THREE-TIME REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 2011 2012 2013 Head Coach Brenda van Stralen Alma Mater Franklin Pierce ’99 Career Record / Season 100-71-26 / 10th Record at SFU Same Assistant Coach Marcelo Antonelli Alma Mater / Season Campinas State ’99 / Seventh Assistant Coach Lauren Fearer Alma Mater / Season Saint Francis ’11 / Second Student Assistant Coach Brianna Butcher Alma Mater / Season Saint Francis ’14 / First GAME #21 NOTES Saint Francis avenged its only Northeast Conference regular sea- son loss in two years as it turned back Central Connecticut, 3-1, Friday to advance in the 2013 NEC Women’s Soccer Tournament The Red Flash will now face LIU Brooklyn for the fourth consecu- tive season with an NCAA Women’s College Cup berth on the line The Blackbirds, who are 2-1 against Saint Francis in title games, defeated second-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson, 2-1, in double-OT in the day’s second match Kickoff for Sunday’s match in Loretto is slated for noon SFU defeated the Blackbirds, 2-0, on Oct 4 in Brooklyn The game will mark the final home appearance for one of the most accomplished senior classes in NEC history The Red Flash have claimed 16 of the league’s 24 major postseason awards over the past four seasons SOCCERTOWN, PA With a 9-1-1 record in Loretto last season, the Red Flash con- tinued to roll on their home pitch Since the 2010 season, the Flash women are 29-4-5 on campus Combined, the men’s and women’s teams have compiled a 44-8-7 record at home over the past four seasons MAROS DE CARVALHO RISES TO THE TOP After racking up 13 points over the past four games, Barbara Maros de Carvalho has jumped into second place in the NEC points race with 27 The senior has scored a career-high nine goals and has dished out nine assists, surpassing her total from a season ago During that span, two of her goals have been game-winners: vs Sacred Heart (11/1) and vs CCSU on Friday LAST TIME OUT... After 80 scoreless minutes, senior Tesa McKibben dribbled through traffic and let a well-placed shot fly to give the Red Flash its first lead in Friday’s Northeast Conference Semifinal match against Central Connecticut The goal – the newly-minted four-time NEC Player of the Year’s 19th of the season – opened the offensive floodgates as the Flash bested the Blue Devils, 3-1, at a wintery Stokes Soccerplex It took less than three minutes for Barbara Maros de Carvalho to find the net, with assists from McKibben and Eloa Nascimento, to push the Flash lead to 2-0 and 30 seconds more for CCSU’s Christina Boucher to make the score 2-1 But the Saint Francis defense, behind the inspired play of center back Alecia McNiff, held to firm to make Maros de Carvalho’s score stand up as the game-winner Brittany Hasson iced the game in the 88th minute with her first goal of the season McKibben picked up an assist on the tally to secure her nation-leading 52nd point of 2013 The Red Flash out-shot the Blue Devils 24-to-17 on the after- noon and racked up a commanding 12-to-2 edge in corner kicks McKibben fired a game-high seven shots SFU rookie goalkeeper Abbey Collins finished with a career- high 11 saves in 90 minutes of action Her counterpart, Nikola Deiter, made stops on 12 of SFU’s 15 shots on goal VAN STRALEN EARNS 100TH CAREER WIN Head coach Brenda van Stralen claimed her 100th career victory in Friday’s semifinal win over Central Connecticut After going 6-10-2 in her first season at the helm of the Red Flash, van Stralen has done little but win in her time at Saint Francis In the nine seasons since her rookie campaign, SFU has finished with a sub-500 record just once Over the last four seasons, her teams have gone a combined 53-23-8 with a Northeast Conference Championship and three regular season championships among them In terms of wins, her current senior class represents the 32nd most successful group in the nation LATE BLOOMERS LIU Brooklyn is 6-2 since they last met the Flash on Oct 4 2013 SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE/RESULTS COACHING STAFF TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2010 AUGUST Fri 16 AMERICAN (Exh.) W, 2-0 Fri 23 Duquense Lot, 1-0 Sun 25 MOREHEAD STATE T, 1-1 Fri 30 vs Virginia Commonwealth L, 2-1 SEPTEMBER Sun 1 George Washington W, 3-1 Thurs 5 GEORGE MASON W, 3-0 Sat 7 Bucknell Wo2, 2-1 Fri 13 Delaware L, 2-0 Sun 15 Villanova L, 2-1 Fri 20 TOWSON L, 2-1 Sun 22 NAVY L, 5-0 Sun 29 Oakland W, 3-1 OCTOBER Fri 4 * LIU Brooklyn W, 2-0 Sun 6 * Wagner W, 2-1 Sun 13 * BRYANT W, 5-0 Fri 18 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 3-1 Sun 20 * Central Connecticut L, 2-1 Fri 25 * Mount St Mary’s W, 5-0 NOVEMBER Fri 1 * SACRED HEART W, 4-2 Sun 3 * FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 4-1 Fri 8 #4 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT W, 3-1 Sun 10 #3 LIU BROOKLYN Noon * - denotes NEC contest Home contests in BOLD CAPS School NEC Pts Overall Pct Streak 1 Saint Francis U * 7-1 21 12-7-1 0.605 W4 2 Fairleigh Dickinson * 4-1-3 15 8-8-4 0526 L2 LIU Brooklyn * 5-3 15 8-10-1 0417 W5 Central Connecticut * 5-3 15 7-12 0389 L1 5 Wagner 4-3-1 13 11-5-2 0667 L1 6 Mount St Mary’s 2-5-1 7 4-10-3 0324 L3 Sacred Heart 2-5-1 7 5-12-1 0306 L2 8 Robert Morris 1-4-3 6 5-9-4 0389 W1 9 Bryant 1-6-1 4 5-13-1 0289 L6 NEC STANDINGS (FINAL) Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 w Noon #1 SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY RED FLASH 12-7-1; 7-1-0 Northeast Conference #3 LIU BROOKLYN BLACKBIRDS 8-10-1; 5-3-0 Northeast Conference Stokes Soccerplex (500) w Loretto, Pa. 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Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Fearer Alma Mater / Season . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Francis ’11 / Second
Student Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianna Butcher Alma Mater / Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Francis ’14 / First
GAME #21 NOTES
Saint Francis avenged its only Northeast Conference regular sea-son loss in two years as it turned back Central Connecticut, 3-1, Friday to advance in the 2013 NEC Women’s Soccer Tournament .
The Red Flash will now face LIU Brooklyn for the fourth consecu-tive season with an NCAA Women’s College Cup berth on the line . The Blackbirds, who are 2-1 against Saint Francis in title games, defeated second-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson, 2-1, in double-OT in the day’s second match .
Kickoff for Sunday’s match in Loretto is slated for noon . SFU defeated the Blackbirds, 2-0, on Oct . 4 in Brooklyn .
The game will mark the final home appearance for one of the most accomplished senior classes in NEC history . The Red Flash have claimed 16 of the league’s 24 major postseason awards over the past four seasons .
SOCCERTOWN, PA
With a 9-1-1 record in Loretto last season, the Red Flash con-tinued to roll on their home pitch . Since the 2010 season, the Flash women are 29-4-5 on campus . Combined, the men’s and women’s teams have compiled a 44-8-7 record at home over the past four seasons .
MAROS de CARVALHO RISES TO THE TOP
After racking up 13 points over the past four games, Barbara Maros de Carvalho has jumped into second place in the NEC points race with 27 . The senior has scored a career-high nine goals and has dished out nine assists, surpassing her total from a season ago . During that span, two of her goals have been game-winners: vs . Sacred Heart (11/1) and vs . CCSU on Friday .
LAST TIME OUT...After 80 scoreless minutes, senior Tesa McKibben dribbled through traffic and let a well-placed shot fly to give the Red Flash its first lead in Friday’s Northeast Conference Semifinal match against Central Connecticut .
The goal – the newly-minted four-time NEC Player of the Year’s 19th of the season – opened the offensive floodgates as the Flash bested the Blue Devils, 3-1, at a wintery Stokes Soccerplex .
It took less than three minutes for Barbara Maros de Carvalho to find the net, with assists from McKibben and Eloa Nascimento, to push the Flash lead to 2-0 and 30 seconds more for CCSU’s Christina Boucher to make the score 2-1 .
But the Saint Francis defense, behind the inspired play of center back Alecia McNiff, held to firm to make Maros de Carvalho’s score stand up as the game-winner .
Brittany Hasson iced the game in the 88th minute with her first goal of the season . McKibben picked up an assist on the tally to secure her nation-leading 52nd point of 2013 .
The Red Flash out-shot the Blue Devils 24-to-17 on the after-noon and racked up a commanding 12-to-2 edge in corner kicks . McKibben fired a game-high seven shots .
SFU rookie goalkeeper Abbey Collins finished with a career-high 11 saves in 90 minutes of action . Her counterpart, Nikola Deiter, made stops on 12 of SFU’s 15 shots on goal .
van STRALEN EARNS 100th CAREER WIN
Head coach Brenda van Stralen claimed her 100th career victory in Friday’s semifinal win over Central Connecticut . After going 6-10-2 in her first season at the helm of the Red Flash, van Stralen has done little but win in her time at Saint Francis . In the nine seasons since her rookie campaign, SFU has finished with a sub- .500 record just once . Over the last four seasons, her teams have gone a combined 53-23-8 with a Northeast Conference Championship and three regular season championships among them . In terms of wins, her current senior class represents the 32nd most successful group in the nation .
LATE BLOOMERS
LIU Brooklyn is 6-2 since they last met the Flash on Oct . 4 .
# Name Yr . Pos . Ht . Hometown/High School 2 Alecia McNiff Sr . D 5-7 Marietta, Pa ./Donegal 3 Julia Gembry So . M 5-7 Barnegat, N .J ./Monsignor Donovan 4 Casey Gallaher Fr . F 5-5 Sidman, Pa ./Forest Hills 5 Tesa McKibben Sr . F 5-6 Cogan Station, Pa ./Montoursville 6 Hannah Patton Fr . D 5-7 Montgomery Village, Pa ./Poolesville 7 Kelly Beegle So . M 5-4 Bedford, Pa ./Bedford 8 Hallie Rexer So . M 5-4 Mountain Top, Pa ./Holy Redeemer 9 Laura Stayrook Sr . D 5-6 Johnstown, Pa ./Richland 10 Beatriz Maros de Carvalho Sr . F 5-3 Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Sagrado Coraco de Jesus 11 Brittany Hasson So . F 5-8 Leola, Pa ./Warwick 12 Siobhan Bross Fr . M/F 5-6 Danville, Pa ./Danville Area 14 Paige Butler R-Jr . D/M 5-6 Osprey, Fla ./Venice 15 Barbara Maros de Carvalho Sr . F 5-3 Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Sagrado Coraco de Jesus 16 Korrin Hackenberg Fr . M 5-2 Danville, Pa ./Danville Area 17 Kasey Butts Fr . D 5-9 Millford, Conn ./Jonathan Law 18 Natalie Isett Jr . D/M 5-3 Huntingdon, Pa ./Huntingdon Area 19 Jessica Andrew Jr . D 5-11 Doncaster, South Yorkshire UK/Balby Carr 22 Eloá Nascimento Jr . F/M 5-2 Sao Paulo, Brazil/Jose Maria Matosinho 24 Ellie Gavin Sr . F 5-6 Hilliard, Ohio/Bishop Watterson 25 Jena Lafferty Fr . GK 5-10 Stewartstown, Pa ./Garrison Forest 28 Mackenzie Walter Jr . M/F 5-0 Hollidaysburg, Pa ./Hollidaysburg 33 Abbey Collins Fr . GK 5-4 Centerville, Ohio/Centerville
SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY ROSTER
Head Coach Brenda van StralenAssistant Coaches Marcelo Antonelli, Lauren Fearer, Brianna Butcher
McNIFF-LED DEFENSE GETTING THE JOB DONEThe Red Flash defense, in the mold of its soft-spoken leader Alecia McNiff, has been more than holding up its end of the bargain in NEC play . Saint Francis allowed only seven goals in league play, while posting four shutouts . It’s goals-against average is first in the league, as the Flash give up 1 .27 g/gm .
McKIBBEN A MAC HERMANN HOPEFULSenior forward Tesa McKibben – the NCAA’s active leader in career points – has been named to the 31-member 2013 Missouri Athletic Club’s (MAC) Hermann Trophy Watch List .
The first four-time Player of the Year in Northeast Conference history, McKibben ranks first in the country in points (48) and fifth in goals (19) in 2012 . A strong All-America contender, she racked up eight game-winners while dishing out 13 assists in 21 games for the NEC regular season champion Red Flash .
The MAC Hermann Trophy is the highest individual award in college soccer presented annually to one male and one female athlete . The winners will be announced Jan . 10, 2014 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St . Louis .
CAPTAINS NAMEDSeniors Alecia McNiff, Tesa McKibben and Laura Stayrook will serve as captains in 2013 . McNiff and Stayrook take on their formal leadership roles for the first time this fall, while McKibben enters her second season as a captain .
LAST TIME vs. LIU BROOKLYNBROOKLYN, N.Y. (Oct. 4, 2013) – Freshmen Korrin Hackenberg and Abbey Collins couldn’t have synchronized their most impactful performances to date any better .
A forward, Hackenberg scored her first collegiate goal 2:12 into Friday’s Northeast Conference final rematch between Saint Francis U (5-6-1; 1-0) and LIU Brooklyn . In net, Collins made that goal standup for her first career shutout in only her second game in a Red Flash uniform .
Senior Barbara Maros de Carvalho added an insurance goal – her third of the campaign – in the 84th minute as Saint Francis claimed its NEC opener . Tesa McKibben assisted on both goals .
The Red Flash held a slim 13-to-9 advantage in shots but limited LIU (2-8-1; 0-1) to a mere two shots on goal in the contest . Meanwhile, Saint Francis peppered Blackbird keeper Jessica Sexton with 10 shots on goal – four of which came from McKibben .
GOALS1 . *7 Kristen Arnott vs . Youngstown State . . .10/18/00 4 Megan TenEyck vs . Drexel . . . . . . . . . . . . .10/16/94 4 Michelle Lash vs . Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/8/96 * NCAA Division I Record
ASSISTS1 . 4 Michele Palguta vs . Robert Morris (Pa .) . . 11/6/94 3 Jill Ogborn vs . Drexel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10/16/94 3 Barbara Maros de Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . .Thrice Most recently on 11/3/13 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson
POINTS1 . *16 Kristen Arnott vs . Youngstown State . . .10/18/00
SHOTS ON GOAL1 . 15 Kari Dirlam vs . UPJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10/11/87
