FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 6, 2015
Women’s Soccer All-Conference Teams, Award Winners Revealed
MANSFIELD, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Women’s Soccer Regular Season Champion Adelphi Panthers have been honored with four major awards headlined by Player of the Year Laura Gomez, as the league revealed its all-conference teams and award winners on Friday.
Along with Gomez, Adelphi had the Defensive Player of the Year – Taylor Groth, Goalkeeper of the Year – Anne Marie Ulliac, as well as the Coach of the Year – Brooke DeRosa.
For a complete list of all-conference members and award winners, as voted upon by the league's head coaches, please see below.
Gomez helped lead the nationally ranked Panthers to the top seed in the NE-10 Championship with a conference record of 12-0-2. She is second in the conference in goals with 10 and is tied for third in the NE-10 with five game-winning goals. Gomez also has a team-leading 24 points and four assists to her credit on the season.
DeRosa guided the Panthers to the regular season crown in just her first season as Adelphi’s head coach. Under DeRosa, Adelphi is up to No. 12 in the country, as the Panthers went through NE-10 action without suffering a single loss and ended the regular season on a nine-game winning streak.
Groth and Ulliac led the way for the league’s stingiest defense this season. The Panthers allowed just 11 goals all season and only gave up six goals in 14 NE-10 contests, best in the conference. Groth scored one game-winning goal for Adelphi, while Ulliac, who is only a freshman, leads the NE-10 in goals-against average and is tied for the league lead in shutouts.
Assumption’s Kallie Villemaire was chosen as the NE-10 Rookie of the Year after a strong first season with the Greyhounds. Villemaire, who landed on the All-Conference Second Team as well, ranks in the top-10 in the conference in goals (8) and points (19) while scoring two game-winners.
Adelphi had the most first-team selections with five and had seven all-conference members in total. Defending NE-10 Champion Saint Rose had eight honored, while American International had seven honorees as well.
2015 Northeast-10 Women’s Soccer All-Conference
First Team
Victoria Antonino, M, Adelphi
Laura Gomez, F, Adelphi
Taylor Groth, D, Adelphi
Taylor Salmon, D, Adelphi
Anne Marie Ulliac, GK, Adelphi
Romina Bell, D, American Int’l
Amanda Arnold, F, Assumption
Paige Radomski, M, Assumption
Jenna Savi, M, Merrimack
Marisa Garcia, F, New Haven
Morgan Burchhardt, F, Saint Rose
Amanda Vasquez, M, Saint Rose
Olivia Parsons, D, So. New Hampshire
Second Team
Morgan Santoro, M, Adelphi
Rachel Edgin, GK, American Int’l
Jessica Margaretta, M, American Int’l
Kallie Villemaire, F, Assumption
Ana Tantum, F, Bentley
Nathalia Maria Da Silva, F, Franklin Pierce
Kelly Ristoff, M, Le Moyne
Heather Hastbacka, D, Merrimack
Drew Ribadeneyra, D, Pace
Elisa Galbiati, D, Saint Rose
Gabrielle Cappello, M, So. New Hampshire
Trisha Luis, F, So. New Hampshire
Claire O’Brien, D, Stonehill
Third Team
Kelsey Malles, F, Adelphi
Federica Frew, F, American Int’l
Brianna Kenney, D, American Int’l
Alyssa Werbicki, F, American Int’l
Delany Williams, M, Pace
Rachel Gillies, M, Saint Anselm
Michaela Phillips, D, Saint Rose
Nicole Shively, D, Saint Rose
Gianna Smith, M, Saint Rose
Victoria Conde, M, So. Connecticut
Marissa Pearson, D, So. Connecticut
Caroline Staudle, F, So. Connecticut
Jamie Block, GK, Stonehill
All-Rookie Team
Anne Marie Ulliac, GK, Adelphi
Federica Frew, F, American Int’l
Johanna Nilsson, M, American Int’l
Kallie Villemaire, F, Assumption
Ania Spina, M, Assumption
Alyssa Valente, F, Bentley
Nathalia Maria Da Silva, F, Franklin Pierce
Gigi Guenther, M, Merrimack
Annie White, D, New Haven
Robyn Seward, M, Pace
Danae Kaldaridou, F, Saint Rose
Madison Taylor, GK, Saint Rose
Miranda Peloquin, M, So. New Hampshire
Player of the Year – Laura Gomez, Adelphi
Rookie of the Year – Kallie Villemaire, Assumption
Defensive Player of the Year – Taylor Groth, Adelphi
Goalkeeper of the Year – Anne Marie Ulliac, Adelphi
Coach of the Year – Brooke DeRosa, Adelphi
ABOUT THE NORTHEAST-10
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division II colleges and universities located in New England and New York that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic opportunities for more than 6,500 student-athletes.
Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE-10 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 Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
