ENDICOTT COLLEGE

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2009 field hockey

The Endicott College field hockey team celebrated its most successful season in program history in 2008, as the Gulls went 18-5 overall while going unbeaten in the regular season (8-0) against The Commonwealth Coast Confer-ence. Endicott played its way into the TCCC Championship game for the seventh time in 11 seasons, but was ultimately defeated in heart-breaking fashion by New England College as the Pilgrims notched their astounding seventh-straight conference crown.

Following the defeat, the Gulls were awarded the top seed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference postseason tourna-ment. Following a 1-0 win over Saint Joseph’s College (Maine), the Gulls moved to the ECAC finals where the Blue and Green defeated Plymouth State, 1-0, to capture the programs second-ever ECAC Championship.

Endicott begins the pursuit of its first-ever conference championship in 2009 under the guidance of third year head coach and 2008 TCCC Coach of the Year Jodi Cipolla. Cipolla enters the 2009 campaign with a 29-12 overall record while also sharing the highest winning percentage in the program’s his-tory at a 70.7%. Laura Blanchard returns for the second year as an assistant coach while recent Endicott graduate and three-time All-TCCC selection Jenny Beech joins the staff as an assistant.

After graduating five seniors––in-cluding four starters––the Gulls will attempt to retool on both offense

and defense. Lone senior Megan McBride (Saugus, Mass.) looks to build off her game-winning goal in the ECAC semifinals while fifth year senior Aisling Mullen (Bev-erly, Mass.) will try to sure up the goaltender position for the second straight season.

The Gulls will be led by three captains in 2009 with two of those leaders being juniors Lindsey Mills (Arlington, Mass.) and Delia McDermott (Shaker Heights, Ohio). Mills was third on the team in points (20), while also finishing third in goals scored (8) last year. McDermott, the veteran defense-man of the squad, looks to steady up a defense that graduated a pair of all-conference honorees from a season ago.

Four other juniors make up the 2009 roster including last year’s second leading scorer Joanne Reid (Clarksville, Md.), who netted 10 goals and handed out five assists. Cara Hanrahan (Franklin, Tenn.) and Caitlin Keating (York, Maine) will see more time on the field as they replace a pair of starters on defense. The pair combined for 13 starts and three goals last season while also playing a major role on the defensive half of the field. Junior Allison Forgues (Auburn, Maine) enters her second season on the team and will compete for a forward position, while Erin McGurgan (Southington, Conn.) battles for a spot on defense after appearing in eight games last year.

TCCC Rookie of the Year Anna Giannoni (Granby, Conn.) is coming off a breakout freshman season

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where she led the league with 20 goals including eight game-winners. Giannoni was named the Gulls’ third captain––a rare honor for a sophomore––joining both Mills and McDermott. Fellow sophomore Alexandra Parese (Wilton, Conn.) looks to follow up her strong rookie showing

as she was fourth on the team in points (19) while leading the Gulls with nine assists. The other three returnees for the Gulls include Francesca Cacace (Pembroke, Bermuda), Lauren Atkinson (South-bury, Conn.), and Court-ney Dronsfield (Penfield, N.Y.). All three will enter into tough positional battles at for-ward and midfield in the 2009 preseason to fill the vacant positions left by graduation.

The Gulls will be mak-ing somewhat of a youth

movement as coach Cipolla has brought in 10 freshmen for this year’s squad. Taylor Teixeira (Exeter, N.H.) looks to take over in goal for the Gulls, replacing ECAC Championship MVP Chelsea Defeo (York, Maine) in the cage. Classmates

Cassie DeSimone (Reading, Mass.) and Trista Johnson (Bomoseen, Vt.) will both compete for playing time at midfield in their first seasons. Grace Anne Tornovish (Nantucket, Mass.), Claire Franjola (Washington, Conn.) and Taylor Matties (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) also figure into the midfield position battle.

At forward, Hannah Thornberg (Oakland, Maine), Courtney Lyford (West Kingston, R.I.), Michaela Brotherton (Bartlett, N.H.), and Melissa Enright (York Beach, Maine) will all attempt to work their way into the rotation that saw the Endicott lead the TCCC in offense with 66 goals and a 2.87 goals per game average last season.

Endicott squares-off with a competitive schedule and will look to win their first The Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship when the TCCC postseason begins on October 31, 2009.

Jodi CipollaThe 2009 season marks Jodi Cipolla’s third season as the head field hockey coach at Endicott College.

Cipolla began her playing career at Kutztown University where she was a stand-out four-year varsity letter winner and an All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selec-tion. In her senior season with the Golden Bears, Cipolla was named team captain and team MVP while being voted to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association North/South All-Star team.

Following a brief stint as the assistant field hockey and women’s lacrosse coach at Nichols College, she returned to her Alma Mater to serve as a graduate assistant while obtaining a Masters Degree in higher education administration. Upon returning to Kutztown, Cipolla helped lead the Golden Bears to a 14-6 record after four consecutive losing seasons. The following year, 2005, the Golden Bears broke their single season scoring record as well as boasted the nation’s top ranked defense in all of Division II. In three seasons on the sidelines for Kutztown University, Cipolla helped to compile an impressive 39-22 overall record in the always competitive PSAC.

As the head coach at Endicott College, Cipolla has accumulated a career record of 29-12 and has earned a The Commonwealth Coast Conference Coach of the Year award. In 2008, the Gulls had a record breaking year as the Blue and Green accumulated their highest single season win total (18) and scored the most goals in a season (66). Cipolla’s Gulls have played in a TCCC Final and captured the 2008 ECAC Division III New England Field Hockey title. Cipolla has served as a Head Coach and Site Director for the USFHA Futures program. In December of 2008, she attended the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy in Denver, Colorado.

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2008 resultsDate Opponent Location Time/Result

August29 Philadelphia Biblical Wenham, Mass. W, 5-0 30 Eastern Wenham, Mass. L, 3-0

September3 Fitchburg Beverly, Mass. W, 4-0 6 Plymouth State Beverly, Mass. W, 4-2

10 Maine Farmington Farmington, Maine W, 2-0 13 Anna Maria Paxton, Mass. W, 9-0 18 Bridgewater St Beverly, Mass. W, 2-1 20 Regis College Weston, Mass. W, 5-0 21 Babson Babson Park, Mass. W, 4-3 (2OT) 24 Salem State Beverly, Mass. W, 4-0

30 MIT Cambridge, Mass. L, 2-1October

14 New England College Henniker, N.H. W, 3-0

7 Salve Regina Beverly, Mass. W, 2-0

9 Wellesley Beverly, Mass. L, 3-2

11 University of New England

Beverly, Mass. W, 3-1

14 Western New England Beverly, Mass. W, 6-0

18 Nichols College Beverly, Mass. W, 3-1

22 Gordon College Wenham, Mass. W, 2-1 (OT)

28 Tufts Medford, Mass. L, 6-1 November

5 Gordon College Beverly, Mass. W, 2-0

8 New England College Beverly, Mass. L, 1-0

15Saint Joseph's (Maine)

Beverly, Mass. W, 1-0

18 Plymouth State Beverly, Mass. W, 1-0

# Full Name Class Position Ht. Hometown / Highschool0 Taylor Teixeira FR Goalkeeper 5-8 Exeter, N.H./Exeter1 Hannah Thornberg FR Forward 5-6 Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee

2 Taylor Matties FR Fwd/Mid 5-6Saratoga Springs, N.Y./ Saratoga Springs

3 Joanne Reid JR Fwd/Mid 5-6 Clarksville, Md./River Hill

4 Francesca Cacace SO Forward 5-5Pembroke, Bermuda/ Saltus Grammar

5 Alexandra Parese SO Forward 5-2 Wilton, Conn./Wilton

6 Courtney Lyford FR Forward 5-3West Kingston, R.I./ South Kingstown

7 Lindsey Mills JR Fwd/Mid 5-1 Arlington, Mass./Arlington9 Megan McBride SR Forward 5-8 Saugus, Mass./Saugus

10 Courtney Dronsfield SO Midfield 5-6 Penfield, N.Y./Penfield

11 Allison Forgues JR Forward 5-5 Auburn, Maine/Edward Little

12 Cara Hanrahan JR Defense 5-4Franklin, Tenn./ Notre Dame Academy

13 Grace Anne Tornovish FR Midfield 5-4 Nantucket, Mass./Nantucket

16 Delia McDermott JR Midfield 5-5 Cleveland, Ohio/Shaker Heights

17 Caitlin Keating JR Def/Mid 5-11 York, Maine/York

18 Claire Franjola FR Midfield 5-8 Washington, Conn./Shepaug Valley

19 Anna Giannoni SO Forward 5-4 Granby, Conn./Loomis Chaffee

21 Erin McGurgan JR Defense 5-4 Southington, Conn./Southington

22 Cassie DeSimone FR Midfield 5-4 Reading, Mass./Reading Memorial

23 Lauren Atkinson SO Forward 5-8 Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug

24 Michaela Brotherton FR Forward 5-0 Bartlett, N.H./Kennett

26 Melissa Enright FR Forward 5-5 York Beach, Maine/York

27 Trista Johnson FR Midfield 5-9 Bomoseen, Vt./Canterbury School

99 Aisling Mullen SR Goalkeeper 5-2 Beverly, Mass./Beverly

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2008 statistics# Name GP-GS G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PS-ATT DSV

23 Anna Giannoni 22-20 20 0 40 71 0.282 49 0.690 8 2-2 03 Joanne Reid 22-20 10 5 25 57 0.175 33 0.579 1 0-1 05 Alexandra Parese 23-21 5 9 19 51 0.098 31 0.608 2 0-0 01 Samantha Bourgeois 21-19 4 8 16 37 0.108 27 0.730 0 0-0 0

19 Jennifer Beech 22-21 3 7 13 32 0.094 15 0.469 1 0-1 27 Lindsey Mills 23-16 8 4 20 30 0.267 17 0.567 2 0-0 02 Michelle Berard 19-17 2 5 9 18 0.111 9 0.500 1 0-0 0

11 Allison Forgues 13-1 2 2 6 13 0.154 4 0.308 0 0-0 017 Caitlin Keating 20-6 1 0 2 12 0.083 6 0.500 0 0-0 09 Megan McBride 15-0 4 0 8 12 0.333 6 0.500 1 0-0 0

18 Chelsea LaClair 23-21 0 0 0 9 0.000 4 0.444 0 0-0 112 Cara Hanrahan 18-7 2 0 4 6 0.333 3 0.500 1 0-0 04 Francesca Cacace 8-0 1 1 3 6 0.167 0 0.000 0 0-0 08 Amanda Shaw 9-0 1 0 2 4 0.250 2 0.500 0 0-0 0

20 Lauren Atkinson 6-0 1 0 2 2 0.500 1 0.500 0 0-0 0

14 Breanne Lee 22-18 0 0 0 1 0.000 1 1.000 0 0-0 0

10 Courtney Dronsfield 5-0 0 0 0 1 0.000 1 1.000 0 0-0 0

13 Meagan Hillengas 11-1 1 0 2 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0-0 0

16 Delia McDermott 23-21 1 0 2 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0-0 015 Lindsey Elefante 5-0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0 0.000 0 0-0 0

21 Erin McGurgan 8-0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0-0 06 Shannon Crotty 7-1 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0-0 0

0 Chelsea DeFeo 23-22 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0-0 0

TOTALS 23 66 41 173 365 0.181 209 0.573 17 2-4 3

OPPONENTS 23 24 12 60 253 0.095 144 0.569 4 0-0 3

# Name GP-GS Minutes GA Avg Saves Pct W L T Sho Faced99 Aisling Mullen 2-0 70:00 0 0 5 1.000 0 0 0 0 4

0 Chelsea DeFeo 23-20 1570:02 24 1.07 118 0.831 17 4 0 11 133

TOTALS 23 68.33472222 24 1.02 123 0.838 17 4 0 12 189

OPPONENTS 23 68.33472222 66 2.82 173 0.724 5 17 0 2 471

GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total

ENDICOTT 25 30 0 1 56OPPONENTS 7 9 0 0 16

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalENDICOTT 248 238 10 7 503OPPONENTS 84 116 9 6 215

SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalENDICOTT 53 60 4 1 118OPPONENTS 103 79 5 1 188

PENATLY CORNERS 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total

ENDICOTT 46 68 0 3 117

OPPONENTS 33 20 4 1 58

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September5 Plymouth State Beverly, Mass. 1:00 pm 9 University of Maine-Farmington Beverly, Mass. 4:00 pm 12 @ Western New England* Springfield, Mass. TBA 17 @ Bridgewater State Bridgewater, Mass. 4:00 pm 19 @ Nichols* Dudley, Mass. 1:00 pm 23 @ Salem State College Salem, Mass. 3:00 pm26 @ University of New England* Biddeford, Maine 11:00 am 29 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Beverly, Mass. 6:00 pm

October1 @ Tufts University Medford, Mass. 4:00 pm 3 Anna Maria College* Beverly, Mass. 1:00 pm 6 Gordon* Beverly, Mass. 4:00 pm 8 @ Wellesley Wellesley, Mass. 4:30 pm 10 @ SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, N.Y. 1:00 pm 13 @ Salve Regina* Newport, R.I. 4:00 pm 17 New England College* Beverly, Mass. 1:00 pm 21 Saint Joseph’s College Beverly, Mass. 6:00 pm 24 Regis College* Beverly, Mass. 1:00 pm 31 TCCC Quarterfinals TBA TBA

November4 TCCC Semifinals TBA TBA7 TCCC Finals TBA TBA

*indicates Conference game

2009 scheduleField Hockey Quick FactsLocation ............................ Beverly, MassachusettsFounded .......................................................... 1939Enrollment .................................................... 2,000Nickname ......................................................... GullsColors ..............................................Blue and GreenHome Field ............................................North FieldAffiliations .........................NCAA Division III, ECACConference .............................The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC)President ................................. Dr. Richard E. WylieDirector of Athletics .............................Brian WylieHead Coach ........................Jodi Cipolla (third year)Coaching Record .............................................29-19 (.707 winning percentage)Assistant Coaches: ..................... Laura Blanchard, Jenny Beech2008 Record: .................................................... 18-5 All-Time Program Record ............ 170-127-5 (57.1%) 16 Total SeasonsAthletics Department Phone .............978-232-2312Field Hockey Phone ...........................978-232-2303Email ................................... jcipolla@endicott.eduEditor .................................................. Jeff Pardue, Sports Information DirectorLayout ............................................ Angela Gulino, Publications Coordinator

Photography ....................... Game Winning Shots

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