2017 WOMEN’S SOCCER

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2017 SCHEDULE NORTHEASTERN (0-0-0) vs. STONY BROOK (0-0-0) GAMES Friday, August 18 • 6 p.m. • • Brookline, Mass. Aug. 18 vs. STONY BROOK 6 p.m. 20 at Holy Cross 7 p.m. NORTHEASTERN (0-0-0) vs. HOLY CROSS (0-0-0) 24 at University 7 p.m. 1-2 27 at Maine 2 p.m. Sunday, August 20 • 7 p.m. • Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium • Worcester, Mass. 29 vs. HARVARD 6:30 p.m. scouting Report Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. • With second-year head coach Brendan Faherty at the helm, the Stony Brook Sea- 8 at TCU 8 p.m. wolves enter the 2017 season pegged to finish fourth in the America East. 10 at Texas 2 p.m. • After rolling to a 6-2-0 record in conference play, the third-place Seawolves had their 15 vs. DARTMOUTH 6 p.m. 17 at New Hampshire 2 p.m. 2016 campaign ended by sixth-place Vermont in a first-round matchup decided on 21 at Drexel * 6 p.m. penalty kicks. 24 vs. * 1 p.m. • Northeastern last defeated SBU on Oct. 10, 2004 (1-0) and leads the all-time series 28 vs. DELAWARE * 6 p.m. with Stony Brook 4-2-2.

Oct. 1 at James Madison * 1 p.m. • The Crusaders forge into the 2017 season with room for improvement on a 3-12-2 8 at Elon * 12 p.m. record from 2016. 12 vs. HOFSTRA * 6 p.m. • A bright spot for Holy Cross is the return of junior Ang Seslija who led the group in 15 vs. WILLIAM & MARY * 1 p.m. 19 vs. TOWSON * 6 p.m. scoring with six goals and one assist last year. 22 at UNCW * 7 p.m. • Northeastern has won six consecutive games against the Crusaders, including a 4-0 29 CAA Quarterfinals TBD victory at Parsons Field last season. NU holds a 6-5-2 edge in the all-time series with Holy Cross. Nov. 3 CAA Semifinals # TBD 2017 Preview 5 CAA Championship # TBD • Northeastern enters the 2017 season as defending champions in the CAA. The Hus- Home games in BOLD CAPS (Parsons Field) kies finished first in the conference last season and were projected to repeat as top All times EST and subject to change dogs in the CAA coaches poll. * CAA game • Senior Hannah Lopiccolo was named the 2017 CAA Preseason Player of the Year: NU’s first such honoree since Veronica Napoli in 2011. MILESTONE WATCH • Lopiccolo, senior Kayla Cappuzzo, and junior Hannah Rosenblatt were named to the 2017 CAA Preseason Team while junior goalkeeper Nathalie Nidetch was named a pre- season honorable mention. Hannah Lopiccolo 2016 recap • Five goals away from • The Northeastern Huskies earned their fourth CAA title when they defeated Drexel, joining NU’s 20-goal club 3-0, in the CAA championship game at Parsons Field on Nov. 6, 2016. • Nine points away from • NU reached the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in program history, but fell 1-0 to 50-career points Clemson in the opening round. • Rosenblatt exploded for 13 goals in 2016 while Cappuzzo set a new Northeastern benchmark for assists in a single season with eight. Kayla Cappuzzo

• Six goals away from 2016 STANDINGS joining NU’s 20-goal club Conference Overall • Three assists from tying W-L PCT PTS W-L PCT STRK Liz Dyjak’s school record (19) Northeastern 7-2-0 0.778 21 14-7-1 0.659 L1 Drexel 4-2-3 0.611 15 9-7-4 0.550 L1 Hannah Rosenblatt James Madison 5-4-0 0.556 15 9-11-0 0.450 L1 UNCW 4-3-2 0.556 14 10-5-4 0.632 T1 • Six goals away from William & Mary 4-4-1 0.500 13 10-8-2 0.550 L1 joining NU’s 20-goal club Charleston 3-3-3 0.500 12 10-7-3 0.575 L1 • Would become the Hofstra 4-5-0 0.333 12 10-7-1 0.583 W4 fourth in program history Delaware 3-5-1 0.389 10 4-13-1 0.250 T1 to reach 20 goals before Towson 3-6-0 0.333 9 6-12-1 0.342 L3 end of junior season Elon 2-5-2 0.333 8 7-9-3 0.447 L1 NORTHEASTERN women’s soccer 2017 ROSTER NO. PLAYER ELIG POS HT HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM 0 Megan Adams Fr. GK 5-6 Franklin, Mass. Franklin 00 Nathalie Nidetch Jr. GK 5-7 Hewlett, N.Y. G.W. Hewlett 1 Mollie Rosen Sr. GK 5-7 Mequon, Wis. Homestead 2 Julianne Ross Fr. D 5-5 Cumberland, R.I. Cumberland 3 Kayla McCauley Fr. F 5-6 Wilmington, Mass. Wilmington 4 Olivia Ware So. F 5-6 Foothill Ranch, Calif. Mater Dei 5 Hannah Lopiccolo Sr. M 5-2 Coto de Caza, Calif. Tesoro 7 Taylor Caparo RSr. F/M 5-1 Ambler, Pa. Gwynedd Mercy Academy 8 Valentina Soares Gache Jr. M 5-4 Trabuco Canyon, Calif. Tesoro 10 Kerri Zerfoss So. M/D 5-9 Peabody, Mass. Pingree School 11 Emily Evangelista So. D 5-2 Tampa, Fla. H.B. Plant 12 Katarina Nilsson Fr. F 5-5 Titusville, N.J. Hopewell Valley Central 16 Michelle Stack RSo. D 5-7 Cupertino, Calif. Archbishop Mitty 17 Kayla Cappuzzo Sr. F 5-6 Merrick, N.Y. Sanford H. Calhoun 18 Sophia Thompson Fr. M 5-4 St. Johns, Fla. Creekside 19 Chelsea Domond Fr. F 5-5 Stamford, Conn. Westhill 20 Lizzie George RSo. M 5-6 Framingham, Mass. Framingham 21 Hannah Rosenblatt Jr. F 5-6 Lincoln, Mass. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional 22 Mikenna McManus Fr. D 5-6 Lake Forest, Calif. El Toro 24 Eve Goulet Jr. D 5-9 Sutton, Mass. Sutton 25 Nicole Gorman Jr. F/M 5-2 New York, N.Y. Birch Wathen Lenox School 26 Shannon Simmons So. D 5-9 Medway, Mass. Medway (UConn) 28 Carly Wilhelm Sr. F 5-5 Toms River, N.J. Toms River North

Head Coach: Ashley Phillips (Clemson, ’07), second season Associate Head Coach: Ron Celestin (West Virginia Wesleyan, ’85), second season Assistant Coach: Alan Goggs (Portsmouth UK, ’07), second season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Seve Hirst (Lancaster UK, ‘07) first season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 00 Nathalie Nidetch Natalie NY-detch 17 Kayla Cappuzzo Ka-POOH-zo 5 Hannah Lopiccolo Lah-pah-COH-low 19 Chelsea Domond Da-MOND 8 Valentina Soares Gache So-AH-res GAH-chay 24 Eve Goulet Goo-LAY 11 Emily Evangelista E-van-ja-LIST-a

2016 STATISTICS NO. PLAYER GP-GS MIN G A PTS SH SH% SOG GWG PS-ATT 21 Rosenblatt, Hannah 22-18 1322 13 4 30 52 0.250 26 6 1-1 17 Cappuzzo, Kayla 22-22 1518 5 8 18 53 0.094 29 3 0-0 5 Lopiccolo, Hannah 22-22 1893 4 5 13 43 0.093 19 1 0-0 28 Wilhelm, Carly 22-8 915 3 3 9 32 0.094 11 1 0-0 7 Caparo, Taylor 19-0 492 3 1 7 12 0.250 7 0 0-0 10 Koemans, Breanna 11-9 551 3 0 6 20 0.150 10 1 1-2 13 Dowd, Mackenzie 22-20 1670 2 1 5 6 0.333 3 1 0-0 8 Soares Gache, Valentina 21-18 1475 1 2 4 36 0.028 8 0 0-0 22 Deandreis, Carina 21-21 1927 2 0 4 25 0.080 10 1 0-0 25 Gorman, Nicole 12-3 323 1 1 3 8 0.125 4 0 0-0 10 Zerfoss, Kerri 19-14 1226 1 0 2 9 0.111 3 0 0-0 24 Goulet, Eve 12-9 839 1 0 2 3 0.333 1 0 0-0 6 Slade, Kim 16-7 656 0 1 1 7 0.000 3 0 0-0 12 Meaglia, Krista 13-9 727 0 1 1 2 0.000 0 0 0-0 29 Wilkins, Nicole 12-1 304 0 1 1 9 0.000 4 0 0-0 3 Sinclair, Jenny 22-22 1896 0 0 0 2 0.000 0 0 0-0 4 Ware. Olivia 14-1 351 0 0 0 8 0.000 1 0 0-0 20 George, Lizzie 18-5 527 0 0 0 9 0.000 2 0 0-0 26 LeBlanc, Skylar 19-9 997 0 0 0 1 0.000 2 0 0-0 27 Evangelista, Emily 13-2 445 0 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0-0 30 Sinclair, Haley 15-0 309 0 0 0 4 0.000 1 0 0-0 Total 22 - 39 28 106 342 0.114 141 0.412 2-3 Opponent 22 - 22 22 66 286 0.077 127 0.444 0-2

NO. PLAYER GP-GS MIN GA GaAVG SAVES SAVE PCT. W L T SO SHOTS FACED 00 Nidetch, Nathalie 22-22 1987:21 22 1.00 102 0.823 14 7 1 5 279 0 Quinn, Jill 4-0 60:13 0 0.00 3 1.000 0 0 0 0 5 Total 22 - 22 0.97 105 0.827 14 7 1 5 284 Opponents 22 - 39 1.71 102 0.723 4 335