This Is Bridgewater College

College InformationLocation ...........................................Bridgewater CollegeFounded ...........................................1880Enrollment ........................................1,550Nickname .........................................EaglesColors ...............................................Crimson, Vegas GoldAthletic Affiliation ...........................NCAA Division IIIConference .......................................Old Dominion AthleticPresident ...........................................George E. CorneliusDirector of Athletics .........................Curt Kendall

Women’s Soccer Coaching StaffHead Coach ......................................Mike Van HornWomen’s Soccer Office Phone .........540-828-5409Coach Van Horn Email: ..................mvanhorn@bridgewater.eduAssistant Coaches ............................Brian Turner, Jason Capps

Sports InformationSports Information Director .......... Steve CoxAssistant SID ................................ Tim LeisterSID Phone ..................................... 540-828-5360SID Email ...................................... scox@bridgewater.edu Assistant SID Phone ..................... 540-828-5615 Assistant SID Email ...................... tleister@bridgewater.eduSID Fax ......................................... 540-8285611BC Hotline .................................... 540-828-5649SID Mailing Address..................... Box 107....................................................... Bridgewater College....................................................... 402 East College Street....................................................... Bridgewater, VA 22812Web Site ........................................ www.bridgewatereagles.comWomen’s Soccer Contact .............. Steve Cox

Conference InformationCommissioner ............................... Brad BankstonOffice Phone .................................. 540-389-7373Conference SID ............................. J.J. NekoloffSID Office Phone .......................... 540-387-9073Mailing Address ............................ 402B Idaho St., P.O. Box 971....................................................... Roanoke, VA 24153Conference Fax ............................. 540-389-6196Web Site ........................................ www.odaconline.com

Credits: The 2010 Bridgewater Women’s Soccer Media Guide is a production of the Bridgewater Sports Information Department. This guide was produced, written and designed by Sports Information Director Steve Cox.

Photos provided by Tommy Thompson

After posting the best season in program history a year ago, the Bridgewater College women’s soccer team will look to take the next step in moving up in the ODAC standings.

The Eagles finished the 2009 season with a pro-gram best 13 victories and finished 7-4 in the ODAC.

Duplicating that num-ber of victories will be a tall task as the Eagles will face the toughest schedule in program history during

the 2010 campaign.The program took a big step forward last year,” Eagles head

coach Mike Van Horn said. “We had an all-region player (Megan Groos) for the first time and last year’s team broke nearly all the statistical records.

“I see this season as a transition year,” Van Horn continued. “We’re stepping up in competition, playing more national and regional caliber teams.”

The Eagles return plenty of talent with seven starters return-ing along with several other players who received significant playing time. The Eagles are still a young team, however, as five of the returning starters will be sophomores.

“Last year’s freshman class made a huge impact,” said Van Horn. “We will still be young, but we now have a lot of game experience.”

The Eagles return both goalkeepers – Cari Hensley and Shauna Manovich. The duo split time in the net a year ago and combined for 10 shutouts. “We’re solid at goalkeeper,” said Van Horn. “Both did a good job for us last year.”

On defense, the Eagles return three starters along plenty of depth. Morgan Keplinger, Jessica Palmer and Kelly Purcell each started in 2009. “We have experience and depth in the back,” said Van Horn. “That is definitely are deepest position.”

The Eagles are not as deep in the midfield, but they do return talent with Abby Dehoff, Caroline Banks and Sarah Taylor re-turning. “We have three freshmen coming in who should provide us with quality depth at midfield.”

The Eagles return plenty of firepower up front with all-region performer Megan Groos leading the attack. Sophomores Brittany Harris and Jacey Kelly also return after receiving significant play-ing time. Senior Ashley Andes could also join the mix if she is able to return from injury.

“All of our forwards have proven they could both score and assist,” Van Horn explained. “We’re deep at the forward spot.”

Van Horn also will welcome six freshmen into the fold this season. “The six we are bringing in can play. They will provide competition for our returning players and improve our depth. I

Bridgewater Looking To Take Next Step In Program’s Building Process

can see some of them earning a starting spot and all six will com-pete and should see playing time,” said Van Horn

Bridgewater’s non-conference slate will be extremely tough. The Eagles open against Stevenson, a team they battled to a 0-0 tie with a year ago. At the Elizabethtown tourney the Eagles will play College of New Jersey, a national semifinalist in 2009 and the tough squad from Elizabethtown. At the Mary Washington tournament the Eagles will a play host Mary Washington, a con-ference champion a year ago and Emory, an NCAA caliber team. An improving Shenandoah squad rounds out the non-conference schedule.

“Winning 13 games against this schedule will be a big chal-lenge,” said Van Horn. “Playing a team like New Jersey will show us how far away we are from playing against national level competition. Hopefully, our non-conference schedule will prepare us for conference play.

“Last year we reached a lot of our goals and we bypassed some teams in the conference standings and closed the gap on the top teams in the ODAC,” said Van Horn. “This year we are look-ing to close that gap even more. We were competitive against the top four teams in the ODAC last year. This year we’re looking to take another stop an knock off one or two of the top teams in the ODAC.”

CARI HENSLEY

Jason Capps enters his third season on the Bridgewater College women’s soccer coaching staff as an assistant coach. He will again be in-volved in all aspects of the program.

Capps previously served as a volunteer assistant with the women’s soccer team at Middle Tennes-see State University where he was a member of the 2004 Sun Belt Conference Championship coach-ing staff. He also assisted a local high school team while in Tennessee and coached club teams in Mary-

land, North Carolina, and Tennessee before returning to his home state of Virginia.

Capps is currently the head coach of the girls’ varsity soccer team at Eastern Mennonite High School. In two seasons as head coach of the Flames, Capps has compiled a record of 26-7-1. He ended the 2010 campaign at 14-3-1, dropping only one game all season to a fellow VISAA Division II opponent, a 1-0 loss in the state semi-final match. His tenure has sparked many milestones including maintaining a No. 2 VISAA Divi-sion II state ranking each season, posting a 14-2 record in conference play, and winning back-to-back Blue Ridge Conference championships. Capps has led his team to a victory over a higher division rival for the first time in the school’s history and in two seasons has produced the most VISAA All-State girls’ soccer players in EMHS history.

Capps received his Bachelor of Arts in English, with a minor in Reli-gious Studies, from MTSU in 2008. He currently holds a USSF National “D” license.

Jason Capps, Assistant Coach Brian Turner, Assistant CoachBrian Turner begins his third

season on the Eagles coaching staff as an assistant coach. He will again be involved in all aspects of the program.

During the 2008 season, the goalkeepers recorded more shutouts and allowed two goals or less in 11 of the team’s 19 games. Improving the team’s goalkeeping helped the team earn a second straight trip to the conference tournament.

Prior to joining the Eagles coaching staff, Brian worked with

the JMU men’s team as the volunteer assistant. While at JMU he earned his Master’s Degree in Athletic Administration and Coaching.

Brian received his Bachelor’s Degree from Mary Washington Col-lege in 2000 where he was a four year letter winner with the men’s soc-cer team. During his career, the team earned two conference titles and two trips to the National Tournament in 1996 and 1997. Turner helped the 1997 team advanced to the National Semifinals and finish third in the nation as the second leading scorer with nine goals and four assists.

After graduating from Mary Washington, Brian served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps for four and a half years. He currently resides in Harrisonburg with his wife Jenny and daughter Amelia.

Turner holds a USSF National “B” license as well as a NSCAA National Goalkeeping Diploma.

Mike Van Horn, Head CoachMike Van Horn begins

his third season as head coach of the women’s soccer program at Bridgewater College.

In Coach Van Horn’s second season at the helm, he led the Eagles to a record-setting season. The 2009 squad finished fifth in the nation for most improved program. They also finished in the top 100 in three cat-egories for the first time in program history: most goals scored (50), fewest goals against (61), and overall winning percentage (83).

During the 2009 season the team set new program

records for most shutouts, assists, goals and wins in a season. They also set a new record for the fewest goals allowed during a season. During each of Van Horn’s seasons, the Eagles have significantly reduced the number of goals allowed.

In ’09, the team finished 4th in conference and qualified for the ODAC tournament for the third consecutive year.

In Coach Van Horn’s first season, the team posted four shutouts and gave up 16 fewer goals than the previous campaign. Under his direc-tion, the Bridgewater women’s soccer team tied for the seventh seed in the ODAC tournament, qualifying for the tournament for the second

consecutive season. BC has qualified for the ODAC tournament in each of Van Horn’s two seasons.

Van Horn brings a wealth of coaching experience from the high school, club and collegiate levels to the Eagles’ program.

Van Horn served as the assistant soccer coach/goalkeeper coach for the Bridgewater men’s team. He was responsible for organizing and directing all goalkeeper sessions for the men’s team. He was also involved in many other aspects of the program including the recruiting process. During his three seasons with the team, the Eagles qualified for two ODAC tournaments, including one appearance in the conference semifinals.

Van Horn holds a USSF National “A” license as well as a NSCAA National Goalkeeping Diploma.

Van Horn also coached the girls’ soccer team at Turner Ashby High School for three seasons and led the Knights to one district champion-ship.

From 2003-2005, he served as men’s assistant soccer coach at King’s College in Wilkes Barre, Pa. During his tenure, King’s posted back-to-back, double-digit win seasons for just the second time in col-lege history.

Van Horn graduated from Christopher Newport University with a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science. He earned his Masters of Science in athletic administration from James Madison University.

“My goal,” said Van Horn, “is to develop a soccer culture focused on compassion and respect for each aspect of the game and each student-athlete, while progressively raising the standard of the program and maintaining high academic standards.

Van Horn lives in Harrisonburg with his wife Molly and son, Ayden.

It was a damp, muggy morning when the BridgewaterEagles women’s soccer team took the field for the start ofthe 2009 season.

Smiles, crazy hair, multicolor socks, and nervousenergy abounded. The team motto for the season,“Witness the Rising” was nothing more than a hopeful,yet confident, prelude to the season.

The preseason ran its usual course. Veteran playerssizing up the youngsters, youngsters giving everythingthey have to prove themselves, and everyone leavingspent each day, with three-a-days to start camp and a teambuilding, team bonding trip as a reward in the end. But,even during the first team scrimmage on day one, thecoaching staff observed a shift in direction for theprogram. The newcomers weren’t just provingthemselves, but holding their own, and the returningplayers weren’t going to budge, but instead elevate theirplay. This is what the staff wanted from their first day oncampus, a strong competitive fire throughout the programthat could change the culture, and this was theirfoundation to build upon.

“We were really proud of the hard work that many ofour ladies put in during the offseason,” said head coach,Mike Van Horn. “I know a few girls in particular, forexample, even contacted me over the summer to get tipson furthering their workout. So, that, coupled with ourfirst recruiting class, really began to change the culture ofthe program.”

The team survived preseason, enjoyed whitewaterrafting, and the regular season began. After a thrillingopening match that ended in a double-overtime draw,against eventual CAC runner-up, Stevenson, the Eagleswould then go on a four game winning streak. In theprocess, the Eagles won their own BC InvitationalTournament for the first time in school history, andwithout allowing a goal.With an undefeated record, 4-0-1, all 5 shutouts, theEagles would find their first loss in a very controversialmatch against Meredith, in Greensboro, NC. This wouldbe the first time the Eagles would be scored against andthat wouldn’t happen often, as the team would go on toset a new record for shutouts, 10, breaking the old recordof eight. In turn, the number of shutouts contributed toalso setting another school record, that of allowing theleast goals against at only 17.

The Eagles would respond promptly by defeatingtheir next few opponents, and outscoring the middlesection of their schedule 22-4 while going 5-1, 3-1 in theOld Dominion Athletic Conference.

Perhaps the most exciting moment coming on a game-winning header served from the foot of midfielder KathyBundrick and the head of forward Brittany Harris, withonly 12.7 seconds remaining in the rather defensive matchat Emory & Henry. It was in this stretch that forwardJacey Kelley would garner ODAC Player of the Weekhonors for her performances in wins against Randolph-Macon and Guilford, amounting three goals, one being thegame-winner versus Randolph-Macon. This record-breaking pace would amount to just that as the Eaglesattack would set a new mark for most goals in a season,with 55, and most assists, with 47. As a result of thisproduction, senior Krista Ready would move to fourth all-time in scoring, with 24 goals, and to fourth all-time inpoints, 51, when adding her 3 career assists. Sophomoreforward, Meghan Groos, would climb to fourth all-time inassists with 12, and junior midfielder, Sara Taylor, wouldclaim the third all-time spot on that same list with 13assists.

During the middle of the season, the coaching staffbegan to notice that the competitive fire from thepreseason hadn’t vanished, but was now beginning to bestoked.

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“Witness The Rising”

2009 Season In Review

have them climbing upward. The team earned a seed inthe ODAC Tournament for the third consecutive year, withthis 2009 season providing Bridgewater their best finishand highest seeding in school history at fourth. TheEagles ended the season with the best record in schoolhistory at 13-6-1, the most wins in the history of theprogram. The Eagles improved their record in the ODACas well, upgrading from 4-7 to 7-4, thus breaking the oldrecord for ODAC wins which stood at 6. The team alsohad members honored individually by the ODAC withforward Meghan Groos named to the All-ConferenceSecond Team and defender Kelly Purcell named ODACHonorable Mention.

In the past, a close game with a tough team mighthave been an anomaly. With tight games againstStevenson, Roanoke, Virginia Wesleyan, and Washington& Lee, that is no longer the case for the BridgewaterEagles. The Bridgewater College Eagles have not risenlike a phoenix from the ashes, but rather ascended toheights never mounted. The sparkle in the eyes ofeveryone wearing “Witness the Rising” gear early in theseason has turned to the hardened, steely gaze of aneagle, with talons sharp, now ready to descend on its prey.

Continued from previous pageGoing into the Virginia Wesleyan game, there was a

confidence that had been lacking in the past. A game thatin the past would be competitive possibly until halftimewas now tight throughout. The Eagles would fall short, 2-0, in a closer game than the score would indicate, butamongst those two mistakes something more importantwas found.

“I think what contributed greatly to our success thisseason was the competitive spirit that some playersbrought into the program,” said assistant coach, JasonCapps. “As coaches we’ve seen a lot, so it’s easier to putforth a game plan and be confident of the possibilities.You don’t always get that reflected back from the playerswhen you’re facing a team your school hasn’t defeated.This year we found that and it was refreshing.”

Found it, indeed. The Eagles would next play a teamthey hadn’t defeated in 5 years, cross-town rival, EasternMennonite University. And, after a solid halftime talk,they would take down their rival, 3-1, playing inspiredsoccer while keeping a promise to each other to end thatstreak this season.

In the end, the Eagles have certainly shed thefeathers of the past and are enjoying the new ones that

2009 Season In Review

13 Kathryne GraySenior5-0, DefenderVirginia Beach, Va./ Kellam H.S.Major: Biology

2 Sara TaylorSenior5-7, MidfieldChesterfield, Va./ James River H.S.Major: Nutrition & Wellness

2009: Appeared in 18 matches...started 5 matches...tallied 5 goals with 9 assists on the season...Currently the third all-time leader in assists for the Eagles...2008: Appeared in 19 matches...started 14 matches...tallied 2 goals and 3 assists on the season... 2007: Appeared in 19 matches...started 11 matches...tallied one goal and one assist on the year...

Prep: Was a member of the 2006 and 2007 district champion James River High School soccer teams. Personal: Born January 23, 1989...daughter of Rich and Sherrie Taylor...sister of Rachel Taylor.

2009: Appeared in 8 matches...started 1 match...2008: Appeared in 18 matches...started 11 matches...2007: Appeared in 16 matches...started 5 match-es...tallied one assist...Prep: VHSL State Cham-pionship in 2005 at Kellam High...Regional semifinalist in 2006...District Champi-ons in 2006...All-Academic Team in 2006 and 2007...

Honor Roll all four years...National Honor Society. Personal: Born May 13, 1989...daughter of Charlie and Sharon Gray and Brenda and Mike Riggs...sister of Char-lie...Assistant soccer coach at Fort Defiance High School.

16 Megan GroosJunior5-4, MidfieldLinden, Va./ Warren County H.S.Major: Health & Exercise Science

0 Cari HensleyJunior5-9, GoalkeeperDanville, Va./ George WashingtonMajor: Health & Exercise Science Nutrition & Wellness

2009: Appeared in 15 matches...started 12 matches...Allowed 12 goals in 1,110 minutes played, tallying 50 saves with 3 shutouts...Average goals against stood at 0.97 goals per game, a single season record...2008: Appeared in 11 matches...started 3...Allowed 11 goals and tallied 25 saves in 440 minutes played...Dean’s List... Prep: Lettered in soccer all four years at George Washington High School...Lettered three years in basketball...Also played two years of volleyball and was the student trainer for the football team...

Honor Roll...Advanced Diploma...National Honor Society...Graduated with Distinction. Personal: Born November 10, 1989...daughter of Mrs. Kimberly Hensley (Danville, VA) and Mr. Kim Hensley (Huntsville, AL)...sister of Dalton.

2009: Appeared in 20 matches...start-ed 18 matches...tallied 8 goals with 5 assists...Currently fourth all-time in assists at Bridgewater...Selected to the All-Conference and All-Region teams .2008: Appeared in 16 matches...started 13 matches...Scored 3 goals...Assisted 7 goals..Prep: Lettered all four years of high school soccer at Warren County (Front Royal, VA) and Liberty (Colorado Springs, CO)...Team Captain junior and senior seasons...Appeared on the First team and Second team All-Dis-

trict while at Warren County...Reached the quarterfinals in state tour-nament at Liberty during freshman and sophomore seasons...Second team All-District at Liberty...Lettered two years academically. Personal: Born January 1, 1990...daughter of Ann and Robert Groos...sister of Rob and Tim...Assistant coach for 2009 Blue Ridge Conference Champion Eastern Mennonite H.S. Girls’ Varsity soccer team.

9 Jessica PalmerJunior5-4, DefenderFairplay, Md./ Williamsport H.S.Major: Health & Exercise Science

10 Jessica WamplerJunior5-5, DefenderFulks Run, Va./ Broadway H.S.Major: Business

2009: Started all 20 matches...2008: Started 19 games at sweeper...Played the entire game of each game she appeared in. Prep: Senior season was first team all-county, all-area, all-con-ference, and honorable mention all-state...National Honor Roll, Maryland Distinguished Scholar, Distinguished Honor Roll...was part of the German Honor Society. Personal: Born July 21, 1990...daughter of Susan and Chuck

Palmer...sister of Erin Palmer...cousin Nick Adenhart (Anaheim Angels)...in 2008 earned Dean’s List honors.

2009: Appeared in 12 match-es...started 5 matches...2008: Appeared in 17 match-es...started 12 matches...scored 2 goals on 2 shots for the season... Prep: Four year starter at Broadway High School...Was a member of the first team in school history to reach the regional semifinals. Personal: Born October 10, 1989...daughter of Chuck and Susan Wampler...sister of

Christina Racey, Teddy Wampler and Angela Cave.

5 Caroline BanksSophomore5-3, MidfieldVirginia Beach, Va. Bishop Sullivan Catholic H.S.Major: Psychology Minor: Sociology

6 Abby DehoffSophomore5-4, MidfieldHarrisburg, Pa./ Central Dauphin H.S.Major: Athletic Training

2009: Appeared in 19 matches...started 18 matches...tallied 4 goals and 3 assists on the season...Prep: All-time Scoring Leader at Bishop Sullivan Catholic with 97 goals...Broke both the season and career scoring marks...TCIS Player of the Year junior and senior seasons...VISAA First team All-State 2007, 2008, and 2009...First team All-TCIS all four seasons...First team All-Tidewater junior and senior year...Offensive Player of the Year for three seasons...Played club soccer for Beach

FC...Played basketball for three years. Personal: Born November 28, 1990...daughter of Chuck and Laura Banks...sister of Mandy and Sammy..

2009: Appeared in 18 matches...started 17 matches...tallied 1 goal with 3 as-sists...Prep: Two-time Pennsylvania State Champion at Central Dauphin High School...Scored the game-winning penalty kick to win the state semifinal contest...Team won the District Cham-pionship in 2008...Freshman To Watch...Played club soccer with LDC United, Casa Hmms, Hershey Tidal Force...Distinguished Honors...Honor Roll. Personal: Born October 10, 1990...daughter of Nancy Notarangelo and Jeff Dehoff.

19 Kelly PurcellSophomore5-4, DefenderWestminster, Md./Winters Mill H.S.Major: Health & Exercise Science

14 Jacey KelleySophomore5-1, ForwardRoad Newburg, Pa. /Shippinburg H.S.Major: Health & Exercise

2009: Started all 20 matches...tallied 1 game-winning goal and 1 assist...ODAC All-Conference Honorable Mention...Prep: Second team all-county, first team all-conference her senior sea-son...Captain as a senior...Honorable mention all-county her junior season and second team all-conference...Placed third in the county in the 300 meter indoor county championships...Competed in soccer, softball and track in high school. Personal: Born April 12, 1991...

daughter of Keith and Susan Purcell...sister of Adam.

2009: Appeared in 20 matches...started 7 matches...tallied 6 goals with 4 assists...3 goals were game winners...Prep: Three year All-Conference First Team selection...All-Con-ference Honorable Mention as a freshman...2009 Player of the Year...Led Shippensburg to the school’s first ever district tourna-ment...Lettered all four years of high school play...All-Conference First Team for two years in Field Hockey...Field Hockey Defensive

MVP in 2007...Lettered in field hockey and basketball for three years. Personal: Born June 21, 1991...daughter of Gregory and Car-men Kelley...sister of MacKenna...a health and exercise science major.

15 Cat PadgettSophomore5-7, DefenderBedford, Va./Liberty H.S.Major: Biology

21 Brittney HarrisSophomore5-5, ForwardLaurel, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt H.S.Major: Health & Exercise Science

2009: Started all 20 matches...tallied 9 goals with 5 assists on the year...3 goals were game winners...Prep: 3-time 4A Regional Champion at Eleanor Roosevelt High School...Varsity starter all four years of high school...Prince George County (MD) First team All-County junior and senior seasons...Second team All-County sophomore year...All-Met Honorable Mention team senior year...Team Captain junior and se-nior seasons...Led team to regional finals all four years and won three consecutive regional championships...Voted team

MVP senior season...Won the Maryland State Championship with club team Laurel Lightning in 2009. Personal: Born December 5, 1991...daughter of Bruce and Donna Har-ris...sister of Amanda and Emily...a Health and Exercise Science major.

2009: Appeared in 8 matches...Prep: Earned honorable mention all-district, second team all-district, and first team all-district honors...named to the first team all-region and was an all-state honorable mention...was named most valuable defender...Cross Country most valuable runner...Personal: “Cat” was born Sep-tember 27, 1991...daughter of Oscar and Leslie Padgett...sister of Grafton...a biology major...

26 Jessica SitesSophomore5-2, DefenderStephens City, Va./Sherando H.S.Major: Biology

28 Morgan KeplingerSophomore5-1, DefenderBoonsboro, Md./Williamsport H.S.Major: Health & Physical Education

2009: Started all 20 matches...Scored 1 goal on the year...Prep: At Williamsport High School, named all-county and all-conference first team, all-area second team her junior and senior year...Led team in goals and assists as a junior and senior...All-State nominee her senior year...Captain her senior year...Team captain all four years of club soccer...Club team, Hagerstown Freedom, won division in 2006 and 2007...Four year varsity track, indoor and outdoor...first team all-county and all-conference all four years...2009 Herald Mail Co-Athlete of the Year...2006, 2008, 2009 Outdoor

Track State Champions...2009 Indoor Track State Champions...2008 4x400 relay state champion - school and county record holder at 4:04 outdoors...2009 Indoor and Outdoor 4x800m and 800m state champion...Holds school, county, and Maryland state record in 800m with a time of 2:17...member of the German Honor Society and the Honor Club. Personal: Born February 2, 1991...daughter of Jared and Peggy Keplinger...sister of Colton and Reid.

2009: Appeared in 13 match-es...started 3 matches...Prep: First team all district her senior year at Sherando High...defensive MVP her senior season...2008 District Champi-ons...she tied for most starts as a freshman in high school. Personal: Born May 11, 1991...daughter of James and Brenda Sites...sister of Audra and Jacob Sites.

31 Krissy SnyderSophomore5-7, MidfieldEden, N.C./Morehead H.S.Major:

25 Anna WrightJunior5-4, DefenderDoswell, Va./Patrick Henry H.S.Major: Biology, Education

2009: Appeared in 11 matches...Prep: Captain her junior and senior seasons at Morehead High School...has received best offensive and best de-fensive awards...she achieved all state honors...was voted all conference her final two seasons. Personal: Born April 24, 1991...daughter of Kim and Chip Snyder...sister of Keely and Chase Snyder.

2009: Appeared in 8 matches...2008: Appeared in 8 matches...starting in 3...scored her lone goal of an injury shortened season in a win over Mary Baldwin.Prep: 2nd-team All-District as sophomore at Patrick Henry High School...Honor Roll... Personal: Anna was born June 10, 1990...daughter of Chris and Jean Wright of Doswell, VA...sister of Sarah Jean Wright.

00 Shauna ManovichJunior5-6, GoalkeeperFront Royal, Va./Skyline H.S.Major: Art Minor: Business

2009: Appeared in 11 matches...started 7 match-es...tallied 24 saves on the year with 4 shutouts...Av-erage goals against stood at 1.39 per game...2008: Appeared in 14 matches...started 11 matches...tallied 57 saves on the year...Average goals against stood at 1.8 per game... Prep: Washington Post honorable mention...First

team all-district as sophomore...Second team all-district junior year...Captain junior season...Lettered 3 seasons...Won the U-19 WAGS Division during her senior year... Personal: Shauna was born March 12, 1990...daughter of John and Terry Manovich...twin sister of Danielle...an art major with a minor in business...

22 Ashley AndesSenioer5-2, ForwardFort Defiance, Va./Fort Defiance H.S.Major: Allied Health Science Nutrition & Wellness

2009: Played in 10 games for the Eagles...scored two goals and had one assist on the season.2008: Appeared in 19 match-es...started 9 matches...Scored 8 goals and tallied 2 assists on the year.2007: Appeared in 19 match-es...started 3 matches...Scored one goal and tallied 2 assists.Prep: Second team All-Region in 2006 at Fort Defiance High School...First team All-District

in 2005 and 2006...Honorable Mention in 2004.Personal: Born May 5, 1989...daughter of Joe and Nancy Andes...sister of Courtney and Emily...Assistant soccer coach at Fort Defiance high School...a double major in Allied Health Science and Nutrition and Wellness...Plans to attend nursing school and become a labor and delivery nurse.

Newcomers

18 Melanie WatersFreshman5-5, ForwardPasadena, Md.Chesapeake H.S.

28 Alyssa MonningerFreshman5-6, DefenderBoonsboro, Md.Boonsboro H.S.

26 Sarah ConerFreshman5-3, MidfieldEldersburg, Md.Century H.S.

Prep: First and Second team All-County for track in 2008, 2009, and 2010...2009-2010 First team All-County for soccer...2009-2010 Second team All-State in soccer...Leading goal scorer for entire county and county champi-ons...2008-2009 First team All-County in soccer...Personal: Born March 17, 1992...daugh-ter of Kevin and Wendy Waters...sister of Krystal and Kevin...

Prep: Won county championship at Boonsboro in 2008...2009 All-State Honor-able Mention...First-team All-Area, All-County in 2009...Finalist for Herald Mail Player of the Year in 2009...Team MVP...Captain of her high school and club teams for two years...Personal: Born May 20, 1992...daughter of Raymond and Shawn Monninger...sister of Kaylee and Courtney...a Biology major...

Prep: County Champions, 2009...Region Champions, 2008...Second-team All-Con-ference and All-County...Two year ODP player...Regional Semifinalist...Two-time state champion (Laurel Lightning)...Personal: Born March 31, 1992...daughter of Lee and Barbara Connor...sister of Jenny...uncle Thirsten Peterson played professionally in Sweden...

8 Lauren CaseySophomore5-9, DefenderKingston, R.ISouth Kingston H.S.Prep: 2008 South Kingstown (RI) Girls’ Soccer Division Champions...2008-2009 Rhode Island Interscholastic Sportsmanship Award...2006-2009 Captain, Fortuna FC...Dean’s List...Member of Bridgewater Equestrian...Personal: Born May 5, 1991...daughter of Ter-ence and Patricia casey...sister of Michael and Caroline...father played at University of Rhode Island...

Newcomers

21 Amanda MichaelsFreshman5-6, MidfieldClifton, Va.Centreville H.S.

17 Austin HolleyFreshman5-7, MidfieldDanville, Va.George Washington H.S.

1 Lindsey McDoleFreshman5-5, GoalkeeperRoanoke, Va.Hidden Valley H.S. Prep: Starting goalkeeper for Roanoke-Catholic School for three years...Won the 2010 Region II Championship while starting in goal for Hidden Valley her senior year...Undefeated season in 2009 with Val-ley AFC with zero goals against in regular season play...Blue Ridge Con-ference Second-team All-Conference her freshman and junior seasons at Roanoke-Catholic...Personal: Born January 25, 1992...daughter of Taz and Becky McDole...sister of Brittany McDole...her uncle, Ron McDole, is a former member of the Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills...a Biology major...

Prep: Concord District Champions...Northern Regional Champions...VA State AAA Tournament Final Four...Super-Y North American Finals, 2007-2008 (Washington Freedom)...Super-Y Mid Atlantic Champi-ons, 2007...Varsity Indoor Track...Academic Letter Award...Advanced Placement Studies Award in Math and Science...Al l “A” Honor Roll...Na-tional Honor Society...Social Studies Honor Society...Math Honor Society...Governor’s Academic Excellence Award...Board of Education Scholas-tic Excellence Award...Personal: Born January 29, 1992...daughter of Frank and Cindy Mi-chaels...sister of Kurt...a Biology major...

Prep: Western Valley District ODP player...Danville Blast were the Blue Ridge Classic League regular season champions...Honorable Mention and Second-team All-Western Valley District for soccer and volleyball...Two-time team MVP in volleyball...Two year cap-tain for varsity soccer and volleyball...Graduated in the top ten of her class in 2010...National Honor Society...Personal: Born February 14, 1992...daughter of Ken Holley and Kathy Andrews...sister of Nigel Holley...an Athletic Training major...

The College

College athletics has evolved to the point where total physical preparation is necessary to be successful. Bridgewater employs a five-member athletic training staff. Under the tutilege of Director Barbara Long, the group of Sarah Cook, Chase Hale, Ellen Hicks and Scott Powers serve as Assistant Athletic Trainers for the entire Bridgewater College Athletics Department.

Long is a graduate of Bridgewater College with a degree in Biology; United States Sports Academy with master’s degrees in Sports Medicine and Fitness Management and is currently enrolled in the Doc-tor of Education program in Organzational Leadership at Shenandoah University. She was certified by

the Board of Certification in 1989 and is licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Medicine as an athletic trainer. Her career has had her working with professional and high level amateur athletes at places like the World University Games, US Olympic Training Center, and several professional football camps. She has also served as Head Athletic Trainer at Broadway High School and as clinical ATC for RMH Rehab Services, and Body Ease Physical Therapy, PC. Barbara spent 10 years as a clinical athletic trainer and through this work developed community education presentations and publications dealing with Exercise and Aging, Fall Prevention, Increasing the Functional Limits of Aging, and Children and Sports. Barbara and

her husband, Stuart, reside in the Lacey Springs area with their two children, Tyler and Cassie.Cook hails from Lewiston, Maine. She has a bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training from Colby-Sawyer

College and a Master of Arts degree in Sport Psychology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Sarah spent a summer as the head athletic trainer at J Robinson Intensive Basketball Camps and has experi-ence working with Division I Men’s Ice Hockey and Men’s Gymnastics. She resides in Harrisonburg with her menagerie of small animals. Her primary responsibilities are men’s and women’s soccer and softball.

Hale joined the Bridgewater staff in the spring of 2000 as the Assistant Athletic Trainer. He has a Bach-elor’s degree in Health Science/Athletic Training and a Master’s degree in Health Science Education from James Madison University. Chase is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Education degree from Shenan-doah University in organizational leadership. For two years he was contracted from RMH Rehab Ser-vices, where he also worked within the occupational and physical therapy departments, to provide athletic training services at Bridgewater College. In 2002, Hale moved to a full-time faculty position in the Health and Exercise Science Department where he teaches kinesiology and athletic training courses. In addition to teaching, Professor Hale also serves as the clinical education coordinator for the athletic training education program. His career has had him working with collegiate baseball, football, soccer, and volleyball. Cur-rently, he works with the College’s field hockey, lacrosse, and tennis teams. Hale lives in Grottoes with his wife Ada and their three children Charlie, Stella, and Eliza.

Hicks has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Bridgewater College, and a Master of Educa-tion degree from Northwestern State University in Health Promotion. She was certified by the Board of Certification in 1996 and is licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Medicine as an Athletic Trainer, Pharmacy Technician, and Emergency Medical Technician. Ellen has 11 years clinical athletic training experience; the last ten of those years were with RMH Rehab Services. She has also spent the last nine years working for Rockingham County Public Schools at Broadway High School as the Head Athletic

Trainer. Ellen resides in Port Republic and primar-ily works with Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, and Track & Field.

Powers comes to Bridgewater College with a va-riety of athletic training experience. As a graduate of North Dakota State University and James Mad-ision University, he has spent 27 years working in the clinical and secondary school environments. Athletic training has allowed him to work with several international sports teams in many different countries including the 1996 Olympics Games in Atlanta. Scott resides in Dayton with his wife Pam and their sons, Justin, Jake, Joshua and Jason.

Chase Hale

Scott Powers

Ellen Hicks

Barbara Long

ATHLETIC TRAINING

Sarah Cook

HEAD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR JOE SOLTIS

ASST. STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR STEPHON HEALEY

The mission of the Bridgewater College's Strength and Conditioning Program is to assist BC athletes in enhancing their athletic performance. Our goal is to undertake this mission by reducing the risk of athletic injury, developing the force potential (strength and power) of each athlete, enhancing the specific movement patterns related to their activity and addressing the energy needs for each sport. Ultimately we intend to maximize the athletic potential of each of our student athletes.

Stephon Healey will begin his seventh year as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator. Healey came to the States from London, England. Healey studied as an intern under both Keith Morgan at the National Sports Center in Crystal Palace, London and with Edgar Curtis at the Leeds Rhinos (professional rugby team). Healey has experience in competing and coaching at both Powerlifting and Olympic lifting meets.

Healey played collegiate football at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A graduate from the University of Greenwich (London), Healey has his un-dergraduate degree in Education and Human Movement Studies. Healey is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Certified USA Weightlift-ing club coach.

Joe Soltis is entering his eighth year as the Head Strength and Condition-ing Coordinator at Bridgewater College. Soltis comes to Bridgewater college as a USA Weightlifting Club Coach. He actively competes in Olympic Weight-lifting and won his weight class at the Arnold Classic in 2009.

Soltis played running back for Emory & Henry and spent four years as an assistant coach at Glenvar High School in Salem, Va. from 1990-94.

Soltis is also the Offensive Coordinator for the Bridgewater College Foot-ball team. He resides in Bridgewater and is married to the former April Fifer, a 2004 Bridgewater graduate and a teacher in the Rockingham County Public Schools

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

Celebrating its 35th year of operations, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) is one of the nation’s largest Division III conferences. The 14- member ODAC, including one associate member, stands as the second-largest multi-sport NCAA Division III conference in the country.

The league was formed on May 18, 1975 as the Virginia College Conference and began operations in September of 1976. (The name change to Old Dominion Athletic Conference became effective January 1, 1976). Charter members were eight colleges located in the state of Virginia: Bridgewater College, Eastern Mennonite College, Emory & Henry College, Hampden-Sydney College, Lynchburg College, Randolph-Macon College, Roanoke College and Washington and Lee University. From its initial year of operation through the 1981-82 academic year, the ODAC sponsored competition in 10 men’s varsity sports, including football, soccer, and cross country in the fall; basketball, wrestling, and indoor track and field in the winter; and baseball, golf, tennis, and outdoor track and field in the spring. Women’s sports were added prior to the 1982-83 school year. Today, the ODAC has grown to Sponsor championships in 22 sports (10 men and 12 women) and houses nine full-time coeducational institutions with four single-gender schools making up the current 13 full-time members. The confer-ence expanded in the late 1980s, early 1990s and most recently in 1999. Virginia Wesleyan became the 13th member of the conference in 1988 and began full-scale competition in the league in the 1989-90 academic year. Guilford College, voted into the conference in the spring of 1990, began competing for conference championships in the 1991-92 season. The Catholic University of America (DC) was accepted for associate membership in football on January 12, 1999.

Over the past 16 years the conference and the City of Salem, Va., have gained national attention through hosting five NCAA Division III championships in football, men’s basketball, softball, base-ball, women’s lacrosse, and volleyball. The growing list of titles passed out in Salem began in the fall of 1993 with the DIII Football Championship. Through the 2008-09 academic year, the conference and city have hosted 46 NCAA Division III Championships since the ‘93 Stagg Bowl. This year, the two will serve as hosts to the DIII football and men’s basketball championships.

CommissionerBrad Bankston

Asst. CommissionerJ.J. Nekoloff

Director of Championships

Mollie Robertson

Mary Jane EsperitiAdministrative

Assistant