Carolina Women’s Soccer • General Information 2009 UNC Soccer Media Guide Table of Contents Carolina Quick Facts 2009 Senior Class .............................FrontCover Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Celebrating UNC’s 2008 NCAA Championship . .Inside Front Cover Established: December 11, 1789 Table of Contents, Quick Facts, Credits, Website Info, Nike Info . .1 Enrollment: 28,136 (17,895 undergraduate, 8,275 postgraduates) 2009 Roster ...........................................2 Chancellor: Dr. Holden Thorp 2009 Schedule ........................................3 Director of Athletics: Dick Baddour 2009 Outlook ..........................................4 Senior Women’s Administrator: Beth Miller WinForeverFund......................................7 National Affiliation: NCAA Division I 2008 National Championship Season Review ................8 Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference 2009 Player Biographies ................................12 Nickname: Tar Heels Head Coach Anson Dorrance ............................36 Mascot: Rameses the Ram (both live and costumed) Chief Assistant Coach Bill Palladino .......................40 School Colors: Carolina Blue and White Assistant Coach Chris Ducar ............................41 Athletic Department Website: www.TarHeelBlue.com Carolina Women’s Soccer Staff ..........................42 Carolina Women’s Soccer Information Carolina Women’s Soccer History ........................43 Head Coach: Anson Dorrance (North Carolina, ‘74) Tar Heel Historical Honor Roll of Awards ...................50 Record at UNC and Overall Coaching Record: 673-33-21 (has com- Year-by-YearGameResults.............................56 pleted 30 seasons, 1979-2008) SeriesRecords.......................................60 Dorrance’s Office Phone: (919) 962-5491 Carolina Women’s Soccer Record Book ....................62 Women’s Soccer Office Fax: (919) 962-4038 Year-by-Year Records, Significant Dates in UNC History .......65 Chief Assistant Coach: Bill Palladino (North Carolina ‘73) Carolina In Tournament Play .............................66 Palladino’s Office Phone: (919) 843-8654 UNC’s Retired Numbers ................................67 Goalkeeper Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Chris Ducar (Missouri Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders, UNC in Overtime Games .....68 ‘90) All-Time Letter Winners .................................69 Ducar’s Office Phone: (919) 843-8655 UNC and the U.S. Women’s National Team .................70 Director of Women’s Soccer Operations: Tom Sander Player of the Year April Heinrichs .........................72 Sander’s Office Phone: (919) 962-4100 Player of the Year Shannon Higgins .......................73 Women’s Soccer Administrative Assistant: Delaine Marbry U.S. National Team Captain Carla Overbeck ................74 Marbry’s Office Phone: (919) 962-5220 Player of the Year Kristine Lilly ...........................75 Home Stadium & Playing Surface: Fetzer Field (Natural Grass Field) PlayeroftheYearMiaHamm............................76 Fetzer Field Capacity: 6,000 PlayeroftheYearTishaVenturini.........................77 Fetzer Field Press Box Phone: (919) 962-1460 Player of the Year Debbie Keller ..........................78 National Championships Won: 20 (19 NCAA, 1 AIAW) Player of the Year Robin Confer ..........................79 Overall Atlantic Coast Conference Championships Won: 20 (begin- PlayeroftheYearStaciWilson...........................80 ning in 1987, every year but 1988 and 2004) Player of the Year Cindy Parlow ..........................81 2008 Overall Record: 25-1-2 PlayeroftheYearLorrieFair ............................82 2008 ACC Record: 9-0-1 (First Place) Player of the Year Meredith Florance ......................83 2008 ACC Tournament Finish: ACC Champion Player of the Year Catherine Reddick ......................84 2008 NCAA Tournament Finish: NCAA Champion Player of the Year Lindsay Tarpley ........................85 Starters returning/lost from 2008: 8/3 Player of the Year Heather O’Reilly ........................86 Women’s Soccer Athletic Training Staff: Nicole Fava, Eric Bengtson, PlayeroftheYearYaelAverbuch .........................87 Amy Fraley, Hayley Root Tar Heels In The WPS ..................................98 Team Physician: Tom Brickner UNC Athletic Department ...............................89 Orthopedic Surgeon: Alex Creighton Fetzer Field & McCaskill Soccer Center ....................90 Managers: Rebecca Crabb, Barkley Minton, Kylie Watt, Stephanie Tan, The University of North Carolina, The Town of Chapel Hill ......92 Tom Soker, Corey Johnson, Mak Karigan Carolina Athletic Tradition ...............................94 Academic Advisor: Brent Blanton Carolina Athletic Department, Student-Athletes Services .......96 Strength & Conditioning Coach: Greg Gatz Educational Foundation ................................98 Compliance Directors: Susan Maloy, Lance Markos Anson Dorrance’s 20 National Championships .......BackCover UNC Athletic Communications Staff Associate Athletic Director for Communications: Steve Kirschner TarHeelBlue.com: Primary Women’s Soccer Contact: Associate Athletic Communica- Official Home of the Tar Heels On the World Wide Web tions Director Dave Lohse (33rd year at UNC) Media and fans can follow the Carolina women’s soccer team and the entire UNC Email address: [email protected] athletics program from anywhere in the world on the official world wide web site of Office phone: (919) 962-7257; Office fax: (919) 962-0612 North Carolina athletics. TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results, fea- tures, podcasts, media guides and game notes plus much more for all 28 of Car- Cell Phone: (919) 641-4128 olina’s varsity sports. TarHeelBlue.com is a partner in CBS College Sports’ Online Student Assistants for Women’s Soccer: Charlie Hulme, T.J. Scholl program based in Carlsbad, Calif. and New York, N.Y. Based on average hits and Mailing address: P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 individual page views, TarHeelBlue.com ranks as the most popular site in the CSTV Shipping address: 300 Bowles Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 family of college websites. Onsite coordinators for TarHeelBlue.com are Matt Bowers and Kevin Best of the Athletic Communications Office. 2009 Women’s Soccer Media Guide Nike Supports UNC Athletics Photos taken and provided by Jeffrey The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Nike A. Camarati, Grant Halverson, Shane Inc. signed a new 10-year contract for Nike to be the ex- clusive supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and acces- M. Lardinois and from other sources sory products to the Tar Heels effective July 1, 2008. Nike provided through the years for Car- will provide the athletic department with shoes, uniforms, olina’s historical archives. Covers de- coaching gear, balls and other equipment. In addition to signed by associate athletic the apparel and equipment, which constitutes the majority communications director Dana Gelin. of the value of the contract, Nike will give the University $2 million to the Chancellor's The 2009 UNC women’s soccer media Academic Enhancement Fund. Chancellor Holden Thorp says he will direct the funds guide was written and edited by Dave to faculty support. Nike will also provide support for team tours, travel and hosting regular-season tournaments in several sports. The athletic department will also re- Lohse, Associate Director of Athletic ceive $1 million for signing the contract, with those funds being used to overhaul Communications. lighting and sound at the Dean E. Smith Center. 2009 North Carolina Women’s Soccer Media Guide • Page 1 2009 Roster • Carolina Women’s Soccer No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Hometown High School 0 Monica Welsh-Loveman 5-8 G Jr. Wellesley, Mass. Wellesley 00 Alyssa Rich 5-5 F Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio Milford 1 Amanda Tucker 5-8 G Jr. Seminole, Fla. Seminole 4 Meghan Klingenberg 5-2 M Jr. Gibsonia, Pa. Pine Richard 6 Brittani Bartok 5-7 F So. Union, N.J. The Pingry School 9 Whitney Engen* 5-7 D Sr. Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Palos Verdes Peninsula 10 Erin Mikula 5-6 M So. New Richmond, Ohio New Richmond 11 Merritt Mathias 5-6 F So. Birmingham, Ala. Oak Mountain 12 Lucy Bronze 5-8 D Fr. Northumberland, England Dutchess’s Common 16 Rachel Givan 5-5 D Jr. Ridgeland, Miss. Ridgeland 18 Ashlyn Harris 5-9 G Sr. Satellite, Beach, Fla. Satellite 21 Hannah Daly 5-8 G Fr. Stateline, Nev. George Whittell 22 Amber Brooks 5-6 M/D Fr. New Hope, Pa. Pennington School (N.J.) 23 Caroline Boneparth* 5-6 F/M/D Sr. Lawrence, N.Y. Lawrence Woodmere Academy 26 Nikki Washington 5-4 M Sr. Mesquite, Texas Spring Creek Academy 30 Ranee Premji 5-2 M Fr. Calgary, Alberta Edge School for Athletes 32 Kristi Eveland 5-10 D Sr. Southlake, Texas Carroll 36 Ashley Moore 5-0 F Sr. Clifton Park, N.Y. Shenendehowa 37 Sterling Smith 5-7 F Sr. Chapel Hill, N.C. East Chapel Hill 40 Emmalie Pfankuch 5-5 F/D So. Fort Collins, Colo. Fort Collins 42 Megan Brigman 5-8 F Fr. Laurinburg, N.C. Scotland 44 Kim Currie 5-7 M Fr. Lumberton, N.C. Lumberton 46 Kristine Welsh-Loveman 5-8 M Fr. Wellesley, Mass. Wellesley 47 Jessica McDonald 6-0 F Jr. Glendale, Ariz. Cactus 54 Casey Nogueira 5-6 F Sr. Raleigh, N.C. Needham Broughton 71 Katie Lutz 5-6 D Jr. Waxhaw, N.C. Weddington 76 Ali Hawkins* 5-9 M Jr. Encinitas, Calif. La Jolla Country Day 84 Courtney Jones 5-8 F So. Danville, Calif. Monte Vista 89 Katie Klimczak 5-9 F Jr. Elk Grove Village, Ill. Elk Grove Village 91 Maria Lubrano 5-4 M So. High Point, N.C. Wesleyan Christian Academy 98 Tobin Heath 5-6 M Sr. Basking Ridge, N.J. Ridge *Tri-Captains CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER