Three MAAC Players Named 2009 ECAC Division I Women's Soccer All-Stars
MAAC Sports
Cape Cod, Mass. - Three MAAC players were named as 2009 ECAC Division I Women's Soccer All-Stars.
Sylvia Kowalski from Canisius College along with Theresa Ferraina and Heather Cooke from Loyola University Maryland were named to the All-Star Second Team. Ferraina was named the 2009 MAAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year, and was joined on the All-MAAC First Team by Kowalski and Cooke.
Victoria DiMartino of Boston College picked up ECAC Offensive Player of the Year honors. The freshman forward scored 14 goals and tallied five assists for 33 points. Her teammate Jillian Mastroianni earned ECAC Defensive Player of the Year honors. The sophomore goalkeeper had 13 shutouts on the season, with a .848 save percentage and a 0.45 goals against average. The teammates led the No. 7 ranked Eagles to the NCAA Elite Eight.
Northeastern University forward Devin Petta nabbed ECAC Rookie of the Year honors. Petta had 14 goals and seven assists for 35 points. Petta ranked second in the nation in scoring among freshmen during the regular season.
2009 ECAC Division I Women's Soccer All-Stars
Offensive Player of the Year
Victoria DiMartino, Freshman, Forward, BC
Defensive Player of the Year
Jillian Mastroianni, Sophomore, Goalkeeper, BC
Rookie of the Year
Devin Petta, Freshman, Forward, Northeastern
First Team All-Star Selection
Devin Petta, Freshman, Forward, Northeastern
Victoria DiMartino, Freshman, Forward, Boston College
Jessica Fuccello, Senior, Forward, Penn
Becky Brown, Junior, Forward, Yale
Ingrid Wells, Sophomore, Midfielder, Georgetown
Elisabeth Redmond, Senior, Midfielder, Duke
Sinead Farrelly, Junior, Midfielder, Virginia
Jenifer Anzivino, Senior, Defender, Rutgers
Erin Guthrie, Senior, Defender, Rutgers
Jess Crankshaw, Senior, Defender, Hofstra
Jillian Mastroianni, Sophomore, Goalkeeper, Boston College
Second Team All-Star Selection
Corky Julien, Senior, Forward, James Madison
Sylvia Kowalski, Senior, Forward, Canisius
Jasmyne Spencer, Sophomore. Forward, Maryland
Traci DePasquale, Graduate Student, Forward, La Salle
Omolyn Davis, Junior, Midfielder, George Mason
Theresa Ferraina, Graduate Student, Midfielder, Loyola (Md.)
Sophie Reiser, Senior, Midfielder, Columbia
Heather Cooke, Senior, Defender, Loyola (Md.)
Friederike Engle, Junior, Defender, American
Shelly Moeller, Senior, Defender, Navy
Brittany Taylor, Senior, Goalkeeper, Connecticut
About the ECAC®
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference with approximately 300 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men's and women's sports, assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports, administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues and recognizes more than 2,000 student-athletes through the public relations arm of the conference. The ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men's and women's ice hockey, and men's lacrosse.