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University of Bridgeport ...........................................................4LIU Post ........................................................................................5Mercy College .............................................................................6Roberts Wesleyan College ........................................................7

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UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORTNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School00 Jennifer Wendelius Fr. GK 5-6 Lidingo, Sweden/Hersby Gymnasium1 Melanie Ziegner Fr. GK 5-8 Munster, Germany/Immanuel-Kant Gymnasium2 Lauren Mengel Jr. B 5-2 Gilbertsville, Pa./ Boyertown Area HS4 Julia Weidenmark Jr. M/F 5-10 Varnamo, Sweden/ Finnvedens Gymnasium5 Hanne Neby Jr. M/F 5-7 Furnes, Norway/U of Texas at Brownsville6 Rebecka Ronnegard Fr. B 5-4 Norrkoping, Sweden/De Geergymnasiet7 Gabby Reis Sr. M/F 5-1 West Haven, Conn./ West Haven HS8 Nicola Worthington Jr. B/M 5-7 Cholley, England/ Bishop Rawstorne HS9 Flo Gamby Sr. M 5-5 Goffs Oak, England/ Thurstable School10 Amanda Moura Jr. F 5-6 Belo Horizonte, Brazil/ Colegio Soma11 Jess Laszlo Fr. F 5-9 Stamford, Conn./ Westhill HS13 Stephanie Vahos Jr. B 5-4 Shelton, Conn./ Shelton HS14 Marieke Kramer Fr. M/F 5-7 Megchelen, Netherlands/Almende College Isala16 Catalina DelMoral Fr. M 5-5 San Antonio, Tex./Southeast HS18 Nicole Greenwald So. M 5-5 Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur HS19 Teriana Liovvi Sr. F 5-4 Oxford, Conn./ Holy Cross HS20 Kendra Fitzpatrick Fr. B 5-5 Darien, Conn./Darien HS21 Julia Navarro Sr. B/M 5-3 West Haven, Conn./ West Haven HS22 Ariana Weingrad So. M 5-2 Hicksville, N.Y./Division Ave. HS23 Daniela Varela Jr. M/F 5-5 Danbury, Conn./ Danbury HS24 Alison Dowdle So. M 5-3 Brooklyn, N.Y./Long Island City HS 26 Carolina Rico So. F 5-5 North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen HS29 Hailey Marquis So. F 5-3 Middlebury, Conn./Pomperaug HS

Head Coach: Magnus Nilerud (17th Season)Associate Head Coach: Scott McBride Assistant Coaches: Felipe Ribeiro, Paige Adamsky, Stephanie D’Andrea, Leonardo Germinani, Renato Topalli and Ferid Zimic

About BridgeportAn international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs, at the University of Bridgeport, the New Eng-land’s fastest growing university, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UB is among America’s strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University’s commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world experience in globalization. Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University’s commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service. There are 200 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars. Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 11:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities. Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learn-ing pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also available.

Coach Magnus Nilerud

Jess Laszlo

Hanne Neby

Nicola Worthington

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Quick FactsLocation: Bridgeport, Conn.Founded: 1927Enrollment: 4,800Nickname: Purple KnightsColors: Purple and WhitePresident: Neil Albert SalonenDirector of Athletics: Anthony VittiStadium: Knights Field

Did You Know?• The University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team has won six of the last seven USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Championships.• UB men’s swimmer Ruben Gimenez has been selected the last two years as the NCAA Division II National At-Large Academic All-America of the Year.• The Bridgeport women’s volleyball team has hosted the NCAA Division II East Regional in 2013 and 2014. • The Bridgeport men’s basketball program has made three consecutive NCAA Division II Championship appearances and 21 total in the program’s history.

LIU POSTNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School0 Felicia Orderud Jr. GK 5-8 Gothenburg, Sweden/Nosnasgymnasium1 Katelyn Phillips Sr. GK 5-6 Littleton, Colo./Columbine2 Alex Lynn So. F 5-5 Sydney, Australia/Pymble Ladies’ College3 Taylor Chaimowitz Fr. M 5-1 Shoreham, N.Y./Shoreham-Wading River4 Klara Lindblom So. M 5-4 Stockholm, Sweden/Norra Real5 Kristin Brandman Jr. B 5-6 East Northport, N.Y./Commack6 Morgan Miller Sr. B 5-6 West Nyack, N.Y./Nanuet7 Julia Backman Jr. F/M 5-5 Morsil, Sweden/JB Gymnasiet8 Gabriella Fuduli Gr. M 5-2 East Meadow, N.Y./Iona9 Andrea Huntzinger Fr. F 5-8 Stockholm, Sweden/Viktor Rydbergs Gymnasium 10 Sarah Kang So. F 5-4 Coram, N.Y./Bellmore JFK11 Angela Careddu Fr. F/M 5-4 Flushing, N.Y./St. Francis Prep12 Sarah McGarry Jr. M 5-6 Islip, N.Y./Islip00/13 Hillevi Eklow Fr. GK/M 5-6 Väröbacka, Sweden/Donnergymnasiet14 Kelsey Ferguson R-Sr. F 5-6 Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East15 Hanna Jedvall Fr. B 5-6 Stockholm, Sweden/Östra Real16 Jackie Niciforo R-Jr. M 5-9 East Islip, N.Y./East Islip18 Shannon Walter So. M 5-5 West Islip, N.Y./West Islip19 Alice Schoenfeldt Fr. B/M 5-5 Burtrask, Sweden/Balderskolan21 Katie LaManna Sr. B 5-3 Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West22 Danielle Lehman Sr. B 5-6 Brockport, N.Y./Brockport23 Klara Berggren So. M 5-6 Stockholm, Sweden/Ostra Real25 Susanne Vistnes Sr. F 5-9 Randaberg, Norway/Wang Topidrett28 Katie Kingston Jr. M/B 5-4 Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh29 Isabella Fuduli Fr. F 5-4 East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow

Head Coach: Mark Dawson (8th Season)Assistant Coaches: Joe Zydor, Billy Carroll, Kara Gazzano, Dr. Josefa Pace, Tom Williamson, and Andreas Lindberg

Coach Mark Dawson

Kristin Brandman

Andrea Huntzinger

Susanne Vistnes

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Quick FactsLocation: Brookville N.Y.Founded: 1954Enrollment: 8,472Nickname: PioneersColors: Green and GoldPresident: Dr. Kimberly R. ClineDirector of Athletics: Bryan CollinsStadium: Pioneer Soccer Park

Did You Know?• The LIU Post women’s soccer team was chosen to finish first in the conference in the 2015 ECC Preseason Poll.• LIU Post’s back line, led by the defending ECC Defensive Player of the Year Kristin Brandman, is holding the opposi-tion to an average of 0.78 goals per game.• Senior forward Susanne Vistnes is coming off three straight ECC Offensive Player of the Year seasons and leads the ECC with 43 points. Her 18 goals is tied for the league lead and her seven assists are third in the conference.

About LIU PostThe LIU Post Campus of Long Island University is a private, residential campus in Brookville, New York, offering more than 250 under-graduate and graduate degrees in accountancy, business, computer science, education, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts.

Founded in 1954, LIU Post offers small classes, state-of-the art facilities and a safe, beautiful campus just 25 miles from Manhattan. Situ-ated on 307 acres on the North Shore of Long Island, the campus features stately historic mansions, redbrick academic buildings, rolling green lawns, and formal gardens. Special campus highlights include wireless classrooms, a writing center, a museum, a recreation center, and one of the largest research libraries in the New York Metropolitan Region.

LIU Post’s’ 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students enjoy exceptional health and fitness facilities, more than 80 clubs and 1,000 activi-ties each year, competitive NCAA sports programs and the celebrated Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.

More than 85 percent of the LIU Post students receive some form of financial assistance or scholarship. LIU Post’s award-winning Co-operative Education program places students at companies from MTV to American Express as well as government, health care and com-munity service agencies. Our professional experience and Career Planning Office sponsors career fairs with top employers and keeps students in touch with the latest job openings.

LIU Post graduates have gone on to become entrepreneurs, executives at major firms, teachers, doctors, artists, scientists and journalists. Many of our more than 100,000 alumni have achieved prominence in society’s most dynamic fields.

For more information, visit the LIU Post Web Site at www.liu.edu/post.

MERCY COLLEGENo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School0 Ashley Price So. GK 5-6 Goodyear, Ariz./Millennium1 Nicole Augustine Sr. GK 5-5 Kingston, N.Y./Kingston2 Lauren Calderaro Fr. F/M 5-5 La Verne, Calif./Bonita3 Abigail Littleton Jr. F 5-6 Simi Valley, Calif./Ventura College4 Libby Zelikowitz Jr. F 5-3 Middle Village, N.Y./Francis Lewis5 Kennedy Salerno Fr. B 5-7 Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa6 Dawn Hickey Sr. M 5-3 Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot7 Jessica DeLeon Sr. M 5-7 Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley CC8 Alyssa Iannuzzi So. M 5-6 Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa9 Samantha Scovel So. B 5-8 La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada10 Molly O’Callaghan Fr. M 5-4 Commack, N.Y./Commack11 Alexandra Modlinski So. F/M 5-6 Highland Mills, N.Y./Cornwall12 Rebecca Conway Fr. B 5-5 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst13 Stephanie Escala So. B 5-7 Corona, N.Y./Long Island City14 Samantha Longo Jr. B 5-3 Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside15 Kendall Wright Fr. M 5-2 Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo16 Cassidy Campe Fr. B 5-9 San Diego, Calif./Point Loma17 Heidi Serna So. M/F 5-4 West Covina, Calif./South Hills18 Corinna Ferrante Fr. M 5-4 Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford19 Karina Ramirez Sr. M 5-4 Woodland Hills, Calif./Pierce College20 Ashley Johnson Sr. F 5-11 Phoenix, Ariz./Paradise Valley CC21 Savannah Campana Sr. B 5-10 New Hyde Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park Memorial22 Ileen Mejia R-Fr. M 5-2 Whittier, Calif./La Mirada24 Haley Noble Fr. F 6-0 Torrance, Calif./Torrance25 RaeAnn Ioannou Fr. M 5-6 Bethpage, N.Y./Plainedge

Head Coach: Jonathan Feinstein (7th Season)Assistant Coaches: David Piedrahita, Abby Zielinski, Danny Leon Jr., and Carl Spence

Coach Jonathan Feinstein

Savannah Campana

Jessica DeLeon

Haley Noble

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Quick FactsLocation: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.Founded: 1950Enrollment: 9,403Nickname: MavericksColors: Blue and WhitePresident: Timothy L. HallDirector of Athletics: Matt Kilcullen, Jr.Stadium: Mavericks Field

Did You Know?• The women’s soccer team appears in the ECC Championships for the third straight year.• In 2014, the Mavericks posted a program record 17 wins, earning the program’s first ECC Championship and advanced to the East Region Final for the first time in school history.• Mercy was ranked No. 14 in the NSCAA Preseason Poll.• Freshman Haley Noble leads Mavericks in goals (5), assists (5) and points (15).• Senior goalkeeper Nicole Augustine went 4-2-0 with two shutouts, a 0.66 goals against average and .857

About Mercy:Mercy College is a New York metropolitan area college of over 9,000 students studying at five campus locations including: Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, Manhattan, White Plains, Yorktown Heights. With over 90 undergraduate and graduate programs, 25 of which are offered online, Mercy College offers a quality liberal arts education within five schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students may take classes during the day, evenings, weekends, and online, so that they can fit a rig-orous Mercy College education into their busy lives. Mercy College also offers tremendous financial support so that the cost of college is not a barrier to success. The faculty is dedicated to the scholarship of teaching. Mercy College professors include Fulbright Scholars,published authors and national authorities in their fields.

Mercy College offers a comprehensive intercollegiate NCAA Division II program that sponsors 16 varsity sports. The main campus located on the scenic banks of the Hudson River in Dobbs Ferry is just minutes from Manhattan. Mercy College students reside in the College’s on campus dormitory and within the suburban community of Dobbs Ferry. Intramural activities are also offered throughout theyear for the recreational athlete. To apply to Mercy College visit www.mercy.edu or call 1-877-MERCYGO.

ROBERTS WESLEYAN COLLEGENo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School00 Mary Kate Eckert Fr. GK 5-11 Honeye Falls N.Y./New Haven2 Breanna Ratliff Fr. B 5-6 Henrietta, N.Y./Rush-Henrietta3 Adrianna Russell Fr. M 5-4 Spencerport, N.Y./Aquinas Institute4 Bella Mitrevski Jr. M 5-5 Rochester, N.Y. /Churchville-Chili5 Brooke Crocilla Fr. M 5-4 Whitesboro, N.Y./Whitesboro6 Teara Thomas Jr. B 5-4 Sandys, Bermuda/Florida College7 Ronja Rimsler Fr. M 5-6 Borlange, Sweden/Hagagymnasiet Borlaenge8 Orla Martin So. F 5-9 Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac9 Ellie Swan Sr. F 5-9 Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili10 Jodi Kester Jr. M 5-4 Oswego, N.Y./Oswego11 Mackenzie Kidder So. F 5-4 Carthage, N.Y./Jefferson C.C.12 Brittany Houghton Sr. F 5-5 Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas13 Vicki Crocker Fr. M 5-5 Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South14 Samantha Moreno So. F 5-4 Mexico City, Mexico/Tecnologico De Monterrey15 Christina Burke Jr. B 5-4 Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder16 Miranda Colon Sr. B 5-2 North Chili, N.Y./Churchville-Chili17 Taylor Fletcher So. M 5-4 Churchville, N.Y./Churchville-Chili18 Rachel Graves Jr. M 5-5 Dansville, N.Y./Finger Lakes C.C.19 Kiki Luedke Jr. B 5-4 Rochester, N.Y./Greece Arcadia20 Erica Lamb Fr. M 5-6 Newark Valley, N.Y./Homeschool21 Courtney Hartnett Jr. M 5-4 Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park22 Shannon Donahue So. B 5-5 Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus23 Loren Lucio So. M 5-4 Syracuse, N.Y./Solvay24 Kayleigh Denney Fr. B 5-5 Glenville, N.Y./Scotia Glenville25 Sam Barniak Fr. M 5-6 Holley, N.Y./Holley26 Anna D’Aprix Fr. B 5-5 Greece, N.Y./Greece Arcadia27 Heaven Palamitia Sr. B 5-5 Rochester, N.Y./Aquinas Institute

Head Coach: Bobby McColl (3rd Season)Assistant Coaches: Dragan Mitrevski and Rebecca McColl

Coach Bobby McColl

Brittany Houghton

Bella Mitrevski

Heaven Palamitia

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Quick FactsLocation: Rochester, N.Y.Founded: 1866Enrollment: 1,823Nickname: RedhawksColors: Red, Black, and WhitePresident: Dr. Deana L. PorterfieldDirector of Athletics: Bob SegaveStadium: Roberts Wesleyan Outdoor Sta-dium

Did You Know?• Roberts Wesleyan College has made quick work of earning ECC titles, since becoming active members in 2014, the college has won eight ECC championships.• The Redhawks have finished second the last two years in the ECC Commissioner’s Cup standings.• At the conclusion of the 2014-15 academic year, Rob-erts Wesleyan was awarded the first-ever ECC Academ-ic Success Rate award. The Redhawks earned the honor after posting an 89 percent graduation success rate in the NCAA Academic Tracking System.• Roberts Wesleyan women’s soccer has won 10 or more games dating back to the 2010 season.

About Roberts Wesleyan:

With an enrollment of nearly 2,000 students and a tradition of excellence since 1866, Roberts Wesleyan College is a leader among liberal arts colleges with a Christian worldview. The College offers more than 50 undergraduate programs, as well as graduate programs in education, school psychology, school counseling, health administration, nursing education, nursing leadership & administration, strategic marketing, social work and strategic leadership. Roberts Wesleyan also offers innovative undergradu-ate degree-completion programs for working adults in health administration, nursing, organizational management, and teacher education.

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NCAA Division II presidents and chancellors affi rm that athletics events should refl ect the values of higher education and the mission of each institution. Division II emphasizes learning and development in a personal setting. As chancellors and presidents, we are concerned about the uncivil behavior exhibited at college athletics contests and thereby pledge to work together to make respectful, family-friendly events a standard of the Division II experience.