Southern Connecticut Women's Soccer -- 2005
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Southern Connecticut Women’s Soccer -- 2005 Southern Connecticut State University Facts About Southern The University Location .................. New Haven, In the midst of a $230 million Connecticut building program, Southern Con- President ..... Dr. Cheryl J. Norton necticut State University, founded Enrollment ....................... 6,000 in 1893, comprises six academic Colors..................... Blue & White schools: the School of Arts and Nickname .......................... Owls Sciences; the School of Business; Home Field ........... Jess Dow Field the School of Education; the School Capacity ........................... 6,000 of Graduate Studies and Continuing Director of Athletics Patricia Nicol Education; the School of Communi- Nicol Phone .......... 203-392-6045 cation, Information and Library Sci- E-mail ... [email protected] ences; and the School of Profes- Director of Athletic Facilities .... sional Studies. Tony Aceto The key to Southern's academic Aceto Phone ......... 203-392-6003 excellence is its faculty. In addition, E-mail .. [email protected] the University has developed out- Assistant Director standing facilities including an ex- of Athletics ............. Bill Sullivan tensive library, science center and Sullivan Phone ..... 203-392-6028 Jess Dow Field, Southern’s multi- Asst. Director of Facilities/ purpose outdoor athletic complex. Intramurals Director .. Joe Hines Though committed to academ- Hines Phone ......... 203-392-6016 ics, Southern recognizes the lasting Women’s Soccer Coach value of informal extracurricular ac- Adam Cohen tivities for its students. By balanc- Phone................... 203-392-5957 ing solid classroom learning with a E-mail . [email protected] variety of clubs, sports, and inter- Associate Director of Athletics/ est groups, Southern helps students SID........................ Rick Leddy grow to meet the social, intellec- SID Phone ... 203-392-6004, 6005 tual, cultural and moral demands of Leddy Home ......... 203-239-4253 the modern world. SID FAX ............... 203-392-6967 This program was written and E-mail ... [email protected] edited by Rick Leddy ('71), Associ- ate Athletic Director/SID. Sports Information Assistants.. ...... Kristen Altieri, Frank Pollifrone Photographs by Rick Leddy and Press Box Phones 203-392-6676, Russ McCreven. 6677, 6678 Website . www.southernowls.com Cover: Captain Cristina DelBuono. www.southernowls.com Owls’ Women’s Soccer 2005 Outlook The Owls lost just three seniors from last season but there was one significant off-season change in the Southern lineup. After founding the women’s program in 1996 and guiding the Owls through their first nine seasons, head coach Jim O’Brien left to become the head women’s coach at Fairfield University. Southern didn’t have to go too far to find a new head coach as Owls’ men’s assistant Adam Cohen was appointed by Director of Athletics Patricia Nicol. Cohen’s task has been made easier by the return of a pair of Northeast-10 Conference second team selections from 2004 -- midfielder Carlene Holness and forward Cristina DelBuono. Holness is a solid, physical player and is a key to the team’s defense, which Cohen feels will be a team strength. DelBuono, a team captain, was the Owls’ third-leading scorer a year ago with eight goals and five assists and has scored 20 goals in three seasons. She gets help from junior Theresa Viscardi, who scored a team-leading 11 goals in 2004 and help is expected up front from freshman Gina DellaRose, who starred at Woodlands Regional High. Joining Holness in the midfield are junior Ali Ahearn and sophomores Molly DesJarlais and Allison Barker. Natalie Polnik and Katie Killebrew are the leading freshman prospects along with redshirt freshman Janell Manicini. Team captains Jenny McCormack and Jen St. George will help anchor the defense along with sophomore AnnMarie Janes. Junior Beth Gandley has been a two-year starter while seniors Amber Meimers and Eileen Tracy offer Cohen additional options. Junior Stephanie McGinley, who played in just five games a year ago, takes over in the goal with backup help from Amanda Marchetti and Pilar Rodriguez. www.southernowls.com Head Coach Adam Cohen Adam Cohen is in his first season as the head women’s soccer coach at Southern Connecti- cut State University. Cohen is just the second women’s soccer head coach in the school’s his- tory, succeeding Jim O’Brien, who founded the program and coached for nine years before ac- cepting the head coaching position at Fairfield University. Cohen, a resident of Cheshire, Conn., has been an assistant with the Southern men’s pro- gram for the past three seasons. A 1995 gradu- ate of Quinnipiac University where he earned a bachelors degree in Business Management, he earned all-conference rec- ognition as a goalkeeper for the Bobcats. The Guilford High School gradu- ate earned all-state honors as a goalkeeper. Cohen has also developed quite a coaching resume around the New Haven area over the last several years, directing numerous area high schools and working with the South Central soccer program. He has an “A” coaching license to go along with a National Youth coaching license, as Cohen is also a member of the Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) staff and is an assessor for the United State Youth Soccer regional staff. The Owls’ Coaching Record Coach Jim O’Brien Year ..................... Record .................. Conference ............... Postseason 1996 ........................ 3-9-0 .................... 3-5-0 (6th) .......................... none 1997 ...................... 10-7-2 .................... 1-4-2 (8th) .......................... none 1998 ...................... 11-7-1 ................. 3-4-1 (T 5th) .......................... none 1999 ...................... 15-5-1 .................... 5-3-0 (3rd) ................ ECAC semis 2000 ...................... 19-2-0 ................. 14-0-0 (first) ............ NCAA quarters 2001 ...................... 14-5-1 ................... 10-3-1(3rd) .......................... none 2002 ........................ 9-7-1 .................... 7-6-1 (5th) .......................... none 2003 ...................... 12-7-1 .................... 8-6-0 (6th) ......................... ECAC 2004 ...................... 12-7-1 .................... 7-6-1 (7th) .......................... none Totals .............. 105-56-8 ............... nine seasons Coach Adam Cohen Year ..................... Record .................. Conference ............... Postseason 2005 ...............First Season www.southernowls.com Assistant Coaches Samuel Lopes, who currently resides in New Haven, Conn., is a graduate of Quinnipiac Uni- versity having received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Information Systems. Lopes comes to the Owls from Saint Joseph College after three seasons as an assistant at the West Hartford campus. He is also the managing part- ner and director of operations for the Rocky Hill, Conn., based company, Collegiate Soccer System, LLC. Lopes is in charge of operations for the Collegiate Soccer System’s indoor facil- ity in Winsted, Conn., and the senior staff in- structor for the company’s soccer school each summer. Lopes also has some significant professional playing experience, play- ing for four different professional soccer clubs after his four-year career with the Quinnipiac Bobcats. In 2001, Lopes was a member of the Con- necticut Wolves of the USL Professional Soccer League, and also a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Twisters of the American Indoor Soccer League. In 2002, he played for the West Chester Flames in New Rochelle, N.Y., and the Connecticut Academica FC of the Premier Arena Soccer League, a team that he currently plays for. Stephanie Lyon, who is originally from Kent, Wash., and now resides in the New Haven, Conn., area, received her Bachelors Degree from Mississippi State University where she played in goal and helped the Bulldogs capture the 2001 SEC West championship. Lyon then moved on to Atlanta, Ga., where she gained some significant coaching experience with the Atlanta Youth Soccer Association and the Olym- pic Developmental Program. She also coached Grady High School in Atlanta while working with those other organizations. Since moving to the New Haven area, Lyon is teaching elementary education in the New Haven school system, and has coached with the Monroe Soccer Club and the South Central Premier Soccer program. the past year has coached with the Monroe Soccer Club and in the South www.southernowls.com Numerical Roster NO. NAME POS. CL. PREV. SCHOOL/HOMETOWN 0 Pilar Rodriguez GK So. Central/Bridgeport, Conn. 1 Stephanie McGinley GK Jr. Naug. Valley/Naugatuck,Conn. 2 Molly Desjarlais F So. Windham/North Windham, Conn. 3 Cristina DelBuono M/F Sr. Holy Cross/Wolcott, Conn. 4 Eileen Tracy F Sr. West Haven/West Haven, Conn. 5 Allison Ahearn M/D Jr. Sachem/Farmingville, N.Y. 7 Cassandra Nichols D/M So. Windham/Willimantic, Conn. 8 Jen St. George M/D Sr. Saint Peter-Marian/Oxford, Mass. 9 Amber Meimers D Sr. E.O. Smith/Mansfield, Conn. 11 Jenny McCormack M/D Sr. Arcoil Scoil la Salle/CCRI/Dublin, Ireland 12 Theresa Viscardi M/F Jr. Sachem/Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y. 13 Gina DellaRose F Fr. Woodlands Reg./Prospect, Conn. 14 Annmarie Janes M/D So. Shelton/Shelton, Conn. 15 Allison Barker M So. Enfield/Enfield, Conn. 16 Katie Killebrew M/F Fr. Brandywine/Wilmington, Del. 17 Natalie Polnik M Fr. E.O. Smith/Ashford, Conn. 20 Carlene Holness MF Jr. Suffield/Suffield, Conn. 22 Janell Mancini M R-Fr. Danbury/Danbury, Conn. 23 Monique Wallace F Jr.