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Dowling College ........................................................................4LIU Post ........................................................................................5Molloy College ...........................................................................6St. Thomas Aquinas College ....................................................7

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DOWLING COLLEGENo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School1 Melissa Guglielmo Jr. M 5-7 West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon2 Jackie Andersen Jr. A 5-6 Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd 3 Samantha Stavish Sr. M 5-4 Albertson, N.Y./Mineola 4 Brooke Kreuscher Fr. A 5-5 Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point5 Kayla Reyes Fr. A 5-8 Manorville, N.Y./Willam Floyd 6 Kelly DiFede Sr. A 5-6 Ridge, N.Y./Longwood 7 Kenya Scott Fr. A 5-5 Centereach, N.Y./Newfield8 Taylor Davide Fr. D 5-2 West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon9 Ashley Firestone Fr. A 5-2 Kings Point, N.Y./Kings Park 10 Ashley Kupres Sr. M 5-5 Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot11 Emma Ferreira So. D 5-7 Sayville, N.Y./Sayville 12 Kim Geiger R-Fr. M 5-5 South Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville13 Samantha Citron Sr. M 5-3 Jackson, N.J./Jackson Liberty 14 Megan Sullivan So. M 5-5 Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale15 Allie Merrill So. M 5-5 Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees 16 Maggie Carine Fr. A 5-1 Manorville, N.Y./Eastport South Manor 17 Trish Serras Fr. D 5-5 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst18 Meaghan Smith Sr. D 5-6 Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh 19 Meaghan Heuer So. M 5-6 Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham Wading River 20 Karie Znaniecki Fr. A 5-2 Port. Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue21 Erin Smith Fr. D 5-5 Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh22 Katie Meinecke R-Fr. A 5-6 Manorville, N.Y./Eastport South Manor23 Jerilynn Goodfellow Sr. A 5-1 Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge24 Lindsay Cafiero So. D 5-3 Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage 27 Tina Fey Gr. GK 5-10 Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park 28 Lauren Young Fr. GK 5-6 Centereach, N.Y./Centereach Head Coach: Kerri McCabe (8th Season)Assistant Coaches: Ralph Viggiano, Rachael Goldstein and Cassi Cronin

About DowlingFounded in 1955 as part of Adelphi University’s Suffolk Campus, the college purchased the former W.K. Vanderbilt estate in Oakdale in 1962. In 1968 the college was renamed after its chief benefactor, Robert Dowling, a noted city planner and aviator.

Situated on the banks of the Connetquot River on a former Vanderbilt estate, Dowling’s Rudolph Campus in Oakdale is among the nation’s most beautiful. The 105-acre Brookhaven Center is located on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley and features high-tech learning facilities for a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses. Located within walking distance to the Long Island Rail Road and featuring free parking and shuttle bus service, Dowling is easily accessible from both Suffolk and Nassau counties, as well as the five boroughs of New York City.

Coach Kerri McCabe

Jackie Andersen

Tina Fey

Samantha Stavish

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Quick FactsLocation: Oakdale, N.Y.Founded: 1955Enrollment: Over 6,500Nickname: Golden LionsColors: Navy Blue and GoldPresident: Dr. Norman R. SmithDirector of Athletics: Melody CopeStadium: Golden Lions Field

Did You Know?• The men’s soccer program won the National Championship in 2006 and advanced to the National Championship game in 2008• Dowling has had four baseball student-athletes selected in the MLB First Year Player draft (Kip Roggendorf, ‘93, Toronto; Wilberto Ortiz, ‘06, Los Angeles (AL); Billy Mottram, ‘07, Chi-cago (NL); David Wendt, ‘09, Tampa Bay)• The men’s lacrosse team won the program’s first National Championship in 2012• In 2012-13 Dowling’s women’s basketball team advanced to the National Championship game after becoming the second team in ECC history to win the NCAA East Region Tourna-ment.

LIU POSTNo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School1 Leslie Allen Fr. D 5-3 Adamstown, Md. / Urbana2 Connor Bird Fr. M 5-8 Syosset, N.Y. / Syosset3 Jenna Pierro Jr. M 5-3 Holbrook, N.Y. / Sachem North4 Katie Ventrella So. D 5-7 Bayville, N.Y. / Locust Valley5 Alexis Newman R-So. A 5-4 Medford Lakes, N.J. / Shawnee6 Emily Delaney So. A 5-0 Long Valley, N.J. / West Morris7 Brianna Gibbons Fr. A 5-1 Massapequa Park, N.Y. / Massapequa8 Kaitlin Gaghan So. D/M 5-10 North Massapequa, N.Y./Quinnipiac9 Brittany Smith So. D 5-5 Dix Hills, N.Y. / Half Hollow Hills West10 Honey Roche So. D/M 5-7 Centerport, N.Y. / Harborfields11 Jackie Sileo Sr. A 5-7 Wantagh, N.Y. / Wantagh12 Kali Maxwell Jr. D 5-4 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Cheyenne Mountain13 Samantha Losco Sr. A/M 5-2 Smithtown, N.Y. / Hauppauge14 Stefani Vagelatos Fr. A 5-5 Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. / Comsewogue15 Andrea Ferencsik Fr. A 5-2 Holbrook, N.Y. / Sachem North16 Brianna LeCompte Fr. M 5-9 Highlands Ranch, Colo. / Mountain Vista17 Renee Schwartz Sr. GK 5-5 Lockport, N.Y. / Lockport18 Morgan Chiarenza Sr. A 5-2 Nesconset, N.Y. / Smithtown East19 Jessica Marsh So. A 5-3 Sayville, N.Y. / Sayville22 Cara Douglas Fr. D/M 5-6 West Islip, N.Y. / West Islip24 Kelly Backus Fr. D 5-2 Oceanside, N.Y. / Oceanside25 Katie Rotan Sr. M 5-7 West Islip, N.Y. / West Islip26 Emily Hanifan Jr. D 5-4 Hicksville, N.Y. / Kellenberg27 Nicole Stackpole Fr. D 5-4 North Bellmore, N.Y. / Mepham28 Kasey Kephart So. GK 5-10 Nesconset, N.Y. / Hauppauge30 Melissa Rohr Sr. D 5-6 Bethpage, N.Y. / Bethpage32 Katie Hannan Sr. GK 5-9 Gansevoort, N.Y. / Saratoga Springs

Head Coach: Meghan McNamara (7th Season)Assistant Coaches: Alyssa Kildare and Dominique Mosca

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coach Meghan McNamara

Katie Hannan

Samanta Losco

Jackie Sileo

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

Did You Know?• Senior attacker Jackie Sileo, the 2014 ECC and Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Player of the Year, became the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, across all divisions, at Dowling on Apr. 2.• The LIU Post women’s lacrosse team spent eight consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the IWLCA Poll this season.• Senior goaltender Katie Hannan currently leads all of NCAA Division II in save percentage, and ranks second in goals-against average.• The LIU Post women’s lacrosse team was tabbed the favorite in the 2014 ECC Preseason Poll.

MOLLOY COLLEGENo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School1 Casey Naab Jr. A 5-9 Floral Park, N.Y./Nassau C.C2 Alexa Watson Fr. A 5-2 North Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge3 Laura Rice Fr. M 5-5 New Hyde Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park Memorial4 Nikki Adduci R-So. D 5-4 Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh5 Samantha Arlotta Sr. M 5-4 Garden City Park, N.Y./St. Mary’s6 Amy Cesario Jr. D 5-2 Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur7 Cooper Sesselman Fr. M 5-6 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst8 Jenna Nostramo Fr. D 5-3 Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North9 Ariana Cavallone So. A 5-1 Glen Cove, N.Y./Glen Cove10 Anna McGovern So. M 5-4 Floral Park, N.Y./Mary Louis Academy12 Brittany Lang Fr. A 5-3 Hicksville, N.Y./Holy Trinity13 Kim Quigley So. D 5-2 Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh14 Meghan Orlando Jr. M 5-7 Hicksville, N.Y./Holy Trinity15 Ryan Meyer R-So. A 5-6 East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow16 Caitlin Cooksey Jr. D/GK 5-3 Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur17 Elyse Orski Jr. D 5-8 East Islip, N.Y./East Islip18 Laura Vetter Jr. GK 5-6 Great River, N.Y./East Islip19 Kelsey Dougherty So. D 4-11 Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue20 Katie O’Brien So. M 5-6 Oyster Bay, N.Y./St. Dominic21 Caitlin Caiazza So. D 5-7 Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East22 Gabi Batista Fr. D 5-6 Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville25 Taylor Corcoran Fr. A 5-4 Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North26 Chelsea Bauer So. D 5-2 Hicksville, N.Y./Nassau C.C.27 Candice Noakes Sr. M 5-9 Levittown, N.Y./LIU Post28 Teresa Ferreri Fr. D 5-3 Mineola, N.Y./Mineola32 Caroline Winters So. GK 5-7 Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin33 Kelsey Dittmeier Jr. A 5-5 Great Neck, N.Y./St. Francis Prep36 Jessica Teves Sr. A 5-7 Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun

Head Coach: Tom Campolettano (9th Season)Assistant Coaches: Melissa Cook, Jackie Hughes, and Dayna Defliese

About Molloy:Molloy College is an institution of the Dominican tradition which offers students a rich, multi-dimen-sional educational experience in an academically challenging environment. We foster critical thinking and creative exploration while preparing students to live and work in the global world of today..

Coach Tom Camplettano

Samantha Arlotta

Candice Noakes

Katie O’Brien

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Quick FactsLocation: Rockville Centre, N.Y.Founded: 1955 Enrollment: 3,300Nickname: LionsColors: Maroon and WhitePresident: Drew Bogner, Ph.DDirector of Athletics: Susan Cassidy-LykeStadium: Quealy Gymnasium (525)

Did You Know?• Senior John Petrucelli of the men’s basketball team set a few new program records this year, including: single-game scoring (39 points versus Bridgeport on December 11, 2013), single-season scoring, and all-time scoring.He also led NCAA Division II in steals per game for the majority of the season, and ranked in the Top-5 for points per game in the country throughout the year.• Senior Kelly Guerriero of the women’s basketball team set a new single-season three-point record as she has drained 85 treys. She paced the ECC in that category.• The men’s indoor track and team won its second-straight East Coast Conference Championship on February 22, 2014. The Lions amassed a total of 138 points at the title meet.• Senior Dan Brown was named to the All-ECC Men’s Soccer First Team this past Fall.• For the Fall 2013 semester, 10 Lions earned a perfect and pristine 4.0 GPA to join the 4.0 GPA Club. The 10 student-athletes were: Alexa De La Torre (women’s soccer), Michael DioGuardi (cross country, track and field), Jessica Falcone (cheerleading), Nicholas Gonchar (baseball), Nicole Hein (cross country, track and field), Katie Jacques (women’s soccer), Keri Korwan (cheerleading), Ryan Lane (cheerleading), Lisa Nappi (equestrian) and Nicolette Sinagra (softball).

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGENo. Name Yr Pos Ht Hometown/Previous School1 Kaitlyn Lonergan So. GK 5-7 Stony Point, N.Y./North Rockland2 Genevieve Stickney Jr. A 5-7 Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Bluepoint3 Katherine Borriello Fr. M 5-4 Montgomery, N.Y./Valley Central4 Kimberly Cunningham Jr. D 5-7 Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac5 Kellie Kucinski Jr. M/A 5-5 Roxbury, N.J./Roxbury6 Kelly Moresi Sr. M 5-5 Suffern, N.Y./Suffern7 Becky Torres Sr. D 5-4 Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet9 Samantha Silvestri So. M 5-3 Congers, N.Y./Clarkstown North10 Samantha Lowney Jr. M 5-7 Valley Cottage, N.Y./Albertus Magnus15 Cassie Michelotti Sr. D 5-6 Stamford, Conn./Westhill16 Rosa Prestano RFr. M 5-6 Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford17 Sabrina Prestano So. M/D 5-5 Medford, N.Y./Patchogue Medford19 Margaret Sharp Sr. A 5-9 Suffern, N.Y./Suffern20 Julia Byman So. D 5-9 Garnerville, N.Y./North Rockland22 Alexis Serras Jr. M 5-8 Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst23 Christa Billings Fr. A 5-6 Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./St. John The Baptist25 Ruth Pluviose Jr. M 5-3 Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood

Associate Head Coach: Stephanie HopkinsAssociate Head Coach: Rob MolfettaAssistant Coach: Mike Looney

About St. Thomas AquinasThe College’s 2,000 full and part time undergraduate students major in one of 31 programs offered in five division areas: The Humanitites; Business Administration; Social Sciences; Natrual Sciences & Mathematics; and Teacher Education. The College offers a full scholarship Honors Program which provides studens with a Summer Study experience at Oxford University in England. In addition there are several study abroud opportunities and strategic alliances designed to offer expanded opportunities for students. For example, students can major in mathematics at St. Thomas for three years and then enter a engineering program at either George Washington University or Manhattan College as part of a dual degree program.

St. Thomas Aquinas College now fields 16 NCAA Division II sports, is an active member of the NCAA and supports 200 student-athletes. Men’s sports include: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor). Women’s sports include: basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and track & field (indoor and outdoor). The Spartans’ and Lady Spartan’s teams compete in more than 300 contests annually.

Coach Stephanie Hopkins

Kaitlyn Lonergan

Margaret Sharp

Genevieve Stickney

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Quick FactsLocation: Sparkill, N.Y.Founded: 1896Enrollment: 2,200Nickname: SpartansColors: Maroon and GoldPresident: Dr. Margaret FitzpatrickDirector of Athletics: Gerald OswaldStadium:

Did You Know?• This season, the Lady Spartans adopted a “Little Sister” Molly Kimball (Age 12) as part of the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation. The program pairs up children and their families battling pediatric brain tumors with college and high school sports teams.• Senior attacker Margaret Sharp scored her 100th Career Goal as a member of the Lady Spartans on March 12, 2014 in an 18-3 victory at Wilmington University (Del.).• The Lady Spartans went undefeated (7-0) this season on their home turf, Spartan Field.

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