2009 Media Guide
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2009 Milwaukee Women’s Soccer Media Guide Quick Facts/Table of Contents QUUICKICK FAACTSCTS Quick Facts 1 General Information Team Information History Name University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Head Coach Michael Moynihan First Year of Soccer 1984 City/Zip Milwaukee, Wis. 53211 Alma Mater, Year Wisconsin, 1990 All-Time Record 243-161-45 (.591) Founded 1885 Record at UWM 150-68-33 (12 years) NCAA Appearances/Last 6/2008 Enrollment 29,265 Career Record Same All-Time Tournament Record 0-6-2 Nickname Panthers Associate Head Coach David Nikolic Colors Black and Gold Assistant Coach Chris Maravalli Media Relations Home Field Engelmann Field 2008 Record 18-3-2 Asst. SID/W-Soccer Contact Kevin Conway Capacity 2,000 2008 League Record/Finish 7-1-0/t-1st Offi ce Phone 414-229-2413 Affi liation NCAA Division I 2008 League Tourn. Results Green Bay - W, 5-0 Cell Phone 414-750-0298 Conference Horizon League Wright State - W, 2-1 E-mail [email protected] Chancellor Dr. Carlos Santiago Loyola - W, 6-2 SID Kevin O’Connor Director of Athletics George Koonce 2008 NCAA Tournament Michigan State - L, 2-1 Assistant SID Chris Zills Assoc. AD/SWA Kathy Litzau Letterwinners Returning/Lost 16/7 SID Fax 414-229-5749 Athletics Phone 414-229-5151 Starters Returning/Lost 8/3 Press Box Phone 414-750-0298 Ticket Offi ce Phone 414-229-5886 Newcomers/Redshirts 11/0 Internet www.uwmpanthers.com Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Sammy Vovos 36 Yearly Game-by-Game Results 72-76 Quick Facts 1 Mary Wandolowski 37 Milwaukee As/Vs. Ranked Teams 76 2009 Rosters 2 Newcomers 38-40 2009 Opponents 77-88 2009 Season Preview 3-5 2008 in Review 41-48 Ill. St./Mich. St./Northwestern/Wisconsin 78 Coaching Staff 6-9 2008 in Review 42-43 Michigan/Rice/Marquette/Notre Dame 79 Head Coach Michael Moynihan 6-7 2008 Stats 44 Minnesota/Iowa/Purdue/Illinois 80 Associate Head David Nikolic 8 2008 Schedule/Results 45 Loyola/Butler/Valpo/Cleveland St. 81 Assistant Coach Chris Maravalli 9 2008 Box Scores 46-47 Youngs. St./Detroit/Wright St./Green Bay 82 Support Staff 9 Horizon League in Review 48 Horizon League Tournament 83 TV/Radio Roster 10 Records/History 49-76 All-Time vs. Opponents 84 Player Profi les 11-40 25th Anniversary 50 Series Histories 85-87 Kayla DeJardin 12-13 All-Time Letterwinners 51-53 Horizon League 88 Erin Kreuser 14-15 All-Time Numerical Roster 54 This is UWM 89-103 Kate Megna 16-17 Team Awards 55 UWM 90-91 Louise Vraney 18-19 Retired Numbers/UWM Hall of Fame 56 Milwaukee 92-93 Leslie Deebach 20-21 Academic Awards 56 UWM Administration 94-95 Nicole Hirsch 22-23 National Awards 57 Athletics Administration 96 Kelly McGrath 24-25 League/Regional Awards 58-59 Athletics Staff Directory 97 Heather Roadhouse 26-27 NCAA Teams 60-65 UWM Athletics 98 Nicole Sperl 28-29 Coaching History 66 Media Information 99 Sarah Talbert 30-31 Annual Team Leaders 67 The Student-Athlete 100-101 Makenzie Gillaspie 32 Team Records 68 Athletic Training 102 Sarah Hagen 33 Individual Single-Game Records 69 The Pavilion 103 Laurel Ragalie 34 Individual Single-Season Records 70 Engelmann 104 Keara Thompson 35 Career Records 71 2009 Schedule Back Cover The 2009 Women’s Soccer Media Guide was written, designed and edited by Kevin Conway, Milwaukee Assistant Sports Information Director. Editorial assistance provided by Kevin O’Connor and Chris Zills of the UWM Sports Information Offi ce and David Nikolic. Photographs courtesy of Trevor Thompson, Warren DeJardin, Jeff Golden, Joe Raymond, Marcus Snowden, Kevin Conway, Milwaukee Conven- tion and Visitors Bureau and UWM Photographic Services. Printing by Commercial Communications, Inc. of Hartland, Wis. 22008008 SSeniorseniors 2009 NCAA Tournament • Nine-Straight Horizon League Championships www.uwmpanthers.com 2009 Milwaukee Women’s Soccer Media Guide 22009009 PRREVIEWEVIEW 2009 Rosters 2 Numerical Roster # Name Year Position Height Hometown/High School Pronunciation 1 Jamie Forbes Fr. GK 5-11 St. Charles, Ill./North 2 Mary Wandolowski So. D/MF 5-3 Aurora, Ill./Batavia 3 Kera Modell Fr. MF/D 5-7 Cedarburg, Wis./Cedarburg Kara mo-DELL 4 Nicole Munnelly Fr. D 5-8 Portmarnock, Ire./St. Dominic’s mun-NELL-ee 5 Nicole Hirsch Jr. F 5-5 Brookfi eld, Wis./Central 6 Heather Roadhouse Jr. MF 5-5 Brookfi eld, Wis./Central 7 Nicole Sperl Jr. D/MF 5-4 Wauwatosa, Wis./West 8 Louise Vraney Sr. F 5-2 DePere, Wis./DePere ver-RAINY 9 Makenzie Gillaspie So. D/MF 5-8 Omaha, Neb./Elkhorn 10 Sarah Hagen So. F 5-11 Appleton, Wis./North 11 Sarah Talbert Jr. MF 5-6 Brookfi eld, Wis./Central 12 Keara Thompson So. MF 5-2 Calgary, Alberta/Bishop Carroll 13 Helen Steinhauser Fr. MF 5-8 Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron 14 Kate Megna Sr. MF 5-8 Middleton, Wis./Middleton MEG-na 15 Kayla DeJardin Sr. D/MF 5-5 Oneida, Wis./Pulaski day-JAR-din 16 Megan Elvington Fr. MF 5-4 Muskego, Wis./Muskego 17 Laurel Ragalie So. F 5-7 Kenosha, Wis./Bradford ra-GAH-lee 18 Libby Cooper Fr. F 5-1 Batavia, Ill./Batavia 19 Leslie Deebach Jr. GK 5-8 Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury DEE-bock 20 Demi Price Fr. MF 5-7 Calgary, Alberta/Centennial dem-ME 23 Sammy Vovos So. F 5-6 Middleton, Wis./Middleton vo-VOSE 24 Alyssa Chamberlain Fr. MF 5-6 DePere, Wis./DePere 25 Erin Kreuser Sr. MF/F 5-4 West Allis, Wis./Hale KROY-zer 26 Hannah Lutz Fr. MF 5-3 West Allis, Wis./Hale 27 Kelly McGrath Jr. MF 5-3 Wauwatosa, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran 30 Gabby Guaiumi Fr. GK 5-9 Mill Valley, Calif./ Tamalpais GWY-oo-mee Head Coach: Michael Moynihan (13th Season) Associate Head Coach: David Nikolic (16th Season) [NIK-o-LITCH] Assistant Coach: Chris Maravalli (3rd Season) [mare-a-VALLEY] Athletic Trainer: Chad Henneberry (2nd Season) Alphabetical Roster 24 Chamberlain, Alyssa MF 14 Megna, Kate MF 18 Cooper, Libby F 3 Modell, Kera MF/D 19 Deebach, Leslie GK 4 Munnelly, Nicole D 15 DeJardin, Kayla D/MF 20 Price, Demi MF 16 Elvington, Megan MF 17 Ragalie, Laurel F 1 Forbes, Jamie GK 6 Roadhouse, Heather MF 9 Gillaspie, Makenzie D/MF 7 Sperl, Nicole D/MF 30 Guaiumi, Gabby GK 13 Steinhauser, Helen MF 10 Hagen, Sarah F 11 Talbert, Sarah MF 5 Hirsch, Nicole F 12 Thompson, Keara MF 25 Kreuser, Erin MF/F 23 Vovos, Sammy F 26 Lutz, Hannah MF 8 Vraney, Louise F 27 McGrath, Kelly MF 2 Wandolowski, Mary D/MF 2009 NCAA Tournament • Nine-Straight Horizon League Championships www.uwmpanthers.com 2009 Milwaukee Women’s Soccer Media Guide 2009 Season Outlook 22009009 PRREVIEWEVIEW Panthers Look To Continue Raising The Bar In 2009 3 Milwaukee reached uncharted territory last season, looking to repeat Success has become a way of life for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s soccer team. Nine-straight Horizon League regular season championships, fi ve NCAA Tournaments in eight seasons and four league tournament titles in that time have contributed to the program’s standard for excellence. But, even by those standards, 2008 was a standout year. Celebrating the 25th year of Milwaukee women’s soccer, the Panthers topped the 24 years it followed. The 2008 Panthers won a school-record 18 games. They spent nine weeks in the national rankings and fi nished ranked No. 24 Erin Kreuser in the nation. Two players earned All-America honors and another signed a gone on and played professionally, so that’s a big void. We’ll see who steps professional contract with Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS). up into that role. It’s going to require some maturity and someone to step in and take the reigns and try to be a leader and see how eff ective they can be “We’re excited,” UWM head coach Michael Moynihan said. “We came off a at that.” successful season last year and we’re excited to get started again. It’s going to be a big test for us, looking at the schedule we are taking on. We’ve made Milwaukee features a strong group of upperclassmen, including four seniors a lot of progress as a program, we think we have the talent to compete with and six juniors. UWM also brought in a talented freshmen class last season these teams and win these games. We’re excited to see if we are there.” that makes up an experienced six-player sophomore class and includes three players that started last season. The team, whose hallmark has always been a stingy defense, put together the most prolifi c off ensive season in school history, scoring 65 goals, tally- “Last season’s seniors, whether they were All-Americans or not, all had im- ing 70 assists and fi nishing with 200 points. Nine players tallied at least 10 pacts in terms of the chemistry and the environment they created,” Moyni- points, including two over 20 points and the nation’s second-leading scorer han said. “It’s always an unknown, from year to year, how it will be handled in sophomore Sarah Hagen. and what kind of maturity the players will show. We need our seniors and juniors, players with experience, to step up and lead the way like our seniors Hagen headlines the eight returners and 16 letterwinners back in 2009. The did last year. Drea (Wisniewski), Beth (Steuer) and Jodi (Klagos), you couldn’t returning corps accounted for 56 goals, including a school and league-record ask for better role models in some respects.