Our Fall Conference Championship celebration photo appeared in the latest edition of the FSU Alumni Magazine, the Profile. The Profile is paper mailed to thousands of FSU alumni, friends, and families. The link to the pdf version of the Spring 2010 edition is below. The photo was in the sports wrap-up section on page 36.

Profile -the FSU Magazine

You never know what you might see at FSU!

FSU is a regional resource in Western Maryland for academic discourse but also the arts, drama, music, entertainment, and of course, athletics. As a result, you never know what you might see on our campus any given weekend. A couple weeks ago it was the Harlem Globetrotters and each spring the Shrine Circus visits our Main Arena. Saturday, a few friends of the circus enjoyed lounging in the sun in front of our administration building.

Spring Play-Day and Fall Schedule Announced

The FSU Women's Soccer Team will play in a Spring Play-Day at Shippenburg University in PA on Saturday, April 17th -
1:00 vs Kutztown
3:30 vs Shippensburg

A tentative Fall schedule is available as a pdf file here:
2010 Schedule

Going to College in the Mountains

As everyone knows, it's snowed quite a bit in the Mid-Atlantic this season! At Frostburg, students get to take advantage of the winter at places like the Wisp Resort, about 30 miles from our campus. This is a photo of a recent sunset at the top of Wisp Mt. I took with my phone. Students get discounted season passes or can ski any Tuesday or Wednesday for $15.
www.SkiWisp.com

Setting the bar higher and higher

Our team won a championship and broke lots of records this year on the field - wins in a season, goals scored, best won-loss record, for example...but the most impressive thing our players did this year, they did off the field. The FSU women's soccer team just earned it's best-ever semester team GPA with a 3.36 average. 5 players earned perfect 4.0s, and 4 more were right there with 3.8's, or only one B. Overall, 20 players earned better than a 3.0...truly an awesome performance in the classroom.

I continue to be amazed and impressed at the quality and commitment of our players here at Frostburg...

2009 Awards Banquet

Our 2009 Seniors at our annual Awards Banquet.
Congratulations and Good Luck Seniors!

Our 2009 Team Award Winners
Scholar Athlete: Meische Cox
Unsung Hero: Shonna Ferree
Most Improved Players: Olivia Winant, Kristin Prochniak
Best New Players: Amanda Wharton, Liz Seligman
Sportsmanship Award: Kierstin Stevenson
Defensive MVP: Heather Fleishell
Offensive MVP: Lauren Russell

More Player Honors...

3 of our players were named to 2009 ECAC South Region All-Star teams. Lauren Lentine was named to the 2nd team while Lauren Russell and Amanda Wharton were named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. The ECAC South Region includes 55 NCAA Division III schools from 9 conferences across the Mid-Atlantic.

ECAC All-Star Press Release

All-Conference Honors

Lauren Russell was named AMCC Player of the Year and Amanda Wharton was named AMCC Newcomer of the Year to sweep the 2009 conference player awards in our last year in the AMCC. Lauren scored 27 goals and Amanda added 24 in a record-breaking effort that ranked them both in the top 20 in Division III scoring across the nation in 2009. A total of 6 FSU players were named to All-Conference teams this year:
2009 All-AMCC Teams

Season Ending....

It's always difficult and emotional when the season ends. You don't really realize it fully until Monday comes and there's not going to be a practice for the first Monday since August. When we look back and remember our final game of the year in the NCAA Tournament, I think we'll recognize there wasn't really that much difference between Frostburg State and a top-10 team in the country. Perhaps we can't say we went "toe to toe" with Otterbein but we absolutely had our chances to tie the game late and we felt more comfortable playing this level an opponent than we ever have in the 5 NCAA Tournaments we've played in here in my 8 years. We did have a wonderful season and have terrific players here who are highly committed to the sport of soccer and to each other. They've made their coaches, their families, and their University very proud...

NCAA Tournament Info

We'll play at Otterbein near Columbus, Ohio on Saturday at 11am. Here are some relevant links:
Otterbein College Sports Site
NCAA Women's Soccer Website
Division III Bracket Link

We Did It!

In dramatic fashion, Lauren Russell slammed home a terrific shot from 20 yards in overtime to end a tense championship game and help us claim our 6th AMCC Conference Title on Saturday. Our Seniors have had a wild ride in the AMCC Tournament in recent years and they've earned the right to be called "Champions" in our last season in the AMCC. We'll find out Monday where and when we'll play in the NCAA Tournament.

Hosting a Conference Championship

Our players have remained focused on our team's objectives throughout the year and one of our primary goals is to win the AMCC Conference Championship. Being able to host the Final on Saturday in our own stadium gives us a huge boost and we hope to see lots of friends and family in attendance! The game will kickoff at 3pm and in our last year in the AMCC, we hope to leave under the best possible circumstances - with a title in hand...