Adelphi University Women’s Soccer 2015 NCAA Championship Tournament Third Round vs. Bridgeport Friday, November 20 Bridgeport, Conn. Adelphi in the NCAA’s who received player of the year and defen- 2015 Adelphi University 2015 marks the 13th NCAA Tournament sive player of the year respectively. Women’s Soccer appearance in women’s soccer program Quick Facts history and the first since 2013. The Pan- Head Coach Brooke DeRosa thers advanced to today’s round with a 1-0 Adelphi University Director of Athletics and Adelphi University Location: Garden City, N.Y. win against Philadelphi in Round Two last Recreation, Danny McCabe announced on Founded: 1896 Sunday. April 30, 2015 that Brooke DeRosa would Enrollment: 7,610 be the women’s soccer programs seventh President: Dr. Christine M. Riordan The Panthers make their return after a one head coach, bringing over 10 years of Athletic Director: Danny McCabe Conference: Northeast-10 year hiatus and look to improve upon their experience as a player and coach at both the Home Field: Motamed Field 10-11-3 tournament record and start the collegiate and professional levels. Affiliation:NCAA Division II tournament off right against Saint Rose. Nickname: Panthers DeRosa brings more than 10 years of coach- School Colors: Brown and Gold Athletic Dept. Phone: (516) 877-4240 Back in 2004, the Brown and Gold enjoyed ing experience from both the youth and col- their best season to date after rolling through legiate levels and spent the past two seasons Women’s Soccer Staff Information the first two games to be crowned Re- as an assistant coach at St. John’s University. Head Coach: Brooke DeRosa gional Champions; their third straight. They During that time she helped the Red Storm Record at School: First Year Career Record: First Year advanced to the Elite-8 where they got by to appearances in the BIG EAST Tourna- Women’s Soccer Phone: (516) 877-4307 Franklin Pierce on penalty kicks, and then Assistant Coaches: Paul Yarde, Samantha Jehle, won their semifinal game by a score of 2-1 Adelphi Women’s Soccer Raeana Georgopoulos and Mervin Shade. to Carson-Newman. They would eventually NCAA Tournament Athletic Media Relations settle for National Runner up after suffering Assoc. AD/Media Relations: Adam Siepiola a 3-2 loss to Metro State in the final minutes. Game-by-Game History Office Phone:(516) 877-4293 Div. II NCAA Tournament History Email: [email protected] Adelphi made their first NCAA Tourna- Overall Tournament Record: 11-11-3 Sports Information Director: Pat McWalters Year Opponent Result Score Office Phone: ment appearance in 1989 but lost in the first (516) 877-4236 1989 Barry University Lose 4-0 Email: [email protected] round to Barry University, 4-0. It marked the Graduate Assistant: Victoria Chiesa first of four straight berths. However, their 1990 Keene State Tie (lost on PK’s) 1-1 1991 Keene State Win 1-0 Office Phone:(516) 877-3774 first NCAA win did not come until 1991 Email: [email protected] Sonoma State Lose 1-0 Office Fax:(516) 877-4237 when they exacted revenge against Keen 1992 Sonoma State* Win 3-1 Website: www.AUPANTHERS.com State, who had beat them the year prior, and Barry University Lose 3-2 Mailing Address: 1 South Ave. earned the 1-0 victory. 1996 Bloomsburg Lose 2-0 Garden City, N.Y. 11530 1997 East Stroudsburg Win 3-1 Women’s Soccer Contact: Pat McWalters Recent Accolades Franklin Pierce Lose 2-1 Women’s Soccer History Among the Northeast-10 All-Conference 2002 Bloomsburg Win 2-1 First Year as a Varsity Sport: 1982 and major award winners, the women’s Lock Haven# Tie (Win on PK’s) 0-0 All-Time Varsity Record/Years: 381-165-51/36 soccer team took home their fair share of Franklin Pierce Lose 2-1 All-Time NE-10 Record/Years: 38-26-11/5 2003 Kutztown Win 4-0 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last: 13/2015 hardware with 12 accolades. West Chester# Win 4-1 Franklin Pierce Lose 2-1 Headlining the winners was DeRosa who 2004 Indiana (PA) Win 2-0 2015 Team Information earned NE-10 Coach of the Year, and fesh- LIU-Southampton# Win 5-1 Overall Record: 18-2-2 NE-10 Regular Season Record: 12-0-2 man Anne Marie Ulliac who was named the Franklin Pierce Tie (Win on PK’s) 2-2 Postseason: NE-10 Champions NE-10 Goalkeeper of the Year to go along Carson-Newman* Win 2-1 Starters Returning/Lost: 11/3 with an All-Conference First-Team nod. Metro State Lose 3-2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 22/7 2005 West Chester Lose 2-0 Latest National Ranking: #12 Additionally, Antonino, Gomez, Groth and 2007 Slippery Rock Lose 2-0 2013 Mercy Win 5-0 Salmon earned a spot on the First-Team, 2013 Saint Rose Lose 2-0 Santoro was named to the Second-Team and 2015 Philadephia Win 1-0 Malles was a Third-Team member. Round- #NCAA Northeast Regional Champion ing out the awards was Gomez and Groth *NCAA Final Four Appearance ment semifinals and an NCAA berth in 2013, where the program notched its first ever NCAA Tournament win over the University of Central Florida, 3-1. Prior to her stint with the Red Storm, DeRosa was an assistant coach for her alma mater, Hofstra University, where she was an All-Amer- ican in 2007. During the 2012 season she helped lead the Pride to a Colonial Athletic Association championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. DeRosa gained experience as a head women’s soccer coach at Nas- sau Community College walking their sidelines from 2011-2012. During her one year at Nassau CC she coached the Lions to an 8-5-3 record and saw eight players earn All-Region XV honors, including five first team selections. Before her year with Nassau CC, she served as head junior varsity coach at Calhoun High School in Bellmore, New York. Adelphi Among the NE-10 Ranks GAME-WINNERS Additionally, DeRosa’s other coaching experience includes serving as a trainer Laura Gomez - 1st - 7 for Intense Soccer Academy, Soccer Tots and various soccer clubs around Kelsey Malles - T-7th - 3 Long Island. She also served as a counselor for the Long Island Rough Riders GOALS Soccer Camp for nine years. Laura Gomez - 1st - 12 DeRosa’s playing career began at Syracuse, where she was a BIG EAST All- ASSISTS Rookie selection in 2002 as a midfielder/defender. DeRosa played three years Jeanine Nunez - T8th - 5 with the Orange before transferring back to Long Island to play for the Hofstra Kelsey Simpon - T8th - 5 Pride. POINTS Laura Gomez - 3rd - 28 Adelphi / Philadelphia History SAVE PERCENTAGE A 2-1 victory for the Purple Knights earlier this year tied the all-time series Anne Marie Ulliac - 5th - .848 record between the two teams at 6-6-1. Prior to this season, the two teams last faced off in the ECC Tournament of 2008, with Bridgeport claiming a 2-1 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE win on November 7. In 2006, Adelphi claimed a shootout victory against the Anne Marie Ulliac - 1st - 0.54 Purple Knights after a 1-1 draw in regular play to earn the ECC Champion- SHUTOUTS ship. Anne Marie Ulliac - 1st - 12 Season Recap TEAM Shutouts - 1st - 12 After starting out the year 1-2 that included losses to two Tournament team, Corner Kicks - 2nd - 115 Armstrong Atlantic and Bridgeport, the Panthers have gone unbeatan in their Assists - 2nd - 34 last 18 match that includes a current 12-game winning streak that helped bring Goals - 2nd - 47 the Northeast-10 Conference Regular Season and Championship trophies to Garden City. The two losses were both by a single goal while Adelphi has averaged 2.19 goals per-game compared to 0.57 allowed to opponents. The 12-0-2 conference record helped bring the first NE-10 Regular SeasonTitle in program history, highlighted by a 1-0 victory against then ranked 10th Saint Rose as Morgan Santoro scored in the 86th minute to lift the Panthers. Meeting again in the NE-10 Title Game, Adelphi again came away with a 1-0 win against the Golden Knights thanks to a 60th minute goal from Laura Gomez. With the conference title and in-region record, the Brown and Gold earned the second seed in the East Region as Bridgeport was selected the one seed. A goal in the 60th minute during Sunday’s NCAA Second Round matchup against Philadelphia propelled the Panthers to today’s match. df sdf sdf asdf asdf asdf University of dsaf Bridgeport 19-1-1 (Member of the ECC) The Purple Knights advanced to today’s Third Round of the NCAA Tournament after up- ending LIU Post 1-0 in the Second Round. Bridgeport earned a bye into the Second Round as the top seed in the East Region. Both the regular season and tournament champions, the Purple Knights won the ECC Championship final by a score of 4-0 against Roberts Wesleyan back on Saturday, November 7. The same two teams ended the The Rivalry month of October with a 1-1 draw in Rochester, the only tie on Adelphi vs. Bridgeport the season for Bridgeport. The team’s only setback on the year came out of region at Saint Edward’s, falling 2-0 back on Sunday, September 20. All-Time Series: Tied 6-6-1 Similar to the Panthers, Bridgeport claimed four major awards Last 10 Meetings during their All-Conference selections. Nicola Washington was Date Winner Score Date Winner Score selected the Defensive Player of the Year along with Goalkeeper 9/9/15 Bridgeport 2-1 10/7/06 Bridgeport 3-0 of the Year going to Jennifer Wendelius and Jess Laszio being 11/7/08 Bridgeport 2-1 10/1/05 Adelphi 3-0 named Rookie of the Year.