her ankle-breaking foot skills, the Pottstown, Pa., native possessed deadly accuracy with her shot resulting in 31 goals, 15 of which were game-winners. She also had a keen eye for the development of play, dishing out a total of 25 assists over four years. Kane’s 85 total points, along with her goals and assists totals, rank her third in the WVU all-time points, goals and assists categories. A two-time Scholar All-American as well, Kane was twice selected to the Big East’s first team (2003, 2004) and was a second team all-Big East selection her sophomore year and an all-rookie honoree as a freshman.
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Kane played in 86 matches for the Mountaineers, starting 85 of them. A two-time NSCAA and Soccer Buzz all-Region honoree, Kane joined Abbott, Barnes and Stoia as former Mountaineers who made the U-21 National Team pool when she was selected to the pool following the 2004 season.
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Deana EVERRETT
2006 Soccer Buzz Third Team All-American
Amanda CICCHINI
2007 Soccer America First Team College MVP 2007 NSCAA Second Team All-American 2007 Soccer Buzz Third Team All-American
After seeing her playing time increase as a freshman, Deana Everrett had a breakout sophomore season in 2006 to earn third team All-America honors from Soccer Buzz.
Amanda Cicchini, an Oakville, Ontario, native, was a four-year starter at midfield, appearing in 89 career matches, more than any other player in school history. The 5-foot-2 playmaker was listed on the Hermann Trophy Watch List for three seasons.
The Oakville, Ontario, native put together the second greatest scoring season in school history with 18 goals and seven assists for 43 points. She was an all-Big East first team selection after leading the league in goals and points through the regular season. She was also named Soccer Buzz first team all-Mid-Atlantic Region and second team all-Mid-Atlantic Region by the NSCAA.
Cicchini’s best season came in 2007 where she finished with eight points on four assists and two goals on WVU’s Big East championship squad. The central midfielder was outstanding in controlling the tempo of play while working end line to end line. A two-time NSCAA first team all-Region selection, Cicchini was named first team all-Big East three times in her career. As a junior, she earned All-America honors from Soccer America, the NSCAA and Soccer Buzz.
Everrett, who was eventually named to the Hermann Trophy watch list, ranked in the top five in the nation in goals scored all season as she led a Mountaineer squad that scored a school record 55 goals in 2006. A two-time Big East Offensive Player of the Week, the 5-foot-5 sophomore’s best game of the year came at DePaul, where she tied a school record for goals in a match with three, all in the first half. Everrett closed out her career as one of the finest offensive players, exiting after the 2008 season with 39 goals (third all-time), 24 assists (fourth all-time), 102 points (third all-time) and 299 shots (third all-time) in 84 career matches.
Named to the 2007 Hermann Trophy Watch List, Cicchini scored goals in the season opener against Bowling Green and at Big East foe Pitt. Great on the ball, she served assists against Penn State, Villanova and Wake Forest. The three-time all-league midfielder was also named to the all-tournament team at the 2007 Big East Championship.
Greer BARNES Ashley BANKS
2007 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American 2007 NSCAA Third Team All-American
Ashley Banks turned in the finest senior season in school history. The four-year letterwinner and 2007 team captain, guided the Mountaineers to a Big East championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament’s Elite Eight in 2007. The Mountaineers posted an 18-5-2 record, tying the school’s mark for most wins in a season. The Annandale, Va., native led WVU with 38 points and 15 goals en route to being named the Big East’s Offensive Player of the Year and a first team all-conference selection. The Hermann Trophy semifinalist and Soccer Buzz National Player of the Year finalist was also named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and NSCAA Scholar All-American. The forward left WVU ranked in the top five all-time in three major offensive categories – 34 goals (3rd), 26 assists (3rd) and 94 points (3rd).
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2008 Soccer America Second Team College MVP 2008 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American 2008 NSCAA Third Team All-American 2007 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American 2007 NSCAA Second Team All-American Greer Barnes turned in the finest season by a Mountaineer defender in school history in 2008. She logged the most minutes of any player while starting all 23 games at outside back. A first team All-Big East performer, she earned Soccer America second team MVP, Soccer Buzz second team All-America and NSCAA third team All-America honors as a senior. Barnes and the WVU defense allowed only four goals in 11 conference games in 2008 – the fewest by any Big East team in either division. A Hermann Trophy Watch List pick, she earned multiple conference and national player of the week honors in helping the Mountaineers post 13 shutouts. In 2007, the Rye, N.Y., native, started all 25 games at outside defender, helping the Mountaineer defense tie a school record with 13 shutouts. Barnes became the first defender in school history to earn first team all-Big East honors and was a first team all-Region choice. She and the WVU defense allowed only two goals in seven postseason games as West Virginia advanced to its first NCAA Elite Eight. Barnes successfully made the move from central midfield to defender in 2007 and was named a second team NSCAA All-American. The three-time all-Big East selection kept teams off balance with her ability to make runs forward as an offensive threat. A member of the all-tournament team at the 2007 Big East Championship, Barnes appeared in 82 career matches.
An NSCAA first team all-Northeast region and all-Big East first team selection, Blank scored the fastest goal in WVU’s NCAA tournament history, coming at the 1:29 mark against Loyola (Md.). She finished the season with nine points on four goals and one assist. Blank became the school’s second Big East Midfielder of the Year following a stellar junior campaign in 2008. A defensive center mid, Blank started all 23 matches, registering five goals and two assists, including two-game winners. A first team all-Big East selection, the Toms River, N.J., native earned second team All-America honors from the NSCAA and Soccer Buzz. Named the team’s MVP for the second-consecutive season, Blank earned all-tournament team recognition at the Notre Dame Inn at St. Mary’s Classic and the Big East Championship. Blank was aggressive in the attack, attempting 71 shots, second-most on the team. But perhaps most impressive was the leadership she provided to her teammates. Despite a talented eight-member senior class in 2008, it was Blank who earned team captain stripes. She was drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by the St. Louis Athletica.
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Carolyn Blank earned her second consecutive NSCAA second team All-America honor in 2009, helping a young West Virginia team advance to a 10th-straight NCAA tournament. As a senior, Blank became the school’s all-time leader in matches played (92) and matches started (92). The two-time team captain earned Team MVP honors in three-straight seasons to finish her career with 33 points on 13 goals and seven assists.
2013 NSCAA Second Team All-American
The first Mountaineer rookie to earn NSCAA All-America honors, Kadeisha Buchanan was selected to the 2013 NSCAA All-America Second Team following a fantastic freshman campaign that saw her earn conference honors and solidify her spot as one to watch. A center back out of Brampton, Ontario, Buchanan started all 23 matches as a freshman and helped the WVU defense post 10 shutouts, including four in postseason play, and hold its opponents to 24 goals. She also tallied three points in one goal and one assist. The Big 12 Conference Defender and Rookie of the Year, Buchanan earned a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team and Newcomer Team. Buchanan helped lead the Mountaineers in 2013 to their second straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title and first Big 12 Conference Tournament title. WVU posted three straight shutouts in the conference’s postseason tournament, and Buchanan was named the Tournament Defensive MVP. She also earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Freshman First Team.
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2009 NSCAA Second Team All-American 2008 NSCAA Second Team All-American 2008 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American
Kadeisha BUCHANAN
The Mountaineers advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the first time since 2010 and finished the year at 16-4-3, 7-1 in the Big 12.
Frances SILVA
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2013 NSCAA Second Team All-American
An All-Big 12 First Team selection, McCarthy led the Mountaineer defense to eight shutouts in 2012, including four in Big 12 Conference play. The four clean sheets were tied for best in the conference. McCarthy also played a vital part in the offense, moving forward into the attack to score seven points on two goals and three assists. She finished with 19 career assists, tied for ninth place all-time in program history. McCarthy led WVU in its inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference to a regularseason championship with a 7-0-1 record. It marked only the sixth time a Big 12 team has won the regular-season title without a loss. West Virginia’s 2012 season ended with a 13th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. In January 2013, McCarthy was one of six players assigned to the Western New York Flash through player allocations from U.S. Soccer, Canadian Soccer Association and the Federation of Mexican Football. The Flash is one of eight teams in the inaugural National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
The forward from Overland Park, Kan., posted a team and Big 12 Conference-best 15 goals and 13 assists for 43 points and was the unanimous selection as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, the program’s first student-athlete to earn the Big 12’s annual offensive honor. Her 13 assists set a school single-season record, while her point total ranked No. 2 all-time and her goal mark ranked No. 4. Silva finished the year ranked No. 7 nationally in total assists. She also ranked No. 10 in points and No. 23 in goals. Silva secured a slew of honors throughout her senior season, including a spot on the 2013 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy semifinalist list. An All-Big 12 First Team selection, she also was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Upperclassmen Second Team and the Soccer America MVP Second Team. Additionally, Silva was named to the NSCAA Women’s Scholar All-America First Team and selected as the women’s soccer Capital One Academic All-America of the Year. In her final season at WVU, Silva led the Mountaineers to their second straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title and first Big 12 Conference Tournament title, and she was named the Big 12 Soccer Tournament Offensive MVP. She earned at least one conference title in each of her four years at WVU. The Mountaineers advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round in 2013 and finished at 16-4-3, 7-1 in the Big 12. Silva concluded her Mountaineer career ranked No. 4 in goals (38) and points (98) and No. 7 in assists (22). She was selected by FC Kansas City with the 19th overall pick at the 2014 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft and signed a contract with the Blues.
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Ajax, Ontario, native Bry McCarthy capped off a stellar Mountaineer career with NSCAA Third Team All-America honors. McCarthy, an outside back, was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in her senior season. She became the program’s first defensive player to earn a conference major award.
The culmination of four years of hard work and determination, Frances Silva was named to the 2013 NSCAA All-America Second Team following a high-scoring senior season.
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Mountaineers in the Pros Katie BARNES
Carolina Courage (WUSA) San Jose CyberRays (WUSA) Cincinnati Ladyhawks (USL W-League)
Lisa STOIA
Blake MILLER
St. Louis Athletica (WPS)
Illawarra Stingray (Australia)
Boston Renegades (USL W-League)
Rachel KRUZE
Carolyn BLANK
Bry MCCARTHY
Philadelphia Charge (WUSA)
Jersey Sky Blue FC (WPS)
Western New York Flash (NWSL)
IBV (Iceland)
Atlanta Beat (WPS)
Rochester Rhinos (USL W-League)
St. Louis Athletica (WPS) DC United Women (USL W-League)
Kim BONILLA
Kerri BUTLER
Frances SILVA
Pitea IF (Sweden)
Atlanta Beat (WPS)
FC Kansas City (NWSL)
Laura KANE
Megan MISCHLER
Sara KEANE
Pitea IF (Sweden)
Boston Aztec Breakers Reserves
FC Kansas City (NWSL)
FC Indiana (USL W-League)
(WPSL)
Jersey Sky Blue (USL W-League) Add Illawarra Stingray (Australia)
Boston Breakers (WPS) Östersunds DFF (Sweden) Hammarby Damfotboll (Sweden)
Greer BARNES
Erica HENDERSON
Los Angeles Sol (WPS)
Afturelding FC (Iceland)
FC Gold Pride (WPS)
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WVU on the National Scene Michaela Abam
Trained at U-18 National Camp (2014)
Chrissie Abbott
U-21 National Team Pool (2003) Trained with WUSA’s Philadelphia Charge and Carolina Courage (2003)
Lana Bannerman
Brazilian All-Stars (2004)
Katie Barnes
U-21 National Team (2001) National Team Pool (2005)
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Carolyn Blank
U-15 National Team Pool (2003) U-16 National Team (2004) U-17 National Team Pool (2005) U-20 National Team Pool (2008)
Kadeisha Buchanan
Canadian National Team (2012-present) Canadian U-20 National Team (2014)
Natalie Cocchi
Brazilian All-Stars (2004)
Deana Everrett
Canadian U17 National Team (2001) Canadian U19 National Team (2003) Canadian U-20 National Team Pool (2004)
Laura Kane
Brazilian All-Stars (2004) U-21 National Team Pool (2005)
Ashley Lawrence
Canadian National Team (2012-present) Canadian U-20 National Team (2014)
Nicole Mailloux
Canadian U-17 National Team (2005) Canadian U-18 National Team (2006) Canadian U-20 National Team Pool (2008)
Bry McCarthy
Canadian U-15 National Team (2005) Canadian U-17 World Cup Team (2006-08) Canadian U-20 National Team (2009, 2010) Canadian National Team Camp (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) Canadian National Team (2012)
Blake Miller
U-23 National Team Camp (2012)
Amandine Pierre-Louis
Canadian U-20 National Team (2014)
Bri Rodriguez
U-16 National Team Pool (2007) U-17 National Team Pool (2008)
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Canadian U-16 National Team Pool (2000) Canadian U-17 National Team Pool (2001) Canadian U-18 National Team (2002) Canadian U-19 National Team (2004) Canadian National Team (2005) Canadian U-20 National Team (2005, 2006)
Robin Rushton
Canadian U-16 National Team (2003) Canadian U-17 National Team (2004) Canadian U-20 National Team (2005, 2006)
Kate Schwindel
U-14 National Team Camp (2006) U-17 National Team Pool (2008) U-17 National Team Pool (2009) U-20 National Team Camp (2012)
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KADEISHA BUCHANAN
Amanda Cicchini
Frances Silva
U-23 National Team (2014)
Lisa Stoia
U-21 National Team Pool (2003) Trained with WUSA’s Philadelphia Charge and Carolina Courage (2003)
Caroline Szwed
Canadian U-16 National Team (2007) Canadian U-17 National Team (2008) Canadian U-20 National Pool (2009)
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Series Records First Opponent Played Arizona 2004 Auburn 2001 Baylor 2012 Binghamton 2003 Boston 2009 Boston College 1996 Bowling Green 1997 Butler 1998 BYU 2009 Canisius 1996 Central Conn. 1998 Central Michigan 2000 Cincinnati 2007 Colgate 2002 Connecticut 1996 Dartmouth 2009 Dayton 2005 DePaul 2006 Duke 2013 Duquesne 1996 Eastern Kentucky 2013 Florida Atlantic 2010 Florida State 2003 Georgetown 1996 George Mason 2001 High Point 2011 Hofstra 2001 Illinois 1999 Iowa State 2012 James Madison 1999 Jacksonville State 2002 Kansas 2012 Kentucky 2004 LaSalle 2012 Louisville 2006 Loyola, Md. 2002 Loyola Marymount 2008 Marquette 2005 Marshall 1998 Miami, Fla. 1999 Miami, Ohio 2001 Michigan State 2003 Morehead State 2010 Mount St. Mary’s 1996 Navy 1996 New Hampshire 1999 North Carolina 2013 Notre Dame 1996 Ohio 1997 Ohio State 1996 Oklahoma 2012
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Last Played 2004 2002 2013 2006 2009 2010 2010 1998 2009 1996 2000 2013 2010 2002 2011 2009 2005 2009 2013 2012 2013 2010 2003 2011 2011 2012 2005 1999 2013 2008 2002 2013 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2011 2011 2012 2001 2003 2013 1996 2007 2003 2013 2009 2004 2011 2013
W-L-T 1-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-1 3-0-0 0-0-1 5-1-1 4-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 1-0-0 2-0-0 3-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 5-11-3 0-0-1 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 4-0-2 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 14-3-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 7-1-1 1-0-0 3-0-0 2-1-0 0-1-0 5-0-1 3-0-0 1-0-0 6-2-0 4-0-0 4-2-1 0-1-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 2-1-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 1-12-1 2-0-1 3-4-1 2-0-0
First Last Opponent Played Played Oklahoma State 2012 2013 Old Dominion 2000 2001 Penn State 2003 2013 Pitt 1996 2011 Portland 2005 2005 Princeton 2008 2012 Providence 1996 2011 Purdue 2000 2012 Radford 2003 2004 Rhode Island 2007 2007 Richmond 2000 2013 Robert Morris 1996 1997 Rutgers 1996 2013 St. Bonaventure 2006 2006 St. Francis, Pa. 1996 1997 St. John’s 1996 2011 St. Louis 2001 2001 Santa Clara 2008 2008 Seton Hall 1996 2011 SMU 2004 2004 Stanford 2012 2012 Syracuse 1996 2013 TCU 2012 2013 Tennessee 2003 2009 Texas 2004 2013 Texas A&M 2007 2007 Texas Tech 2012 2013 Towson 1999 2012 UCF 1998 1999 USC 2007 2007 USF 2005 2011 Villanova 1996 2011 VCU 1999 1999 Virginia 2001 2011 Virginia Tech 1999 2013 Wake Forest 2007 2009 Washington 2005 2005 Washington State 2008 2008 Western Carolina 2012 2012 Western Michigan 2006 2006 William & Mary 2000 2005 Wright State 2013 2013 Wyoming 2000 2000 Xavier 2007 2007 Yale 2003 2003 Youngstown State 1996 1997
W-L-T 3-0-0 2-0-0 5-5-1 13-2-1 0-1-0 1-1-0 12-1-0 2-1-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 2-1-1 2-0-0 11-4-2 1-0-0 2-0-0 11-2-3 1-0-0 0-1-0 8-3-2 1-0-0 1-0-0 9-3-2 2-1-0 4-0-0 2-1-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 6-1-1 9-5-5 1-0-0 3-9-2 3-2-0 0-2-0 1-0-0 0-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 3-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0
at Rutgers at Duquesne PROVIDENCE ROBERT MORRIS SYRACUSE OHIO STATE at St. Francis, Pa. ST. JOHN’S at Connecticut YOUNGSTOWN STATE SETON HALL at Georgetown at Canisius at Pitt BOSTON COLLEGE MOUNT ST. MARY’S at Notre Dame at Villanova NAVY
1-0 (ot) 1-0 2-0 2-1 0-3 1-0 1-0 1-3 0-5 4-0 1-0 4-0 0-1 2-2 (ot) 0-0 (ot) 5-0 0-1 0-1 (ot) 6-0
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1998 (11-6-2, 4-5-2 Big East - 7th) at Boston College DUQUESNE RUTGERS at Navy NOTRE DAME OHIO STATE at Providence at Seton Hall at Connecticut BOWLING GREEN GEORGETOWN YOUNGSTOWN STATE at Pitt at Ohio VILLANOVA at Robert Morris ST. JOHN’S SYRACUSE ST. FRANCIS, Pa.
Nikki Izzo Sept. 4 Sept. 6 Sept. 9 Sept. 12 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 7 Oct. 10 Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Oct. 21 Oct. 24 Oct. 28 Oct. 31 Nov. 3
0-7 1-0 6-0 2-1 1-2 (ot) 3-2 2-1 (ot) 2-0 0-1 0-0 (ot) 1-0 2-1 0-2 0-1 (ot) 3-0 0-0 (ot) 2-1 2-0 0-5
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at Notre Dame at Georgetown at Bowling Green at Villanova CONNECTICUT SETON HALL at UCF MARSHALL PROVIDENCE BOSTON COLLEGE at Ohio State CENT. CONNECTICUT at Syracuse at St. John’s OHIO at Rutgers DUQUESNE PITT at Notre Dame (BEQ)
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1997 (11-6-2/4-6-1 Big East - 5th)
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Nikki Izzo Sept. 1 Sept. 4 Sept. 7 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 22 Sept. 27 Oct. 1 Oct. 4 Oct. 9 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 19 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Oct. 30 Nov. 3
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1996 (10-7-2/4-4-1 Big East - 5th)
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All-Time Scores
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
COACHING STAFF
14 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS | SIX CONFERENCE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR SEASONS
West Virginia’s first-ever women’s soccer team in 1996.
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1999 (9-9-1, 2-4 Big East Mid-Atlantic - 5th) Nikki Izzo Aug. 28 0-1 L Sept. 3 0-2 L Sept. 5 4-2 W Sept. 8 2-0 W Sept. 11 4-1 W Sept. 14 6-1 W Sept. 18 0-4 L Sept. 19 3-1 W Sept. 24 0-1 L Sept. 29 5-1 W Oct. 1 2-1 W Oct. 3 4-0 W Oct. 8 1-5 L Oct. 10 0-2 L Oct. 13 0-2 L Oct. 15 0-1 L Oct. 17 0-0 (2ot) T Oct. 22 3-0 W Oct. 29 1-3 L ! Mountaineer Cup, Morgantown, W.Va. ^ UConn Fila Classic, Storrs, Conn. % Miami Invitational, Miami, Fla.
at James Madison ILLINOIS! VCU! at Marshall TOWSON VIRGINIA TECH at Connecticut^ vs. New Hampshire^ at Villanova PITT RUTGERS UCF at Notre Dame SETON HALL at Georgetown at Miami % vs. Butler % ST. JOHN’S at Ohio State
2000 (15-6, 3-3 Big East Mid-Atlantic - 4th) Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 25 3-1 Aug. 27 2-1 Sept. 1 1-0 Sept. 3 0-2 Sept. 8 1-0 Sept. 10 1-0 Sept. 13 1-0 Sept. 17 4-0 Sept. 22 1-2 (ot) Sept. 24 2-3 (ot) Sept. 29 1-0 Oct. 4 2-0 Oct. 6 2-3 (2ot) Oct. 8 4-0 Oct. 11 2-0 Oct. 15 4-0 Oct. 20 2-1 (ot) Oct. 22 3-1 Oct. 25 3-1 Oct. 29 0-1 (ot) Nov. 8 1-5
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SYRACUSE JAMES MADISON vs. Central Michigan at Purdue at Old Dominion at William & Mary at Virginia Tech WYOMING NOTRE DAME at Seton Hall VILLANOVA at Pitt at Rutgers at Central Connecticut DUQUESNE MARSHALL at Boston College at Providence GEORGETOWN at Connecticut (BEQ) at Richmond (NCAA1)
2001 (15-5-1, 4-1-1 Big East Mid Atlantic - 2nd)
2003 (17-4-2, 4-1-1 Big East Mid-Atlantic - 2nd)
2002 (18-3-1, 5-0-1 Big East Mid-Atlantic Division Champions)
2004 (15-6-0, 7-3-0 Big East - 3rd)
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 31 5-1 W at St. John’s Sept. 2 2-1 (2ot) W at Hofstra Sept. 7 1-2 L at Virginia ! Sept. 9 2-1 (2ot) W vs. St. Louis ! Sept. 21 2-1 (2ot) W AUBURN Sept. 23 2-0 W RUTGERS Sept. 28 4-0 W SETON HALL Sept. 30 1-2 (ot) L at Notre Dame Oct. 5 3-1 W WILLIAM & MARY Oct. 7 1-1 (2ot) T at Villanova Oct. 10 1-0 W PITT Oct. 12 0-1 L CONNECTICUT Oct. 14 3-0 W OLD DOMINION Oct. 19 3-2 (ot) W at George Mason Oct. 21 5-1 W MIAMI, Fla. Oct. 26 4-1 W at Georgetown Oct. 28 3-1 W at James Madison Nov. 4 2-0 W MIAMI, Fla. (BEQ) Nov. 9 1-0 W vs. Connecticut (BES) Nov. 12 1-2 L vs. Notre Dame (BEF) Nov. 16 0-1 L Miami, Ohio (NCAA1) ! Cavalier Invitational, Charlottesville, Va.
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 30 0-2 L Sept. 1 4-0 W Sept. 6 3-0 W Sept. 8 4-1 W Sept. 13 2-1 W Sept. 15 3-0 W Sept. 18 4-2 W Sept. 22 1-0 W Sept. 27 4-1 W Sept. 29 2-1 W Oct. 4 1-1 (2ot) T Oct. 6 3-0 W Oct. 9 1-0 (ot) W Oct. 11 2-0 W Oct. 13 4-0 W Oct. 20 2-0 W Oct. 23 2-0 W Nov. 3 4-0 W Nov. 8 3-2 W Nov. 10 0-1 L Nov. 15 3-0 W Nov. 17 0-1 L ! Auburn Sprint Classic, Auburn, Ala.
at Auburn ! vs. Jacksonville State ! BOSTON COLLEGE GEORGE MASON at Virginia JAMES MADISON at Pitt VILLANOVA WILLIAM & MARY at Rutgers at Seton Hall NOTRE DAME GEORGETOWN at Colgate at Syracuse PROVIDENCE at Virginia Tech vs. St. John’s (BEQ) vs. Rutgers (BES) at Connecticut (BEF) LOYOLA, Md. (NCAA1) VIRGINIA (NCAA2)
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 30 0-1 L at Virginia Sept. 1 2-1 W MICHIGAN STATE Sept. 5 4-0 W vs. New Hampshire! Sept. 7 4-0 W at James Madison! Sept. 12 3-1 W at Miami Sept. 14 3-2 W ST. JOHN’S Sept. 19 1-0 W at Connecticut Sept. 21 2-0 W vs. Yale Sept. 24 5-0 W BINGHAMTON Sept. 28 2-0 W at Tennessee Oct. 3 0-2 L at Notre Dame Oct. 5 2-0 W at Georgetown Oct. 10 2-0 W RUTGERS Oct. 12 2-1 W SETON HALL Oct. 17 5-0 W RADFORD Oct. 19 0-0 (2ot) T at Villanova Oct. 23 2-1 W PITT Oct. 26 1-4 L PENN STATE Nov. 2 2-1 W ST. JOHN’S (BEQ) Nov. 7 0-0 (2ot) T vs. Villanova& (BES) Nov. 14 4-2 W LOYOLA, Md. (NCAA1) Nov. 16 3-0 W OHIO STATE (NCAA2) Nov. 23 3-2 (2ot) L FLORIDA STATE (NCAA3) ! JMU/Comfort Inn Invitational & NOVA won penalty kick shootout, 5-4
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 27 3-2 (2ot) W at Kentucky! Aug. 29 7-0 W vs. Ohio! Sept. 1 1-0 W PURDUE Sept. 5 0-1 L VIRGINIA Sept. 10 2-0 W ARIZONA Sept. 12 2-1 W JAMES MADISON Sept. 17 4-1 W at Providence Sept. 19 2-0 W at Boston College Sept. 24 0-1 L VILLANOVA Sept. 26 4-2 W ST. JOHN’S Oct. 1 1-3 L NOTRE DAME Oct. 3 4-1 W SYRACUSE Oct. 6 6-1 W at Pitt Oct. 10 4-1 W at Binghamton Oct. 15 2-0 W at Rutgers Oct. 17 2-1 W at Seton Hall Oct. 22 5-0 W at Radford Oct. 24 0-1 L GEORGETOWN Oct. 31 0-1 L VILLANOVA (BEQ) Nov. 12 2-1 W vs. S. Methodist (NCAA1) Nov. 14 1-2 L at Texas (NCAA2) ! Kentucky Invitational, Lexington, Ky.
! Nike Invitational, Portland, Ore.
2006 (14-4-3, 8-1-2 Big East American Division Champions) Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 25 3-0 Aug. 27 5-1 Sept. 1 4-0 Sept. 3 4-0 Sept. 8 2-1 Sept. 10 8-0 Sept. 15 4-1 Sept. 17 1-1 (2ot) Sept. 22 5-0 Sept. 24 0-0 (2ot) Sept. 29 1-3 Oct. 1 4-0 Oct. 6 2-0 Oct. 8 2-0 Oct. 13 1-0 (2ot) Oct. 15 3-0 Oct. 20 0-1 Oct. 22 4-0 Oct. 29 0-0 (2ot) Nov. 3 2-3 Nov. 10 0-2 ! James Madison Invitational
W W W W W W W T W T L W W W W W L W T L L
vs. Richmond! at James Madison! WESTERN MICHIGAN BINGHAMTON at #7 Penn State ST. BONAVENTURE PITT #21 VIRGINIA SYRACUSE at St. John’s at #1 Notre Dame at DePaul at USF at Marquette #23 VILLANOVA GEORGETOWN UCONN PROVIDENCE vs. #25 Louisville (BEQ)& vs. #20 Rutgers (BES) vs. Virginia (NCAA1)
& WVU won penalty kick shootout, 5-4
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 22 3-0 W TOWSON Aug. 29 1-2 (2ot) L vs. #12 Santa Clara% Aug. 31 1-0 W Loyola Marymount% Sept. 5 1-0 W at #20 Tennessee^ Sept. 7 1-1 (2ot) T vs. Washington State^ Sept. 11 1-0 W KENTUCKY Sept. 14 1-1 (2ot) T JAMES MADISON Sept. 18 4-0 W PITT Sept. 21 3-0 W #6 VIRGINIA Sept. 25 0-0 (2ot) T at St. John’s Sept. 28 8-0 W SYRACUSE Oct. 3 1-1 (2ot) T at Seton Hall Oct. 5 0-1 L at Rutgers Oct. 10 3-0 W PROVIDENCE Oct. 12 0-0 (2ot) T CONNECTICUT Oct. 17 2-1 (2ot) W #16 GEORGETOWN Oct. 19 2-1 (ot) W VILLANOVA Oct. 24 2-0 W at Marquette Oct. 26 2-0 W at USF Nov. 2 4-0 W LOUISVILLE (BEQ) Nov. 7 1-1 (2ot) T vs. Connecticut (BES) & Nov. 14 2-1 W vs. Princeton (NCAA1) Nov. 16 2-3 L at #9 Virginia (NCAA2) % Inn at St. Mary’s Classic, Notre Dame, Ind. ^ First Tennessee Lady Vols Classic, Knoxville, Tenn. & UConn won penalty kick shootout, 4-2
2014 SEASON
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 31 4-0 W BOWLING GREEN Sept. 2 0-3 L at #9 Virginia Sept. 7 3-1 W RHODE ISLAND Sept. 9 1-0 W #15 PENN STATE Sept. 14 1-2 L vs. #5 Texas A&M! Sept. 16 5-1 W XAVIER Sept. 21 3-1 W at Pitt Sept. 23 1-2 L WAKE FOREST Sept. 28 2-0 W ST. JOHN’S Sept. 30 1-1 (2ot) T at Syracuse Oct. 5 1-0 W LOUISVILLE Oct. 7 2-0 W CINCINNATI Oct. 12 3-0 W at Providence Oct. 14 0-2 L at #17 Connecticut Oct. 19 5-3 W at Georgetown Oct. 21 1-0 W at Villanova Oct. 26 2-0 W USF Oct. 28 3-1 W MARQUETTE Nov. 4 1-0 W VILLANOVA (BEQ) Nov. 9 1-0 (2ot) W #24 LOUISVILLE (BES) Nov. 11 1-1 (2ot) T #9 NOTRE DAME (BEF) & Nov. 16 4-0 W NAVY (NCAA1) Nov. 18 2-0 W JAMES MADISON (NCAA2) Nov. 24 1-0 W at #6 Penn State (NCAA3) Nov. 30 0-1 L #8 USC (NCAA4) ! at Penn State (University Park, Pa.) & WVU won penalty kick shootout, 5-3
2013 SEASON
DAYTON at Virginia at Pitt TENNESSEE vs. Washington! at Portland! at Richmond at William & Mary at Syracuse ST. JOHN’S RUTGERS SETON HALL MARQUETTE USF at Georgetown at Connecticut at Providence at Villanova (BEQ) vs. Connecticut (BES) vs. Hofstra (NCAA1) at Penn State (NCAA2)
2008 (14-3-6, 7-1-3 Big East American Division Champions)
RECORD BOOK
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2007 (18-5-2, 9-1-1 Big East American Division Champions, Big East Tournament Champions)
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 26 3-1 Aug. 28 0-1 Sept. 1 1-2 Sept. 4 1-0 Sept. 9 1-0 Sept. 11 0-2 Sept. 16 1-1 (2ot) Sept. 18 0-0 (2ot) Sept. 23 1-1 (2ot) Sept. 25 3-0 Sept. 30 1-0 Oct. 2 3-1 Oct. 7 2-0 Oct. 9 2-0 Oct. 16 2-1 Oct. 21 1-2 Oct. 23 3-0 Oct. 30 4-2 Nov. 4 (2ot) 0-1 Nov. 11 3-0 Nov. 13 2-5
The Mountaineers won their first Big East Tournament in 2007.
MEDIA INFORMATION
2005 (12-6-3, 7-2-1 Division A – 3rd)
COACHING STAFF
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Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 23 0-0 (2ot) T OHIO STATE Aug. 29 2-1 W at #5 Penn State! Aug. 31 0-1 (ot) L vs. #25 BYU! Sept. 3 4-0 W DUQUESNE Sept. 6 0-0 (2ot) T BOSTON U Sept. 11 1-1 (2ot) T at #9 Virginia~ Sept. 13 0-1 L vs. Dartmouth~ Sept. 18 1-1 (2ot) T at Pitt Sept. 20 1-0 W TENNESSEE Sept. 24 1-0 W MARQUETTE Sept. 27 1-2 L at USF Oct. 2 2-3 (ot) L #8 NOTRE DAME Oct. 4 2-0 W DEPAUL Oct. 9 1-0 W SYRACUSE Oct. 11 1-0 W #11 ST. JOHN’S Oct. 16 0-0 (2ot) T at Villanova Oct. 18 1-2 L at Georgetown Oct. 23 0-0 (2ot) T at Connecticut Oct. 25 1-0 W at Providence Nov. 1 1-0 W at #9 Rutgers (BEQ) Nov. 6 0-1 L vs. #10 Marquette (BES) Nov. 13 2-0 W vs. Loyola (Md.) (NCAA1) Nov. 15 0-3 L at #14 Wake Forest (NCAA2) ! at Penn State (University Park, Pa.) ~ Virginia NIKE Soccer Classic, Charlottesville, Va.
2010 (18-5-1, 9-1-1 Big East American Division – 2nd; Big East Tournament Champions) Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 20 1-2 (ot) Aug. 27 3-0 Aug. 29 1-3 Sept. 4 2-1 Sept. 10 1-2 Sept. 12 4-0 Sept. 19 1-0 Sept. 23 1-2 Sept. 26 0-0 (2ot) Sept. 28 3-0 Oct. 1 4-0 Oct. 3 2-1 Oct. 8 1-0 (ot) Oct. 10 1-0 (ot) Oct. 15 4-3 (ot) Oct. 17 3-0 Oct. 22 3-0 Oct. 24 2-1 Oct. 31 1-0 Nov. 5 2-0 Nov. 7 1-0 Nov. 12 2-0 Nov. 14 2-1 Nov. 19 0-4 ^Hurricane Cup – Miami, Fla.
L #11 PENN STATE W at Bowling Green L at Ohio State W CENTRAL MICHIGAN L at Miami^ W vs. Florida Atlantic^ W #5 VIRGINIA L at Marquette T USF W PITT W at Cincinnati W at Louisville W at Syracuse W at St. John’s W VILLANOVA W GEORGETOWN W CONNECTICUT W PROVIDENCE W RUTGERS (BEQ) W vs. Connecticut (BES) W vs. USF (BEF) W MOREHEAD STATE (NCAA1) W PENN STATE (NCAA2) L at #16 Boston College (NCAA3)
WVU’s 2010 squad tied the school record for wins with 18.
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2011 (17-4-0, 10-1-0 Big East American Division – 1st; Big East Tournament Champions)
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 19 1-2 L at No. 10 Virginia Aug. 21 3-0 W PURDUE Aug. 26 0-5 L at Penn State^ Aug. 28 3-0 W vs. George Mason^ Sept. 1 0-2 L No. 18 OHIO STATE Sept. 5 3-0 W MARSHALL Sept. 11 1-0 W HIGH POINT Sept. 15 2-1 (2ot) W at USF Sept. 18 3-1 W No. 8 MARQUETTE Sept. 23 4-0 W SETON HALL Sept. 25 1-0 (ot) W RUTGERS Sept. 30 3-1 W at Georgetown Oct. 2 1-4 L at Villanova Oct. 7 3-0 W ST. JOHN’S Oct. 9 5-1 W SYRACUSE Oct. 14 1-0 W at Providence Oct. 16 2-1 W at Connecticut Oct. 21 1-0 W at Pitt Oct. 30 5-0 W Seton Hall (BEQ) Nov. 4 5-1 W GEORGETOWN (BES) Nov. 6 2-0 W LOUISVILLE (BEF) Nov. 12 0-1 L VIRGINIA TECH (NCAA1) ^Penn State Invitational – University Park, Pa.
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES 2014 SEASON
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 23 2-2 (2ot) T at No. 2 Penn State& Aug. 25 2-1 W vs. Syracuse& Aug. 30 4-0 W CENTRAL MICHIGAN Sept. 1 2-0 W MOREHEAD STATE Sept. 6 1-1 (2ot) T at No. 12 Duke% Sept. 8 2-4 L vs. No. 1 North Carolina% Sept. 13 4-0 W EASTERN KENTUCKY Sept. 15 2-4 L KENTUCKY Sept. 20 2-0 W RICHMOND Sept. 22 4-1 W WRIGHT STATE Sept. 27 2-1 W at Oklahoma State* Sept. 29 4-3 W at No. 9 Baylor* Oct. 4 2-1 W TEXAS* Oct. 11 2-0 W IOWA STATE* Oct. 13 3-2 (ot) W TCU* Oct. 18 2-0 W KANSAS* Oct. 25 2-1 (2ot) W at Oklahoma* Oct. 27 0-2 L at No. 7 Texas Tech* Nov. 6 3-0 W vs. Kansas (B12Q) Nov. 8 1-0 W vs. Baylor (B12S) Nov. 10 1-0 W vs. Oklahoma State (B12F) Nov. 16 0-0 (2ot) T RUTGERS (NCAA1)! Nov. 22 0-1 L at No. 4 Virginia Tech (NCAA2) &Penn State Invitational – University Park, Pa. %Duke Nike Classic – Durham, N.C. *Big 12 Conference match ! WVU won penalty kick shootout, 3-0
Key: B12Q – Big 12 Quarterfinals BE1 – Big East First Round BEQ – Big East Quarterfinals BES – Big East Semifinals BEF – Big East Finals NCAA1 – NCAA First Round NCAA2 – NCAA Second Round NCAA3 – NCAA Sweet 16 NCAA4 – NCAA Elite Eight Rankings reflect highest ranking for opponent on date played (beginning 2006 season) ALL CAPS – Home match
2013 SEASON
2013 (16-3-4, 7-1 Big 12 – 1st; Big 12 Tournament Champions)
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
RECORD BOOK
Nikki Izzo-Brown Aug. 17 1-2 L LA SALLE Aug. 19 2-1 W WESTERN CAROLINA Aug. 24 0-2 L vs. Central Michigan+ Aug. 26 1-0 W vs. No. 1 Stanford+ Aug. 31 1-2 (2ot) L NO. 6 PENN STATE^ Sept. 2 0-0 (2ot) T MIAMI^ Sept. 6 1-1 (2ot) T DUQUESNE Sept. 9 2-2 (2ot) T at Purdue Sept. 14 5-0 W TOWSON Sept. 16 6-0 W HIGH POINT Sept. 21 3-2 W TEXAS TECH* Sept. 23 1-0 W NO. 7 OKLAHOMA STATE* Sept. 28 2-1 W at TCU* Oct. 5 1-0 W at Kansas* Oct. 7 3-2 W at Iowa State* Oct. 12 1-1 (2ot) T NO. 20 BAYLOR* Oct. 18 2-0 W OKLAHOMA* Oct. 26 1-0 (ot) W at Texas* Oct. 31 0-2 L vs. TCU (B12Q) Nov. 10 1-2 L PRINCETON (NCAA1) +Penn State Invitational – University Park, Pa. ^WVU 90 Minute Classic – Morgantown, W.Va. * Big 12 Conference match
MEDIA INFORMATION
2012 (11-5-4, 7-0-1 Big 12 – 1st)
COACHING STAFF
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The Mountaineers won the Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament titles in 2013.
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All - Time Letterwinners Chrissie Abbott (F) Cathy Abel (M/F) Stacey Adams (GK)
North Olmstead, Ohio Flemington, N.J. Clifton Park, N.Y.
2000-01-02-03C 2003-04-05-06 1996-97-98
Leah Emaus (D) Kristin English (M/F) Deana Everrett (F)
Webster, N.Y. Millersville, Md. Oakville, Ontario
2012-13 1999 2005-06-07-08C
Ashley Banks (F/M) Lana Bannerman (GK) Drea Barklage (D) Greer Barnes (D) Katie Barnes (F) Leslie Barden (F) Mallory Beck (GK) Maggie Bedillion (D) Tara Berardi (GK) Morgan Betscher (F) Carly Black (D) Carolyn Blank (M) Kara Blosser (M) Hannah Boettger (D) Kim Bonilla (F) Tessa Broadwater (M) Kadeisha Buchanan (D) Stephanie Burgess (F) Kerri Butler (GK)
Annandale, Va. Naperville, Ill. St. Louis, Mo. Rye, N.Y. Mason, Ohio Fairfield, Ohio Johnston, Iowa Washington, Pa. Rochester, N.Y. Decatur, Ill. Horsham, Pa. Toms River, N.J. Spotsylvania, Va. Cambridge, Md. Dumfries, Va. Midlothian, Va. Brampton, Ontario Morgantown, W.Va. Fredericksburg, Va.
2004-05-06-07C 2003-04-05-06 2010-11C 2006-07-08 1998-99-00C-01C 2001-02-03-04C 2007 2013 1998-99 2008-09-10-11 2013 2006-07-08C-09C 2012-13 1997, 1999-2000 2004-05-06-07 2013 2013 2008 2007-08-09-10
Kristen Felice (F) Melissa Finkle (F) Laura Finley (GK) Kelsey Fowler (D/M)
Patchogue, N.Y. Brookfield, Conn. Mt. Laurel, N.J. Wheeling, W.Va.
2010 1996-97-98C 2001 2005-06-07-08
Nikki Garzon (D) Mia Gunter (M)
Penfield, N.Y. Edmonton, Alberta
1997C-98C 2012
Stephanie Carpenter (M) Nicole Cauzillo (M) Kristin Cholewa (D) Amanda Cicchini (M) Maura Cirilli (M) Natalie Cocchi (D) Amy Coleman (D) Ali Connelly (M) Halie Conroy (D) Chelsey Corroto (F) Jess Crowder (M)
Mays Landing, N.J. Northville, Mich. Virginia Beach, Va. Oakville, Ontario Wallingford, Pa. Ocean Township, N.J. Akron, Ohio South Bend, Ind. Highlands Ranch, Colo. Hilliard, Ohio Cary, N.C.
2009-10 2003 1996C-97 2005-06-07-08 2002-03-04 2004-05-06-07C 1996-97-98 2012 2013 2008-10-11C 2011-12-13
Robyn D’Aversa (M) Nicolette DeLaurentis (M) Tonia Deligiannis (M) Ann Marie Destino (M) Emily Dillon (F) Lisa DuCote (M)
Liverpool, N.Y. Sicklerville, N.J. Niskayuna, N.Y. Lewiston, N.Y. Long Beach, Calif. Fredricksburg, Va.
1998-99 2011-12 1996C-97-98 1996 2010-11 2004-2006-07-08
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Krystle Kallman (D) Laura Kane (F) Marisa Kanela (F/M) Sara Keane (GK) Caralee Keppler (D) Rachel Kruze (M)
Woodbury, Minn. Pottstown, Pa. Wantagh, N.Y. Mt. Laurel, N.J. Rockville Centre, N.Y. Webster, N.Y.
2005-06-07 2001-02-03-04C 2002-03-04-05C 2011-12-13C 2009 1999-2000-01-02C
Ashtin Larkin (M) Ashley Lawrence (F) Katie Lenz (F) Rena Lippa (F) Jenn Lewis (D) Meghan Lewis (D) Shelly Lyons (M)
Cerritos, Calif. Toronto, Ontario Mechanicsburg, Pa. Pittsford, N.Y. Silver Spring, Md. Naperville, Ill. Sarasota, Fla.
2009-10C 2013 2010-11 1996C-97C-98C 2000-01-02-03 2008-09-10C-11C 1996-97
Nicole Mailloux (D) Laura Mallia (D) Kelsie Maloney (F) Megan Mattei (D) Brigette McCabe (D) Bry McCarthy (D) Susan McHale (F/M) Mollie Merkel (M) Sydney Metheny (F) Blake Miller (F) Rachael Minnich (F) Megan Mischler (F) Michelle Molinari (M) Christina Monzi
Mississauga, Ontario Eggertsville, N.Y. Harrisburg, Pa. Memphis, Tenn. Gibsonia, Pa. Ajax, Ontario Huntington, W.Va. Walkersville, Md. Elkins, W.Va. St. Louis, Mo. Mason, Ohio Moon Township, Pa. Parkersburg, W.Va. Staten Island, N.Y.
2006-08-09C 2000 2012-13 2002 1997-98-99-2000 2009-10-11-12C 1996 2004-05 2009-10C 2008-09-10-11C 2003-04-05 2007-08-09-10 2007-08 2004
Laura Papillon Erin Peters (D) Cari Price (D)
Collegeville, Pa. Bethel Park, Pa. Sykesville, Md.
2003-04-05 1996 2013
Heather Saffel (D) Kate Schwindel (F) Christen Seaman (D) Shannon Seaward (D) Megan Sheehy (F) Missy Shields (M) Frances Silva (F) Julie Smith (M) Mallory Smith (D) Stacey Sollmann (D) Ann Sorensen (D) Annalika Steyn (F) Lisa Stoia (M) Caroline Szwed (M)
Elkins, W.Va. Livingston, N.J. Belleville, Ill. San Ramon, Calif. Westfield, N.J. Bethel Park, Pa. Overland Park, Kan. Olean, N.Y. Hamden, Conn. Cincinnati, Ohio Whitefish Bay, Wis. Hoover, Ala. Shirley, N.Y. Oakville, Ontario
2009 2011-12-13 1999-2001-02 1997-98-99-2000 1997-98-2000 1999 2010-11-12-13C 1999-2000-01 2010-11-12C 1996-97C-98C-99C 1996-97-98-99C 2012-13 2000-01-02-03C 2009-10-11-13C
Shawna Toth (F) Danielle Turrie (M)
Morgantown, W.Va. Pittsford, N.Y.
2000-01-02C 1996-97-98-99C
Kailey Utley (F)
St. Louis, Mo.
2012-13
Ashley Weimer (D) Sarah Wetmore (D)
North Huntingdon, Pa. Hamilton, Va.
2001-02-03-04C 1996-97-98
Lisa Zanti (D)
Rosedale, Md.
2001-02-03
MOUNTAINEER PROFILES
1996-97
2002-03-04-05C 2009-10-11-12C 1999-2000-01 2005-06-07-08C
2014 SEASON
Rockford, N.Y.
Millersville, Pa. Aurora, Ill. Spencerport, N.Y. Scarborough, Ontario
2013 SEASON
Shannon Jarboe (D)
Kambria Riggins (M) Bri Rodriguez (M) Emma Rodriguez (D) Robin Rushton (D)
RECORD BOOK
1999-2000-01-02C 2004-05-06-07C 2008-09-10-11 1997-98-99-2000 2012-13 2013 2002-03-04-05C
Current players in bold WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Lewisburg, Pa. Cicero, Ind. Rochester, N.Y. Liverpool, N.Y. Washington, Pa. Huntsville, Ala. Wheeling, W.Va.
MEDIA INFORMATION
Melissa Haire (GK) Kiley Harris (F) Erica Henderson (F/D) Vanessa Heppeler (M/F) Amanda Hill (M) Noelle Honeycutt (D) Karrie Hutchins (M)
COACHING STAFF
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SYDNEY METHENY
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Kerri Butler Katie Osterman Hillary Battles Nicolette DeLaurentis Jennifer Furcht Jacque Sutphin Stephanie Baugh Melissa Haire Emily Main Stacey Adams Mallory Beck Tara Berardi Nicole Cauzillo Emily Dillon Melissa Haire Michelle Newhouse Brandi Sutphin Halie Conroy Lisa DuCote Kelsey Fowler Caralee Keppler Katie Lenz Megan Mattei Missy Shields Katie Slain Corissa Taylor Danielle Tucker Tessie Vezza Cathy Abel Ariel Davis Leah Emaus Ashtin Larkin Blake Miller Shawna Toth Sarah Wetmore Greer Barnes Katie Barnes Missy Johns Daniela Neves Laura Papillon Bri Rodriguez Chrissie Abbott Robyn D’Aversa Rachel Dahlstrand Ryan Dinan Kiley Harris Ashtin Larkin Katie Lenz Heather Walker Ashley Banks Drea Barklage Kim Behm Laura Finley Shannon Jarboe Cari Price Morgan Betscher Kim Bonilla Tonia Deligiannis Kelsie Maloney Megan Mischler Christen Seaman Lisa Stoia Whitney Edwards
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Jamie Kocher Rena Lippa Sarah Maddox Caroline Szwed Jessica Vann Ashley Weimer Stephanie Burgess Jen Cappedonia Melissa Finkle Kambria Riggins Frances Silva Steph Carpenter Amanda Cicchini Jess Crowder Shannon Seaward Meghan Smith Lisa Zanti Miko Alley Beth Blasi Alli Kealing Emily Kirksey Rachel Kruze Ashley Lawrence Cheryl Matochik Megan Robinson Leslie Barden Mia Gunter Meghan Lewis Bridgette McCabe Susan McHale Robin Rushton Amanda DeSario Ann Marie Destino Nikki Garzon Nicole Mailloux Mollie Merkel Ashley Ramsey Shawna Toth Casey Vornadore Chelsey Corroto Kiley Harris Marisa Kanela Laura Mallia Annalika Steyn Danielle Turrie Deana Everrett Sarah Howley Sara Keane Christina Monzi Christen Seaman Stacey Sollmann Katie Molinari Michelle Molinari Ann Sorensen Kailey Utley Erica Henderson Noelle Honeycutt Shelly Lyons Rachael Minnich Emma Rodriguez Tara Beradi Ambere Cunningham Kristin English
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E.Gordon Gee, President
President E. Gordon Gee with his family -- son-inlaw, David Patrón, daughter, Dr. Rebekah Gee, and twins Eva, on Gee’s lap, and Elizabeth
Dr. E. Gordon Gee is one of America’s most prominent higher education leaders, having helmed universities for more than three decades. In 2009, Time magazine named him one of the top 10 university presidents in the United States. In 2014, Gee returned to West Virginia University, where his career as a university president began. His leadership goals include putting students first, advancing the university’s research agenda, partnering with West Virginia communities and making sure that 1.8 million West Virginians know in their hearts and minds that West Virginia University is their university. Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his J.D. and Ed.D degrees from Columbia University. He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and was granted full professorship in 1978.
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One year later, he became dean of the West Virginia University College of Law, and, in 1981, was named West Virginia University president. He served in that role until 1985. He went on to lead the University of Colorado (19851990), Brown University (1998-2000), and Vanderbilt University (2001-2007). He served as president of The Ohio State University from 1990 to 1997 and again from 2007 to 2013. Gee has been a member of several educationgovernance organizations and committees, including the Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents, the Inter-University Council of Ohio, the Business-Higher Education Forum, and the American Association of Universities. He was chair of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Higher Education Attainment and served as co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Energy Advisory Committee. In 2009, Gee was invited to join the International Advisory Board of King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia. Active in a number of national professional and service organizations during his tenures, he has served on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., Limited Brands and the National 4-H Council. In
2011, Gee was appointed to serve as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. In 2011-2012, he was asked by Governor John Kasich to chair the Ohio Higher Education Capital Funding Collaborative and the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission. Gee has received a number of honorary degrees, awards, fellowships and recognitions. He is a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest science organization. In 1994, Gee received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah, as well as from Teachers College of Columbia University. In 2013, he received the ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award and received the Outstanding Academic Leader of the Year Award on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is the co-author of 11 books, including Law, Policy and Higher Education, published in 2012. He has also authored many papers and articles on law and education. Gee’s daughter, Rebekah, is the Medicaid Medical Director for the State of Louisiana, and an assistant professor of Public Health and Medicine at Louisiana State University. She is also a Norman F. Gant/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology/IOM Anniversary Fellow.
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Oliver Luck, Director of Athletics As Director of Athletics at West Virginia University, Oliver Luck has worked endlessly and traveled the world to enhance the Mountaineers’ role as a major player in collegiate athletics.
Before 2014, his previous three years at WVU were equally impressive and busy. He has hired new coaches to bolster WVU’s level of success. He guided the completion of major capital projects such as the $25 million WVU basketball practice facility for men’s and women’s basketball and the women’s soccer training complex. He led WVU into the Big 12 Conference, presided over the best fundraising year in school history (2012), implemented several safety and crowd enhancements at Mountaineer sporting events, increased overall department revenue, continued a master plan for facility upgrades and watched his football program gain its third BCS bowl victory. In 2013, Luck oversaw the reseating of the WVU Coliseum to further increase WVU’s fundraising efforts. He added an 18th varsity sport - men’s golf,
Luck, was appointed the University’s 11th Director of Athletics on June 9, 2010 and he was no stranger to success. In fact, Luck’s athletic and professional career has been the epitome of success, first as a record-setting quarterback for the Mountaineers from 1978-81, then as a professional quarterback for the National Football League’s Houston Oilers, and later as a professional sports executive. After retiring from football, Luck became vice president of business development for the NFL and later was appointed general manager of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the newly created World League of American Football. He spent the ’95 season as general manager of the Rhein Fire before being named President and CEO of NFL Europe in 1996. Luck totaled more than 10 years with the NFL, before becoming chief executive officer of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority in 2001. In that role, Luck oversaw the development and management of a $1 billion professional sports and entertainment complex for the city of Houston that included Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans, the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets.
In 2005, Luck was appointed as the first president of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamos, helping that organization to a pair of MLS Cup titles in his first two years at the helm. Luck secured the funding for an $80 million soccer complex to house the Dynamos when the call came to return to his alma mater. BBVA Compass Stadium was built and opened in 2012 adding to Luck’s legacy with the professional soccer team, and the overall Houston sports facility complexes. He returned to Houston in May, 2012 for the opening ceremony of the soccer stadium that he fought so hard for. Prior to his current position at WVU, Luck was appointed to a four-year term on the West Virginia University Board of Governors, a spot he relinquished to become director of athletics. The Rhodes Scholar finalist graduated Phi Beta Kappa from WVU in 1982. He also earned a law degree from Texas, graduating cum laude in 1987. In 1997, Luck was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2000, he was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame. He is married to the former Kathy Wilson. They have two sons and two daughters: Andrew, a former All-American quarterback and two-time Heisman Trophy finalist at Stanford and No. 1 overall pick of the 2012 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts; Mary Ellen, a standout volleyball player and graduate of Stanford; Emily, a current student at Stanford and Addison, who attends Morgantown High.
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Among athletic directors, Luck is also one of the most popular speakers on the national circuit. Countless seminars and conventions feature him on panels and discussion groups to tap into his knowledge of the corporate and collegiate world.
which will tee it up in 2015 for the first time since 1982. He outsourced WVU’s media rights to secure a 12-year guaranteed annual revenue source of at least $6 million per year from IMG. However, through all his accomplishments in four years in Morgantown, it all has occurred while he has fostered an atmosphere for achievement and triumph in the classroom and on the field.
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His work on the national level is equally impressive and equally valuable to West Virginia University. He was named in 2013 to a three-year term on the inaugural College Football Playoff committee, which will change the face of the college football national championship. He serves on the NFL Player Safety Advisory Committee, chairs the Big 12 Budget and Finance Committee, serves on the board of American Campus Community, Inc., and in May, 2014, was one of the featured speakers at the White House at the Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit through his work with the organization Practice Like Pros.
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Add in his tireless efforts to secure a $75 million bond, start a $25 million fundraising effort and proceed with a $6 million new football team room and Luck’s efforts will show $106 million in facility improvements in the coming years to bring WVU’s aging facilities into the modern times.
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In four years on the job, Luck’s accomplishments have been nothing short of spectacular. In the past year alone, he successfully guided the start of construction on a new $21 million baseball park, which will open in 2015 and provide the Mountaineers with one of the best facilities in the Big 12.
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WVU Intercollegiate Athletics Senior Staff
Keli Cunningham
Matt Borman
Terri Howes
Michael Szul
Michael Fragale
Ben Murray
Brady Rourke
Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director
Senior Associate Athletic Director/Development
Senior Associate Athletic Director/Sport Administration/SWA
Senior Associate Athletic Director/ Business Operations
Associate Athletic Director/ Communications
Associate Athletic Director/ Major Gifts & Capital Campaigns
Associate Athletic Director/ Student Services
April Messerly
Bryan Messerly
Assistant Athletic Director/ Facilities & Operations
Assistant Athletic Director/ Communications
Kevin Miller
Lacey Gibson
Nathaniel Zinn
Assistant Athletic Director/ Annual Fund
Assistant Athletic Director/ Compliance
Assistant Athletic Director/ Marketing
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DANA HOLGORSEN
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Media Information Media Services The West Virginia University Athletic Communications Office will be available throughout the entire 2014 women’s soccer season to accomodate any many requests. The following are some guidelines that should make it easy for media members to cover the Mountaineers. Any additional questions should be directed to Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Shannon McNamara. Gameday Parking is free in the Shell Building parking lot, located next to the Mountaineer Track. Complete statistics are provided to all working media at halftime and postgame. Requested team members and coach Izzo-Brown will be available for interviews at the Wrestling Pavilion following a 15-minute grace period.
Receiving Information Media members may receive WVU women’s soccer press releases, notes and more via email. Please email Shannon McNamara (shannon.mcnamara@mail.wvu.edu) to be included on the distribution list. Directions to Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium From I-68: Take the Pierpont Road (mile marker 7) exit and follow signs toward the football stadium by heading West onto WV 857. At the second traffic light, turn left (south) on US 119. Drive up a steep hill; the Morgantown airport will be on your left. Continue straight past several car dealerships and at the second light turn right onto WV 705. Turn left at the sixth traffic light onto Van Voorhis Road. The road becomes Patteson Drive when crossing University Avenue. Proceed up Patteson to the light at Jerry West Boulevard. Go straight at the light into the Coliseum parking lots. Turn right on to Gale Catlett Drive. Parking for soccer is available in the Shell Building lot. Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium is located below the Shell Building lot. From I-79: Take the Star City/WVU (mile marker 155) exit and follow signs to West Virginia University, heading south on US 19 and across the Star City Bridge. Proceed up Monongahela Boulevard past Texas Roadhouse. Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium is just ahead on the right. Parking is available in the Shell Building lot (next to Mountaineer Track).
Game Services The athletic communications staff will be at your service throughout the match. All working media will be provided with a game program, rosters, media guides and other pertinent information. Computer-generated scores will be available at halftime and at the game’s conclusion. Press seating is located in the media booth of the Bill Maloney Press Box. Wireless internet access is available for working media members. Credentials Photographers and media members who wish to cover a match at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium should contact women’s soccer SID Shannon McNamara, via email (shannon.mcnamara@mail.wvu.edu) or phone (304293-2821), at least 24 hours in advance. Photographers may shoot in the four corners of the field, excluding the team bench areas. On the endlines, photographers are permitted only in the area between the side-lines and the edges of the 18-yard box. During the Week Any member of the media wishing to interview a player or a member of the coaching staff during the week should contact WVU women’s soccer SID Shannon McNamara, via email (shannon.mcnamara@mail.wvu. edu) or phone (304-293-2821), at least 24 hours in advance. Cell phone numbers will not be provided, and all WVU student-athletes have been instructed to not conduct interviews without prior approval of the athletic communications staff.
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WVUsports.com WVUsports.com is the place for media and fans to go for the latest on Mountaineer women’s soccer. In 2014, streamed audio and video broadcasts will be available on WVU’s official athletic website. Live stats also are available to keep track of every score and save. Game releases are made available in PDF format one day prior to gameday. Player and coaching staff bios are available at the click of a finger by going to WVUsports.com. Updated following each game, WVUsports.com is your place to find the latest statistics for Mountaineer women’s soccer. Not only will you find this season’s stats, but you also will be able to find the WVU record book for some historical perspective.
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Big 12 Media Services The Big 12 Conference maintains its website at BIG12Sports.com. Complete information on the league and member schools is available. The site boasts original content from throughout the Conference along with several video broadcasts, including a daily magazine show – The Big 12 Report. In soccer, scores throughout the league and standings are updated as games are final. Big 12 conference and team statistics are updated no later than the following morning. Media can access PDF files fo the conference release, statistics and soccer record book.
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The Conference is comprised of 10 institutions, with many having shared traditional rivalries throughout their histories. Member universities include – Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia. Kansas State, however, does not field a women’s soccer program.
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WVU Athletic Communications Athletic Information The West Virginia University athletic communication office is located on the second floor of the WVU Coliseum in room 217. Mailing Address
Athletic Communications Office West Virginia University
MICHAEL FRAGALE Associate Athletic Director/ Communications
BRYAN MESSERLY Assistant Athletic Director/ Communications
MIKE MONTORO Director of Football Communications
JOHN ANTONIK Director of Digital Media
JOE SWAN Director of Athletic Publications
KRISTIN COLDSNOW Multimedia Specialist
SHANNON MCNAMARA Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
GRANT DOVEY Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
ASHLEY BAILEY Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
LISA AMMONS Business Manager
CHERYL MAUST Program Assistant
AMY PRUNTY Program Assistant
NICK ARTHUR Graduate Assistant
DJ JAMIEL Graduate Assistant
AMY SALVATORE Graduate Assistant
P.O. Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877 Overnight Shipping Address
WVU Athletic Communications 3450 Monongahela Blvd., Room 217 Morgantown, WV 26506 Phone Information
Office: 304-293-2821 Fax: 304-293-4105 Press Box: 304-293-6480 Women’s Soccer Contact
Shannon McNamara Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Email: shannon.mcnamara@mail.wvu.edu
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