3 2018-19 Western Mustangs Women's Soccer Roster
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HEAD COACH MARTIN PAINTER Martin Painter (B.A. 1998, LL.B 2002, B.Ed. 2007), a member of the West- ern Mustangs 1999 men’s national championship soccer team, returns as head coach of the Mustangs women’s soccer program for his sixth season after spending five seasons as head coach of the Fanshawe College women’s program from 2007-11. In addition, he has served as head coach of the USL Premier Development League’s FC London and is now the head coach of K-W United FC. After officially joining the team in December 2011, Painter has coached the Mustangs to two consecutive OUA silver medal finishes in 2013, and 2014. Additionally, 2013 saw Painter win both OUA West Coach of the Year, and CIS Coach of the Year. In 2016 Painter led his squad to an OUA bronze medal, while 2017 saw his team capture silver at the OUA Final Four, earning him OUA West Coach of the Year honours. In 2009, Painter led Fanshawe to an Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) title and runner-up finish at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Associa- tion (CCAA) Championship. That runner-up finish was the best national placing ever for a women’s soccer team from the OCAA. The 2011 season saw Painter named OCAA Coach of the Year as he led the Falcons to a bronze medal at the OCAA Championship. Painter’s success on the pitch carried over to his tenure at the helm of FC Lon- don, where he guided his team to a record of 19-3-10 in 2010 and was a nomi- nee for Premier Development League (PDL) Coach of the Year after leading his team to the playoffs in back-to-back years in 2009 and 2010. In his roles with both Fanshawe and FC London, Painter showed a knack for recruiting, much of which can be traced to his experience coaching at the elite youth level. Since 2004, he has served as the head coach of the North London Soccer Club, an organization developed to prepare players to compete at the university and collegiate levels. As a player on Western’s men’s team (1997, 1999, 2000, 2004), Painter won three Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships and competed in a pair of national championship tournaments. In addition to his national champi- onship in 1999, he was part of the Mustangs team that earned a bronze medal in 2004 and was named to the CIS National Championship All-Tournament Team. In 2000, he earned OUA all-conference accolades. 2 2018-19 WESTERN MUSTANGS WOMEN’S SOCCER ROSTER NO NAME POS HT ELIG PROGRAM HOMETOWN PRONOUNCIATION 0 Megan Girardi GK 5’6 3 Kinesiology Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Gir-AR-di 1 Maddy Dunsmore GK 5’9 1 Health Science Vancouver, BC Dones-more 2 Katrina Giantsopolous ST 5’7 4 Brescia College Markham, Ont. Giant-stop-olos 3 Lauren Ince D 5’4 2 BMOS Calgary, Alb. In-s 4 Nikki Balachorek MF 5’9 3 Kinesiology Whitby, Ont. Ba-La-Chore-Ek 5 Angelica Galluzzo D 5’6 1 Huron College Newmarket, Ont. Ga-Loose-O 6 Vanessa Guglietti ST 5’9 2 Social Science Oakville, Ont. Go-Glee-Et-E 7 Sophie Klysen D 5’2 2 Medical Sciences Burlington, Ont. Klee-Sun 8 Savana Sarkisian D 5’5 2 Kinesiology Paris, Ont. Sar-Kiss-E-An 9 Julia Ruffulo D 5’7 2 Kinesiology Bolton, Ont. Rough-Uh-Lo 10 Andrea Fraser MF 5’4 2 Kinesiology Vancouver, BC Fray-zer 11 Maddy Johnston MF 5’2 2 Kinesiology Bolton, Ont. John-son 12 Morgan Asling ST 5’5 2 Social Science Kelowna, BC A-zling 13 Nicola Panaccione MF 5’4 2 Health Science Calgary, Alb. Pa-Na-See-Own-A 14 Kendra Marlatt MF 5’5 3 Health Science Ajax, Ont. Mar-Lat 15 Brooke Grilo D 5’9 3 Kinesiology Mississauga, Ont. Gree-Low 16 Jessica Vieira MF 5’2 5 Education Strathroy, Ont. Vee-Air-A 17 Lauren O’Donnell D 5’4 2 Kinesiology London, On O-Don-Nell 18 Tiffany Johnston ST 5’5 1 Sciences St Thomas, Ont. John-son 19 Giulia Geraci MF 5’5 2 Kinesiology Bradford, Ont. Ju-Lia Gur-ach-E 20 Rachel Drouillard D 5’6 2 Nursing London, Ont. Ju-E-Ard 21 Anna Larkin D 5’8 2 Engineering Ottawa, Ont. Lar-Kin 22 Melanie Walters MF 5’3 2 Kinesiology Calgary, Alb. Wall-ters 23 Heather Raymond GK 5’6 1 Kinesiology London, Ont. Ray-Mon-D 24 Jessica Ciccanti D 5’1 2 Health Science Oakville, Ont. Chi-Con-Tee 25 Sophie Weaver MF 5’6 2 Kinesiology North Vancouver, BC Wee-Ver 26 Kiera Grein MF 5’6 3 Science Waterloo, Ont. Gren 27 Julia Crnjac ST 5’7 5 Health Science Mississauga, Ont. Surn-Yack 28 Brittany Gardiner MF 5’6 1 MIT Aurora, Ont. Gar-Din-Er 29 Alyssa DeSantis MF 5’7 2 Social Science Stoney Creek, Ont. Di-San-Tis 30 Mackenzie Cabral-Rauti MF 5’5 1 BMOS Pickering, Ont. Cab-ral Raw-Tee 31 Alexa Iwanic MF 5’6 1 BMOS Calgary, Alb. E-Von-Ic Head Coach: Martin Painter (7th Season) Assistant Coaches: Tianna Deluzio John Bujouves Trainers: Lisa Mitchell Mark Haynes Kofi Boateng 3 2018 U SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW Heading into yet another National Championship run, the 2018-2019 season was one highlighted by the perseverance of the purple and white through the adversity of an injured lineup. Between the emergence of breakout stars such as second-year midfielder and First-Team OUA All-Star Giulia Geraci and the consistent production from veterans such as fifth-year defender Jessica Vieira, the Mustangs’ success this season was built on the collective effort of the entire roster. Led by one of the country’s most esteemed coaches at the helm in Martin Painter, Western will be heading back to the National Championships hoping to add yet another medal to an already storied program. Key Statistics: • 35 goals for, second in the OUA, 2.19 average a game • Katrina Giantsopolous with 7 goals, and are tied for 7th in the OUA • Giulia Geraci, Katrina Giantsopolous, Kendra Marlatt with 9 points each, all 8th in OUA • Megan Girardi, 0.40 goals against average, 27 saves with 5 goals against, second in OUA Players to watch Megan Girardi • 3rd-year starting goalkeeper • Second appearance at Nationals • Amongst OUA leaders in minutes played, clean sheets, and wins. Julia Crnjac • 5th-year striker • Team-leading scorer in 2017. • Scored 2 goals in 3-2 OUA Semifinal win over Queen’s. • Coming off long-term injury. Giulia Geraci • 2017 OUA West and USPORTS Rookie of the Year • 2018 1st-Team OUA All-Star 5 PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER PROFILE MEGAN 0 GIRARDI POSITION: GOAL KEEPER ELIGIBILITY: 3 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. LAST TEAM: NORTH LONDON HEIGHT: 5’6 MADDY 1 DUNSMORE POSITION: GOAL KEEPER ELIGIBILITY: 1 PROGRAM: HEALTH SCIENCE HOMETOWN: STRATHROY, ONT. LAST TEAM: FUSION FC HEIGHT: 5’9 7 PLAYER PROFILE KATRINA 2 GIANTSOPOLOUS POSITION: STRIKER ELIGIBILITY: 4 PROGRAM: BRESCIA COLLEFE HOMETOWN: MARKHAM, ONT. LAST TEAM: GRAND VALLEY STATE HEIGHT: NIKKI 4 BALACHOREK POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 3 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: WHITBY, ONT. LAST TEAM: FC DURHAM HEIGHT: 5’9 8 PLAYER PROFILE LAUREN 3 INCE POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: BMOS HOMETOWN: CALGARY, ALB. LAST TEAM: SWUP PREMIERS 98 HEIGHT: 5’4 ANGELICA 5 GALLUZZO POSITION: DEFENDER ELIGIBILITY: 1 PROGRAM: HURON COLLEGE HOMETOWN: NEWMARKET, ONT. LAST TEAM: BRADFORD SC HEIGHT: 5’6 9 PLAYER PROFILE VANESSA 6 GUGLIETTI POSITION: STRIKER ELIGIBILITY: 3 PROGRAM: SOCIAL SCIENCE HOMETOWN: OAKVILLE, ONT. LAST TEAM: BURLINGTON HEIGHT: 5’9 SAVANA 8 SARKISIAN POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: PRINCETON, ONT. LAST TEAM: KITCHENER HEIGHT: 5’5 10 PLAYER PROFILE SOPHIE 7 KLYSEN POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: MEDICAL SCIENCE HOMETOWN: BURLINGTON, ONT. LAST TEAM: BURLINGTON HEIGHT: 5’2 JULIA 9 RUFFOLO POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 1 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: AURORA, ONT. LAST TEAM: AURORA SC HEIGHT: 5’7 11 PLAYER PROFILE ANDREA 10 FRASER POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: VANCOUVER, BC. LAST TEAM: FUSION FC HEIGHT: 5’4 MORGAN 12 ASLING POSITION: STRIKER ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: SOCIAL SCIENCE HOMETOWN: KELOWNA, BC LAST TEAM: TOFC HEIGHT: 5’5 12 PLAYER PROFILE MADISON\ 11 JOHNSTON POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: BOLTON, ONT. LAST TEAM: AURORA FC HEIGHT: 5’2 NICOLA 13 PANACCIONE POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: HEALTH SCIENCE HOMETOWN: CALGARY, ALB. LAST TEAM: SWU HEIGHT: 5’4 13 PLAYER PROFILE KENDRA 14 MARLATT POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 3 PROGRAM: HEALTH SCIENCE HOMETOWN: PICKERING, ONT. LAST TEAM: FC DURHAM HEIGHT: 5’5 JESSICA 16 VIEIRA POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 5 PROGRAM: EDUCATION HOMETOWN: STRATHROY, ONT. LAST TEAM: GERMAN CANADIANS HEIGHT: 5’2 14 PLAYER PROFILE BROOKE 15 GRILO POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 3 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: MISSISSAUGA, ONT. LAST TEAM: BRADFORD EAGLES HEIGHT: 5’9 LAUREN 17 O’DONNELL POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: LONDON, ONT. LAST TEAM: LONDON WHITECAPS HEIGHT: 5’4 15 PLAYER PROFILE TIFFANY 18 JOHNSTON POSITION: STRIKER ELIGIBILITY: 1 PROGRAM: SCIENCES HOMETOWN: ST THOMAS, ONT. LAST TEAM: LONDON YOUTH WHITECAPS HEIGHT: 5’5 RACHEL 20 DROILLARD POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: NURSING HOMETOWN: LONDON, ONT. LAST TEAM: LONDON WHITECAPS HEIGHT: 5’6 16 PLAYER PROFILE GIULIA 19 GERACI POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: BRADFORD, ONT. LAST TEAM: BRADFORD EAGLES HEIGHT: 5’5 ANNA 21 LARKIN POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: ENGINEERING HOMETOWN: OTTAWA, ONT. LAST TEAM: OTTAWA SOUTH UNITED HEIGHT: 5’8 17 PLAYER PROFILE MELANIE 22 WALTERS POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: CALGARY, ALB.