2009 Women's Soccer Media Guide

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General information • 1-3

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this is northwestern • 37-40

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Returning Players .......................... 10-18Newcomers .................................... 18-20’Cats in the Community ...................... 212009 Opponents ............................ 22-23

2008 Year in Review ...................... 26-27Hall of Fame ....................................... 28’Cats After Graduation ........................ 29Year-By-Year Results .................... 30-31Honors & Records ......................... 32-35All-Time Letterwinners ........................ 36

This Is Northwestern ........................... 37More about Northwestern ................... 38Academic Services ............................. 39President Morton O. Schapiro ............ 40Director of Athletics Jim Phillips .......... 41Endowed Scholarships ....................... 42

Quick Facts ........................................... 1Q & A With Coach Erickson .................. 22009 Roster.... ...................................... 3Pronunciations ...................................... 3

wildcat staff and faCilities • 6-9Head Coach Stephanie Erickson .......... 6Assistant Coach Erin Ekeberg .............. 7Assistant Coach Danielle Slaton .......... 7Support Staff ......................................... 8Lakeside Field ...................................... 9

nORtHwEstERn UniVERsitY QUicK factslocation: Evanston, Ill.founded: 1851Enrollment: 8,000President: Morton O. Schapirodirector of athletics: Jim Phillipssenior assoc. a.D. student-athlete welfare/ sport administrator: Noreen Morrisfaculty Representative: Bob GundlachHome facility: Lakeside Field (2007)nickname: Wildcatscolors: Purple and Whiteconference: Big TenHead coach: Stephanie Erickson, Northwestern ’98nU record/Years: 27-26-7/Three yearsCareer record/Years: 56-33-10/Five yearsassistant coaches: Erin Ekeberg, Danielle Slaton2008 record: 10-9-12008 Big ten record/finish: 5-5/T-5thletterwinners returning/lost: 20/5starters returning/lost: 6/5

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Q & A W I T H C O A C H E R I C K S O N

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Last season your team was able to win 10 games and pull off a few signature wins against Big Ten teams. What were some of the most important factors in your 2008 success?“The biggest change the past few years has been in our team’s culture. Our players are 100 percent committed, our work ethic is impeccable and it gives us more confidence to know we’ve put the time into preparation. We have a chance to win every time we step on the field now and the next step for our program is to win a few of those close games that we haven’t been able to pull out in the past. I also think back to some of the wins that we had and am so proud of the

fight we displayed in order to pull them out—whether it was Amanda Hoffman scoring a hat trick when we were down 2-0 in the second half against DePaul, winning overtime games on the road at Pepperdine and Iowa, or getting a goal from Jenny Dunn in the 87th minute to beat Nebraska 4-3. Our team saw firsthand what it meant to battle for a full 90 minutes, or more, regardless of what the score was and I think that mentality will carry over into this season.”

How impressed were you with the contribu-tions of your true freshmen in 2008 and do you see a chance for any of your incoming freshmen to see significant time this year?“My attitude toward true freshmen has always been that if they end up playing a big role on the field, it’s a huge bonus. Especially in a fall sport, it’s so difficult for a freshman to come right in and adjust to a different level of play. I was really pleased with the performance of last year’s group and when you get as much playing time as Emily Langston, Nicole Duller, Jill Dunn and Sarah Sroka got as freshmen, you’re way ahead as a sophomore. That whole class is going to be

crucial to the success of our program. I’m expecting Catherine Parish, who was the high school player of the year in Oklahoma last year, to be some-one who can step in and help our team win right away and the same goes for Kendall Thoreson and Briana Westlund, who each enjoyed a lot of success for their club and high school teams.”

This year’s group of seniors is the first class to play for you throughout their four-year careers at NU. What are your thoughts on the leader-ship they can provide this season?“I think it’s a huge benefit to have the same staff working with a group of kids for four years with no turnover in coaches, and that’s something that is becoming more and more rare these days. Ali (Rubnitz), Kay (Sampson), Alicia (Herczeg), Jessica (Palo) and Leigh (Jakes) have absorbed everything we’ve tried to teach them from the day our coaching staff got here and they have never batted an eye. They’re absolutely re-sponsible for the change in culture we’ve seen and they’ve been excellent leaders within our program. They didn’t expect to have us as coaches when they decided to come to NU but we’re so thankful for their trust and leadership.”

What are a few of your on-field strengths heading into this season?“We’ll be a lot more organized defensively than we have been in the past. That’s due in large part to the fact that we’re going to have plenty of experience on the field, from Carolyn Edwards or Grace Weitz in goal up to Nicole Duller, Ali Rubnitz, Sarah Sroka and other members of our back line. That’s something that gives us a lot of confidence. That will also allow us to spend a lot more time in preseason on our attack, making it much more dynamic and sophisticated in the way we go about progressing the ball up the field.

We’re certainly interested to see who emerges as goal-scorers since recently our scoring has been generally balanced. Kelsey Bertamus is coming back after an injury her freshman year and we really think she’s someone who can develop as a consistent threat up top for us.”

What’s one theme or message that you are stressing to your squad this season?“It’s all about preparation. I feel confident that, this year, we’re going to come into preseason and be ready to get right down to business. We won’t be spending much time in training camp having to get fit which is something I’m really excited about. Soccer is way more fun when condition-ing isn’t your focus. Our student-athletes have embraced that message and bought into it. Beyond that, we really want to make sure that each one of our players comes to practice and certainly to games as prepared—mentally and physically—as they can be to compete at a high level. That’s difficult to do over the course of a season that lasts almost four months but it’s nec-essary if we’re going to reach the level of success we’re striving for.”

“I think the biggest change the past few years has been in our team’s culture. Our players are 100 percent committed, their work ethic is impeccable and it gives them more confidence to know they’ve put the time into preparation.” —Stephanie Erickson

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California (9)Ally Arca

Caroline DagleyNicole DullerSam Greene

Alicia HerczegEmily LangstonSarah NeSmith

Ali RubnitzKay Sampson

GeorGia (1)Leigh Jakes

illinois (8)Colleen AntasLee BattagliaCasey BlahaKatie Doyle

Jill DunnCarolyn Edwards

Jessica RubinSarah Sroka

iowa (1)Jessica Palo

minnesota (5)Kelsey BertamusMeredith Finsand

Alison SchneemanGrace Weitz

Briana Westlund

oKlahoma (1)Catherine Parish

washinGton (1)Kendall Thoreson

wisConsin (1)Jennifer Baumann

Jennifer Baumann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOW-manKelsey Bertamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BERT-a-muhsNicole Duller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DULL-erAlicia Herczeg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HER-zeggLeigh Jakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEEJessica Palo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAH-lowAli Rubnitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROOB-nitzSarah NeSmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neh-smithSarah Sroka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Suh-ro-kahKendall Thoreson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOR-uh-sonBriana Westlund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bree-ANN-a

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nUMERical no. name Pos. ht. Year hometown (high school) 00 Carolyn Edwards GK 5-5 Jr. Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson 1 Alicia Herczeg F/M 5-8 Sr. Agoura Hills, Calif./Agoura 3 Catherine Parish D 5-5 Fr. Tulsa, Okla./Jenks 4 Katie Doyle F 5-3 So. St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East 5 Sarah NeSmith M 5-2 So. Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos 6 Meredith Finsand M 5-2 Fr. Edina, Minn./Edina 7 Jennifer Baumann M 5-8 Jr. Waukesha, Wis./Catholic Memorial 8 Caroline Dagley F 5-10 So. San Rafael, Calif./The Branson School 9 Kelsey Bertamus F 5-9 R-Fr. Burnsville, Minn./Lakeville South 10 Jessica Rubin D 5-6 Fr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central 11 Ali Rubnitz D 5-5 Sr. Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos 12 Sarah Sroka D 5-7 So. Geneva, Ill./Geneva 14 Lee Battaglia F 5-4 Fr. Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central 15 Colleen Antas M/D 5-7 Jr. Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North 16 Jill Dunn M 5-5 So. Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley 17 Jessica Palo F 5-10 Sr. Ames, Iowa/Ames 18 Emily Langston F 5-4 So. Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos 19 Alison Schneeman D 5-2 Jr. St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall 20 Kay Sampson M/D 5-9 Sr. San Francisco, Calif./Drew School 21 Nicole Duller D 5-6 So. Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos 22 Leigh Jakes D 5-7 R-Jr. McDonough, Ga./Eagle’s Landing 23 Kendall Thoreson M 5-5 Fr. Seattle, Wash./King’s 24 Casey Blaha M 5-8 Fr. River Forest, Ill./Oak Park River Forest 26 Briana Westlund D 5-6 Fr. Cottage Grove, Minn./Park 27 Ally Arca D 5-7 Jr. San Leandro, Calif./Head-Royce School 28 Grace Weitz GK 5-7 R-So. Golden Valley, Minn./The Breck School 29 Sam Greene F 5-6 Jr. Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica

Head coach: Stephanie Erickson assistant coaches: Erin Ekeberg, Danielle Slaton

alPHaBEtical no. name Pos. ht. Year hometown/high school 15 Colleen Antas M/D 5-7 Jr. Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North 27 Ally Arca D 5-7 Jr. San Leandro, Calif./Head-Royce School 14 Lee Battaglia F 5-4 Fr. Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central 7 Jennifer Baumann M 5-8 Jr. Waukesha, Wis./Catholic Memorial 9 Kelsey Bertamus F 5-9 R-Fr. Burnsville, Minn./Lakeville South 24 Casey Blaha M 5-8 Fr. River Forest, Ill./Oak Park River Forest 8 Caroline Dagley F 5-10 So. San Rafael, Calif./The Branson School 4 Katie Doyle F 5-3 So. St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East 21 Nicole Duller D 5-6 So. Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos 16 Jill Dunn M 5-5 So. Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley 00 Carolyn Edwards GK 5-5 Jr. Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson 6 Meredith Finsand M 5-2 Fr. Edina, Minn./Edina 29 Sam Greene F 5-6 Jr. Santa Monica, Calif./Santa Monica 1 Alicia Herczeg F/M 5-8 Sr. Agoura Hills, Calif./Agoura 22 Leigh Jakes D 5-7 R-Jr. McDonough, Ga./Eagle’s Landing 18 Emily Langston F 5-4 So. Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos 5 Sarah NeSmith M 5-2 So. Los Altos, Calif./Los Altos 17 Jessica Palo F 5-10 Sr. Ames, Iowa/Ames 3 Catherine Parish D 5-5 Fr. Tulsa, Okla./Jenks 10 Jessica Rubin D 5-6 Fr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central 11 Ali Rubnitz D 5-5 Sr. Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos 20 Kay Sampson M/D 5-9 Sr. San Francisco, Calif./Drew School 19 Alison Schneeman D 5-2 Jr. St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall 12 Sarah Sroka D 5-7 So. Geneva, Ill./Geneva 23 Kendall Thoreson M 5-5 Fr. Seattle, Wash./King’s 28 Grace Weitz GK 5-7 R-So. Golden Valley, Minn./The Breck School 26 Briana Westlund D 5-6 Fr. Cottage Grove, Minn./Park

2009 WILDCATSHEAD COACH STEPHANIE ERICKSON ........................................................................... 6

ASSISTANT COACH ERIN EKEBERG ............................................................................... 7

ASSISTANT COACH DANIELLE SLATON ......................................................................... 7

SUPPORT STAFF ............................................................................................................... 8

LAKESIDE FIELD ................................................................................................................ 9

WILDCAT RETURNEES...............................................................................................10-18

WILDCAT NEWCOMERS.............................................................................................18-20

’CATS IN THE COMMUNITY ............................................................................................. 21

2009 OPPONENTS ......................................................................................................22-23

H E A D C O A C H S T E P H A N I E E R I C K S O N


Stephanie Erickson, Northwestern’s former all-time leader in goals and points, returned to her alma mater as head coach on July 3,

2006, and is in her fourth season at the helm of the Wildcats. With its first 10-win season since 2004 and fifth in program history, Northwestern continued its climb back to prominence under Erickson in 2008. NU has improved its win total in each year under the former Wildcat standout and finished the Big Ten regular season in a tie for fifth place with a 5-5 record after a preseason conference coaches’ poll slotted the Wildcats 10th. Five conference wins were the most for the ’Cats since 2004 and

just the third time in school history that mark has been achieved. NU posted a 9-7-4 mark in Erickson’s second year, during which two Wildcats posted 20-point sea-sons in Kelsey Hans (10 g, 4 a) and

Shannon Schneeman (9 g, 2 a). The 2007 season saw two of Erickson’s NU offensive records fall

as Hans passed her coach for first place in both goals

and points as a Wildcat. In her first season as head coach of the Wildcats, Erickson led the team to

a record of 8-10-2. The team showed instant improvement under her command by win-ning two more Big Ten games than the previous season.

Before taking the reins in Evanston, Erickson served as head

coach at Harvard University in 2005 and led the Crimson to an 8-5-3 record. Erickson’s squad led the Ivy League and ranked sixth nationally in goals-against average, allowing a total of just eight goals in 16 games and 11 shutouts, including a 1-0 victory over 20th-ranked Ohio State. Erickson mentored four players to all-Ivy League honors and three to NSCAA all-Northeast Regional all-America honors. Prior to her arrival at Harvard, Erickson served as the top assistant at Northwestern in 2004, where she helped her alma mater reach the Big Ten Tournament after a three-year hiatus. The Wildcats finished in the top half of the Big Ten standings, won 10 games and finished with a winning record in conference play for the first time since 1998. After beginning her coaching career at California in 1998, where she helped the Golden Bears to the Pac-10 title and an NCAA bid, Erickson went to Harvard as an assistant on the 1999 Crimson team which went 14-2-1 and was ranked as high as fifth in the nation at the end of the regular-season. The team captured three in-season tournament titles, its fourth Ivy title in five seasons and earned its first-ever seeding in the NCAA Tournament. In 2000 she joined the Stanford coaching staff, where she recruited three classes ranked in the top 10 nationally and

helped the Cardinal reach the NCAA Women’s College Cup each season with a combined record of 60-21-5 in her four-year tenure. In 2002, she served as the interim co-head coach and helped guide the Cardinal to a No. 1 national ranking, a 21-2-0 record, a Pac-10 title and a spot in the NCAA quarterfinals. The Stanford staff earned National Coach of the Year honors from Soccer America at the conclusion of the season. Erickson was a four-year starting forward for the Wildcats, amass-ing 29 goals and 73 points. She earned the Wildcats’ Offensive Most Valuable Player honors in 1994, 1996 and 1997 and helped lead NU to an NCAA Tournament bid in 1996 when she was named second-team all-Big Ten and captured the league scoring title. In addition, Erickson scored a pair of goals in a span of five seconds to set the NCAA record for fastest consecutive goals scored in a game. Erickson graduated from Northwestern in 1998 with a bachelor of science in secondary education and Spanish. She was a three-time academic all-Big Ten selection and a member of the Dean’s List from 1996-98. Erickson resides in Wilmette and has a daughter, 5-year-old Xiah.

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Born March 1, 1976 alma Mater Northwestern University, 1998

Degree Bachelor’s Degree Secondary Education and SpanishPlaying Experience Northwestern University, 1994-97

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Stanford University, 2000-01, 2003 season assistant coach

Stanford University, 2002 season Interim co-head coach

Northwestern University, 2004 season Assistant coach

Harvard University, 2005 season Head coach

Northwestern University, 2006-present Head coach

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C O A C H I N G S TA F F


Former Wildcat Erin Ekeberg is in her fourth season as an assistant coach at Northwestern. A three-year starter between the pipes for

the ’Cats from 1998-2000, she works primarily with the goalkeepers and plays an integral role in recruiting. “Northwestern women’s soccer is very fortunate to have Erin at her alma mater as an assistant coach,” Erickson said. “Not only is she instrumental in training our goalkeepers, she offers one of the sharpest minds and an incredible passion for Northwestern. She is extremely gifted in building strong relationships with our players.” In her three seasons, the Wildcats have posted 19 total shutouts, including blanking nine opponents in 2007 and five more in 2008. Ekeberg, a three-time academic all-Big Ten selec-tion, graduated cum laude from Northwestern in June of 2001, receiving her bach-elor’s degree in environmen-tal sciences. After working for one season as an assistant coach at California in 2001, she then went on to receive her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in May of 2005 where she was on the Dean’s List all four years. Before returning to NU, she spent a year working as a litigation associate in New York City. Ekeberg’s name is still etched in the Northwestern record books with the all-time leaders in Wildcat history, including the record for most minutes played by a goalkeeper in one season (2,027 in 1998). She is second all-time with 281 career saves and third with 5,206 minutes and 13 shutouts. Her seven shutouts in 1998 still rank second on the all-time single-season list. She notched 13 saves in the 1998 NCAA round of 16 match against eventual national champion Florida. She also served as co-captain and won team MVP honors as a senior in 2000. The Palatine, Ill., native has experience as a soccer broadcaster as well, serving as a play-by-play spotter for the San Jose Cyber Rays of the Women’s United Soccer Association in the spring of 2002.

Danielle Slaton is in her fourth season as an assistant coach after play-ing for five years in the professional ranks as a member of the U.S.

Women’s National Team and with the Olympique Lyonnais in France. “Danielle is one of the best defenders this nation has produced,” Erickson said. “She has had an amazing playing career as a collegiate athlete, in the former women’s professional league (WUSA) and with the U.S. National Team. Danielle has incredible tactical knowledge and is instrumental in recruiting as well. She adds a wonderful dynamic to our staff and we are extremely fortunate that Danielle remains with us for her fourth season at Northwestern.” Northwestern’s defense has seen amazing improvement under Slaton’s tutelage, posting 19 shut-outs over three seasons. In 2007, the Wildcats posted a streak of over 388 minutes of shutout soccer and put up six shutouts in Big Ten play. Slaton was a five-year member of the U.S. National Team from 2000-05 that won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia and a member of the third place 2003 World Cup squad. She was a starting defender on the French First Division team Olympique Lyonnais and a mem-ber of the runner-up French Cup Tournament team in 2005. As a collegian at Santa Clara University, Slaton was a four-year starter, a three-time first-team All-America defender and team captain for the Broncos from 1998-2001. She helped lead the Broncos to the 2001 NCAA Championship as a senior and was named the NCAA College Cup Defensive MVP that same year. She was a four-time first-team all-West Coast Conference selection, the 1998 WCC Freshman of the Year and 2001 Defender of the Year. Slaton started 79-of-84 games during her college career, scoring 50 points on eight goals and 34 assists. Also a standout performer in the classroom, Slaton was named the 2001 NCAA Scholar Athlete of the Year and graduated magna cum laude with a 3.74 grade-point-average. After her collegiate career Slaton was the drafted first overall by the Carolina Courage in the 2002 Women’s United Soccer Association draft. That year she led the Courage to the WUSA Championship and was named the league’s defender of the year. Before coming to Northwestern, Slaton served as an assistant coach at Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose, Calif., and as assistant and head coach at the Capital Area Soccer League in Raleigh, N.C. Slaton gained broadcasting experience in 2009 while serving as color analyst for the Chicago Red Stars of Women’s Professional Soccer.

ERIN EKEBERGAssistant CoachFourth Season

DANIELLE slatOnAssistant CoachFourth Season

Former Wildcat ERin EKEBERG is in her fourth season and works primarily with the Wildcat goalkeepers.

Former Olympian and All-American daniEllE slatOn works with the Wildcat defenders.

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W I L D C AT S U P P O RT S TA F FDANIELLE cOlEGROVEAssociate Athletic Trainer

LIz dE fElicEAssistant Director ofAthletic Equipment

RYAN cHEnaUltDirector of Sales &Marketing

ROB cOOnsAthletic CommunicationsBig Ten Network Liaison

JASON PUllaRaAssociate Director ofStrength & Conditioning

JACK MORElanAssociate Director ofFacilities

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L A K E S I D E F I E L DNorthwestern’s Lakeside Field hosted its first game on

September 12, 2007 and hosted its first night contest on November 2, 2007. Lakeside Field is home to North-western’s men’s soccer, women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse programs. Located along the shores of scenic Lake Michigan and with a clear view of downtown Chicago in sight, the facility is one of the best of its kind in all of collegiate soccer and certainly one of the most picturesque. Lakeside Field features a new scoreboard, a game operations box, permanent stands for 2,000 fans and lights for night games. FieldTurf, the company responsible for the playing sur-face, has informed Northwestern that the field has received a FIFA 2-Star Certification—making it the first field installed by FieldTurf to receive such a distinction.

Lakeside Field has emerged as one of the premier soccer venues in the nation. The surface is impeccably consistent and provides FIFA two-star quality for our student-athletes and visiting teams. With the Chicago skyline to the South, Lake Michigan to the East and our incredible institution, Northwestern University, to the North and West, it is impossi-ble to beat the setting and views. Lakeside Field already has enhanced our program and will continue to make us incred-ibly competitive with recruiting and our on-field success.

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2008Appeared in 14 games ... Saw the field in seven of NU’s 10 Big Ten contests ... Recorded one shot on goal against Illinois State on 9/1 ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2007Appeared in three games ... First collegiate appearance came in 2-1 win at Florida Atlantic (9/9) ... Appeared in wins over Loyola and Iowa.

HiGH scHOOlSix-year participant on Chicago Fire Juniors club team ... Three-year club captain ... Team won 2006 Orange Classic ... 2006 Palatine Celtic Cup Champion ... 2005 Co-Champion of Best of the Midwest ... Four-year starter at midfield/defense in high school ... Returned from ACL injury junior year to help team place third in state playoffs ... Academic all-con-ference all four years ... Team captain senior year ... High school finished 2006 with 25-1-1 record ... Super-sectional, sectional, regional and con-ference champions in 2006 ... Rockford Boylan Tournament Champions

antas’ Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2007 3/0 0 0 0 0 02008 14/0 1 0 0 0 0

Career 17/0 1 0 0 0 0

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275-7 • Jr.DefenseSan Leandro, Calif.Head-Royce School

2008Did not compete in any games ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2007Appeared in eight games ... First collegiate appearance came in 3-2 win over UNC Greensboro (9/7).

HiGH scHOOlFour years on Bay Oaks club team ... Team finished second at 2006 Cal Cup ... Advanced to second round of 2006 State Cup ... Three-year letter winner on defense ... Team won league championship from 2003-06 ... Three-year letterwinner in basketball ... Team won league basketball championship from 2003-06.

COLLEEN antas5-7 • Jr.Midfield/DefenseWheaton, Ill.Wheaton North

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wildcats BY POsitiOn

GoalKeePers (2): Carolyn Edwards, Grace Weitz

DefenDers (7): Ally Arca, Nicole Duller, Leigh Jakes, Catherine Parish, Jessica Rubin, Ali Rubnitz, Alison Schneeman, Sarah Sroka, Briana Westlund

miDfielDers (11): Colleen Antas, Jennifer Baumann, Casey Blaha, Jill Dunn, Meredith Finsand, Sarah NeSmith, Kay Sampson, Kendall Thoreson

forwarDs (7): Lee Battaglia, Kelsey Bertamus, Caroline Dagley, Katie Doyle, Sam Greene, Alicia Herczeg, Emily Langston, Jessica Palo

wildcats BY class

seniors (4): Alicia Herczeg, Jessica Palo, Ali Rubnitz, Kay Sampson

JUniors (7): Colleen Antas, Ally Arca, Jennifer Baumann, Carolyn Edwards, Sam Greene, Leigh Jakes, Alison Schneeman

soPhomores (8): Caroline Dagley, Katie Doyle, Nicole Duller, Jill Dunn, Emily Langston, Sarah NeSmith, Sarah Sroka, Grace Weitz

freshmen (8): Lee Battaglia, Kelsey Bertamus, Casey Blaha, Meredith Finsand, Catherine Parish, Jessica Rubin, Kendall Thoreson, Briana Westlund

and Falcon Invite Champions ... Played two years of basket-ball ... Senior class president ... National Honor Society mem-ber ... Spanish and Math Honor Society member ... High Honor Roll all four years ... Represented Wheaton North High School at 2006 Illinois Girls’ State Leadership Conference.

PERsOnalBorn Colleen Thayer Antas on 2/18/89 ... Daughter of Craig and Sarah Antas ... Sister Rebecca competed in cross country and track and field at Notre Dame ... Grandfather and uncle graduated from Northwestern law school ... Majoring in span-ish and human development and psychological services.

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arCa’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2007 8/0 0 0 0 0 02008 0/0 0 0 0 0 0Career 8/0 0 0 0 0 0

JENNIFER BaUMann

75-8 • Jr.MidfieldWaukesha, Wis.Catholic Memorial

2008Appeared in 19 games and started six in the midfield ... Scored game-winning goal in 1-0 win over Illinois State on 9/1 ... Recorded assist at San Diego on 9/5 ... Scored goal in NU’s Big Ten Tournament game against Minnesota on 11/6 ... Named to all-tournament team for Big Ten Tournament ... Registered season-high three shots at Wisconsin on 10/31 ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2007Named to Big Ten All-Freshman team ... Started 19 games and appeared in all 20 ... Scored only goal of season against Penn State on (10/7) ... Tied for team lead with four assists ... Notched first collegiate point with an assist against Loyola (9/12) ... Assisted on Kay Sampson’s game-tying goal against Colgate (9/16) ... Recorded an

assist against Michigan State (10/21) ... Assisted on Alicia Herczeg’s goal against Iowa (10/28) ... Took 15 shots with six on goal.

BaUmann’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2007 20/19 15 1 4 6 02008 19/6 15 2 1 5 1Career 39/25 30 3 5 11 1

JEnnifERBaUMann

HiGH scHOOlRated in the nation’s top 150 by Soccer Buzz ... 2006 adidas/NSCAA all-America ... 2006 Wisconsin State Player of the Year ... Played for FC Milwaukee Nationals for eight years ... Team won Wisconsin State Championships in 1999, 2001-02 and 04-07 ... Made state semifinals in 2003 and Midwest Regional Semifinals in 2002, 2005 ... Four-year letterwinner in high school ... 2006 Classic 8 Conference Player of the Year ... First-team all-state 2004-06 ... Scored winning goal in 2004 state championship ... Assisted on winning goal for 2006 state championship ... Team won 2004 and 2006 high school state championship ... 2006 record of 22-1-2 ... Four-year member of National Honor Society ... Also lettered two years in basketball.

PERsOnalBorn Jennifer Jamie Baumann on 9/20/88 ... Daughter of Brian and Janice Baumann ... Majoring in communication studies.

KELSEY BERtaMUs

95-9 • R-Fr.ForwardBurnsville, Minn.Lakeville South

2008Earned medical redshirt after suffering season-ending injury in NU’s season-opening game against Nebraska on 8/22 ... Recorded one assist and one shot in only game of the season.

HiGH scHOOlFour-year letterwinner ... Goal-scoring forward ... Leading scorer in school history with 79 goals and 47 assists ... Led team in scoring as freshman, junior and senior ... 25 goals and 20 assists her senior year ... First-team all-state junior and senior year ... All-state tournament team as freshman, junior and senior ... Star Tribune all-metro team, Pioneer Press all-metro team and all-conference as freshman, junior and senior ... During her career, team went 70-14-3 and won state championship her senior year ... 10-year member of Tsunami Stars club team ... Team is four-time Minnesota State Cup champions ... Honor roll student ... Member of National Honor Society.

PERsOnalBorn Kelsey Anne Bertamus on 8/31/90 ... Daughter of Mike and Marcie Bertamus ... Plans to major in biological sciences.

BertamUs’ Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2008 1/0 1 0 1 1 0

PERsOnalBorn Alexandra Arca on 11/8/89 ... Daughter of Sherry Smith and Philip Arca ... Mother Sherry Smith played volleyball and basketball at Santa Clara ... Uncle Terry Smith played basketball at Stanford ... Played with cur-rent Wildcat Kay Sampson ... Majoring in social policy.

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PERsOnalBorn Nicole Marie Duller on 4/17/90 ... Daughter of Mark and Linda Duller ... High school and club teammate of fellow ’Cats Sarah NeSmith and Emily Langston ... Majoring in human development and psychological services.

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5-3 • So.ForwardSt. Charles, Ill.St. Charles East

2008Appeared in five games ... First collegiate appearance came against Illinois State on 9/1 ... Saw action in two Big Ten games and NU’s Big Ten Tournament contest against Minnesota on 11/6.

HiGH scHOOlSix-year member of Eclipse Select ... Team ranked No. 1 in the nation in 2007 by Soccer America ... Team earned spot at Midwest Regional Soccer Championships in 2006 and 2007 ... Team in Illinois state finals from 2003-06 ... Ranked in top two percent of graduating class ... National Honor Society member ... Involved in various clubs and community service activities.

PERsOnalBorn Catherine Rose Doyle on 7/13/90 ... Daughter of Jim and Tammy Doyle ... Father played ice hockey at Western Michigan ... Attended same high school as Northwestern baseball pitcher Cole Livermore ... Played on same club team as fellow Wildcats Carolyn Edwards and Sara Sroka ... Majoring in journalism.

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165-5 • So.MidfieldNaperville, Ill.Neuqua Valley

2008Appeared in 13 games ... First collegiate appearance came in season-opening win over Nebraska on 8/22 ... Took season-high two shots against Ohio State on 10/5 ... Appeared in six Big Ten regular season games and NU’s Big Ten Tournament match on 11/6.

HiGH scHOOlTwo-year letterwinner ... 2007 Daily Herald all-area ... 2007 all-conference ... Team won high school state champion-ship in 2005 ... Seven-year member of Chicago Magic club team ... Club team has won State Cup past seven years ... Honor roll student.

PERsOnalBorn Jill Suzanne Dunn on 1/5/90 ... Daughter of Suzanne and Kevin ... Major is undecided.

NICOLE dUllER

215-6 • So.DefenseLos Altos, Calif.Los Altos

2008Started all 20 games on defense as a freshman ... Named to Big Ten all-freshman team ... Played major role in defense that recorded five shutouts ... Recorded shot in first collegiate game against Nebraska on 8/22.

HiGH scHOOlThree-year letterwinner for Los Altos Eagles ... Two-time first-team all-league selection ... All-San Jose Mercury News Honorable Mention ... Team won league championship and section championship in 2006-07 ... Seven-year member of MVLA Mercury club team ... Team is three-time State Cup champion ... ODP Region IV pool ... ODP Select National Team member ... National Merit Scholar ... National Honor Society member.

DUnn’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2008 13/0 3 0 0 0 0

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CAROLYN EdwaRds

005-5 • Jr.GoalkeeperLincolnshire, Ill.Stevenson

2008First season as starting goalkeeper ... Started all 20 games and played 1,778:48 minutes ... Recorded five shutouts and made 75 saves ... Fifth in the Big Ten in saves and sixth in saves per game (3.75) ... Fifth in the conference in overall shutouts and Big Ten shutouts ... First win came in season opener against Nebraska on 8/22 ... Recorded first shutout against Illinois State on 9/1 ... Made three saves to record shutout in 0-0 tie against Saint Louis on 9/21 ... Made five saves against Illinois to pick up shutout and first Big Ten win ... Recorded other Big Ten shutouts against Michigan (10/19) and Wisconsin (10/31) ... Made season-high eight saves against Penn State on 10/3.

2007Appeared in four games and took part in four shutouts ... Did not give up a goal in 85:58 of action ... Made six saves ... First collegiate appearance came in 3-0 win against Loyola (9/12) ... Played season-high 41:55 in 4-0 win over Michigan State (10/21) ... Saw 19 minutes of action against Iowa (10/28).

HiGH scHOOlFive years on Eclipse Select club team ... Earned varsity soccer letter in 2005 ... Goals against average of 0.53 ... Recorded 11 shutouts out of 19 games ... All-conference and all-sectional ... Member of 2005 Daily Herald all-area team ... Team in Illinois State Cup Finals 2003-06 ... Honor roll student.

PERsOnalBorn Carolyn Grace Edwards on 8/11/89 ... Daughter of Patrick and Maryann Edwards ... Mother Maryann graduated from NU in 1978 ... Attended same high school as former NU football player Alex Rucks, NFL player Matt O’Dwyer and Tamika Catchings of the WNBA ... Majoring in communication studies and psychology.

eDwarDs’ Career stats Year GP/s min. Ga Gaa sV sho w-l-t2007 4/0 85:58 0 0.00 6 0 0-0-02008 20/20 1778:48 29 1.47 75 5 10-9-1caREER 24/20 1864:46 29 1.40 81 5 10-9-1

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SAM GREEnE

295-6 • Jr.ForwardSanta Monica, Calif.Santa Monica

2008Appeared in all 20 games and started 19 ... Team-high eight assists and tied for team lead with 14 points ... Third in Big Ten with 0.40 assists per game ... Eight assists were good for fifth in the conference ... Third in the Big Ten with three assists in conference games ... Recorded assist in NU’s match against San Diego on 9/5 ... Had two assists against Pepperdine on 9/7 ... First two goals of the season came in 3-1 win over Loyola (Chicago) on 9/12 ... With assist against DePaul on 9/14, completed a streak of four straight games with at least one point ... Assisted on game-winning goal against Illinois on 9/28 ... Registered assist against Indiana on 10/12 ... Posted a goal and assist against Iowa on 10/24 ... Assisted on NU’s lone goal in Big Ten Tournament match versus Minnesota on 11/6.

2007Appeared in all 20 games and started eight ... Became crucial player at for-ward off the bench ... Tied for team lead with four assists ... Scored three goals and registered four assists for 10 points ... First collegiate start and goal came against UNC Greensboro (9/7) ... Scored first point with assist in season-opener against Drake on 8/31 ... Notched an assist against Penn (9/14) ... Scored goals against Michigan State and Wisconsin ... Also had an assist against Badgers ... Totaled 30 shots with 16 on goal.

HiGH scHOOlFour-year letterwinner ... Averaged nearly 11 goals and 11 assists per season ... 2004 Ocean League Rookie of the Year ... 2006 Ocean League MVP and team MVP ... Team won 2004-07 Ocean League Championships ... Club team was Eagles SC ... Won 2004 and 2007 national, regional and state championships ... Two-time Southern California State Champions ... Three-time SurfSuper group champions ... Four-year honor roll student ... Two-year letterwinner in track for participation in high jump.

PERsOnalBorn Samantha Michelle Greene on 11/20/89 ... Daughter of Fay and Cary Greene ... Major in learning and organizational change.

Greene’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2007 20/8 30 3 4 10 02008 20/19 36 3 8 14 0Career 40/27 66 6 12 24 0

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2008Returned from injury to help anchor a defense that recorded five shut-outs ... Appeared in all 20 games and started 19 ... Recorded an assist in season-opening win over Nebraska on 8/22 ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2007Missed entire season due to injury.

2006Made an immediate impact on the defensive front in her first season ... Big Ten all-freshman team selection ... Started all 14 games in which she played ... Defensive specialist.

HiGH scHOOlOne of the top U18 soccer players in the nation ... A 2005 NSCAA/adidas all-America selection and two-time Conference Player of the Year ... Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution all-star and all-region teams for the past three years ... Earned region and county girls soccer player of the year honors twice ... Scored over 20 goals three times in helping her high school to a 37-13-4 record and a top 10 state ranking ... Team was region champions twice and once runner-up ... Team MVP and Henry County Player of the Year ... Team captain ... Member of the Peachtree City Lazers 88 Elite, a na-tional top 20 team in 2005 ... Helped the 88 Cobb Lady Chiefs earn the 2004 State Cup Championship ... Selected to the Super Y League South Atlantic ODP Regional pool team (Atlanta Silverback Jr’s) ... Selected to

2008Started all 20 games at forward ... Totaled 11 points on four goals and three assists ... Added two more game-winning goals to bring career total to five ... First point of the season came against San Diego on 9/5 ... First goal of the year was game-winner in 3-1 win over Loyola (Chicago) on 9/12 ... Added two assists against DePaul on 9/14 and a goal against Milwaukee on 9/24 to complete a stretch of six points over four games ... Notched goal against Iowa on 10/24 ... Scored game-winning goal against Wisconsin on 10/31 to give NU a 1-0 win and a berth in the Big Ten Tournament ... Five multi-point games ... Totaled 43 shots with 13 on net ... Season-high four shots five times.

2007Started all 20 games ... Finished with career-high four goals and nine points ... Scored NU’s first goal of the season with over-time game-winner against Drake on 8/31 ... Scored a goal in 2-1 win over Florida Atlantic on 9/9 ... Notched game-winner in 4-0 win over Michigan State on 10/21 ... Had three-point game against Michigan State with an assist to go with goal ... Final goal of season came on header in 3-0 win over Iowa on 10/28.

2006Jumped right into the Wildcats’ lineup, starting 19 of 20 games ... Recorded three goals ... Finished third on team in shots with 30 ... First collegiate goal was a game-winning double over-time goal against Ohio State (10/1) ... Fourth on team with 12 shots on goal ... Provided the only goals in 2-1 losses to Purdue (10/13) and No. 10 Penn State (10/22).

HiGH scHOOlTwo-time all-Marmonte League selection at Agoura High School ... Led her team in scoring with 68 goals over four seasons ... 2005 L.A. Daily News first-team selection and 2004 all-area selection ... 2005 Ventura County Star all-county first-team choice ... Two-time team offensive MVP ... Member of the Southern Cal United club team where she helped her team to the 2005 Premier League Championship and the

herCZeG’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2006 19/19 30 3 0 6 12007 20/20 20 4 1 9 22008 20/20 43 4 3 11 2Career 59/59 93 11 4 26 5

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LEIGH JaKEs

225-7 • R-Jr.DefenseMcDonough, Ga.Eagle’s Landing

state championship in 2004 ... Also a member of the 2004 Coast Soccer Premier League finalists and 2003 San Diego Surf Cup Champions ... Earned three letters in track & field ... Three-year scholar athlete award winner, recipient of the GSE Academic Excellence Award and member of the California Scholastic Federation.

PERsOnalBorn Alicia Lynn Herczeg on 9/29/88 ... Daughter of Fred and Claire Herczeg ... Majoring in political science.

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JaKes’ Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2006 14/14 2 0 0 0 02007 DNC2008 20/19 1 0 1 1 0Career 34/33 3 0 1 1 0

EMILY lanGstOn

185-4 • So.ForwardLos Altos, Calif.Los Altos

2008Solid contributor in the midfield during her freshman season ... Started all 20 games ... Registered two goals and two assists for six total points ... First goal of the year came in first collegiate game against Nebraska on 8/22 ... Second goal came in 3-2 win over Pepperdine on 9/7 ... Assisted on one of Amanda Hoffman’s three goals against DePaul on 9/14 ... Recorded an assist in NU’s 3-2 double overtime win over Iowa on 10/24 ... Took 16 shots and landed 10 on goal.

HiGH scHOOlThree-year letterwinner for Los Altos Eagles ... Team offensive MVP sophomore year and league MVP junior year ... All-league selection sophomore and junior seasons ... Team was section semifinalist sopho-more year and section champion junior year ... Eight-year member of MVLA Mercury club team ... Team is three-time champions of California State Cup ... Member of National Honor Society ... Member of California Scholarship Federation.

PERsOnalBorn Emily Elizabeth Langston on 12/11/1989 ... Daughter of James and Elizabeth Langston ... Club and high school teammate of fellow Wildcats Sarah NeSmith and Nicole Duller ... Major is undeclared.

lanGston’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2008 20/20 16 2 2 6 0

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SARAH nesMitH

55-2 • So.MidfieldLos Altos, Calif.Los Altos

2008Played in three games ... Made first collegiate appearance in 1-0 win over Illinois State on 9/1 ... Appeared against Michigan State on 10/17 and Wisconsin on 10/31.

HiGH scHOOlThree-year letterwinner and two year captain for Los Altos Eagles ... Palo Alto Daily News, Los Gatos News, Redwood City Daily News and Mercury News all-league selection ... League MVP ... Central Coast Section Player of the Year ... Team was section semifinalist sophomore year and section champion junior year ... Member of MVLA Mercury Club team ... Team is three-time defending champions of California State Cup ... Member of National Honor Society ... Member of California Scholastic Federation ... Honor roll student.

PERsOnalBorn Sarah Rae NeSmith on 9/2/89 ... Daughter of Nancy and Brian NeSmith ... Club and high school teammate of fellow Wildcats Nicole Duller and Emily Langston ... Majoring in human development and psychological services.

the 2004 and 2005 state ODP pool teams (88’s), ODP Region team and ODP Super Y league Region I and III National pool team. ... Also a standout basketball player ... National Honor Student with a 4.0 GPA ... Also considered West Virginia, Tennessee and Auburn.

PERsOnalBorn Leigh Ashley Jakes on 3/24/88 ... Daughter of Van and Rhonda Jakes ... Father Van was a NFL defensive back from 1983-1991, playing for Kansas City, New Orleans and Green Bay ... Majoring in sociology.

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2008Valuable reserve ... Played in 17 games off the bench ... Scored a goal against San Diego on 9/5 ... Took five total shots and three landed on goal ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2007Appeared in four games at forward ... Recorded a shot on goal against Loyola on 9/12.

2006Played in 15 games, starting three ... Tallied an assist and a goal against Morehead State (9/8).

HiGH scHOOlHelped the West Des Moines Storm to two Club State Championships in 2004 and 2005 ... A two-time all-Central Iowa Metropolitan League se-lection and member of the Iowa ODP State Team ... Tallied 22 goals and four assists in 2003 and 20 goals and three assists in 2004 ... Holds the school re-cord with six goals in one game ... Also a 2005 all-state sprinter in track ... Also considered Iowa State.

PERsOnalBorn Jessica Murielle Palo on 10/11/87 ... Daughter of Pierre and Bertne Palo ... Majoring in art theory and practice.

JESSICA PalO

175-10 • Sr.ForwardAmes, IowaAmes

2008Played in 16 games and started three ... Aided a defense that recorded five shutouts ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2007Started all 20 games on back line ... Aided in nine shutouts ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2006Appeared in seven games, starting three ... First col-legiate start came against DePaul (8/25).

HiGH scHOOlServed as captain of the Los Gatos Elite from 2001-05 ... Helped her team to a runner-up finish in the 2005 Nor Cal Premier League and the 2004 Abrozino League Championship ... Named league MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 ... A three-time District II ODP captain and two-time

first team all-league choice ...Was chosen as the 2005 Most Inspirational Player ... A 2006 Senior Soccer All-Stars selection ... Led her team to an overall record of 48-15-9 ... Also a letterwinner in track and cross coun-try ... Served as student body president of Los Gatos High School and student council representative ... Member of the California Scholarship Federation.

PERsOnalBorn Allison Michelle Rubnitz on 4/23/88 ... Daugher of James and Teresa Rubnitz ... Majoring in communication studies and psychology.

rUBnitZ’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2006 7/3 0 0 0 0 02007 20/20 0 0 0 0 02008 16/3 0 0 0 0 0Career 43/26 0 0 0 0 0

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Palo’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2006 15/3 11 1 1 3 02007 4/0 1 0 0 0 02008 17/0 5 1 0 2 0Career 36/3 17 2 1 5 0

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2008Appeared in nine games ... Lone goal of the year and second of career was game-winner in 2-1 win over Indiana on 10/12 ... Scored on season’s only shot ... Appeared in last three games of the season including Big Ten Tournament match against Minnesota on 11/6 ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2007Appeared in 16 games and started 11 ... Finished with a goal and two assists ... Started first 11 games of the season on defense ... Aided a defense that recorded nine shutouts ... Scored first career goal in dramatic fashion against Colgate on 9/16 ... Game-tying goal came with one second left in regula-tion ... Recorded assists in back-to-back games against Loyola and Penn ... Three-game point-scoring streak from 9/12-9/16 ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2006Played in nine games for the Wildcats ... Had one assist against Morehead State (9/8).

HiGH scHOOlA four-year player and two-year captain of the Drew School Dragons ... Team MVP her junior and senior seasons ... Four-year all-league selection ... Captain of club soccer team, the Bay Oaks Strykers ... Played two years of volleyball and three years of basketball ... Class valedictorian ... Member of National Honor Society ... Recipient of Harvard Prize Book Award ... Received awards for excellence in biology, geometry, French and community service.

PERsOnalBorn Katherine J. Sampson on 10/6/87 ... Daughter of Brooke and Gary Sampson ... Majoring in environmental sciences.

KAY saMPsOn5-9 • Sr.Defense/MidfieldSan Francisco, Calif.Drew School

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samPson’s Career stats Year GP/s shots Goals assists Pts GwG2006 9/0 0 0 1 1 02007 16/11 1 1 2 4 02008 9/0 1 1 0 2 0Career 34/11 2 2 3 7 1

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2008Did not compete.

2007Appeared in two games as a freshman.

HiGH scHOOlMember of St. Paul Blackhawks Premiere club team 2001-04 and 2006 ... Team won State Cup Championship in 2002 and 2006 ... Three-year letterwinner ... Thirteen (13) career goals and seven career assists ... Seven goals in 2006 and five in 2005 ... All-State honorable mention ... Member of Minnesota ODP ... Team made 2004 state quarterfinals and won section championship ... Lettered three years in hockey and two years in track ... Three years on honor roll and four-year member of student council.

PERsOnalBorn Alison Patricia Schneeman on 1/18/89 ... Daughter of Erin and Nick Schneeman ... Sister of former Wildcat standout Shannon Schneeman ... Mother Erin played field hockey at Notre Dame and father Nick played soccer at Notre Dame ... Club teammates with fellow Wildcat Grace Weitz ... Majoring in communication studies.

ALISON scHnEEMan5-2 • Jr.DefenseSt. Paul, Minn.Cretin-Derham Hall

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125-7 • So.DefenseGeneva, Ill.Geneva

2008Played in 13 games and started eight as a freshman on defense ... Made an appearance in first collegiate game on 8/22 against Nebraska ... First start came against San Diego on 9/5 ... Started final four games of the season including Big Ten Tournament match against Minnesota on 11/6 ... Recorded two shots.

HiGH scHOOlLettered one year in high school ... Started every game on varsity team as a freshman ... Ranked in top-five of area defenders to watch by

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Chicago Sun-Times in 2005 ... Team earned spot at Midwest Regional Soccer Championships in 2006 and 2007 ... Team in Illinois state finals from 2003-06 ... Member of National Honors Society ... Ranked in top seven percent of graduating class.

PERsOnalBorn Sarah Stephanie Sroka on 9/20/89 ... Daughter of Jeffrey and Pamela Sroka ... Father, a physician, was an under-graduate and medical student at Northwestern ... Mother is also an NU alum ... Played with cur-rent Wildcats Carolyn Edwards

and Katie Doyle ... Majoring in learning and organizational change.

weitZ’s Career stats Year GP/s min. Ga Gaa sV sho w-l-t2008 2/0 59:49 0 0.00 4 0 0-0-0caREER 2/0 59:49 0 0.00 4 0 0-0-0

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145-4 • Fr.ForwardHinsdale, Ill.Hinsdale Central

HiGH scHOOlAll-sectional in 2007 and two-time all-conference selection (2006, 2007) ... Suburban Life all-area (2006, 2007) ... Chicago Sun-Times all-area third team (2007) ... Led team in scoring in both freshman and sophomore seasons with 14 and 15 goals, respectively ... Two-year letterwinner ... Three-year member of Eclipse Select ... Team was 2008 U.S. National finalist and regional champion ... Had goal and assist in 2006 sectional championship game ... Four-year honor roll student ... All-Academic West Suburban Conference selection.

PERsOnalBorn Lee Muriel Battaglia on 9/13/90 ... Daugher of Ernie and Rosalie Battaglia ... Brother Frank is member of Northwestern wrestling team ... Grandfather was Big Ten champion heavyweight at Illinois ... Played in same club as current Wildcats Katie Doyle, Carolyn Edwards and Sarah Sroka ... Major is undecided.

CASEY BlaHa

245-8 • Fr.MidfieldRiver Forest, Ill.Oak Park River Forest

HiGH scHOOlFour-year varsity starter at Oak Park River Forest and received all-conference and all-section recognition ... 2009 all-state all-academic team honoree ... Member of Windy City Pride soccer club ... 2009 class valedictorian ... Also a two-year starting guard on varsity basketball team and a three-year member of the varsity dance drill team ... Member of Best Buddies mentor program.

PERsOnalBorn Catherine Sheila Blaha on 4/19/91 ... Daughter of James and Catherine Blaha with three brothers (Kevin, Mark and Seamus) and one sister (Maggie) ... Plans to major in biology.

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285-7 • R-So.GoalkeeperGolden Valley, Minn.Breck School

2008Appeared in two games and played a total of 59:49 ... First collegiate appearance came in second half against Michigan State on 10/17 ... Played 44:23 against MSU ... Played 15:26 against Minnesota in Big Ten Tournament on 11/6 ... Academic all-Big Ten.

2007Did not see match action.

HiGH scHOOlPlayed for the St. Paul Blackhawks club team that was a two-time State Cup champion and finalist in the Coaches’ Classic ... Had a 0.00 GAA and was named MVP of the St. Paul Blackhawks in the 2006 State Cup ... Three-time all-conference honoree ... Named to the Orono all-tourna-ment team ... Winner of the Gatorade Will to Win Award ... Three-time MVP of the soccer team ... National Merit semi-finalist ... Named to the Headmaster’s List for three years.

PERsOnalBorn Grace Olivia Weitz on 4/11/89 ... Daughter of Mark and Carol Weitz ... Majoring in journalism.

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JESSICA RUBin

105-6 • Fr.DefenseNaperville, Ill.Naperville Central

HiGH scHOOlAll-conference in 2008 and honorable mention all-conference in 2007 ... All-area honorable mention in 2008 ... Four-year letterwinner ... Three-year academic all-conference selection ... Team won 2006 and 2008 regional championship and has been rated top-5 in Illinois ... Eight-year member of Naperville Soccer Association ... Honor roll student.

PERsOnalBorn Jessica Ashley Rubin on 9/3/90 ... Daughter of Jeff and Janile Rubin ... Brother played baseball at Truman State and sister played volleyball at Hope College ... Attended same high school as WNBA’s Candice Parker and NFL’s Owen Daniels ... Plans to major in psychology.

CATHERINE PaRisH

35-5 • Fr.DefenseTulsa, Okla.Jenks

HiGH scHOOl2008 NSCAA Oklahoma state player of the year ... NSCAA all-Ameri-can in 2008 ... Three-time all-district selection ... Three-year letterwin-ner ... Five-year member of Edmond Soccer Club ... Team is four-time defending Oklahoma state champion and was 2005 national finalist ... Honor roll student.

PERsOnalBorn Catherine Valentine Parish on 5/17/91 ... Daughter of Bill and Linda Parish ... Attended same high school as current NU football player Andrew Brewer.

MEREDITH finsand

65-2 • Fr.MidfieldEdina, Minn.Edina

HiGH scHOOl2007 all-state, all-region, all-metro and team MVP ... 2007 confer-ence MVP and all-tournament team ... 2008 team MVP ... Four-year letterwinner ... Also four-year letterwinner in alpine skiing ... All-state and team MVP for skiing 2006, 07, 08 ... Competed for MTA Stars ... Honor roll student and Presidential Award recipient for cumulative academic excellence (2005-08) ... Also competed in track and field, cross country and lacrosse.

PERsOnalBorn Meredith Jane Finsand on 10/9/90 ... Daughter of Amy and Bert Finsand ... Father played football for Iowa State and sister was alpine skier for Boston College ... Played in the same club as fellow recruit Briana Westlund ... Major is undecided.

CAROLINE daGlEY

85-10 • So.ForwardSan Rafael, Calif.The Branson School

2008Attended the University of California ... Played in four games and took two shots.

HiGH scHOOl2007 Marin County Athletic League Player of the Year after posting 12 goals and eight assists for The Branson School ... Marin Independent Journal 2007 spring top female athlete honoree ... Attended 2005 U.S. Under-15 National team camp in Carson, Calif., and was named to the 2008 Region IV team ... Region IV pool player in 2004, 2005 and 2007 and was a four-year member of the Cal North state team ... Helped Bay Oaks twice reach the State Cup finals and has played for the club at the U18 level for five years ... Also played basketball at the Branson School. PERsOnalBorn Caroline Elizabeth Dagley on 1/6/90 ... Daughter of Bill and Edie Dagley ... Major is undecided.


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235-5 • Fr.MidfieldSeattle, Wash.King’s

HiGH scHOOl2009 NSCAA first-team all-American ... Two-time first team all-state, all-district and all-conference ... Three-time team MVP from 2006-08 ... Led state in assists (25) as senior and was top-10 in points during junior and senior years ... Team won league, district and tri-district champi-onships during senior year ... Three-year letter winner ... Played for Washington Premier from 2007-09 ... Team won 2008 state champion-ship and was regional quarterfinalist ... Five-year member of Northwest Nationals from 2000-06 ... Team was state finalist in 2006 and 2007 ... Member of Washington state ODP team ... Team was regional final-ist in 2005 and state finalist in 2006 and 2007 ... Four-year honor roll member.

PERsOnalBorn Kendall Marrissa Thoreson on 10/30/90 ... Daughter of Brad and Julie Thoreson ... Father played basketball at Seattle Pacific University ... Major is undecided.

BRIANA wEstlUnd

265-6 • Fr.DefenseCottage Grove, Minn.Park

HiGH scHOOlThree-time St. Paul Pioneer Press all-state selection from 2006-08 ... Two-time Minneapolis Star Tribune all-state selection ... 2007 St. Paul Pioneer Press Metro Player of the Year ... 2007 NSCAA all-american ... Earned all-conference honors four times and all-state honors three times ... Five-year letterwinner after joining high school varsity as an eighth-grader ... Competed in 2008 Senior Classic ... Team earned second in conference from 2006-08 and second in section in 2007 and 2008 ... In five years, team only had 33 goals against while on the field ... Six-year member of Bangu Tsunami/Minnesota Thunder Academy ... Honor roll student ... National Honor Society member ... All-state academic selection ... Also lettered in nordic skiing.

PERsOnalBorn Briana Marie Westlund on 6/14/91 ... Daughter of David and Candace Westlund ... Competed on same club team as fellow recruit Meredith Finsand ... Plans to major in biology.

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When it comes to giving back to the Evanston and Northwestern communities, Stephanie Erickson’s women’s

soccer program has found numerous ways to make a difference. In 2009, Erickson’s squad was the winner of Northwestern’s PRIDE Award as the athletic program with the most total community service hours.

“The minute you commit yourself to community service you immediately see the benefits and feel how rewarding the experience can be,” Erickson said. “Our girls are motivated and inspired by the kids they work with and feel really fortunate to be in a position to have a positive influence on young people.”

Here is a look at a few of the recent community service initiatives in which Erickson and her student-athletes have participated.

RicE EdUcatiOn cEntEREvery Monday members of NU’s women’s soccer team visit Evanston’s Rice Education Center, a day school program whose student body is composed of children with emotional, learning and behavioral difficulties. The Wildcats spend time tutoring the students and also engage them in friendly athletic competitions.

lOcKs Of lOVEIn the midst of its 2007 season, Northwestern hosted Locks of Love Day before a home game at Lakeside Field. stEPHaniE ERicKsOn (far left) and a number of Wildcats, including former goalkeeper laUREn JOHnstOn (near left) said goodbye to their long hair, donating it to the Locks for Love Foundation for the

creation of hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Dozens of NU fans also donated their hair before watching the ’Cats post a 3-0 victory against Iowa.

sOldiER fiEld KicKs aGainst cancERNorthwestern was one of seven teams from the Midwest that competed in the inaugural Soldier Field Kicks Against Breast Cancer Invitational during its 2009 spring season. NU’s student-athletes raised $3,500 to contribute toward the event’s overall goal of generating $100,000 in donations, a portion of which also went to the Children’s Memorial Research Center of Chicago.

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MilwaUKEEFri., Aug. 21 at Lakeside Field2008 Record: 18-3-2Series History: Tied, 4-4-1Last Meeting: 2008; Milwaukee, 2-1Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3Women’s Soccer SID: Kevin ConwayE-mail: [email protected]: (414) 750-0298Web Site: uwmpanthers.com

dEPaUlSun., Aug. 23 at Wish Field2008 Record: 4-15-0Series History: NU, 5-0-0Last Meeting: 2008; NU, 3-2Starters Returning/Lost: 10/1Women’s Soccer SID: Bob SakamotoE-mail: [email protected]: (773) 325-7525Web Site: depaulbluedemons.com

MissOURiFri., Aug. 28 at Walton Stadium2008 Record: 16-5-2Series History: Missouri, 3-2-0Last Meeting: 2006; Missouri, 4-0Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3 Women’s Soccer SID: Kate LakinE-mail: [email protected]: (573) 356-6114Web Site: mutigers.com

loYola (ChiCaGo)Fri., Sept. 4 at Lakeside Field 2008 Record: 14-9-0Series History: NU, 8-1-1Last Meeting: 2008, NU 3-1Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2Women’s Soccer SID: Leo KrauseE-mail: [email protected]: (847) 769-7931Web Site: loyolaramblers.com

saint lOUisSun., Aug. 30 at Hermann Stadium2008 Record: 11-6-4Series History: Tied, 0-0-1 Last Meeting: 2008: Tied, 0-0 (2OT)Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2Women’s Soccer SID: Mickey SmithE-mail: [email protected]: (314) 610-8496Web Site: slubillikens.com

PEnnFri., Sept. 11 at Rhodes Field2008 Record: 8-6-3Series History: Tied, 0-0-1Last Meeting: 2007; Tied, 1-1 (2OT)Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3Women’s Soccer SID: Mike MahoneyE-mail: [email protected]: (215) 898-9232Web Site: pennathletics.com

YalESun., Sept. 13 at Reese Stadium2008 Record: 8-7-2Series History: First meetingLast Meeting: n/aStarters Returning/Lost: 8/3Women’s Soccer SID: Tim BennettE-mail: [email protected]: (203) 432-1457Web Site: yalebulldogs.com

BYUThu., Sept. 17 at Lakeside Field2008 Record: 18-5-1Series History: BYU, 4-0-0Last Meeting: 2004; BYU, 3-2 (OT)Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4Women’s Soccer SID: Norma CollettE-mail: [email protected]: 801-422-4908Web Site: byucougars.com

nOtRE daMESun., Sept. 20 at Alumni Stadium2008 Record: 26-1-0 (Lost NCAA Final)Series History: First meetingLast Meeting: n/aStarters Returning/Lost: 7/4Women’s Soccer SID: Chris MastersE-mail: [email protected]: (574) 532-4166Web Site: und.com

indianaFri., Sept. 25 at Lakeside Field2008 Record: 8-10-1Series History: NU, 8-7-2Last Meeting: 2008; NU, 2-1Starters Returning/Lost: 11/0Women’s Soccer SID: Nate WiechersE-mail: [email protected]: (812) 345-1991Web Site: iuhoosiers.com


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MicHiGanSun., Oct. 4 at U-M Soccer Complex2008 Record: 4-10-5Series History: Michigan, 10-4-3Last Meeting: 2008; Northwestern, 1-0Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/10Women’s Soccer SID: Ryan SosinE-mail: [email protected]: (734) 763-4423Web Site: mgoblue.com

PEnn statEFri., Oct. 9 at Jeffrey Field2008 Record: 16-8-0Series History: Penn State, 15-2-0Last Meeting: 2008; Penn State, 1-0Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2Women’s Soccer SID: Jeremy FallisE-mail: [email protected]: (814) 206-6544Web Site: gopsusports.com

OHiO statESun., Oct. 11 at Owens Stadium2008 Record: 8-10-2Series History: Ohio State, 8-6-1Last Meeting: 2008; Ohio State, 1-0Starters Returning/Lost: 10/1Women’s Soccer SID: Jerry EmigE-mail: [email protected]:(614) 688-0343Web Site: ohiostatebuckeyes.com

iOwaThu., Oct. 22 at Iowa Soccer Complex2008 Record: 9-11-1Series History: Northwestern, 8-3-1Last Meeting: 2008; Northwestern 3-2 (2OT)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 22/4Women’s Soccer SID: Stephanie DittmerE-mail: [email protected]: (319) 335-9411Web Site: hawkeyesports.com

MinnEsOtaFri., Oct. 30 at Robbie Stadium2008 Record: 22-4-0Series History: Minnesota, 11-6-1Last Meeting: 2008; Minnesota, 3-1Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6Women’s Soccer SID: Pat McCabeE-mail: [email protected]: 612-203-3028Web Site: gophersports.com

MicHiGan statESun., Oct. 18 at Lakeside Field2008 Record: 14-7-3Series History: Michigan State, 10-4-2Last Meeting: 2008; Michigan State, 3-0Starters Returning/Lost: 10/1Women’s Soccer SID: Jeff BarnesE-mail: [email protected]: (517) 355-2271Web Site: msuspartans.com

wiscOnsinMon., Nov. 2 at Lakeside Field2008 Record: 9-9-1Series History: Wisconsin, 12-5-0Last Meeting: 2008; Northwestern, 1-0Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3Women’s Soccer SID: Jacqueline BoscacciE-mail: [email protected]: (608) 279-8653Web Site: uwbadgers.com

illinOisFri., Nov. 6 at Lakeside Field2008 Record: 12-9-2Series History: Illinois, 8-2-3Last Meeting: 2008; Northwestern, 1-0Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3Women’s Soccer SID: Emily WickstromE-mail: [email protected]: (612) 743-6770Web Site: fightingillini.com

PURdUESun., Sept. 27 at Lakeside Field2008 Record: 12-7-3Series History: Purdue, 9-2-0Last Meeting: 2008; Purdue, 1-0Starters Returning/Lost: 10/1Women’s Soccer SID: Derek SatterfieldE-mail: [email protected]: 765-494-3198Web Site: purduesports.com

NU H ISTORY2008 IN REVIEW ............................................................................................................... 26

2008 STATISTICS & TEAM AWARDS ............................................................................... 27

NU ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME ......................................................................................... 28

’CATS AFTER GRADUATION ........................................................................................... 29

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS ..........................................................................................30-31

SERIES RECORDS .......................................................................................................... 32

BIG TEN HONORS ........................................................................................................... 33

NORTHWESTERN RECORD BOOKS ........................................................................34-35

ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS ........................................................................................... 36

nU Posts fifth 10-win season in Program history

With its first 10-win season since 2004 and fifth in program history, Northwestern continued its climb back to prominence under head

coach Stephanie Erickson in 2008. NU has improved its win total in each year under the former Wildcat standout and finished the Big Ten regular season in a tie for fifth place with a 5-5 record after a preseason conference coaches’ poll slotted the Wildcats 10th. Individually, four Wildcats earned Big Ten Conference honors with seniors Jenny Dunn, Laura Janowitsch and Jeanette Lorme each making the all-Big Ten second team. Freshman defender Nicole Duller earned a spot on the all-freshman team. Senior Amanda Hoffman, who had a team-leading six-goal season after not recording a single tally in her first three years, was NU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award nominee. NU’s record books look different following the 2008 campaign, with several ’Cats climbing the school’s all-time lists in various categories. Dunn entered her senior season outside of NU’s offensive top-10 categories but a spectacular campaign vaulted her to a place alongside Northwestern’s all-time greats. With 16 career assists, Dunn moved into third place all-time. Her 50 career points are good for sixth and her 17 career goals rank ninth. Just a sophomore, Sam Greene took advantage of 19 starts to already make her mark in several offensive categories. Her eight assists in 2008 was the fourth-highest single season total in NU history, while her 12 overall helpers ranks sixth on the Wildcats’ all-time list. Carolyn Edwards, in her first season as starting goalkeeper, finished with five shutouts and 75 saves. Her save total and 1.47 GAA are good for eighth all-time. With 1,779 minutes played in 2008, Edwards sits seventh on NU’s all-time list, and she is fifth all-time with five shutouts. NU opened the 2008 season on the right note with a 4-3 win over Nebraska at Lakeside Field—a game in which all seven goals came in the second half. Dunn recorded her first of two game-winning goals in the 87th minute, scoring on a rebound in the box to lift the ’Cats to victory. The Wildcats posted a 1-1 record in the Lakeside Invitational, falling 2-0 to LSU before downing Illinois State, 1-0. The ’Cats recorded another split in their second tournament—the Pepperdine Nike Challenge in Malibu, Calif.—falling to San Diego before topping Pepperdine in overtime. Against the Waves, NU overcame a two-goal deficit and got a game-winner

from Janowitsch. NU defeated a pair of local foes in Loyola (Chicago) and DePaul by putting up three goals in each contest. Against the Blue Demons, NU trailed 2-0 in the second half when Hoffman recorded the school’s first hat trick since 2004 to propel Northwestern to a 3-2 win. Northwestern picked up its first conference win Sept. 28 when it downed then-17th-ranked Illinois by a 1-0 mark. Lorme’s first goal of the year proved to be the game-winner and Edwards

picked up one of her five shutouts in net. The Wildcats dropped a pair of 1-0 decisions at Penn State and Ohio State to sit at 1-3 in the Big Ten entering a three-game home stand. NU got a timely game-winning goal from junior Kay Sampson to down Indiana, 2-1, on Oct. 12. After a defeat at the hands of Michigan State, Northwest-ern got its first of back-to-back wins with a 1-0 victory over Michigan Oct. 19. On Senior Day it was fitting that Dunn scored the match’s lone goal on a volley off a pass from fellow senior Lorme. NU then climbed to .500 in the Big Ten with a 3-2 double-overtime win at Iowa. Alicia Herczeg and Greene also scored, but Hoffman’s team-best sixth goal was the game-winner in the 106th minute. Needing a win to make the Big Ten Tournament, NU got a goal in the 81st minute from Herczeg to down Wisconsin in Madison, 1-0, Oct. 31.

The win gave NU a 5-5 conference mark and a tie for fifth place in the conference. The goal was Herczeg’s fifth career game-winner. Five Big Ten wins are the most for the Wild-cats since 2004 and just the third time in school history the mark has been acheived. NU continues to improve under Stephanie Erickson, whose leadership has shown the ’Cats are a program on the rise.

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caROlYn EdwaRds notched five shutouts and posted a 1.47 goals against average in her first season as a starter.

saM GREEnE tied for the team scoring lead in 2008 with 14 points. The junior enters 2009 as the ’Cats second-leading scorer among active players.


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all-Big tenJenny Dunn (2nd)

Laura Janowitsch (2nd)Jeanette Lorme (2nd)

Big ten all-freshman teamNicole Duller

Big ten sportsmanship awardAmanda Hoffman

academic all-Big tenColleen Antas

Ally ArcaJennifer Baumann

Jenny DunnAmanda Hoffman

Leigh JakesLaura JanowitschJeanette Lorme

Jessica PaloAli Rubnitz

Kay SampsonGrace Weitz

SoccerBuzz all-regionJeanette Lorme (3rd)

coaches awardGrace Weitz

Offensive MVPJenny Dunn

defensive MVPLaura Janowistch

Gift of furyJeanette Lorme

Most improvedColleen Antas

Amanda Hoffman

2008 team honors

team w-l-t Pts all 1. Penn State* # 8-2-0 24 16-8-0 Minnesota* 8-2-0 24 22-4-0 3. Purdue 5-3-2 17 12-7-3 4. Michigan State 5-4-1 16 14-7-3 5. Illinois 5-5-0 15 12-9-2 northwestern 5-5-0 15 10-9-1 Ohio State 5-5-0 15 8-10-2 8. Iowa 3-6-1 10 9-11-1 Indiana 3-6-1 10 8-10-1 10. Wisconsin 3-7-0 9 9-9-111. Michigan 1-6-3 6 4-10-5* Big Ten Champion

# Big Ten Tournament Champion

2008 BiG ten stanDinGs

2008 resUlts(10-9-1, 5-5-0 Big ten)

date Opponent Result aug. 22 nebraska w, 4-3 aug. 30 lsU l, 2-0 sept. 1 illinois state w, 1-0 Sept. 5 vs. San Diego % L, 3-2 Sept. 7 at Pepperdine % W, 3-2 (OT) Sept. 12 at Loyola Chicago W, 3-1 sept. 14 DePaul w, 3-2 sept. 21 saint louis t, 0-0 (2ot) Sept. 24 at Milwaukee L, 2-1 sept. 26 Purdue * l, 1-0 sept. 28 illinois * w, 1-0 Oct. 3 at Penn State * L, 1-0 Oct. 5 at Ohio State * L, 1-0 oct. 12 indiana * w, 2-1 oct. 17 michigan state * l, 3-0 oct. 19 michigan * w, 1-0 Oct. 24 at Iowa * W, 3-2 (2OT) Oct. 26 at Minnesota * L, 2-0 Oct. 31 at Wisconsin * W, 1-0 Nov. 6 vs. Minnesota # L, 3-1

home games in bold* Big Ten Conference match# Big Ten tournament% Pepperdine Nike Challenge

2008 statistiCs (retUrnees in italiCs) Big ten CareerPlayer GP/s Goals assists Points shots soG GwG G-a-Pts G-a-PtsJenny Dunn 20/20 4 6 14 38 17 2 2-2-6 17-16-50Sam Greene 20/19 3 8 14 36 14 0 1-3-5 6-12-24 Amanda Hoffman 20/20 6 0 12 22 12 2 1-0-2 6-1-13Alicia Herczeg 20/20 4 3 11 43 13 2 2-0-4 11-4-26 Laura Janowitsch 20/20 2 3 7 11 6 1 0-2-2 2-12-16Emily Langston 20/20 2 2 6 16 10 0 0-1-1 2-2-6Jennifer Baumann 19/6 2 1 5 15 5 1 0-0-0 3-5-11 Jeanette Lorme 16/15 1 3 5 22 12 1 1-1-3 7-9-23Jessica Palo 17/0 1 1 3 5 3 0 0-0-0 2-2-6Kay Sampson 9/0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1-0-2 2-3-7Jackie Blades 12/0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-1-1Leigh Jakes 20/19 0 1 1 1 1 0 0-0-0 0-1-1Kelsey Bertamus 1/0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0-0-0 0-1-1Nicole Duller 20/20 0 0 0 5 2 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Sarah NeSmith 3/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Katie Doyle 5/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Colleen Antas 14/0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Grace Weitz 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Carolyn Edwards 20/20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Jill Dunn 13/0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Sarah Sroka 13/8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Ali Rubnitz 16/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0Kirstyn Atkinson 17/10 0 0 0 2 2 0 0-0-0 0-0-0nU totals 20 26 30 82 224 99 10 8-9-25opponents 20 29 30 88 214 110 9 11-9-31

2008 GoalKeePinG statistiCs (retUrnees in italiCs) overall Big tenPlayer GP/s min. Ga Gaa saves min. Ga Gaa savesCarolyn Edwards 20/20 1778:48 29 1.47 75 870:15 11 1.14 39Grace Weitz 2/0 59:49 0 0.00 4 44:23 0 0.00 3nU totals 20 1838:37 29 1.42 81 914:38 11 1.08 44

JEnnY dUnn finished her NU career with 50 points, good for sixth on the all-time scoring list.

Scullion is the only player in Northwestern soccer history to garner Big Ten Player of the Year (1998) and Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1996) honors. She also picked up Soccer Buzz third-team all-America honors in 1998, a year in which the Wildcats posted the best record in school history (16-5-1 overall and 6-3 in the Big Ten), en route to a third-round NCAA Tournament appearance. The midfielder was a four-time all-Big Ten selection, earning first-team honors in 1996, ’97 and ’98. Scullion also was a two-time NSCAA all-Great Lakes Region honoree (1996 and ’98). She concluded her career with 14 goals and 11 assists (seventh all-time). Scullion graduated from NU in 2000 with a degree in history and has since worked in the corporate environment as a tax consultant and pharmaceutical sales representative. She has also remained involved with soccer as an assistant coach with DePaul University’s women’s soccer program (2007-08).

on feb. 27, 2009, northwestern’s athletic hall of fame inducted its 25th class, a class that featured a special first among its five members. Erica westrich scullion (1996-99) became the first wildcat soccer player—men’s or women’s—to enter nU’s Hall of fame.

W h a t T h e y ’ r e S a y i n g . . .

ERica wEstRicH scUlliOn (center) poses with current Wildcats head coach stEPHaniE ERicKsOn (right) and assistant coach ERin EKEBERG—two of her former teammates at Northwestern—at her induction into NU’s Hall of Fame.

“Since graduating from Northwestern, it has always been a goal of mine to give back to a place that has given me so much. As a former student-athlete, I had access to the necessary tools required to succeed both in the classroom and on the soccer field. Top-notch facilities, unbelievable academic support and most importantly, outstanding coaching, helped me have a rewarding collegiate soccer career. Recently, inspired by the dynamic leadership of (NU head football coach) Pat Fitzgerald, my husband and I wanted to do our part in continuing to build Northwestern’s tradition of athletic excellence.”

—ERICA WESTRICH SCULLION

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“Erica was one of the most significant additions to Northwestern University soccer during my tenure there. Not only was she Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Big Ten Player of the Year as a junior, but she also was a wonderful person to have on the team. She knew when to lead and when to follow and always put the team above herself. I was very happy to see her inducted into the Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame—it was a well deserved honor reflecting her great contribution as an athlete and person.”

—MARCIA McDERMOTT NU HEAD COACH, 1994-2000

“In my opinion, Erica is one of the best players to ever come through the Northwestern program. No one else has earned the awards that she has or been as dynamic a player as she was. Just as exciting is that since graduating, Erica has never been far from our program. She has always come back and supported the Wildcats. She’s setting the standard of how to give back to Northwestern women’s soccer, for which we are extremely grateful and appreciative.”

—STEPHANIE ERICKSON NU HEAD COACH

ERica wEstRicH scUlliOn

After four years as the head women’s soccer coach at Morehead State in Kentucky, Erin aubry was named the head coach at the University of Arkansas on Dec. 23, 2008. In her final season at Morehead

State, Aubry took the Eagles to unprecedented heights by guiding them to their first Ohio Valley

Conference title and their first appearance in the NCAA Championships. She also won the OVC Coach of the Year Award in 2006. Aubry came to NU as a freshman in the school’s inaugural season of women’s soccer in 1994. She helped the squad advance to two NCAA Tournaments and captained the 1998 team that posted a 16-5-1 record and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Championships.

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Former Wildcat shannon schneeman earned the opportunity to participate in preseason camp with the Chicago Red Stars of the new Women’s Profes-sional Soccer League in 2009. Schneeman, who finished her Northwestern career fourth on NU’s

all-time points list, was chosen from a pool of 70 players at the team’s open tryout. Prior to her go with the Red Stars, Schnee-man spent time playing professionally in Finland alongside lauren Johnston.

In addition to current NU coaches Stephanie Erickson and Erin Ekeberg, a number of other Northwestern women’s soccer players have gone on to enjoy success playing and coaching the game they love after graduation, both domestically and abroad.

A two-year starter for the Wildcats, 2007 graduate lauren Johnston (pictured) left Northwestern tied for first on the

school’s season shutouts list with nine and in sole possession of third place on the career list with 15. Johnston took her game overseas after graduation, enjoying stints in Finland and London before settling in with Danish club Odense Boldklub (OB). Johnston kept in touch with the Wildcat community while in season by authoring a blog

that appeared on Northwestern’s official athletics Web site, NUsports.com.

susie Mccreery (now Foster) took over as the head women’s soccer coach at Carthage College prior to the 2005 season after serving as an assistant in 2003 and 2004. In four years at the helm, McCreery has guided the Lady Reds to a 55-20-6 record and helped Carthage earn a berth in the NCAA Division III Championships each of the last two seasons. McCreery graduated from North-western in 2002 and still holds the school record for career goals against average (1.23), which included a slim 1.04 average in 2001.

1994Head coach: Marcia Mcdermottrecord: 3-13-1 (0-7-0 Big ten)9/3 L UW-Milwaukee 3-2 (OT)9/4 T Evansville 0-0 (2OT)9/9 L Indana 4-09/13 W Valparaiso 3-09/18 L at Marquette 2-1 (OT)9/21 L Lewis 3-19/25 W Aurora 8-09/30 L Michigan 4-010/2 L Michigan State 4-010/4 L at Northern Illinois 3-010/9 T UW-Green Bay 1-1 (OT)10/15 L vs. Montana 2-010/16 L at Minnesota 5-110/19 W at Loyola (Chicago) 1-0 (OT)10/23 L Wisconsin 3-010/28 L at Penn State 1-010/30 L at Ohio State 4-111/4 L vs. Michigan State A 4-0 1995Head coach: Marcia Mcdermottrecord: 8-9-1 (2-4-1 Big ten)9/3 W at Old Dominion 2-19/5 L at Virginia 5-09/8 W Marquette 1-09/10 W Ohio State 2-09/18 W Loyola (Chicago) 1-09/22 W at Valparaiso 4-09/24 L Penn State 4-3 (OT)9/29 W at Michigan 3-110/1 T at Michigan State 1-110/6 L Indiana 2-110/8 L Northern Illinois 2-1 (OT)10/13 L at Nebraska 4-010/15 W at Creighton 2-110/20 W at UW-Milwaukee 3-210/22 L Minnesota 4-010/27 L at Wisconsin 4-010/29 L at UW-Green Bay 2-1 (OT)11/3 L vs. Wisconsin A 3-1 1996Head coach: Marcia Mcdermottrecord: 13-8-1 (3-4-0 Big ten) • nCaa first Round8/31 W at Missouri 4-29/4 W Illinois State 6-09/10 L UW-Milwaukee 3-09/13 W Cincinnati 2-19/20 L at Wisconsin 3-09/22 W Utah 3-09/27 L at Minnesota 1-09/29 W Penn State 4-010/2 W at Loyola (Chicago) 9-210/6 T at Marquette 0-0 (2OT)10/11 L at Ohio State 3-110/13 W at Indiana 3-110/18 L Michigan 2-010/20 W Michigan State 2-010/22 W Valparaiso 5-010/25 W Creighton 6-010/27 W at Butler 1-011/1 W vs. George Washington 1-011/3 L at Kentucky 1-011/8 W vs. Minnesota A 2-111/9 L vs. Indiana A 2-011/16 L at Wisconsin 3 1-0

1997Head coach: Marcia Mcdermottrecord: 12-7-1 (4-5-0 Big ten)8/30 L vs. Cal Poly SLO 2-08/31 W at California 2-19/10 W Illinois State 5-09/12 W Western Michigan 4-09/14 W Butler 3-29/19 L Minnesota 1-09/21 L at Penn State 2-09/26 L at Michigan State 2-19/28 L at Michigan 5-310/5 W Wisconsin 2-010/10 W Iowa 4-110/12 L at Illinois 3-2 (OT)10/17 W Ohio State 7-010/19 W Indiana 2-010/24 W Missouri 6-010/26 W at Northern Illinois 4-010/31 W Kentucky 2-011/7 W vs. Indiana A 3-011/8 W vs. Minnesota A 3-211/10 L vs. Michigan A 1-0 (2OT) 1998Head coach: Marcia Mcdermottrecord: 16-5-1 (6-3-0 Big ten) • nCaa Quarter-finals9/4 T Marquette 2-2 (2OT)9/6 W Tulane 1-09/8 W at UW-Milwaukee 4-09/11 W at Cincinnati 2-09/15 W DePaul 6-19/18 W Michigan State 2-19/20 W Michigan 4-29/25 W at Iowa 1-09/27 W at Minnesota 2-110/2 W Illinois 2-110/4 L at Indiana 2-1 (OT)10/9 L at Wisconsin 5-210/16 W Penn State 1-010/18 L at Ohio State 1-010/23 W Loyola (Chicago) 4-010/25 W Butler 1-010/30 W SMU 3-211/1 W TCU 2-1 (OT)11/6 L vs. Michigan A 1-011/11 W vs. Evansville 3 2-1 (2OT)11/15 W vs. Baylor u 5-411/22 L at Florida : 1-0 1999Head coach: Marcia Mcdermottrecord: 4-12-1 (1-8-1 Big ten)8/27 W Northern Illinois 2-09/2 L at Montana 2-09/4 L vs. BYU 8-19/10 W SMU 2-19/12 L Boston U. 4-3 (OT)9/17 L Purdue 1-09/19 L Indiana 2-19/24 L at Wisconsin 1-09/26 L at Minnesota 1-010/1 L Iowa 3-110/3 T Illinois 2-2 (2OT)10/6 L Marquette 2-010/10 L Michigan 3-210/15 L at Penn State 4-110/17 L at Ohio State 3-2 (OT)10/22 W Michigan State 1-010/31 W at Butler 2-1

2000Head coach: Marcia Mcdermottrecord: 3-12-2 (2-7-1 Big ten)8/25 L Kansas 3-09/1 L vs. Iowa State 3-19/3 L vs. Kentucky 5-19//8 W Detroit Mercy 6-29/10 T Montana 0-0 (2OT)9/15 W at Indiana 1-09/17 L at Purdue 1-09/24 L Wisconsin 2-09/29 L at Illinois 1-010/1 L at Iowa 2-110/6 L at Michigan State 1-010/8 L Illinois State 1-010/13 W Ohio State 2-110/15 L Penn State 1-010/20 T at Michigan 0-0 (2OT)10/22 L Minnesota 2-1 (OT)10/29 L at Tennessee 3-2

2001head Coach: Jenny haighrecord: 8-10-1 (3-6-1 Big ten)8/31 W at Utah State 2-19/3 L vs. Washington 1-0 (OT)9/8 L St. Mary’s (Calif.) 3-09/10 L BYU 1-09/21 T Indiana 1-1 (2OT)9/23 W Purdue 2-19/28 L at Michigan 2-09/30 L at Michigan State 1-010/5 L Illinois 1-010/7 L Iowa 1-010/12 W at Minnesota 2-1 (OT)10/14 W at UW-Milwaukee 2-110/19 L at Ohio State 1-010/21 L at Penn State 1-010/26 W at Wisconsin 1-0 (OT)10/28 W IUPFW 6-010/31 W Northern Illinois 2-011/4 W at Loyola (Chicago) 3-011/8 L vs. Penn State A 3-0


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2002head Coach: Jenny haighrecord: 4-9-5 (2-6-2 Big ten)8/30 W at DePaul 2-09/5 T at Utah 0-0 (2OT)9/7 L at BYU 5-09/13 W at Louisville 4-09/15 L at Kentucky 2-19/20 L Penn State 3-19/22 L Ohio State 2-19/27 W at Iowa 1-09/29 L at Illinois 3-110/4 L at Purdue 2-110/6 T at Indiana 2-2 (2OT)10/11 L Wisconsin 2-110/13 W Minnesota 2-110/18 T Michigan State 1-1 (2OT)10/20 L Michigan 2-010/25 T UW-Milwaukee 1-1 (2OT)11/1 T at Wyoming 1-1 (2OT)1/3 L Colorado College 3-2 (OT)

2003head Coach: Jenny haighrecord: 7-10-1 (3-6-1 Big ten)8/29 L at Kansas 4-18/31 L at Missouri 2-09/5 W Florida Atlantic 1-0 (OT)9/7 W Ohio 4-09/14 W DePaul 2-19/19 L Michigan State 3-19/21 W Michigan 1-09/25 W Loyola (Chicago) 1-09/28 W at Iowa 3-110/3 L at Minnesota 2-110/5 L at Wisconsin 2-110/10 L Penn State 4-210/12 T Ohio State 1-1 (2OT)10/17 W at Purdue 2-110/19 L at Indiana 3-010/24 L at Illinois 4-010/31 L at Marquette 1-0 (OT)11/2 L UW-Milwaukee 2-1

2004head Coach: Jenny haighrecord: 10-8-2 (5-4-1 Big ten)8/27 L Missouri 2-1 (OT)8/29 W Colorado College 5-19/2 L at BYU 3-2 (OT)9/4 W vs. Southern Utah 4-09/10 W Samford 1-09/12 W SE Missouri State 1-0 (OT)9/17 L at Michigan 3-29/19 L at Michigan State 3-29/24 W Wisconsin 2-1 (OT)9/26 T Drake 1-1 (OT)10/1 W Iowa 6-010/3 W Minnesota 3-110/8 L at Ohio State 2-1 (OT)10/10 L at Penn State 1-01015 W Indiana 1-0 (OT)10/17 W Purdue 2-110/22 T Illinois 0-0 (2OT)10/14 L at Illinois State 2-110/30 W at Oakland 5-111/4 L vs. Illinois A 5-0 2005head Coach: Jenny haighrecord: 9-9-1 (2-7-1 Big ten)8/26 W at UW-Milwaukee 1-08/28 L at Marquette 2-19/2 W at Texas Tech 4-19/4 W at Baylor 2-19/9 W Oakland 3-2 (OT)9/11 W Davidson 3-09/16 W Central Michigan 2-19/20 W Valparaiso 2-09/23 L at Illinois 3-29/25 T at Iowa 2-2 (2OT)9/30 L Penn State 2-110/2 L Minnesota 1-010/7 L at Michigan 3-210/9 L at Michigan State 2-110/14 W Indiana 1-010/16 L Purdue 2-1 (2OT)10/21 W Ohio State 2-1 (2OT)10/23 L Loyola (Chicago) 1-010/28 L Wisconsin 1-0

2006Head coach: stephanie Ericksonrecord: 8-10-2 (2-7-1 Big ten)8/25 W at DePaul 2-18/27 L Kentucky 2-1 (OT)9/1 L Missouri 4-09/3 L Iowa State 1-09/8 W Morehead State 8-09/10 L Ball State 1-09/15 W Northern Illinois 3-19/17 W Western Michigan 5-19/22 W Iowa 1-09/24 L Illinois 2-09/29 W at Minnesota 1-010/1 W at Ohio State 4-3 (2OT)10/6 L Michigan State 2-110/8 T Michigan 0-0 (2OT)10/13 L at Purdue 2-110/15 W at Indiana 1-010/19 T at Loyola (Chicago) 1-1 (2OT)10/22 L at Penn State 2-110/27 L at Wisconsin 5-011/2 L at Penn State A 3-2

2007Head coach: stephanie Ericksonrecord: 9-7-4 (4-4-2 Big ten)8/31 W at Drake 1-0 (OT)9/2 L at Nebraska 2-09/7 W vs. UNC Greensboro 3-29/9 W at Florida Atlantic 2-19/12 W Loyola (Chicago) 3-09/14 T Penn 1-1 (2OT)9/16 T Colgate 1-1 (2OT)9/21 W St. Francis (Pa.) 3-09/23 L Wright State 1-09/28 L at Indiana 4-39/30 L at Purdue 5-010/5 W Ohio State 2-010/7 L Penn State 3-110/12 T at Illinois 0-0 (2OT)10/19 T at Michigan 0-0 (2OT)10/21 W at Michigan State 4-010/26 L Minnesota 1-010/28 W Iowa 3-011/2 W Wisconsin 3-011/8 L vs. Purdue A 3-1

2008Head coach: stephanie Ericksonrecord: 10-9-1 (5-5 Big ten)8/22 W Nebraska 4-38/30 L LSU 2-0 9/1 W Illinois State 1-09/5 L vs. San Diego 3-29/7 W at Pepperdine 3-2 (OT)9/12 W at Loyola (Chicago) 3-19/14 W DePaul 3-29/21 T Saint Louis 0-09/24 L at Milwaukee 2-19/26 L Purdue 1-09/28 W Illinois 1-010/3 L at Penn State 1-010/5 L at Ohio State 1-010/12 W Indiana 2-110/17 L Michigan State 3-010/19 W Michigan 1-010/24 W at Iowa 3-2 (OT)10/26 L at Minnesota 2-010/31 W at Wisconsin 1-011/6 L vs. Minnesota A 3-1

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Aurora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Ball State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Baylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0-0Boston University . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Brigham Young . . . . . . . . . 0-4-0Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0-0California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Cal Poly-SLO . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Central Michigan. . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0-0Colgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-1Colorado College . . . . . . . . 1-1-0Creighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0-0Davidson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0DePaul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0-0Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-1Evansville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-1Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Florida Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . 2-0-0George Washington . . . . . . 1-0-0Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8-3Illinois State . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-0Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-2IPFW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3-1Iowa State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2-0Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2-0Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-0Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Louisville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Loyola (Chicago) . . . . . . . 8-1-1LSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Marquette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-2Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10-3Michigan State . . . . . . . . 4-10-2Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11-1Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-0Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2-1Morehead State . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0

Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-0Northern Illinois. . . . . . . . . . 4-2-0Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-0Oakland (Mich.) . . . . . . . . . 2-0-0Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Ohio State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-1Old Dominion . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-1Penn State . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15-0Pepperdine . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9-0Saint Francis. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Saint Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-1Saint Mary’s (Calif.) . . . . . . 0-1-0Samford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0San Diego. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0SE Missouri State . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Southern Methodist . . . . . . 2-0-0Southern Utah . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0

Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0TCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Texas Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Tulane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-1Utah State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Valparaiso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-0-0Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Western Michigan. . . . . . . . 2-0-0Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12-0UNC Greensboro . . . . . . . . 1-0-0UW-Green Bay . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-1UW-Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . 4-4-1Wright State . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-1Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-02009 opponents are listed in bold italics

Year-BY-Year resUltsYear w-l-t Gf Ga home away neutral Big ten Place Gf Ga head Coach1994 3-13-1 19 42 2-6-1 1-5-0 0-2-0 0-7-0 8th 2 26 Marcia McDermott1995 8-9-1 26 36 3-4-0 5-4-1 0-1-0 2-4-1 6th 10 16 McDermott1996 13-8-1 49 24 7-2-0 4-5-1 2-1-0 3-4-0 t-5th 10 10 McDermott1997 12-7-1 52 22 9-1-0 2-4-1 1-2-0 4-5-0 t-4th 21 14 McDermott1998 16-5-1 47 26 8-0-1 8-4-0 0-1-0 6-3-0 t-3rd 15 13 McDermott1999 4-12-1 20 38 3-6-1 1-5-0 0-1-0 1-8-1 11th 10 20 McDermott2000 3-12-2 15 28 2-5-1 1-5-1 0-2-0 2-7-1 9th 5 11 McDermottMcDermott at NU: 59-66-8, 18-38-3 Big Ten2001 8-10-1 21 20 2-4-1 6-4-0 0-2-0 3-6-1 8th 6 10 Jenny Haigh2002 4-9-5 22 30 2-4-2 2-5-3 0-0-0 2-6-2 10th 11 18 Haigh2003 7-10-1 21 31 5-2-1 2-8-0 0-0-0 3-6-1 9th 11 21 Haigh2004 10-8-2 40 27 8-1-2 1-6-0 1-1-0 5-4-1 t-5th 19 12 Haigh2005 9-9-1 30 25 6-5-0 2-3-1 1-1-0 2-7-1 10th 12 17 HaighHaigh at NU: 38-46-10, 15-29-6 Big Ten2006 8-10-2 32 31 4-6-1 4-4-1 0-0-0 4-5-1 t-7th 10 16 Stephanie Erickson2007 9-7-4 31 24 5-3-2 3-3-2 1-1-0 4-4-2 t-7th 13 16 Erickson2008 10-9-1 26 29 6-3-1 4-4-0 0-2-0 5-5-0 t-5th 8 11 EricksonErickson at NU: 27-26-7, 13-14-3 Big TenNU Totals: 124-138-25, 46-81-12 Big Ten

annUal lEadERsGOals1994 Stephanie Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . . .51995 Kristen Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61996 Stephanie Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . .141997 Joehl/Molitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31998 Bell/Hertz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71999 Brooke Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52000 Katie Hertz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42001 Garmon/Hertz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42002 Ashleigh Garmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62003 Aileen Guiney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42004 Kelsey Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152005 Hans, Dunn, Lowey . . . . . . . . . . . . .62006 Kelsey Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72007 Kelsey Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102008 Amanda Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6assists1994 Catherine Kidani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31995 Kristen Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31996 Aubry/Erickson/Westrich . . . . . . . . .71997 Bell/Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31998 Kristen Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111999 Kristen Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92000 Aileen Guiney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32001 Aileen Guiney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42002 Aileen Guiney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92003 Aileen Guiney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42004 Shannon Schneeman. . . . . . . . . . . .52005 Jeanette Lorme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62006 Jenny Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52007 Hans, Greene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Baumann, Janowitsch2008 Sam Greene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 POints1994 Stephanie Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . .111995 Kristen Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151996 Stephanie Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . .351997 Bell/Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71998 Kristen Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211999 Kristen Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152000 Katie Hertz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102001 Katie Hertz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102002 Aileen Guiney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152003 Aileen Guiney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122004 Kelsey Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322005 Kelsey Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162006 Kelsey Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172007 Kelsey Hans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242008 Dunn/Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14saVEs1994 Wendy Scholz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2181995 Wendy Scholz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1391996 Wendy Scholz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1091997 Wendy Scholz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571998 Erin Ekeberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .861999 Erin Ekeberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .742000 Erin Ekeberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1192001 Susie McCreery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .652002 Susie McCreery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482003 Whitney Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632004 Whitney Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .732005 Whitney Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .802006 Lauren Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . .742007 Lauren Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . .812008 Carolyn Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75the 1998 team advanced all the way to the third round of the NCAA Tournament,

losing to that year’s eventual national champion Florida, 1-0. The Wildcats also made the NCAAs in 1996.

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1995 Wendy Scholz (2nd)1996 Cathleen Cooke (2nd) Stephanie Erickson (2nd) Erica Westrich (3rd)1997 Cathleen Cooke (3rd)1998 Erica Westrich (3rd)2003 Molly Greene (2nd) Aileen Guiney (2nd)2007 Shannon Schneeman (3rd)

nsCaa sCholar all-ameriCa1997 Wendy Scholz

BiG tEn PlaYER Of tHE YEaR1998 Erica Westrich

BiG tEn fREsHMan Of tHE YEaR1996 Erica Westrich

all-BiG ten1994 Christina Crawford (2nd)1995 Wendy Scholz (2nd) Kathy zimmerman (2nd)1996 Cathleen Cooke (1st) Erica Westrich (1st) Stephanie Erickson (2nd) Kathy zimmerman (2nd)1997 Erica Westrich (1st) Cathleen Cooke (2nd) Kristen Palmer (2nd) Wendy Scholz (2nd)1998 Kristen Palmer (1st) Erica Westrich (1st)1999 Kristen Palmer (1st) Erica Westrich (2nd)2000 Brooke Bell (2nd)2001 Molly Greene (1st) Katie Hertz (2nd)2002 Aileen Guiney (1st) Molly Greene (2nd)2003 Molly Greene (1st) Aileen Guiney (1st)2004 Kelsey Hans (2nd) Whitney Jones (2nd) Shannon Schneeman (2nd)2005 Tabitha Lowey (2nd)2006 Kelsey Hans (2nd)2007 Kelsey Hans (2nd) Shannon Schneeman (2nd)2008 Jenny Dunn (2nd) Laura Janowitsch (2nd) Jeanette Lorme (2nd)

BiG ten all-freshman team2003 Shannon Schneeman2004 Kelsey Hans Kelly Sitkowski2005 Laura Janowitsch2006 Leigh Jakes2007 Jennifer Baumann2008 Nicole Duller

1994 Heather Black Amy Clarfeld Elizabeth Craig Amy Fletcher Heather Foster Erin Gleason

1995 Amy Beckert Betsy Craig Stephanie Erickson Amy Fletcher Heather Foster Erin Kilbaugh Mandy McLean Wendy Scholz

1996 Amy Beckert Heather Brown Cathleen Cooke Stephanie Erickson Sarah Joehl Mandy McLean Kamie Page Amanda Ross

1997 Amy Beckert Lisa Byington Cathleen Cooke Stephanie Erickson Sarah Joehl Erin Kilbaugh Elissa Koch Tammy Lei Mandy McLean Kamie Paage Kristen Palmer Kasha Roseta Wendy Scholz

1998 Lisa Byington Erin Ekeberg Sarah Joehl Kristen Palmer Kasha Roseta Shay Unterreiner Erica Westrich

1999 Brooke Bell Erin Ekeberg Katie Kovatch Susie McCreery Christine Molitor Kristen Palmer Shay Unterreiner Erica Westrich

2000 Brooke Bell Erin Ekeberg Katie Kovatch Alana Stamas Shay Unterreiner

2001 Enyo Dzata Molly Greene Katie Kovatch Kasé McCoy Susie McCreery Kate Rawsthorne Alana Stamas

2002 Ashleigh Garmon Kristiina Gilkey Molly Greene Alana Stamas Lindsey Veri

2003 Nell Compernolle Ashleigh Garmon Kristiina Gilkey Molly Greene Tabitha Lowey Molly Maxfield Kristen Pearce Lindsey Veris

2004 Tori Bohannon Ashleigh Garmon Kristiina Gilkey Leslie Gittings Anne Helm Whitney Jones Julie Lipinski Tabitha Lowey Molly Maxfield

Lindsey Veris Katie Wright

2005 Stephanie Krutsch Tori Bohannon Leslie Gittings Whitney Jones Julie Lipinski Tabitha Lowey Molly Maxfield Kelly Sitkowski Katie Wright

2006 Tori Bohannon Jenny Dunn Laura Janowitsch Whitney Jones Jeanette Lorme Shannon Schneeman Kelly Sitkowski Katie Wright

2007 Caitlin Carr Jenny Dunn Amanda Hoffman Laura Janowitsch Lauren Johnston Jeanette Lorme Ali Rubnitz Katherine Sampson Shannon Schneeman Kelly Sitkowski

2008 Colleen Antas Ally Arca Jennifer Baumann Jenny Dunn Amanda Hoffman Leigh Jakes Laura Janowitsch Jeanette Lorme Jessica Palo Ali Rubnitz Kay Sampson Grace Weitz

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GOalsGame4 — Shannon Schneeman vs. Colorado Coll. (8/29/2004)3 — Amanda Hoffman vs. DePaul (9/14/2008)3 — Ashleigh Garmon vs. Louisville (9/13/2002)3 — Dionna Latimer vs. Creighton (10/25/1996)3 — Stephanie Erickson vs. Aurora (9/25/1994) 3 — Stephanie Erickson vs. Illinois State (9/14/1996)36 players tied with 2 (most recent: Sam Greene vs. Loyola (Chicago), (9/12/2008))

season1. 15 — Kelsey Hans, 20042. 14 — Stephanie Erickson, 19963. 10 — Kelsey Hans, 20074. 9 — Stephanie Erickson, 1997 9 — Shannon Schneeman, 20076. 8 — Brooke Bell, 1997 8 — Christie Molitor, 19968. 7 — Brooke Bell, 1998 7 — Katie Hertz, 1998 7 — Dionna Latimer, 1996 7 — Erica Westrich, 1996 7 — Kelsey Hans, 2006

career1. 38 — Kelsey Hans, 2004-072. 29 — Stephanie Erickson, 1994-973. 20 — Brooke Bell, 1997-2000 20 — Shannon Schneeman, 2003-075. 19 — Ashleigh Garmon, 2001-04 19 — Katie Hertz, 1998-2001 19 — Dionna Latimer, 1995-988. 18 — Christie Molitor, 1996-999. 17 — Jenny Dunn, 2005-0810. 16 — Kristen Palmer, 1995-99 16 — Sarah Joehl, 1995-98

assistsGame3 — Stephanie Erickson vs. Ohio State (10/17/97)12 players tied with 2 (most recent: Jeanette Lorme vs. Valparaiso on 9/20/05)

season1. 11 — Kristen Palmer, 19982. 9 — Aileen Guiney, 2002 9 — Kristen Palmer, 19994. 8 — Kristen Palmer, 19975. 7 — Erin Aubry, 1996 7 — Stephanie Erickson, 1996 7 — Erica Westrich, 19968. 6 — Jeanette Lorme, 20059. 5 — Jenny Dunn, 2006 5 — Shannon Schneeman, 2004 5 — Katie Hertz, 1998

career 1. 31 — Kristen Palmer, 1995-99 2. 20 — Aileen Guiney, 2000-03 3. 16 — Jenny Dunn, 2005-08 4. 15 — Stephanie Erickson, 1994-97 5. 13 — Kelsey Hans, 2004-07 6. 11 — Brooke Bell, 1997-2000 11 — Shannon Schneeman, 2003-07 11 — Erica Westrich, 1996-99 9. 10 — Katie Hertz, 1998-2001 10 — Dionna Latimer, 1995-98

POintsGame8 — Shannon Schneeman vs. Colorado Coll. (8/29/2004—4g)7 — Ashleigh Garmon vs. Louisville (9/13/2002—3g, 1a)6 — Dionna Latimer vs. Creighton (10/25/1996—3g)6 — Stephanie Erickson vs. Loyola (10/2/96—2g, 2a)6 — Stephanie Erickson vs. Illinois State (9/4/96—3g)6 — Stephanie Erickson vs. Aurora (9/25/94—3g)

season1. 35 — Stephanie Erickson, 1996 (14g, 7a)2. 32 — Kelsey Hans, 2004 (15g, 2a)3. 24 — Kelsey Hans, 2007 (10g, 4a)4. 21 — Kristen Palmer, 1998 (5g, 11a) 21 — Erica Westrich, 1996 (7g, 7a)6. 20 — Shannon Schneeman, 2007 (9g, 2a)7. 19 — Katie Hertz, 1998 (7g, 5a)8. 18 — Brooke Bell, 1998 (7g, 4a)9. 17 — Kelsey Hans, 2006 17 — Erin Aubry, 1996 (5g, 7a)

career1. 89 — Kelsey Hans, 2004-20072. 73 — Stephanie Erickson, 1994-973. 63 — Kristen Palmer, 1995-994. 51 — Brooke Bell, 1997-2000 51 — Shannon Schneeman, 2003-076. 50 — Jenny Dunn, 2005-087. 48 — Katie Hertz, 1998-2001 48 — Dionna Latimer, 1995-989. 44 — Ashleigh Garmon, 2001-0410. 40 — Christie Molitor, 1996-99

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saVEsGame22 — Wendy Scholz vs. UW-Milwaukee (9/3/94)18 — Wendy Scholz vs. Michigan (9/28/97)18 — Wendy Scholz vs. Wisconsin (10/23/94)17 — Wendy Scholz at Minnesota (10/26/94)15 — Erin Ekeberg at Michigan (10/20/2000)15 — Wendy Scholz vs. Michigan (11/9/97)14 — Wendy Scholz at Minnesota (9/27/96)13 — Erin Ekeberg at Florida (11/22/98)13 — Lauren Johnston vs. Purdue (11/8/07)12 — Wendy Scholz vs. Minnesota (11/8/97)

season1. 218 — Wendy Scholz, 19942. 139 — Wendy Scholz, 19953. 119 — Erin Ekeberg, 20004. 109 — Wendy Scholz, 19965. 86 — Erin Ekeberg, 19986. 80 — Whitney Jones, 20057 81 — Lauren Johnston, 20078. 75 — Carolyn edwards, 20089. 74 — Erin Ekeberg, 1999 74 — Lauren Johnston, 2006

career1. 577 — Wendy Scholz, 1994-972. 281 — Erin Ekeberg, 1997-20003. 217 — Whitney Jones, 2003-20064. 155 — Lauren Johnston, 2006-075. 121 — Susie McCreery, 1998-2002

MinUtEs PlaYEdseason1. 2,027 — Erin Ekeberg, 19982. 1,974 — Wendy Scholz, 19963. 1,858 — Wendy Scholz, 19974. 1,829 — Whitney Jones, 20045. 1,801 — Lauren Johnston, 20066. 1,784 — Lauren Johnston, 20077. 1,779 — Carolyn edwards, 20088. 1,765 — Whitney Jones, 20059. 1,726 — Susie McCreery, 200110. 1,710 — Wendy Scholz, 1995

career1. 7,234 — Wendy Scholz, 1994-972. 5,303 — Whitney Jones, 2003-20063. 5,206 — Erin Ekeberg, 1997-20004. 3,584 — Lauren Johnston, 2006,075. 2,990 — Susie McCreery, 1998-2002

GOals aGainst aVERaGEseason* 1. 1.02 — Wendy Scholz, 1997 2. 1.04 — Susie McCreery, 2001 3. 1.05 — Wendy Scholz, 1996 4. 1.11 — Erin Ekeberg, 1998 5. 1.21 — Lauren Johnston, 2007 6. 1.22 — Whitney Jones, 2005 7. 1.47 — Carolyn edwards, 2008 8. 1.28 — Whitney Jones, 2004 9. 1.54 — Susie McCreery, 2002 10. 1.55 — Lauren Johnston, 2006

Career*1. 1.23 — Susie McCreery, 1998-20022. 1.38 — Lauren Johnston, 2006-07 1.38 — Whitney Jones, 2003-063. 1.52 — Wendy Scholz, 1994-97

* Must have played at least 50 percent of team’s minutes to qualify

sHUtOUtsseason1. 9 (3) — Wendy Scholz, 19972. 7 (1) — Wendy Scholz, 1996 7 (2) — Erin Ekeberg, 19984. 6 (2) — Whitney Jones, 20045. 5 (1) — Lauren Johnston, 2006 5 (1) — Lauren Johnston, 2007 5 (1) — Carolyn edwards, 20087. 4 — Whitney Jones, 2005 4 — Whitney Jones, 2003 4 — Wendy Scholz, 1995 4 (1) — Susie McCreery, 2001 4 (1) — Wendy Scholz, 1994

career1. 24 (5) — Wendy Scholz, 1994-972. 15 (3) — Whitney Jones, 2003-063. 13 (3) — Erin Ekeberg, 1997-20004. 9 (3) — Susie McCreery, 1998-20025. 8 (2) — Lauren Johnston, 2006-07

NOTE: Number in parentheses indicates shared shutout, which is included in overall shutout total

sHUtOUt stREaKs501:23 — Wendy Scholz (Oct. 17-Nov. 7, 1997)373:36 — Susie McCreery (Oct. 21-Nov. 8, 2001)360:54 — Erin Ekeberg (Sept. 4-18, 1998)346:49 — Lauren Johnston (Oct. 7-26, 2007)

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antas, Colleen — 2007, 08Anthony, Natalya — 1995arca, ally — 2007, 08Atkinson, Kirstyn — 2007Aubry, Erin — 1995, 96, 98

Bangura, Vivat — 1997Baumann, Jennifer — 2007, 08Beckert, Amy — 1994, 95, 96, 97Bell, Brooke — 1997, 98, 99, 2000Black, Heather — 1994Blades, Jackie — 2008Bodine, Sara — 1998, 99Bohannon, Tori — 2003, 04, 05, 06Brown, Heather — 1995, 96, 97Byington, Lisa — 1997, 98

Carr, Caitlin — 2006, 07Chen, Allison — 2000Clarfeld, Amy — 1994Compernolle, Ellen (Nell) — 2002, 03Cooke, Cathleen — 1995, 96, 97Covington, Alex — 2005Craig, Elizabeth — 1994Crawford, Christina — 1994, 95, 96, 97Cusick, Shannon — 2005

Darby, Bridget — 1997DeWall, Lindsey — 1998, 99Doyle, Michelle — 1995, 96Duller, nicole — 2008Dunn, Jenny — 2005, 06, 07, 08Dzata, Enyo — 1998, 99, 2000, 01

edwards, Carolyn — 2007, 08Ekeberg, Erin — 1997, 98, 99, 2000Erickson, Stephanie — 1994, 95, 96, 97

Fletcher, Amy — 1994, 95Foster, Heather — 1994, 95

Garmon, Ashleigh — 2001, 02, 03, 04Ghidinelli, Kate — 2002, 05Gilkey, Kristiina — 2001, 02, 03, 04Gittings, Leslie — 2003, 04, 05, 06Gleason, Erin — 1994Grayson, Erin — 1999Greene, Molly — 2000, 01, 02, 03Greene, sam — 2007, 08Guiney, Aileen — 2000, 01, 02, 03Gunderson, Katie — 2002, 03, 04

Hack, Carolyn — 2001, 02, 03, 04Hans, Kelsey — 2004, 05, 06, 07Hartnett, Liza — 1994Harwood, Janelle — 1999, 2000, 01Helm, Anne — 2001, 02, 04Hentz, Stephanie — 1995, 96herczeg, alicia — 2006, 07, 08Hertz, Katie — 1998, 99, 2000, 01Hoffman, Amanda —2005, 06, 07, 08

Iordanou, Danielle — 2005, 06, 07

Jakes, leigh — 2006, 08Janowitsch, Laura — 2005, 06, 07, 08Joehl, Sarah — 1995, 96, 97, 98Johnson, Lauren — 2006, 07Jones, Whitney — 2003, 04, 05, 06

Kenney, Bridget — 1995Kidani, Catherine — 1994Kilbaugh, Erin — 1994, 95, 97Koch, Elissa — 1996, 97Kovatch, Katie — 1998, 99, 2000, 01Krutsch, Stephanie — 2004, 05

langston, emily — 2008Latimer, Dionna — 1995, 96, 97, 98Lau, Jessica — 2007Lipinski, Julie — 2002, 03, 04, 05Loh, Rachel — 2005Lorme, Jeanette — 2005, 06, 07, 08Lowey, Tabitha — 2002, 03, 04, 05

Magnuson, Michelle — 2004Martin, Beth — 2004Maxfield, Molly — 2002, 03, 04, 05McCoy, Kasé — 1998, 99, 2001McCreery, Susie — 1998, 99, 2001, 02McLean, Mandy — 1994, 95, 96, 97Molitor, Christie — 1996, 97, 98, 99

Napoli, Annie — 1994Napoli, Gina — 1999, 2000, 01Neal, zendzi — 2006, 07

Page, Kamie — 1996, 97Palmer, Kristen — 1995, 97, 98, 99Palo, Jessica —2006, 07, 08Patterson, Krystal — 2005, 06, 07Pearce, Kristen — 2000, 01, 02, 03

Rawsthorne, Kate — 2001Reite, Beth — 1994, 95Rivers, Ama — 1994Roseta, Kasha — 1996, 97, 98, 99Ross, Mandy — 1994, 95, 96, 97rubnitz, ali — 2006, 07, 08Ruhl, Erica — 1994

sampson, Katherine — 2006, 07, 08schneeman, alison — 2007Schneeman, Shannon — 2003, 04, 06, 07Scholz, Wendy — 1994, 95, 96, 97Sitkowski, Kelly — 2004, 05, 06, 07Spring, Shannon — 1995sroka, sarah — 2008Stamas, Alana — 2000, 02Stame, Lindsay — 2000, 01

Tosch, Ginger — 1994, 95, 96Trezza, Jillian — 2000Unterreiner, Shay — 1997, 98, 99, 2000

Van Swam, Simone — 1998Veris, Lindsey — 2001, 02, 03, 04Wagner, Suzie — 1994Westrich, Erica — 1996, 97, 98, 99Wilson, Kelli — 1999, 2000, 01, 02Wright, Katie — 2003, 04, 05, 06zimmerman, Kathy — 1995, 96, 97, 98

The listing of all-time women’s soccer letterwin-ners is as complete and accurate as historical records allow and includes only those players who earned a varsity letter. The information on each student-athlete was compiled from media guides and letterwinner lists. Corrections and additions are welcomed if they can be verified. Inquiries should be directed to Northwestern’s athletic communications office.

KatiE HERtZ scored 19 goals in her career from 1998-2001, good for fifth on Northwestern’s all-time goal list.

After joining the Wildcats as a walk-on in 2003, tORi BOHannOn went on to start 75 games on defense over her four-year career.


T H I S I S N O R T H W E ST E R N


• From 25,000 freshman candidates each year, about 6,500 are offered admission for a freshman class size of 2,000.

• Students from all 50 states and more than 50 foreign countries make up the undergraduate student body of approximately 8,000. The undergraduate population is about 54 percent women, and just under 30 percent are African American, Hispanic or Asian American. Total enrollment is approx imately 17,000, including 1,100 part-time students in evening programs of the School of Continuing Studies.

• Undergraduate financial aid is need based. More than half of all Northwestern undergraduates receive some combination of need-based scholarships, student loans and work-study employment.

• Among the more than 50 fellowships awarded to students or alumni in 2008–09 were two Rhodes, one Marshall, four Gates Cambridge and 32 Fulbright Scholarships.

• Among graduate programs, the J.L. Kellogg School of Management regularly ranks among the top five business schools in the country for both its traditional curriculum and its executive master’s program.

• U.S. News & World Report placed Northwestern’s School of Law in the top 10 law schools nationally and the Feinberg School of Medicine in the top 20 medical programs. In its most recent assess-ment of doctoral programs, the National Research Council ranked five Northwestern programs in the top 10 percent nationally and 10 programs in the top 25 percent.

northwestern University was founded in 1851 as a private institution of “the highest order of excellence” to serve the Northwest Territory, an

area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota.

Today one of the nation’s premier universities, Northwestern occupies two campuses along the shore of Lake Michigan and is connected by both geography and programming to one of the nation’s great cities, Chicago. In addition, Northwestern has a campus in Doha, Qatar. In this midsize research university, 11 schools—each with relatively small academic depart-ments—offer high-quality programs spanning a remarkably diverse portfolio. Northwestern is recognized both nationally and internationally for the quality of its educational programs at all levels. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the University’s undergraduate and gradu-ate programs among the best in the country.

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The JUdd a. and MaRJORiE wEinBERG cOllEGE Of aRts and sciEncEs is the largest of Northwestern’s undergraduate schools with more than 4,000 undergraduate students and 500 faculty members. It is the corner-stone of a University that believes study in the liberal arts and sciences is the foundation of a strong undergradu-ate education. Students may enhance their studies with independent research projects, ad hoc majors or minors, Chicago field studies and study abroad. The scHOOl Of cOMMUnicatiOn offers opportunities for study in five top-ranking departments: communication sciences and disorders, communication studies, performance studies, radio/television/film and theatre. Cocurricular opportunities include the top debate team in the country, hospital internships, student video and film projects, theater productions and the largest student-run college radio station in the country.

The scHOOl Of EdUcatiOn and sOcial POlicY started as a depart-ment in the College of Liberal Arts and became a separate school of education in 1926. “Social policy” was added to its name in 1986 to reflect a distinctive mission among schools of education—to understand and improve learning communities (schools and classrooms, workplace settings, families and neighborhoods), to study lifelong learning and to improve lives through policy. By producing scholarly research that informs and influences public policy-making about education, this small school (350 undergraduates, 300 graduate students and 23 faculty) has earned national recognition.

In the ROBERt R. MccORMicK scHOOl Of EnGinEERinG and aPPliEd sciEncE, about 1,300 undergraduates and approximately 750 graduate students choose from among 15 majors, including such interdisciplinary fields as materials science, biomedical engineering and environmental engineering. Recent curriculum innovations and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center give students exceptional opportunities for team learning, collaborative projects and computer-assisted learning.

The MEdill scHOOl Of JOURnalisM prepares students for careers in newspapers, magazines, broadcast journalism, new media or integrated marketing communications. Medill students have consistently won in the Hearst Foundation’s National Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Championships, the Pulitzer Prize competition of

college journalism; and its students dominate the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards competition.

Established in 1895 as an integral part of the University, the HEnRY and lEiGH BiEnEn scHOOl Of MUsic combines a nationally ranked music program of conservatory intensity with the academic rigor and scholarly resources found only at a first-rank research university. Students are encouraged to grow as both artists and people and to explore the myriad career options avail-able in a life devoted to music. Artists from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and other world-class performing organizations are among the faculty.

The undergraduaTe schools


the staff of academic services and student development assists student athletes in their pursuit of academic excellence. the professional staff, which consists of four full-time advi-sors and an intern, helps the students make the most of all of the opportunities northwestern University offers.

FRESHmAN ASSiSTANCE. The advisors work closely with the freshmen to help ease the transition from high school to college. The freshmen meet weekly with their advisors to discuss their performance in the classroom and to receive academic assistance when necessary. The evening study skills/tutoring program is held at the University Library 7 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The tutoring staff consists of mostly graduate students, with some outstanding undergraduates rounding out the 30-plus staff. The tutors are available for drop-in assistance, small group learning teams and individualized tuto-rial sessions.

REGiSTRATioN ADviSiNG. In close collaboration with the advising staffs in each of the six un-dergraduate schools, the Academic Services and Student Development staff also provides advice to help student-athletes develop a plan of study, including guidance in selecting majors and minors. An impor-tant component of their services is course registration advising. Prior to the beginning of each quarter, student-athletes meet individually first with their schools’ academic advisors and then with their athletic advisors to plan their curriculum for the upcoming quarter and discuss the registration process. CAREER PLANNiNG. Preparation for a productive and successful entry into the workforce or gradu-ate school begins during the freshman-year orientation programs. In conjunction with University Career Services, the provision of career counseling and the education of job search skills help Northwestern student-athletes obtain relevant summer employment and internships, as well as permanent employment or graduate school admissions upon graduation. The ’CATS Life Skills Program includes programs on major selection, finding a summer internship, securing a full time job, and the transition from school to work. The N club has partnered with the Life Skills program to provide mentoring opportunities as well as to facilitate internships and full-time employment. With the numerous companies and organiza-tions that specifically recruit Northwestern student-athletes and with the help of the Wildcat network of alumni and fans, excellent job opportunities in all fields are possible.

Mary Beth HawkinsonAssociate Director

Betsi BurnsAssistant ADDirector of Student Development

shea’na GrigsbyAcademic Advisor

davon RobbIntern

margaret akerstromAssociate AD

nU acadEMic adVisOR naMEd BEst in tHE natiOn

Associate Director for Academic Services & Director of Student

Development Betsi Burns has been honored with the 2008 Lan Hewlett Award from the National Association of Academic Advisors in Athletics. The award, given for outstand-ing performance as an Academic Advisor for Athletics, is presented to an advisor who, in part, achieves a merited stature among and support from student-athletes, faculty, coaches and fellow administrators in addition to creating an innovative response

to the varied and emerging needs of student-athletes. It also recognizes significant contributions and leader-ship to the field both nationally and within the university. An 11-year veteran as an aca-demic advisor at Northwestern, Burns has an impressive list of accomplish-ments in that time span. She has instituted the Junior Jumpstart and Senior Transition workshops, imple-mented the PURPLE Peer Mentoring Program and launched the Career Athlete program that currently has

50 mentors and 150 student-athletes registered with multiple job postings. Burns developed “An Insider’s Guide to Northwestern Athletics” and also created Field Day, an event that has brought together student-athletes from all 19 of NU’s varsity sports and hundreds of community children for the past nine years. Burns has done all this while serving as an academic advisor to over 150 student-athletes.

“The mission of the Office of Academic Services and Student Development is to offer a comprehensive array of the support programs and services, integrated with University re-sources, that empowers all student-athletes to achieve academic success while balancing the demands of athletic participation and everyday college life. The Office is built on the philoso-phy of individual responsibility and personal integrity, with the end result being the overall development and preparation of the student-athletes for a successful life after college.”

MISSION STATEMENT

A C A D E M I C S E R v I C E S A N D S T U D E N T D E v E LO P M E N T


U N I v E R S I T Y P R E S I D E N T M O RTO N O . S C H A P I R Omorton Owen Schapiro

was named 16th presi-dent of Northwestern University on December 16, 2008 and began his term on September 1, 2009. President Schapiro is among the nation’s premier authorities on the economics of higher education, with par-ticular expertise in the area of college financing and afford-ability and on trends in edu-cational costs and student aid. He is widely quoted in the national media and has testi-fied before U.S. Senate and House committees on eco-nomic and educational issues. Before coming to Northwestern, he was presi-dent of Williams College

from 2000 to 2009. Among the initiatives implemented during his presi-dency were a substantial reduction in average class size, a tripling of the number of courses offered in the college’s signature tutorial program and the completion of a number of major building projects including a center for theatre and dance, a student center and new faculty office/classroom buildings. Courses taught by President Schapiro at Williams College included introductory microeconomics, a tutorial on the economics of higher education and two interdisciplinary seminars, one on the econom-ics and philosophy of education and the other on disease, culture and society. He previously served as a member of the Williams College faculty from 1980 to 1991, as Professor of Economics and as Assistant Provost. In 1991 he went to the University of Southern California where he served as Chair of the Department of Economics until 1994 and then as Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences until 2000. During his last two years as Dean, he also served as the University’s Vice President for Planning. President Schapiro has written more than 100 articles and five books, and he has edited two others, most with his longtime co-author Michael McPherson. These include: The Student Aid Game: Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education (Princeton University

Press 1998); Paying the Piper: Productivity, Incentives and Financing in Higher Education (also with Gordon Winston, University of Michigan Press 1993) and Keeping College Affordable: Government and Educational Opportunity (Brookings 1991), plus two recent edited volumes College Success: What It Means and How to Make It Happen (College Board 2008) and College Access: Opportunity or Privilege? (College Board 2006).

President Schapiro has received research grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the World Bank, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the College Board, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other groups to study the economics of higher education and related topics. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Hofstra University in 1975 and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. President Schapiro and his wife Mimi have three children: Matt, Alissa and Rachel.


D I R E C T O R O F AT H L E T I C S A N D R E C R E AT I O N j I M P H I L L I P SJames J. Phillips

became Northwest-ern’s 21st director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation on April 14, 2008, bringing a track record of Division I success and a commit-ment to the values NU always has maintained in collegiate athletics. “The opportunity

to lead Northwestern’s athletic and recreation programs is both exciting and humbling,” Phillips said. “Northwestern is a world-class institution that does things right in terms of college athletics and what they stand for.” One of 10 children, Phillips, who grew up in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, is the perfect fit to head up NU’s 19-sport program in the nation’s No. 3 market. His Windy City roots and family orientation are integral parts of his philosophy of providing student-athletes with a “world-class experience” that enables them to succeed academically, socially and athletically. One of Phillips’ first actions at Northwestern was to begin the implementation of a Department of Athletics and Recreation re-organization that was completed in January of 2009. NU’s existing departments were broken into three key “silos:” internal, external and student-athlete welfare. Northwestern’s stellar marketing and promo-tions staff continued to excel in 2008-09, winning its sixth national NACMA award since 2003. Ticket sales for Big Ten football home games went up 17 percent, men’s basketball sales improved 13 percent for weekend games and overall attendance was up at all seven of NU’s admission-charging sports. New courtside seating at Welsh-Ryan Arena sold out for the men’s basketball season. NU signed corporate sponsorship deals with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Har-ris Bank, re-branded its media rights holder to Northwestern Sports Properties (NSP), defeated Notre Dame at U.S. Cellular Field in baseball and created an Annual Report to showcase the depart-ment’s previous year. Phillips hired ultra-successful women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown in June of 2008. McKeown came to Evanston after 19 years at George Washington, where he took his team to the postseason 17 times and compiled a 509-174 record. Phillips’ second coaching hire was to name Tracey Fuchs the head of the field hockey program in January of 2009. Fuchs had arguably the most successful playing career in USA Field Hockey history and has been referred to as the “Michael Jordan of field hockey.” In 2009, Phillips signed a four-year deal with WGN Radio, the long-time radio outlet of Northwestern football and men’s basketball. In addition to those two sports, a new weekly Inside

Wildcat Athletics show will air on The Voice of Chicago through the 2012-13 season. Phillips also inked head football coach Pat Fitzgerald to a new seven-year deal that will keep him on the Wildcat sidelines through 2015. Northwestern had a great athletic year in 2008-09, beginning in the fall with the Wildcats’ 9-4 Alamo Bowl season. The team became the fifth in NU history to win nine contests, finishing No. 23 in the BCS. The football team also earned a program-record 26 Academic All-Big Ten awards and earned a 3.0 or better team GPA during the spring quarter for the highest team GPA in school history. In addition, men’s soccer made its second appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals in the last three years. In the winter, men’s basketball earned NU’s first postseason bid during head coach Bill Carmody’s tenure. Northwestern recorded its fourth-straight year with an individual national champion when Jake Herbert won the 184-lbs wrestling title, the Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top collegiate wrestler and the Big Ten’s Jesse Owens Award. In the spring, Northwestern won its fifth-straight NCAA women’s lacrosse title and Hannah Nielsen repeated as the Tewaaraton Trophy win-ner. Women’s tennis ranked No. 1 for much of the year and won the ITA Indoor national title, a first for a northern school. Men’s tennis made a great turnaround to qualify for the NCAA Tournament and men’s golf made the NCAA Championships. Seven of NU’s eight men’s teams had postseason representation in 2008-09, making it arguably the top year for men’s athletics at NU in history. Academically and in the community, the Wildcats had a banner year in 2008-09. North-western touted a school-record-tying 879 student-athlete quarters in which a 3.0 GPA was earned, and 17 teams achieved a 3.0 or better team GPA. All 19 varsity squads recorded a 2.9 or better mark for two academic quarters (fall and spring) for the first time in school history. Northwestern’s combined student-athlete GPA for the spring was a school-record 3.21. NU’s APR and GSR scores ranked in the nation’s top five and 10, respectively. In the community, student-athletes volunteered a school-record 5,346 hours while serving 66 orga-nizations in Evanston and greater Chicagoland. In June of 2009, Phillips served on the NCAA Champions Forum panel. The panel con-sisted of football coaches and athletics directors making an effort to bring minority football coach-es closer to the mindset of those who hire football coaches. He also is part of the NCAA Mentoring Program, the NACDA Executive Committee and the 2016 Chicago Olympic Committee. Beginning in 2004, Phillips served as North-ern Illinois’ athletic director for four years. In 2006, he was promoted to associate vice president in addition to his director of athletics title. He was chosen to serve as chairman of the MAC Athletic Director’s Council and also served on the NCAA

women’s basketball selection committee. Phillips spearheaded the fund raising and construction of the $14-million Yordon Academic and Athletic Performance Center, the largest capital project in athletics history at NIU. The Huskies also opened an indoor practice facility for baseball, softball and men’s and women’s golf and began construction in the spring of 2008 on a soccer/track and field complex. During Phillips’ tenure at NIU, he helped schedule football games with Michigan and Ohio State that resulted in NIU’s first national TV ap-pearances. He negotiated playing Iowa at Soldier Field in 2007 as a home game, a contest that sold out in less than a week. Phillips also signed a multiple-year agreement for the radio power WSCR-AM (The Score) to carry football, men’s basketball and a weekly NIU Live radio show. A 1990 Illinois graduate, Phillips worked as a manager and student assistant in the Illini’s ath-letic department. He earned a master’s degree in education at Arizona State (1992) while serving as a restricted earnings basketball coach before mov-ing into athletics administration in the Arizona State development office. Phillips holds a Ph.D. in educational admin-istration from Tennessee, completed in 2007. Phil-lips served as an assistant athletics director with the Volunteers until 2000. He directed a $12.4 million annual athletics giving program and aided in the first-ever capital campaign for athletics at UT that raised over $50 million for endowments, facilities and programs. Phillips moved to Notre Dame in 2000, serving as associate director of athletics and senior associate director of athletics for external affairs. He helped launch the Rockne Heritage Annual Fund and played an integral part in the funding of a $24-million, 96,000-square foot athletic facility. In addition, he managed the ticket office, various corporate sponsorships, athletic programs and a weekly Irish radio show. Phillips and his wife, Laura, have five chil-dren: Luke, Madeline, Meredith, John and James.

tHE PHilliPs faMilY: (from left) Front: John, Meredith and Madeline. Back: Laura (holding James), Luke and Jim.



tHROUGH tHE GEnEROsitY...

Each year more than 90 Northwestern student-athletes, representing all sports, are awarded a prestigious endowed scholarship, thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends of the Wildcats. These donors and recipients met for the annual Endowed Athletic Scholarship Luncheon which was held in Welsh-Ryan Arena (pictured at left).

• Alex Agase and Tom Noble Honorary Scholar-ship

• Alex Agase Wildcats’ Scholarship

• Harold and Virginia Anderson Scholarship

• Harry D. Brookby Baseball Scholarship

• Henry S. Bienen Basketball Scholarship

• Henry S. Bienen Tennis Scholarship

• Patricia and Albert Buehler Scholarship

• Dr. James R. Buntain Endowed Basketball Scholarship

• Willard J. and Evelyn G. Buntain Family Foot-ball Scholarship

• John and Rita Canning Student-Athlete Schol-arships

• Ronald J. and Elizabeth D. Chinnock Scholar-ship

• Vandy Christie Memorial Scholarship

• Combe Family Tennis Scholarships

• June S. Cordier Memorial Scholarship

• Dean Family Scholarship

• Richard H. and Jane S. Dean Scholarship

• Ross and Elizabeth Dean Football Scholarship

• Bruce and Betty DeSwarte Scholarship

• Eggemeyer Family Endowed Scholarships

• Raymond F. Farley Endowed Scholarship

• Waldo Fisher Memorial Scholarships

• Scott Freidheim Soccer Scholarship

• Bon and Holly French Swimming Scholarship

• Edwin C. Gage Memorial Scholarship

• Charles “Doc” and Helen Glass Scholarship

• John H. Glenn Memorial Scholarship

• Stanley E. and Louise G. Hathaway Scholarship

• Jennie Stoker Helwig Scholarship

• John L. Hennerich Baseball Scholarship

• Jay and Michaela Hoag Basketball Scholarship

• Thomas J. Hoehn Tennis Scholarship

• Thomas J. and Dorothy Somers Hoehn Ath-letic Scholarships

• Thomas J. and Dorothy Somers Hoehn Memorial Scholarship

• Dr. Robert W. Johnson Memorial Scholarship

• Ronald E. Kiper Memorial Scholarship

• Koldyke Family Scholarship

• Laird Koldyke Baseball Scholarship

• Mildred and Sidney LaPidus Scholarship

• Robert F. and Gordon E. Lietzow Athletic Scholarship

• Sophia and Konstandino Loukas Endowed Scholarship

• Shirley Louise Malloy Memorial Scholarship

• Gene G. and Merrill H. Mundy Athletic Scholarship

• N Club Scholarship

• Nelson R. Nedde Memorial Scholarship

• Robert and Dorothy Osborn Endowed Scholar-ship

• Carleton H. and Bradford H. Pendleton Me-morial Scholarship

• James J. Progar Athletic Scholarship

• Ray Regalis Basketball Scholarship

• James and Mary Jo Rausch Family Scholarship

• Robert K. Rauth Scholarship

• Patrick and Shirley Ryan Family Scholarships

• Steve and Audrey Sawle Scholarship

• Paul and Margaret Schutt Scholarship

• Walter K. Smart Scholarship

• Stearns Family Scholarship

• Marie Mikkelsen Stoker Swimming Scholarship

• Bruce Thompson Wrestling Scholarship

• Torch of Center Court Scholarship

• Joseph H. Trienens Swimming Scholarship

• Bob and Charlotte Voigts Recognition Scholar-ship

• Randy Walker Memorial Football Scholarship

• Sidney Warshauer and Joseph Stein Athletic Scholarship

• Philip J. Weber Scholarship

• Mr. and Mrs. Roger LeMoyne White Basketball Scholarships

• Mildred White Endowed Football Scholarship

• Trent Whitney Endowed Scholarship

• Alfred S. Wiltberger Memorial Scholarship

JEnnY dUnn received an endowed scholarship last season.

AT H L E T I C E N D O W M E N T S

CAROLYNEDWARDS

GK - JuniorLincolnshire, Ill.

00ALICIA

HERCZEG

F/M - SeniorAgoura Hills, Calif.

1CATHERINE

PARISH

M/D - FreshmanTulsa, Okla.

3KATIEDOYLE

F - SophomoreSt. Charles, Ill.

4SARAH

NeSMITH

M - SophomoreLos Altos, Calif.

5MEREDITH

FINSAND

M - FreshmanEdina, Minn.

6JENNIFERBAUMANN

M - JuniorWaukesha, Wis.

7

CAROLINEDAGLEY

F/M - SophomoreSan Rafael, Calif.

8KELSEY

BERTAMUS

F - R-FreshmanBurnsville, Minn.

9JESSICARUBIN

D - FreshmanNaperville, Ill.

10ALI

RUBNITZ

D - SeniorLos Gatos, Calif.

11SARAHSROKA

D - SophomoreGeneva, Ill.

12LEE

BATTAGLIA

F - FreshmanHinsdale, Ill.

14COLLEEN

ANTAS

M/D - JuniorWheaton, Ill.

15

JILLDUNN

M - SophomoreNaperville, Ill.

16JESSICA

PALO

F - SeniorAmes, Iowa

17EMILY

LANGSTON

F - SophomoreLos Altos, Calif.

18ALISON

SCHNEEMAN

M - JuniorSt. Paul, Minn.

19KAY

SAMPSON

M/D - SeniorSan Francisco, Calif.

20LEIGHJAKES

D - R-JuniorMcDonough, Ga.

22NICOLEDULLER

D - SophomoreLos Altos, Calif.

21

KENDALLTHORESON

M - FreshmanSeattle, Wash.

23CASEYBLAHA

M - FreshmanRiver Forest, Ill.

24BRIANA

WESTLUND

D - FreshmanCottage Grove, Minn.

26ALLYARCA

D - JuniorSan Leandro, Calif.

27GRACEWEITZ

GK - R-SophomoreGolden Valley, Minn.

28SAM

GREENE

F - JuniorSanta Monica, Calif.

29STEPHANIEERICKSON

Head CoachNorthwestern ‘98

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LEIGHJAKES

JESSICAPALO

KAYSAMPSON

AUGUST17 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (exh.) Evanston, Ill. 1 p.m.21 MILWAUKEE Evanston, Ill. 7 p.m.23 at DePaul Chicago, Ill. 1 p.m.28 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m.30 at Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. 1 p.m.

SEPTEMBER4 LOYOLA CHICAGO Evanston, Ill. 7 p.m.11 at Penn Philadelphia, Pa. 6 p.m.

13 at Yale New Haven, Conn. 12 p.m.17 BYU Evanston, Ill. 6 p.m.20 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 12 p.m.25 INDIANA ✱ Evanston, Ill. 7:30 p.m.27 PURDUE ✱ Evanston, Ill. 3:30 p.m.

OCTOBER4 at Michigan ✱ Ann Arbor, Mich. 2:30 p.m.9 at Penn State ✱ University Park, Pa. 6 p.m.11 at Ohio State ✱ Columbus, Ohio 11 a.m.

18 MICHIGAN STATE ✱ Evanston, Ill. 1 p.m.22 at Iowa ✱ Iowa City, Iowa 7 p.m.30 at Minnesota ✱ Minneapolis, Minn. 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 WISCONSIN ✱ Evanston, Ill. 7 p.m.6 ILLINOIS ✱ Evanston, Ill. 7 p.m.13 NCAA First Round Campus Sites TBA15 NCAA Second Round Campus Sites TBA

20–22 NCAA Third Round Campus Sites TBA27–29 NCAAQuarterfinals Campus Sites TBA

DECEMBER4–6 NCAA College Cup College Station, Texas TBA

Home matches in BOLD CAPS•✱BigTenConferencematch•AlltimesCentralandsubjecttochange

Documents

2009 Women's Soccer Media Guide