YORK LIONS 2015 YEARBOOK SCHEDULE & STATS 2015 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE 2014 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS DATE OPPONENT TIME DATE OPPONENT RESULTS Sun. Aug. 30 at McMaster 1 pm Sat. Aug. 30 vs. Brock W 4 - 0 Sat. Sept. 5 vs. Brock 1 pm Sun. Aug. 31 vs. McMaster W 2 - 0 Sun. Sept. 6 vs. Windsor 1 pm Sat. Sept. 6 at Algoma W 16 - 0 Thu. Sept. 10 vs. McMaster 5 pm Sun. Sept. 7 at Algoma W 12 - 0 Sun. Sept. 13 vs. Guelph 1 pm Sat. Sept. 13 at Western W 2 - 1 Sat. Sept. 19 at Brock 1 pm Sun. Sept. 14 at Windsor W 5 - 1 Sat. Sept. 26 at Windsor 1 pm Wed. Sept. 17 at Guelph W 1 - 0 Sun. Sept. 27 at Western 12 pm Fri. Sept. 19 at Waterloo W 1 - 0 Thu. Oct. 1 at Laurier 6 pm Sun. Sept. 21 at Laurier T 0 - 0 Sun. Oct. 4 at Guelph 1 pm Sat. Sept. 27 at Brock W 4 - 1 Thu. Oct. 8 vs. Laurier 6 pm Sun. Sept. 28 vs. Laurier L 0 - 1 Sat. Oct. 10 vs. Waterloo 1 pm Sat. Oct. 4 vs. Guelph W 2 - 0 Fri. Oct. 16 at Waterloo 6 pm Sun. Oct. 5 at McMaster T 0 - 0 Sun. Oct. 18 vs. Western 1 pm Sun. Oct. 12 vs. Waterloo W 1 - 0 Sat. Oct. 24 vs. Algoma 1 pm Sat. Oct. 18 vs. Windsor W 3 - 0 Sun. Oct. 25 vs. Algoma 1 pm Sun. Oct. 19 vs. Western L 0 - 1 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE 2014 PLAYOFF RESULTS Sun. Nov. 1 OUA Quarter-finals DATE OPPONENT RESULT Nov. 7 - 8 OUA Final Four Championships (at highest East seed) Wed. Oct. 22 vs. McMaster W 3-0 OUA First Round Nov. 12 - 15 CIS Championships (at University of British Columbia) Sun. Oct. 26 at Laurier L 1-1 (4-2 PK) OUA Quarter-final “ SEASON OUTLOOK The York University Lions women’s soccer team was the most improved The defence is the team’s most veteran group, headlined by three- squad in the OUA last season and this year they will be looking to build time OUA all-star Shannon Wood, as well as Peyton Lozzi and Tomika upon that taste of success with an even better showing. McIntosh. All of them have been with the program for at least three seasons, and the trio is the main reason why the Lions allowed so few The numbers in 2014 were impressive. The Lions tripled their win total goals in 2014. from the previous season, recording 12 in 16 games compared to just four the previous year. They were the best team in the CIS with only Any attacking player that gets past the Lions defence will still be in five goals allowed while at the same time scoring 53, an improvement tough against a goalkeeping tandem that features two tremendous of 30 goals over 2013. options in the returning Courtney Davis and newcomer Taylor Grant. Davis earned the starting job as a rookie last year and finished the sea- In the highly-competitive OUA West Division, those numbers meant a son ranked second in the OUA in goals against average (.034) and third third-place finish and a first-round win over McMaster before a playoff in save percentage (.881). Grant, a local product from Brampton, Ont., exit at the hands of the Laurier Golden Hawks. Despite the impressive was last with the Acadia Axewomen and has also represented Jamaica turnaround, the Lions want to be challenging for top spot and a deeper internationally. playoff run, although head coach Carmine Isacco knows it will be tough again this season. With so much talent available, the Lions will be setting their sights on gelling as a team so they can maximize their abilities as a group. “We are going to focus on every roll of the ball, and we want to be at our best when we need to be,” said Isacco. “Everyone in our division “The strength of our team is the team chemistry,” said Isacco. “ We is improved and every game is going to be a battle. We want to put play together really well and have great understanding on the field. ourselves in a position to be battling for first place at the end of the There isn’t one player who needs to put the team on her shoulders. As season, and we will see where that takes us from there.” long as we all stay on the same page, we will be fine.” The Lions have the talent throughout the line-up to be just as strong The Lions took a big step up the OUA standings last year and are poised this season and there are many key seniors who will lead the squad. to repeat the feat again in 2015. Up front they lost four of their top six scorers but should continue their torrid scoring pace thanks to the return of striker Nour Ghoneim. The reigning OUA West most valuable player, who also earned CIS all- Canadian honours for the first time, ranked third in the conference with 17 goals in 16 games and, throughout her career, has averaged more than one goal per game with 38 tallies in 35 contests. Ready for a breakout season is Christina Morelli, who was tremendous as a rookie in 2014 and added three goals on the year. The middle will once again be ruled by Sarah Wong, an OUA all-star and CIS all-Canadian in each of the last two seasons. She has blossomed into one of the most dominant players in the country and is the first York player to earn back-to-back all-Canadian honours since Stefania Morra in 2007-08. Joining her in the midfield is the consistently steady Marilyn Grammenopoulos, who earned OUA all-star honours for the first time last season, and a new face in Kristen Riquelme, a former member of the U20 Chilean national team. We are going to focus on every roll of the ball, and we want to be at our best when we need to be. Everyone in our division is improved and every game is going to be a battle. “ CARMINE ISACCO - HEAD COACH 2014THE COACHESSTATISTICS REGULAR SEASON SCORING LEADERS REGULAR SEASON GOALKEEPERS NAME GP G NAME GP GA SO W - L - T Nour Ghoneim 16 17 Courtney Davis 15 5 8 11-2-2 Aisha Lewis 16 6 Tamara Orlando 2 0 1 1-0-0 Colleen Beesley 14 6 Stephanie Caruso 9 5 Christina Morelli 16 4 PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS Adeife Adekusibe 12 3 NAME GP G Charlene D’Mello 16 2 Shannon Wood 16 2 Nour Ghoneim 2 2 Magda Blakeson 2 1 Charlene D’Mello 1 1 Daniella Bonazza 1 1 Christina Morelli 2 1 Marilyn Grammenopoulos 16 1 Taylor Lyons 14 1 Samantha Marini 9 1 PLAYOFF GOALKEEPERS Alessia Mattucci 4 1 NAME GP G SO W - L - T Francesca Pedulla 12 1 Bria Williams 16 1 Courtney Davis 2 1 1 1-1-0 CIS TF ad Proudly sponsored by York University Food Services THE COACHES Carmine Alex ISACCO MASTER COACH FOGOLIN ASSISTANT COACH Carmine Isacco was named the head coach of the Alex Fogolin joined the Lions coaching staff in 2014 Lions men’s soccer team in 2007 and has built the after spending last year as an assistant with the program into one of the best in the CIS. He is now Ryerson Rams. She is also currently coaching the the master coach of York’s soccer program, over- U16 girls in the ACES academy. seeing both the men’s and women’s teams, a role he assumed in 2011. Fogolin played for the Bolton U21 team in the On- tario Women’s Soccer League (OWSL), reaching the With the men’s soccer team, Isacco is a five-time league finals in three of her four seasons. She then recipient of the OUA coach of the year award, including the three-time went on to play for the Western Mustangs, where she graduated with reigning recipient (2007, 2010, 2012-14), is a two-time CIS coach of the a degree in kinesiology, before playing professionally in Germany with year (2007, 2014) and a two-time York coach of the year (2010, 2014). SGS Essen. Isacco joined the Lions after spending two seasons as the head coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, where he led the team to a Olivia pair of OUA silver medals and a CIS silver medal in 2005. His coach- LUKASEWICH ASSISTANT COACH ing career has also seem him claim a national championship with the Hearts-Azzurri S.C. in the U18 division. As a player, Isacco took to the Olivia Lukasewich joined the Lions coaching staff in pitch at the University of Maryland, where he was named a freshman 2014 and brings to York plenty of experience as a all-American and a three-time all-ACC first team member. In 1993 he varsity student-athlete. After playing in the Ontario participated in the World University Games. Youth Soccer League (OYSL) growing up, she earned a full scholarship to Louisiana Tech University After graduating with a bachelor of arts degree from Maryland, he (2008-12), an NCAA Division I school. She played in turned professional and played four seasons with the Toronto Italia every game over her four-year career at LA Tech at Soccer Club in the National Soccer League (NSL). In his first season both forward and defence, earning all-Louisiana first-team honours in with the club he was named goalkeeper of the year and he also re- her senior season and academic all-WAC honours four times, while also ceived Canadian all-star status three times.