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FIU PANTHERS 2019 WOMEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES FIU (2-6) vs. CHARLOTTE (5-3)/ MARSHALL (2-7) SEP. 26, 2019/ SEP. 29, 2019 >> MIAMI >> FIU SOCCER STADIUM >> 7:00 PM ET/ 1:OO PM ET FIU 2019 STAT BREAKDOWN CHARLOTTE RECORD & SCHEDULE OVERALL RECORD: 2-6 9 Goals 15/10 94 Shots 152/59 C-USA RECORD: 0-1 6 Assists 13/8 NON-CONFERENCE: 1-5 49 SOG 72/30 HOME: 1-2 19 Goals Allowed 8/26 AWAY: 1-4 37 15/61 FIUsports.com Saves MARSHALL NEUTRAL: 0-0 FIU QUICK NOTES CHARLOTTE/ MARSHALL QUICK NOTES 2019 SCHEDULE Head Coach: ...... Sharolta Nonen Head Coach: ...... John Cullen/ Kevin Long 2019 Record: ...... 2-6-0 2019 Record: ...... 5-3/ 2-7 Date Opponent TV/Online Time/Result Record at FIU (Years): ...... 3-37-1 (3) Record at Charlotte/Marshall(Years): .....110-81-17 (11)/85-51-30 (12) 8.22 at FGCU YoutbeLIVE L/0-2 Overall Record (Years): ...... 3-37-1 (3) Overall Record (Years): ...... 223-114-33(19)/147-190-46(21) 8.25 at Jacksonville State ESPN+ L/0-2 8.30 JACKSONVILLE C-USA TV W/3-0 9.06 NORTH FLORIDA C-USA TV L/1-3 >> HERE’S A THING OR TWO... OR THREE 9.08 DARTMOUTH C-USA TV L/0-7 9.13 at Appalachian State L/1-2 WORTH NOTING FROM THE PITCH INSIDE THE SERIES 9.15 at USC Upstate ESPN+ W/3-0

>>FIU earned their second win of 2019 >> Ellen Halseth and Yolanda Albalat >> FIU trails Charlotte 0-6 in the series. 9.22 at UTEP* L/1-2 on Sept. 15 with a 3-0 defeat over USC Collado are leading the Panthers with a >>The last two matches between the 9.26 CHARLOTTE* C-USA TV 7:00 p.m. Upstate. team-high of seven points in 2019. Panthers and 49ers were played in 9.29 MARSHALL* C-USA TV 1:00 p.m. >>It marked the second three-goal output >> Rayquel Berry is tied with Halseth for Charlotte, North Carolina. 10.04 at Southern Miss* 5:00 p.m. for FIU in 2019, with the other occurence the team-lead with three goals. >> Marshall is 4-0-2 in the all-time series coming in FIU’s win over Jacksonville on >> Albalat Collado has a team-leading with FIU. 10.06 at Lousiana Tech* 2:00 p.m. Aug. 30. three assists on the season, and has >> The Thundering Herd have only beaten 10.13 WKU* C-USA TV 1:00 p.m. >>It also marked FIU’s first road win — contributed two goals for FIU. the Panthers once in Miami. 10.17 at Middle Tennessee* C-USA TV 8:00 p.m. and shutout — since a 1-0 defeat over >>Halseth leads FIU with 11 shots-on-goal >> Their last meeting in Miami was on 10.25 RICE* C-USA TV 7:00 p.m. Jacksonville in 2017. and 22 shots this season. Oct. 14, 2016, resulting in a 1-1 draw. 10.27 NORTH TEXAS* C-USA TV 1:00 p.m. 11.01 at Florida Atlantic* C-USA TV 7:00 p.m. >> PROBABLE STARTERS * Conference USA Game # NAME POS. YR. G A PTS SOG MIN PLAYER NOTES HOME GAMES 2 Sierra Moss D Jr. 0 0 0 0 720 Logged a full 90 in all eight games. All Times Eastern and Subject to Change 5 Anyeli Solarte MF Jr. 0 0 0 0 351 Has started six games this season. 7 Amanda Grifol MF Sr. 0 0 0 0 456 Has eight starts and 456 minutes played. 9 Olivia Sandahl D So. 0 0 0 1 720 Logged a full 90 in all eight games. REFER AS FIU PANTHERS 11 Laura Chavez MF So. 1 1 3 2 322 Ranks fourth on the team with three points. Florida International University has a long and storied history 13 Yolanda Albalat Collado MF Jr. 2 3 7 7 619 Leads FIU with seven points and three assists. across its 18 Division I NCAA programs. We respectfully ask 21 Ashley Adams F R-Jr. 0 0 0 7 642 Has started all eight games this season. that you refer to our University’s athletic programs as the FIU 23 Ellen Halseth MF Fr. 3 1 7 11 527 Leads the team with seven points. Panthers. 28 Rayquel Berry D So. 3 1 6 10 466 Leads the team with three goals. 30 Chynna Harris D So. 0 0 0 1 337 Has started four games with 337 minutes played. Please refrain from using any of the following variations Florida International Fla Int’l Golden Panthers GOALKEEPER YR W-L-T GA SV SV% SF SO PLAYER NOTES #1 Christina Velazquez So. 2-3-0 13 30 0.698 85 0 Has started all eight games this season.

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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location:...... Miami, Florida Founded/Opened:...... 1965/1972 Enrollment:...... 54,000 Nickname:...... Panthers Mascot Name:...... Roary School Colors:...... Blue (PMS 282) & Gold (PMS 871) Conference:...... Conference USA School President:...... Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg Director of Sports & Entertainment:...... Pete Garcia Team Twitter:...... @FIUWSoccer Athletics Twitter:...... @FIUAthletics Website:...... FIUSports.com Conference Website:...... ConferenceUSA.com FIU WOMENS’S SOCCER HISTORY 2019 FIU WOMEN’S SOCCER ROSTER First Year of Women’s Soccer :...... 1985 NCAA Postseaon Appearances:...... 1993, 2011 # FULL NAME POS. HT. YR HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL NCAA Tournament Record:...... 0-2 0 Julia Gottlieb GK 5-11 R-So. Seattle, Wash / Bellevue Christian School / East Carolina Last NCAA Opponent/ Result:...... UCF/ L, 0-2 00 Lucia Romero GK 5-8 Fr. Vero Beach, Fla. / Vero Beach HS NCAA Record:...... 231-274-49 1 Christina Velazquez GK 5-7 So. Miami, Fla. / Coral Reef Senior HS C-USA Record (2013-18):...... 27-73-6 2 Sierra Moss D 5-5 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Princeton HS Sun Belt Record (2000-12):...... 70-65-11 3 Gabriela Rodrigues F 5-11 Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / Santa Olimpia / Coffeyville CC Unaffiliated (1985-99):...... 32-12-2 4 Sydney Amparo F 5-5 Fr. Downingtown, Pa. / Downingtown STEM Academy Most Wins in a Single Season:...... 15 (2000) 5 Anyeli Solarte M 5-3 Jr. Cali, Colombia / Liceo Juan XIII / Iowa Western CC 6 Lamia Rovcanin F 5-9 So. Karlstad, Sweden / Älvkullegymnasiet STADIUM INFORMATION 7 Amanda Grifol M 5-5 Sr. Phoenix, Arizona / Xavier College Prep / Scottsdale CC Stadium Name:...... FIU Soccer Stadium 9 Olivia Sandahl M 5-7 So. Skövde, Sweden / Västerhöjdsgymnasiet Surface:...... Grass 10 Kaydeen Jack M 5-6 So. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago / Diego Martin Central Official Cty:...... 2,000 11 Laura Chavez M 5-8 Jr. Bogota, Colombia / Colombo Gales School / Iowa Western CC Ticket Office Phone:...... (305) FIU-GAME [348-4263] 12 Alyssa Storey F 5-5 So. Miami, Fla. / Miami Killian HS 13 Yolanda Albalat Collado M 5-6 Jr. Madrid, Spain / IES Ignacio Aldecoa / Monroe College THE PANTHERS FROM 2018 TO 2019 14 Kédie Johnson F 5-8 So. El Dorado, Trinidad and Tobago / St. Augustine Secondary 2018 Record:...... 0-17-1 16 Carmen Marin M 5-3 Fr. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada / Montverde Academy C-USA Record/Finish:...... 0-9-1/ 14th 17 Amira Griffin D 5-4 Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Brookwood HS Letterwinners Returning/ Lost:...... 18 Sydney Washington D 5-7 So. St. Augustine, Fla. / Allen D. Nease HS Newcomers:...... 19 Angel Breedlove D 5-4 Jr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. / American Heritage FIU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 21 Ashley Adams F 5-10 R-Jr. West Chester, Ohio / Lakota West HS Women’s Soccer Contact :...... Christian Almanza 22 Jasmin Hilliard D 5-6 Sr. Medina, Ohio / Medina HS / SE Missouri State Email:...... [email protected] 23 Ellen Halseth F 5-4 Fr. Bærum, Norway / Nadderud Videregående Skole 24 Tamia Roberts F 5-7 So. Jonesboro, Ga. / Dutchtown HS 25 Alex King D 5-7 Fr. Jacksonville Beach, Fla. / Stanton College Prep 26 Charity O’Neal F 5-7 Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. / Pembroke Pines Charter HS 27 Kristin Telford D 5-4 R-Sr. Lilburn, Ga. / Parkview HS / UAB 28 Rayquel Berry F 5-9 So. Miami, Fla. / Coral Reef Senior HS 29 Andrea Rivas D 5-3 Fr. Lakeworth, Fla. / Oxbridge Academy 30 Chynna Harris D 5-6 So. St. Petersburg, Fla. / Newsome HS 36 Trinity O’Neal D 5-6 Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. / Pembroke Pines Charter HS 99 Sarah Ward GK 5-5 Fr. Lithia, Fla. / Newsome HS

COACHING STAFF Sharolta Nonen - Head Coach Jenelle Cunningham - Assistant Coach Alyssa Whitehead - Assistant Coach (Pronounced Uh-LEE-shuh) PROUNCATION GUIDE # 4 - Sydney AMPARO...... Am-par-oh #16 - Carmen MARIN...... Mare-in #5 - ANYELI SOLARTE...... Ann-yell-EE So-lar-tay # 17 - AMIRA Griffin...... Uh-MEER-uh #6 - LAMIA ROVCANIN...... Luh-ME-uh Rawv-chan-in #23 - Ellen HALSETH...... Hal-set #9 - Olivia SANDAHL...... San-dALL #24 - TAMIA Roberts...... Tuh-ME-uh #13 - Yolanda ALBALAT COLLADO...... Al-buh-lat Coe-ya-doe #28 - RAYQUEL Berry...... Rey-kel #14 - KÉDIE Johnson...... KAY-dee #30 - CHYNNA Harris...... pronounced like China www.FIUSports.com 2 FIU GAME NOTES

2019 RECAP FIU’S RECORD During the second week of the 2019 campaign, the Panthers earned their first victory of the season when they Leading/Trailing/Tied defeated Jacksonville University by a score of 3-0 at FIU Soccer Stadium on Friday, Aug. 30. The three goals by Leading At Half:...... 2-1-0 FIU marked the highest scoring output since Oct. 2, 2016 when the Panthers defeated Middle Tennessee 3-2 in Trailing At Half:...... 0-3-0 double OT. Additionally, the win was the Panthers’ first victory since defeating Jacksonville 1-0 on Sep. 3, 2017, and Tied At Half: ...... 0-2-0 FIU’s first home win since a 2-0 win over Louisiana Tech on Oct. 11, 2015. Sophomore Rayquel Berry finished with a game-high four points off the bench after scoring two goals in the Aug. 30 match against the Dolphins, while also Scores First Scores 1 Goal:...... 0-3-0 logging a career-high six shot attempts. Berry’s two goals tied a career-best that she previously set during the Scores 2 Goals:...... 0-0-0 2018 campaign on Sep. 30 against Louisiana Tech. Freshman Ellen Halseth garnered three points of her own after Scores 3+ Goals:...... 2-0-0 notching a goal and an assist in the Panther’s win against Jacksonville, and junior transfer Yolanda Albalat Collado Scores First:...... 2-2-0 contributed with a game-leading two assists. FIU earned its second win of 2019 with a 3-0 win over USC Upstate on Opponent Scores First:...... 0-4-0 the road. It was the first road victory — and clean sheet — since defeating Jacksonville on Sept. 3, 2017. Goals Allowed Allows 1 Goal:...... 0-0-0 LEADING THE PANTHERS Allows 2 Goals:...... 0-3-0 Freshman Ellen Halseth and junior-transfer Yolanda Albalat Collado are leading the Panther pack this season with Allows 3+ Goals:...... 0-3-0 a team-high of seven points. Halseth has a team-high of three goals and 11 shots-on-goal in 2019, and has also Shooting contributed an assist for FIU. Albalat Collado has a team-leading three assists on the season, and has contributed FIU Outshoots Opponent ...... 2-1-0 two goals for FIU. Sophomore Rayquel Berry has also produced for the Panthers, as the local Miami product is tied Opponent Outshoots FIU: ...... 0-4-0 with Halseth for the team-lead with three goals. Berry’s six points rank third on the team. Shots Are Tied: ...... 0-1-0 By Month NEWCOMERS MAKING IMPACT In August:...... 1-2-0 Three first-year Panthers are making their presence felt for FIU early in the 2019 campaign, as Halseth, Albalat In September:...... 1-4-0 Collado, and junior transfer Laura Chavez are responsible for a sum of 17 points this season. The three newcomers, In October:...... 0-0-0 along with Berry, have been providing a potent punch to the Panther offense thus far. In November:...... 0-0-0 MRS. WORLDWIDE By Day FIU sports 10 international players on this season’s roster, which is tied for most on the roster with the homestate On Sunday:...... 1-3-0 of Florida.. On Monday:...... 0-0-0 On Tuesday:...... 0-0-0 No. Player Pos. Year. Country On Wednesday:...... 0-0-0 3 Gabriela Rodrigues F Jr. Sao Paulo, Brazil On Thursday:...... 0-1-0 5 Anyeli Solarte MF Jr. Cali, Colombia On Friday:...... 1-2-0 6 Lamia Rovcanin F So. Karlstad, Sweden On Saturday:...... 0-0-0 9 Olivia Sandahl MF So. Skövde, Sweden 10 Kaydeen Jack MF So. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Time of Day 11 Laura Chavez MF Jr. Bogota, Colombia Day Games:...... 2-3-0 13 Yolanda Albalat Collado MF Jr. Madrid, Spain Night Games:...... 0-3-0 2019 C-USA STANDINGS Ranked Foes Versus Ranked Opponents:...... 0-0-0 Team Conf. CPct. Overall Pct Versus Top 10 Opponents:...... 0-0-0 Florida Atlantic 1-0 1.000 3 7-2 0.778 UTEP 1-0 1.000 3 6-2-2 0.700 Home/Road WKU 1-0 1.000 3 5-2-1 0.688 Home Games:...... 1-2-0 North Texas 1-0 1.000 3 6-3 0.667 Road Games:...... 1-4-0 Rice 1-0 1.000 3 4-4 0.500 Non-Conf. Home Games:...... 1-2-0 Middle Tennessee 1-0 1.000 3 4-5 0.444 Non-Conf. Road Games:...... 1-3-0 Louisiana Tech 0-0 0.000 0 8-0-1 0.944 C-USA Home Games:...... 0-0-0 UAB 0-0 0.000 0 2-2-3 0.500 C-USA Road Games:...... 0-1-0 Old Dominion 0-1 0.000 0 6-1-2 0.778 Charlotte 0-1 0.000 0 5-3 0.625 State of Florida UTSA 0-1 0.000 0 4-3-1 0.563 Games in Florida:...... 1-3-0 Southern Miss 0-1 0.000 0 5-4 0.556 Games Outside of Florida:...... 1-3-0 FIU 0-1 0.000 0 2-6 0.250 Marshall 0-1 0.000 0 2-7 0.222 www.FIUSports.com 3 HEAD COACH SHAY NONEN

Sharolta Nonen, a former Canadian National Team star, enters her third season as the head coach of the FIU women’s soccer THE NONEN FILE program in 2019.

Years Coached:...... 3rd Season Despite going 0-17-1 in 2018, the Panthers doubled the amount Alma Mater:...... Nebraska ‘00 of goals and assists on the season. During Nonen’s first year as Career...... 3-37-1 head coach, the squad played seven one-goal matches in 2017, Record at FIU:...... 3-37-1 with a few unlucky breaks along the way for the youthful squad C-USA Record:...... 0-20-1 as they finished the year 1-14. Executive Director of Sports and Hometown:...... Vancouver, B.C. Entertainment Pete Garcia announced Nonen as FIU’s third head High School:...... Kitsilano Secondary coach in program history on Jan. 17, 2017.

Prior to taking over at FIU, Nonen spent two seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina. Nonen earned her first collegiate COLLEGIATE COACHING HISTORY coaching job at NAIA-program Georgia Gwinnett College, where 2013-2014:...... Georgia Gwinnett College she served as interim head coach in the 2014 season before 2015-2016:...... East Carolina heading to ECU. 2017-Present:...... FIU The Vancouver, British Columbia, native was Nebraska's first-ever African-American player with the Corn- huskers and a three-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-American (1996-99) as a defender. Her list of accolades as a Cornhusker includes a First-Team All-America honor as a senior, PLAYING HISTORY/HIGHLIGHTS three first-team all-region selections, a Big 12 Conference Player of the Year (1999) award and a trio of First- Nebraska (1996-99) Team All-Big 12 Conference nods as she helped her alma mater to 80 wins during her four-year career. • First African-American player in program history • NSCAA First-Team All-American (99) While still playing at Nebraska, Nonen earned a place on the Canadian National Team for the 1999 World Cup. • NSCAA Second-Team All-American (98) She went on to start all three matches for her native country and earned all-tournament team honors. • NSCAA Third-Team All-American (97) • NSCAA First-Team All-Central Region (97, 98, 99) • Big-12 Player of the Year (99) Following her college career, she was drafted by the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association • First-Team All-Big 12 (97, 98, 99) prior to its inaugural season in 2001. Nonen earned two WUSA All-Star honors with the Beat, while winning the • Big-12 Tournament Defensive MVP ( 1999) league’s Defender of the Year honor in 2003. Nonen’s Beat also earn a pair of first-place finishes during her • Big-12 All-Tournament Team (97, 98, 99) time with the club.

Canadian National Team (1999-2006) While continuing to play for the Canadian National • 63-career international appearances Team, she made 63-career international ap- • 1999 & 2003 FIFA World Cup participant pearances, earned a spot on the 2003 World Cup • All-Tournament Team (1999, 2003) roster and helped her homeland to its best result • 2001 & 2003 All-World Games participant in history with a semifinal appearance and fourth- place finish, highlighted by a win over world power Atlanta Beat (2001-2003) China, as she was named to the all-tournament • Two-time WUSA All-Star team once again. • WUSA Defender of the Year (2003) After three years with the Beat, Nonen continued Fortuna Hjørring (2006-2007) to play professionally for Fortuna Hjørring in • Danish League All-Star Denmark from 2006-07, but returned to Atlanta • Led team to its first-place finish in 2007 where she became the first player-coach for the Atlanta Silverbacks in club history, before Atlanta Silverbacks (2007-2008) rounding out her career with the Los Angeles Sol • First Player-Coach in club history in 2009. After 10 years on the pro and international circuits, she retired from playing and began Los Angeles Sol (2009) pursuing a coaching career. • Led LA to a WPS regular-season title The daughter of Joe and the late Ola Nonen, Sharolta has one sister, Misha. A 2000 Nebraska graduate with a degree in sociology, Nonen has assisted mentoring young players within the Olympic Devel- opment Program and Region Premier League squads. She holds a United States Soccer Federation Class C coaching license and speaks fluent French. www.FIUSports.com 4 2019 STATS

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www.FIUSports.com 6 0 00 1 2 3 4 GK Julia Gottlieb GK Lucia Romero GK Christina Velazquez D Sierra Moss F Gabriela Rodrigues F Sydney Amparo

5 6 7 9 10 11 M Anyeli Solarte F Lamia Rovcanin M Amanda Grifol M Olivia Sandahl M Kaydeen Jack M Laura Chavez

12 13 14 15 16 17 F Alyssa Storey M Yolanda Albalat Collado F Kedie Johnson F Angie Ponce Baque M Carmen Marin D Amira Griffin

18 19 21 22 23 24 D Sydney Washington D Angel Breedlove F Ashley Adams D Jasmin Hilliard F Ellen Halseth F Tamia Roberts

25 26 27 28 29 30 D Alex King F Charity O’Neal D Kristin Telford F Rayquel Berry D Andrea Rivas D Chynna Harris

36 99 HC AC AC D Trinity O’Neal GK Sarah Ward Sharolta Nonen Jenelle Cunningham Alyssa Whitehead