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 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 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 , 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 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- 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: HEIGHT: 5’8

17 PLAYER PROFILE

MELANIE 22 WALTERS

POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: CALGARY, ALB. LAST TEAM: CALGARY BLIZZARD HEIGHT: 5’3

JESSICA 24 CICCANTI

POSITION: DEFENSE ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: HEALTH SCIENCE HOMETOWN: OAKVILLE, ONT. LAST TEAM: ST. CATHARINES JETS HEIGHT: 5’1

18 PLAYER PROFILE

MELANIE HEATHER WALTERS 23 RAYMOND

POSITION: GOAL KEEPER ELIGIBILITY: 1 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: CALGARY, ALB. LAST TEAM: GERMAN CANADIAN FC HEIGHT: 5’6

SOPHIE 25 WEAVER

POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: KINESIOLOGY HOMETOWN: NORTH VANCOUVER, BC LAST TEAM: MOUNTAIN UNITED HEIGHT: 5’6

19 PLAYER PROFILE

KIERA 26 GREIN

POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 3 PROGRAM: MEDICAL SCIENCE HOMETOWN: WATERLOO, ONT. LAST TEAM: HEIGHT: 5’6

BRITTANY 28 GARDINER

POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 1 PROGRAM: MIT HOMETOWN: AURORA, ONT. LAST TEAM: AURORA SC HEIGHT: 5’6

20 PLAYER PROFILE

JULIA 27 CRNJAC

POSITION: STRIKER ELIGIBILITY: 5 PROGRAM: HEALTH SCIECNE HOMETOWN: MISSISSAUGA, ONT. LAST TEAM: ERIN MILLS EAGLES HEIGHT: 5’7

ALYSSA 29 DESANTIS

POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 2 PROGRAM: SOCIAL SCIENCE HOMETOWN: STONEY CREEK, ONT. LAST TEAM: ST, CATHARINES JETS HEIGHT: 5’7

21 PLAYER PROFILE

MACKENZIE 30 CABRAL-RAUTI

POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 1 PROGRAM: BMOS HOMETOWN: PICKERING, ONT. LAST TEAM: OSHAWA SC HEIGHT: 5’5 2018 31 ALEXA IWANIC STATISTICS POSITION: MIDFIELD ELIGIBILITY: 1 PROGRAM: BMOS HOMETOWN: CALGARY, ALB. LAST TEAM: CALGARY FOOTHILLS SC HEIGHT: 5’6

22 2018 STATISTICS 2018 TEAM STATISTICS

Statistical Category Overall OUA Ranking Games 16 1st Shots 187 6th Goals Scored 35 2nd Shot Percentage .187 1st Shots Per Game 11.7 6th SOG Percentage .701 5th Assists 15 3rd Corner Kicks 71 3rd Penalty Kicks 0 19th Yellow Cards 2 18th Red Cards 0 6th Shutouts 10 3rd *All statistics are regular season only

24 2018 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NAME GP GS G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% YC RC PK GW GW Megan Girardi 14 13 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 Maddy Dunsmore 8 3 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 Katrina Giantsopoulos 16 13 7 2 9 28 0.250 20 .714 0 0 0-0 2 Lauren Ince 7 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 Angelica Galluzzo 12 12 0 0 0 5 .000 2 .400 0 0 0-0 0 Tiffany Johnston 0 - - - 0 ------0-0 - Sophie Klysen 8 - 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 Savana Sarkisia 0 - - - 0 ------0-0 - Julia Ruffolo 13 3 1 1 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 Andrea Fraser 8 3 1 0 1 3 .333 3 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 Maddy Johnston 6 - 1 0 1 4 .250 4 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 Morgan Asling 16 10 2 0 2 9 .222 8 .889 0 0 0-0 0 Nicola Panaccione 10 - 0 1 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 0-0 0 Kendra Marlatt 16 13 6 3 9 17 .353 15 .882 0 0 0-0 1 Brooke Grilo 3 - 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 Jessica Vieira 15 14 1 0 1 5 .200 6 .694 0 0 0-0 0 Lauren O'Donnell 15 15 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 Vanessa Corbett 4 - 0 0 0 6 0 4 0.667 0 0 0-0 0 Giulia Geraci 16 15 5 4 9 36 .139 25 .694 0 0 0-1 3 3 Rachel Drouillard 6 3 0 1 1 2 .000 2 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 Nikki Balachorek 16 15 1 2 3 12 .083 10 .833 0 0 0-0 1 Melanie Walters 14 5 0 0 0 4 .000 2 .500 0 0 0-0 0 Heather Raymond - - - - - 0 - 0 - - - 0-0 - Jessica Ciccanti 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 Sophie Weaver 15 3 4 0 4 11 .364 7 .636 1 0 0-0 0 Kiera Grein 12 11 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0-0 0 Julia Crnjac 8 5 4 1 5 23 .174 12 .522 0 0 0-0 1 Brittany Gardiner - - - - 0 ------0-0 - Alyssa DeSantis 9 4 0 0 0 3 .000 3 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 Anna Larkin 13 13 1 0 1 3 .333 3 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 Alexa Iwanic - - - - 0 ------0-0 0 Mackenzie Cabral-Rauti - - - - 0 ------0-0 0 Totals 16 16 35 15 85 187 .187 131 .701 2 0 0-0 9 9 Opponent 16 16 11 7 29 70 .157 47 .671 2 0 0-0 2 2

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