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2021 ILLINOIS SOCCER 2021 SOCCER TABLE OF CONTENTS Demirjian Park 2 Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium3 Head Coach Janet Rayfield 4-7 Rayfield’s Illini Records 7-8 Support Staff 8 Associate Head Coach Jeff Freeman 9 Assistant Lisa Lubke10 Volunteer Assistant Nichole Tiggs10 Numerical and Alphabetical Rosters11 Team Bios 12-26 Naomi Jackson // Julia Cili12 Alyssa Weede // Eileen Murphy13 FIGHTING ILLINI QUICK FACTS Makala Woods // Mackenzie Schuler 14 Location Urbana-Champaign 2020 Overall Record 6-5-1 Alexa Joshi // Peyton Willie15 Enrollment 52,331 2020 Big Ten Record/Finish �����������������������������6-5-1/6th Ashley Prell // Sydney Carste 16 Nickname �����������������������������������������������������Fighting Illini Postseason Finish . N/A Hope Breslin // Aleah Treiterer17 Colors ������������������������������������������������������Orange and Blue Letterwinners Returning/Lost 24/4 Kendra Pasquale // Ella Karolak 18 Conference Big Ten Newcomers 9 Meredith Johnson-Monfort // Zoey Kollhoff19 President Timothy L Killeen Chancellor ��������������������������������������������� Dr Robert J Jones First Year of Soccer ������������������������������������������������1997 Ashleigh Lefevre // Erin McKeown 20 Athletic Director Josh Whitman Soccer Seasons All-Time 25th season in 2021 Lilian Lucas // Angie Galo 21 Home Field �������������������������������������������������Demirjian Park All-Time Overall Record �������������������� 265-191-38 (575) Makena Silber // Joanna Verzosa-Dolezal22 Seating Capacity �����������������������������������������������������1,000 All-Time Conference Record 122-112-24 (519) Katelynn Buescher // Maeve Jones23 Big Ten Tournament Titles 2 (2003 & 2011) Julia Eichenbaum // Summer Garrison24 Head Coach Janet Rayfield Maggie Hillman // Sydney Stephens25 Years at Illinois �������������������������������������� 20th Season NCAA Tournament Appearances 12 Maddie Mariani // Kennedy Berschel 26 Years Overall ������������������������������������������ 26th Season All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 11-12-3 Alma Mater North Carolina ’83 Best NCAA Tournament Finish Elite Eight (2004) Ashley Cathro // Abby Lynch27 Record at Illinois 208-149-35 (575) Last NCAA Tournament Finish �����������Sweet Sixteen (2013) Lauren Stibich . .28 Overall Record 246-202-40 (545) Soccer Address ������������������������ 1700 South Fourth Street 2020 Season in Review29-33 Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater), Experience Champaign, IL 61820 2020 Final Notes 29-30 Jeff Freeman (Missouri State, ‘99), 11th Soccer Phone 217-244-9720 2020 Overall and Big Ten Stats31-32 Lisa Lubke (Radford, ‘12), 3rd Soccer Fax �������������������������������������������������217-244-9759 Big Ten Standings and Awards 33 Nichole Tiggs (Indiana State, '05), 2nd Fighting Illini Team History34-59 Individual Overall Records34-36 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Individual Big Ten-Only Records 36-37 Soccer Contact ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Matt Haufe Team Records . .38 E-mail Address������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������mhaufe2@illinoisedu Miscellaneous Records39-40 Office Phone ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 217-300-4067 Individual Honors41-46 Cell Phone��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 847-650-8426 Illini NCAA Tournament History 47-48 Associate Athletics Director, Athletic Communications Kent Brown All-Time Big Ten Standings/ Big Ten Tournament Records 49 Assistant Athletics Director, Athletic Communications ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Derrick Burson All-Time Series Records 50-53 Assistant Directors of Athletic Communications ���������������������������������������������������������������Brett Moore, Libby Knight Graduate Assistants/Interns ��������������������������������������������Matt Haufe, John Peterson, Sam Anderson, Brandon Perel All-Time Results54-56 Creative Design/New Media Paige Apkarian All-Time Letterwinners57 Office Manager �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Jen Fisher Players by Uniform Number in Illinois History 58-59 Office Phone ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 217-333-1391 Website ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������FIGHTINGILLINIcom Media Guidelines . .60 Facebook facebookcom/IlliniSoccer Radio/TV Roster . 61 Twitter twittercom/IlliniSoccer Instagram ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������instagramcom/IlliniSoccer Mailing Address������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building 1700 South Fourth St, Champaign, IL 61820 2020 ILLINOIS SOCCER RECORD BOOK // 1 FACILITIES DEMIRJIAN PARK Demirjian Park, home of the University of Illinois soccer and men’s and women’s track & field and cross-country programs, was opened to student-athletes, coaches and staff members on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Demirjian Park allows Illinois to host Big Ten and NCAA championship competition in both soccer and track and field It is expected to become a destination location for training and competition by elite and youth athletes from across the state and the Midwest, drawing participants, their families, and fans into the Champaign-Urbana communities The Demirjian family, led by UI alumni Richard Demirjian (LAS, '88) and Kara Demirjian-Huss (ACES, '92), provided a lead gift of $7 million to develop and build Demirjian Park "We believe in Josh Whitman's vision, recognize the opportunity and realize that the time is now to make a difference," Richard Demirjian said "For us, this investment is about a holistic approach to student athletics—providing training, practice and study centers in one state-of-the-art, multi-purpose facility It's also about providing functional, efficient resources to create an interconnected environment and shared home that delivers success in Division I athletics and academics" "This investment links two of our family's philanthropic pillars: education and economic development," said Kara Demirjian-Huss "Not only will it have clear-cut benefits for these University soccer and track and field programs, but it also will provide facilities that can attract national events and regional training We are excited to collaborate with the University on Demirjian Park to create a legacy and deliver the ideal experience to attract student-athletes and wow spectators We foresee a strong economic impact for our region and applaud the University for their widespread vision and strong sense of University and community pride Demirjian Park features two new soccer fields, one for competition and one for practice, and a renovation of the existing track and field complex The project's centerpiece is Demirjian Park Stadium, located between the new soccer fields and the renovated track The stadium directly benefits more than 25 percent of the Fighting Illini student-athlete population by housing team facilities for women's soccer, men's track and field, and women's track and field State- of-the-art amenities include locker rooms, video and meeting rooms, lounge and study spaces, sports medicine and nutrition facilities, and coaches' offices It also contains spaces for visiting teams and officials The track surface at Demirjian Park is known as Gary R Wieneke Track, in honor of Illinois Athletics hall-of-fame track and field coach, Gary Wieneke The naming was a joint gift among several of Wieneke's former Fighting Illini student- athletes, some of whom competed nearly 50 years ago for him, to show their loyalty and admiration for their head coach “Demirijian Park will create a monumental shift in our program and in soccer in this community” head women’s soccer coach Janet Rayfield said “The student athlete experience, the fan experience, and the opportunities for soccer events in this community will all be raised to the next level with this facility We could not be more grateful to the Demirjian Family for this program changing gift” “Wieneke Track at Demirjian Park really is an incredible facility It’s stunning, intimate and highly functional For our staff and student athletes it provides the infrastructure needed for success with all the amenities that will allow us to host some very exciting events and bring people to the