2004 Seawolves Soccer About The America East

America East Conference Suite 860 ACADEMIC ACCOLADES 10 High Street , Mass. 02110 America East institutions saw nine of their student-athletes earn Academic All-America honors in 2003-04 alone. This total ranked fifth-highest among all Division I-AA and America East Conference ...... 617-695-6369 I-AAA conferences. Included in the group Media Contact ...... Matt Bourque, Assoc.Commissioner were first-team selections Lana Khvalina of Phone ...... 617-695-6369 the UMBC Womenʼs team, who was Fax:...... 617-695-6385 named for the second-straight year, and Alon E-Mail ...... [email protected] Lubezky of the Hartford Menʼs soccer team, Web Address ...... americaeast.com the schoolʼs career goal scoring leader. America East annually recognizes its America East Conference enters its 17th year of all-sports champion- student-athletes success in the classroom. ship competition with a reputation as one of the most comprehensive All varsity team members who compile a NCAA Division I conferences. With a geographic footprint extending grade-point average between 3.0 and 3.49 from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast regions, America East remains during their playing season receive confer- committed to broad-based, competitive Division I athletics programs, ence recognition by being named to the complementing the academic integrity of the 10 member institutions. Academic Honor Roll. Those outstanding University at Albany, , , student-athletes who compile a grade-point , , University of Maryland, average of 3.5 or higher are named to the Baltimore County (UMBC), University of , Northeastern Commissionerʼs Honor Roll. Nearly 1,700 University, , and each student-athletes received honor roll recogni- offers a unique blend of academic and athletic tradition. America East tion in 2003-04 with America Eastʼs 3,500 also has an associate membership with Quinnipiac University in the student-athletes averaging a 2.97 grade-point sport of menʼs . average. Additionally, the conference annually de- ATHLETIC SUCCESS termines the top scholar-athlete in each of its championship sports. The scholar-athlete America Eastʼs success in each of its championship sports has been must maintain a minimum 3.2 cumulative a benchmark for the conference since its inception as a grade-point average and be a starter or conference in 1979. prominent reserve on the team for the dura- Basketball continues to garner much of the conferenceʼs attention tion of the playing season. From the pool of 22 with America East sending multiple teams to postseason tournaments outstanding scholar-athletes, one male and seven times in the last eight years. Vermont, the menʼs basketball one female America East student-athlete are champion, and Maine, the womenʼs basketball champion, each ap- further honored as the conferenceʼs Scholar- peared in the 2004 NCAA Championship. Boston University, the Athletes of the Year. America East menʼs regular-season champion, was selected for the America East also honors the member Owens Corning National Invitation Tournament (NIT) for the second- institution whose student-athletes compile straight year. This success comes on the heels of the 2002-03 season the highest overall team grade-point aver- when America East sent four teams to postseason tournaments. Both age in each of its conference-sponsored the America East Menʼs and Womenʼs Basketball Championships sports with the America East Academic Cup. continue to be played before large crowds and national (Menʼs cham- Maine won the 2003-04 Academic Cup with a pionship on ESPN) or regional (Womenʼs championship) television conference-record 3.12 grade-point average. audiences. Since 1999, each of the six charter members of America Binghamton, Hartford, New Hampshire and East has appeared in either the NCAA Menʼs Basketball or Womenʼs Vermont have also won the Academic Cup in Basketball Championship, the NIT or the WNIT. recent years. Basketball has not been the only sport to garner national attention. America East Menʼs soccer champion Binghamton advanced in the NCAA Championships last fall. In the last four years, America East champions have won at least one game at the NCAA Championships in the sports of , field hockey, Menʼs lacrosse, Menʼs soccer, Womenʼs soccer and .

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AMERICA EAST 2003 FINAL STANDINGS Conference Overall School W L T Pts. W L T Pct. H A Boston U. 7 1 1 22 12 6 5 .630 7-1-2 5-3-2 Hartford 6 2 1 19 7 10 3 .425 3-3-2 4-5-0 Maine 6 2 1 19 13 3 3 .763 8-0-1 4-3-1 New Hampshire 5 2 2 17 8 9 4 .476 5-2-2 2-4-2 Northeastern 5 4 0 15 11 8 0 .579 7-2-0 3-6-0 UMBC 4 4 1 13 7 8 1 .469 4-4-0 3-4-1 Binghamton 3 4 2 11 9 8 2 .526 5-1-2 4-7-0 Stony Brook 3 6 0 9 7 11 1 .395 6-2-0 1-9-1 Vermont 1 6 2 5 5 9 4 .389 3-3-1 2-6-3 Albany 0 9 0 0 1 18 1 .075 1-8-1 0-9-0

Special Honors America East First Team America East Sec. Team Offensive Player of the Year Melissa Shulman, So. Boston University Tracy Kasmarcik, Sr...... Binghamton Melissa Shulman ...... Boston Univ. Annie Hamel, Sr...... Maine Meghann Cook, So. ...Boston University Defensive Player of the Year Chiara Best, Jr...... New Hampshire Kristin Kowalik, Fr...... Northeastern Brittany McDonald ...... Boston Univ. Brooke Bingham, So. Boston University Sara Rickard, Jr., ...... Albany Rookie of the Year Jeanette Akerlund, Sr...... Hartford Susan Marschall, So. Boston University Kristin Kowalik ...... Northeastern Katie Hodge, Sr...... Maine Jen Buckley, Sr...... Maine Coach of the Year Liz Dyjak, Jr...... Northeastern Ana Tobon, Sr...... New Hampshire Nancy Feldman ...... Boston Univ. Brittany McDonald, So. Boston University Danielle Lewis, So...... Stony Brook Cindy Walsh, Sr...... Hartford Lisa Consolante, Jr...... Maine Allison Kelly, Jr...... Maine Mary Hearin, Fr...... UMBC Jessica Clinton, Sr. ....Boston University Debbie Newman, So. .. New Hampshire Katie Brennan, Sr...... Vermont America East All Rookie Team America East Honorable Mention Robin Babaris, So...... UMBC Danielle White ...... Binghamton Tatiana Mathelier ...... Binghamton Laura Erwin ...... Boston University Emily Dionne ...... Boston University Erica Lee ...... Boston University Hilde Bakke ...... Hartford Jen Hirsch ...... Hartford Heather Hathorn ...... Maine Susanne Nilsson ...... Hartford Carolynn Patton ...... UMBC Mary Hearin ...... UMBC Jackie Wishoski ...... New Hampshire Amanda DiCarlo ...... UMBC Andi Matthews ...... Northeastern Hillary Mefferd ...... New Hampshire Victoria Feliciano ...... Stony Brook Kristin Kowalik ...... Northeastern Sara Jablonski ...... Vermont Joy Gueverra ...... Stony Brook Amy Cochran ...... Vermont America East in NCAAs Team (Yrs. Participated) Yrs W L Pct. Boston Univ (2000, 01, 03) 3 1 3 .250 Hartford (1999-95, 1997-02) 10 8 10 .444

2003 America East Tournament first round at high seeds, semifinals and champi- onship at Nickerson Field, Boston, Mass. Joy Gueverra Semifinals No. 3 Maine 0, No. 2 Hartford 0 (2OT-Maine advances 4-2 on PKs) No. 4 New Hampshire 1, No. 1 Boston University 2 Championship Boston University 0, Maine 0 (2OT-Boston Uni- versity advances 3-2 on PKs) Danielle Lewis

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