CAPTAINS FIELD - SOCCER POMOCO STADIUM - FOOTBALL FREEMAN CENTER - BASKETBALL & VOLLEYBALL JAMES T. & SARAH C. EYRE COURTS - TENNIS CAPTAINS TURF FIELD - FIELD HOCKEY & LACROSSE CAPTAINS PARK - BASEBALL CAPTAINS PARK - SOFTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY Location ............................................................. Newport News, Va. Department Phone .................................................... 757-594-7025 Founded ...................................................................................1961 Department Fax ........................................................ 757-594-7839 Enrollment ...............................................................................5,000 Website ...........................................................www.CNUsports.com Nickname ........................................................................... Captains Senior Director of Athletic Communications Colors ............................................................ Royal Blue and Silver Francis Tommasino .................................................... 757-594-7884 Conference ...............................................................Capital Athletic Director of Sports Information Home Field ................................................................Captains Field Rob Silsbee ................................................................ 757-594-7382 President ......................................................Sen. Paul S. Trible, Jr. Assistant Director of Sports Information Director of Athletics ..................................................Kyle McMullin Kenny Kline ................................................................ 757-594-7886 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017 CNU WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE ATLANTIC ORTHOPAEDIC TOURNAMENT COACHING STAFF Head Coach Dan Weiler .....................................2 9/1 vs. Trinity (Texas) Virginia Beach, Va. 5:00 p.m. Assistant Coaches ..............................................3 9/2 vs. Catholic Virginia Beach, Va. 6:00 p.m. 2017 SEASON 9/5 at Virginia Wesleyan Virginia Beach, Va. 7:30 p.m. Season Schedule ...............................................1 Photo Roster .......................................................4 9/8 Cal Lutheran Captains Field 7:30 p.m. Season Preview ..................................................6 Veterans .............................................................7 9/10 Methodist Captains Field 1:30 p.m. Newcomers .......................................................23 9/15 at Emory Atlanta, Ga. 7:00 p.m. OPPONENTS 9/17 vs. Berry Atlanta, Ga. 12:00 p.m. Capital Athletic Conference Opponents ............26 PG. 5 - MEET THE CAPTAINS Non-Conference Opponents .............................27 9/20 Roanoke Captains Field 5:00 p.m. Capital Athletic Conference ..............................28 9/23 at York (Pa.)* York, Pa. 4:00 p.m. 2016 SEASON IN REVIEW 9/30 Wesley* Captains Field 2:00 p.m. 2016 Recap ......................................................30 2016 Results .....................................................31 10/4 at Southern Virginia* Buena Vista, Va. 5:00 p.m. 2016 Overall Statistics ......................................32 2016 Conference Statistics ...............................33 10/7 Frostburg State* Captains Field 4:00 p.m. CAC Season in Review ....................................34 10/11 St. Mary’s (Md.)* Captains Field 7:00 p.m. CAPTAINS HISTORY 10/14 Penn St. Harrisburg* Captains Field 5:00 p.m. All-Time Records ..............................................36 Match Records .................................................37 10/18 at Salisbury* Salisbury, Md. 3:00 p.m. Season Records ...............................................38 Career Records ................................................39 10/21 at Mary Washington* Fredericksburg, Va. 1:00 p.m. Records by Class .............................................40 Team Records ..................................................41 10/25 Marymount* Captains Field 7:00 p.m. Year-by-Year Leaders .......................................42 All-Americans ...................................................43 PG. 35 - CAPTAINS HISTORY CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT All-Time Honors ................................................44 All-Time Roster .................................................46 10/28 CAC 1st Round TBD TBD All-Time Career Statistics .................................48 All-Time Results ...............................................52 10/31 CAC Semifinals TBD TBD All-Time Opponents ..........................................56 NCAA Tournament History ................................57 11/4 CAC Championships TBD TBD Captains Field ...................................................62 WELCOME TO CNU *Capital Athletic Conference Game Athletic Facilities .............................................IFC Christopher Newport University ........................64 Campus Life .....................................................65 Athletic Servies .................................................66 Athletic Facilities ...............................................67 MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS Enriching Experiences ......................................68 Gameday Atmosphere ......................................69 CNU Athletics History .......................................70 The 2017 Women’s Soccer Media Guide is a publication of the Christopher Newport University Depart- Academic Success ...........................................72 ment of Athletic Communications. CNU Sports Live ...............................................73 PG. 63 - WELCOME TO CNU CNU Administration ..........................................74 Editor/Writer: Rob Silsbee, Francis Tommasino, Kenny Kline; Photography: Ashley Oaks-Clary, Patrick Athletics Staff Directory ....................................75 Dubois, Savand Action Photography, University Communications; Cover and Interior Design: Kenny CNU at a Glance ..............................................76 Kline; Printing: Fidelity Printing, Inc. 2017 CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE • 1 • DAN WEILER He now boasts an overall record of 57-16-8 over three years at CNU, for a winning per- centage over 75%. HEAD COACH Weiler has recruited three of the last four CAC Rookies of the Year and has also guided a pair of players to Player of the Year status. He has been on the sidelines as Emma DAN WEILER O’Reilly became the all-time leading scorer in 2013, and again when Victoria Perry sur- passed her mark in 2016. In total, the Captains have garnered nine All-Region accolades MOORHEAD STATE ‘96 under Weiler, while Perry became the first All-American in his tenure following her stellar senior season in 2016. 5TH SEASON Prior to arriving at CNU, Weiler spent the previous 11 years building Concordia College (Minn.) into a regional power- house and consistent national threat. The sixth coach in CNU women’s soccer history, Dan Weiler enters his fifth year at the helm in 2017 with a tremendous start to his coaching career in Newport News. In his first A two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Region Coach of four seasons, Weiler has established the Captains as a dominant player in the Capital the Year in 2009 and 2012, Weiler guided Concordia to the NCAA Tournament in six of his Athletic Conference, while growing the program’s reputation regionally and nationally. final seven seasons with the program, including three trips to the Sweet 16. The 2016 season served as a benchmark year for the Captains under Weiler, as CNU While at the helm of the Cobbers, he compiled an impressive record of 144-58-24 and surged up the national rankings en route to one of the finest years in program history. was named the Conference Coach of the Year on four occasions. During that time, he The Captains won more games, posted the best winning percentage, and tied the re- coached players to 30 NSCAA All-Region honors and five All-American nods. Off the cord for shutouts while en route to winning the team’s first Capital Athletic Conference field, his team earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award every year. He also coached 37 Championship. CNU went 17-3-1 while capturing a fourth straight CAC regular season Academic All-Conference players, four Scholar All-Americans, and two ESPN Academic title, the CAC tournament championship, and a win in the NCAA Tournament for the first All-Americans. time since 2004. His 14-year coaching résumé at Concordia includes two seasons as an Associate Coach For his efforts, Weiler was named the VaSID State Coach of the Year and also collected for both the men’s and women’s teams before taking over as the head coach for the his second CAC Coach of the Year honor. women’s team in 2001. For a span of five seasons (2007-11), Weiler also took the reins of the men’s team, turning around a 3-win squad in 2007 to a 13-win program in 2010. In his first two seasons, Weiler helped guide CNU to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances with a pair of regular season conference championships in the books. The Weiler was also the head girls’ soccer coach at Fargo South High School from 1999- Captains missed the postseason in 2015, but captured a third straight regular season 2006, guiding the Bruins to a state championship in 1999. He earned North Dakota Coach conference title. CNU has been a dominant force in league play, winning over 91% of of the Year honors in 1999, and in 2002, he was named a finalist for the national girls’ high their conference matchups by going 31-2-2