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Apicella Becomes First Player and Rookie of the Year in 28 Years.
MANSFIELD, Mass. – Adelphi's Madison Apicella has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Player and Rookie of the Year – the first student-athlete to accomplish the feat since 1994 – as the league office announced All-Conference honors for women's soccer on Wednesday afternoon.
Franklin Pierce, the No. 2 seed in the NE10 Women's Soccer Championship, had a pair of major award winners in Aino Martikainen as Defensive Player of the Year and Matt Johnson as Coach of the Year. Saint Rose, the top seed in the Championship, had Pia Bozic earn Goalkeeper of the Year honors.
Saint Rose and Franklin Pierce, NE10 co-regular season champions, tied for a league-high seven selections to the All-Conference teams. The Golden Knights, the top seed in the NE10 Women's Soccer Championship, had a conference-best six players earn a place on the First Team.
For a complete list of honorees, please see below. All-Conference teams are broken down by position and voted on by the league's head coaches.
Apicella joins Sharon Polastry as the only two women's soccer players to ever earn NE10 Player and Rookie of the Year in the same season. Polastry played for former NE10 member Quinnipiac in the mid-1990s. Apicella ranked second in goals (7) and points (21) during the regular season, including seven multi-point games, to lead the Panthers to the No. 3 seed in the NE10 Championship.
Martikainen was a force in Franklin Pierce's defense, which held opponents to 0.66 goals per game in the regular season. She was a five-time recipient of the NE10 Defensive Player of the Week honor. Martikainen also contributed on the offensive end with five goals and two assists (12 points) to help the Ravens to a share of the NE10 regular season title. She becomes the first Raven to win Defensive Player of the Year since Marta Turmo in 2018.
Bozic was undefeated in goal for Saint Rose during the regular season, posting a 14-0-3 record – including six complete-game shutouts – to help the Golden Knights capture their second NE10 regular season title in three seasons. She leads all NE10 goalies in save percentage (.889) and goals allowed average (0.38). It is the third-straight season that a Saint Rose goalie earned NE10 Goalkeeper of the Year (Marika Laurendeau in 2019 and 2021).
After leading Franklin Pierce to a share of the regular season title (13-2-2, 10-2 NE10) and a spot in the United Soccer Coaches' Poll rankings, Johnson was named NE10 Coach of the Year by his peers. It is the third time in his career that he has earned Coach of the Year, with the first two coming as head coach at American International (2010, 2012). The Ravens were slotted first in the most recent release of the NCAA East Region rankings.
The NE10 Women's Soccer Championship semifinals are on Thursday and the final is scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 6. Please visit Championship Central for the full bracket, schedule and team rosters.
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Player of the Year: Madison Apicella, Adelphi
Defensive Player of the Year: Aino Martikainen, Franklin Pierce
Goalkeeper of the Year: Pia Bozic, Saint Rose
Rookie of the Year: Madison Apicella, Adelphi
Coach of the Year: Matt Johnson, Franklin Pierce
FIRST TEAM
F: Madison Apicella, Adelphi
F: Allison Carr, Pace
F: Kaelyn Britt, Saint Rose
F: Mia Klammer, Saint Rose
M: Alexa Mihale, Adelphi
M: Salome Kerguillec, Franklin Pierce
M: Jasmine Perez-Acosta, Franklin Pierce
M: Lauren Amerena, Saint Rose
D: Hannah Franco, Adelphi
D: Aino Martikainen, Franklin Pierce
D: Jada Brown, Saint Rose
D: Sanna Rein, Saint Rose
GK: Pia Bozic, Saint Rose
SECOND TEAM
F: Victoria Colatosti, Adelphi
F: Gianna Derose, Franklin Pierce
F: Madison Blonde, New Haven
F: Olivia Gotobed, Saint Anselm
M: Brooke Jones, Bentley
M: Janina Mueller, Saint Rose
M: Taylor Hennig, SCSU
M: Alyssa Anderson, SNHU
D: Jillian Hendriksen, Bentley
D: Pinja Eklund, Franklin Pierce
D: Amanda Dustin, SCSU
D: Ai Inoue, SNHU
GK: Katie Escobedo, Saint Michael's
THIRD TEAM
F: Kate Carleson, Assumption
F: Delaney Farinha, Franklin Pierce
F: Ava Viebrock, Pace
F: Kelsey Burr, SCSU
M: Dylann Trahey, Adelphi
M: Haleigh Ward, Assumption
M: Cecilia Puentes, Pace
M: Kathryn White, Saint Anselm
D: Katherine Laboissonniere, Assumption
D: Hildur Unnarsdóttir, Le Moyne
D: Delaney Glode, Saint Anselm
D: Paulina Valentine, Saint Michael's
GK: Emilie Fox, Franklin Pierce
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Madison Apicella, Adelphi
Dylann Trahey, Adelphi
Haley Brown, Assumption
Scarlett D'Amico, Bentley
Ruby Conroy, Franklin Pierce
Pinja Eklund, Franklin Pierce
Avery Maxam, Le Moyne
Ava Viebrock, Pace
Emma Hudson, Saint Anselm
Bella DelVecchio, Saint Michael's
Pia Bozic, Saint Rose
Madelyn Wania, Saint Rose
Aimee Girard, SCSU
Georgia Greene, SNHU
ABOUT THE NE10
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Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
