The Great Year that was 2011

What a year we had here at FSU!  Here are some highlights from 2011:

• Posted a CAC Best 3.52 Team GPA (from 2010-11) winning our 4^th Consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Award
• Shutout 14 opponents allowing only 11 goals (2nd fewest in FSU History and 15th best in the Nation)
• Appeared in our 11th Consecutive Post-Season Tournament (NCAA or ECAC)
• Won the ECAC South Region Championship outscoring our opponents 10-2 in the tournament
• Were regionally ranked in the NSCAA South Atlantic Poll for 8 weeks (as high as #7)
• FSU players led the CAC in:  Goals, Points, Save %, Goals Against Avg. and 5 other categories 
• Lost only 2 games, fewest in our history, and never trailed by more than 1 goal in any match
• Senior Goalkeeper Michelle Buckmaster finished the season ranked 31st in the Nation in GAA, 16th in Save %, and now holds FSU records for Season and Career GAA
• Placed 5 players on All-Conference Teams including the CAC Player of the Year, Sophomore Forward, Adria Graham
• Had 2 players selected to NSCAA All-Region Teams and recognized as ECAC All-Stars (Adria Graham and Erin Proctor)
• Earned the NSCAA Team Ethics Silver Award for our 4th straight year (only 2 yellow cards)
• Raised nearly $1200 for the American Cancer Society through the Relay for Life event in the FSU Stadium and donated 2 complete Thanksgiving dinner baskets to the Allegany County Food Bank

Competitive on the Field AND in the Classroom

The NSCAA has published the winners of the 2011 Team Academic Award and the FSU Women's Soccer Team has been honored for the 4th straight year!
The team GPA of 3.52 for the 2010-2011 academic year is a best-ever for the program and the highest GPA in the Capital Conference and the State of Maryland among all men's and women's college soccer teams. The FSU team GPA also ranks in the top 40 of the 571 women's college teams that earned the award this year in all NCAA Divisions.

Congratulations to these committed students!

NSCAA Team Academic Award Winners

2011 ECAC South Champions!

Our 2011 Season ended Sunday with a big home win to capture the 2011 ECAC South Championship!  Liz Seligman, our all-conference right back, hit a wonder goal from 30 yards after running with the ball for 60. [Check our YouTube channel on the right of this page] Stevenson is a very good team that pressured us throughout the game but both our back line defending and goalkeeping were terrific.
It was our 12th shutout as we finished the year with a 17-2-2 record.

 The Cumberland Times News covered our game and included this photo of Liz running to score the game winner on Sunday.

Playing for a Championship on Sunday!

We had a terrific burst of offense against Altoona and won 5-1 today in the ECAC Semifinals here at FSU.  As a result, we'll host the ECAC South Region Final at Noon on Sunday against our conference rivals from Stevenson. It's the 3rd time in 4 years, we've hosted the ECAC Final and hope to prevail at home here in 2011.

fashion statement?

Our Seniors decided to show their fashion sense at our final practice of 2011.

Home Win Sends us to ECAC South "Final Four" here this Weekend

Adria Graham scored twice and Steph Fazenbaker and Dorie Gedridge each added a goal in a 4-1 home win over Grove City in our ECAC first round game on Wednesday here at FSU.  The victory means as the #1 seed, we will host the Semifinals and Final this weekend. Here's the schedule of games in our Bobcat Stadium:
Sat. 11/12- FSU vs Altoona, Noon
Sat. 11/12-Stevenson vs Albright, 2:30
Sun 11/13-Winners meet at Noon

The Cumberland Times-News covered the game and took the picture shown here of Adria scoring her first goal of the game.

Post-Season Game at FSU!!

On Wednesday at 6pm, FSU will host Grove City in the ECAC South Region Tournament.  It's the 3rd time in 4 years that FSU has earned the #1 seed in the ECAC Tournament and hosted post-season games here at Bobcat Stadium.   Details and the Tournament bracket are available at the ECAC women's soccer site here:

ECAC Women's Soccer Page
ECAC South Tournament Bracket

Tough start to the postseason

We are still a bit stunned by having a game decided after 18 penalty kick attempts.  Unfortunately, our opponents made 1 more than we did and advance now to our conference semifinal this week.  We are healing fast and will begin to train this week in anticipation of a post-season tournament bid. Announcements will be made on November 7th at these relavent sites for the NCAA and ECAC tournaments.

NCAA D3 Women's Soccer Page
ECAC Women's Soccer Page

What a difference a day makes

Our snow crews had our field cleared within hours of the snow ending on Saturday night. 



Sunday morning, our men's coaching staff put the finishing touches on the stadium cleanup and the hot sun provided by mother nature did the rest. 

It IS still October right?

For the first time in many years, we've had a significant snow fall in October that stretched from Virginia to Maine. A few of our players visited the FSU stadium today during the storm.  Our snow crews are awesome and we do expect to play tomorrow!  Our game is scheduled for 4pm now instead of 2.

Our 2011 Conference Tournament

Sun., Oct. 30 CAC Tournament First Round:
No. 6 St. Mary's at No. 3 Frostburg State - 4:00 pm
No. 5 Mary Washington at No. 4 York

Wed., Nov. 2 CAC Tournament Semifinals:
York/Mary Washington at No. 1 Salisbury
FSU/St. Mary's at No. 2 Stevenson

Sat., Nov. 5 CAC Tournament Championship:
Teams and times TBA

It's Playoff Time!

We've concluded our regular season with a 14-2-1 record after Senior Jessica Kraemer smashed in a golden goal in overtime at Wesley on Saturday in Dover, Delaware.  After a play between Cassie Donahue and Adria Graham was broken up by a defender, Kraemer stepped into the loose ball and found the upper corner from about 20 yards out for the games decisive moment.
With our 2 wins this week, we have secured the #3 seed in our conference tournament.  We'll host a Quarterfinal game this weekend here at FSU, likely on Sunday at 2pm, but our opponent will not be determined until Wednesday.  Either St. Mary's or Mary Washington will travel to Frostburg to determine who moves on to the CAC semifinal on Wednesday.  The CAC has published a preliminary bracket that is linked here:

2011 CAC Tournament Bracket