Spring Season!

Spring is finally arriving to the region and we've had a great start to our Spring season. Everyone has worked hard over the winter and it shows in the training and games. We'll play at home on 2 occasions this Spring and hope you'll get a chance to visit.

Spring Play Day at FSU - Sunday, 4/21
1:00 - Frostburg vs Alderson-Broaddus
2:20 - Shippensburg vs Alderson-Broaddus
3:40 - Frostburg vs Shippensburg

Spring Alumni Game at FSU - Saturday, 4/27
3:00 in the FSU Stadium

A Snow Day!!

We're having a terrific late ski season this year and even had a snow day off school today!  I took this photo with my iphone just last week at Wisp. Spring Skiing = awesome conditions, warm temps, low prices, and no lines at all...
skiwisp.com

Summer Camps Announced

Our summer camp dates are now set!
We will continue our local day camps for younger players in June and for high school players in August.  Our overnight camps are outlined below including a new Prospect Camp in June here at FSU. 

New! MD College Prospect Camp - June 28-30, 2013
We've started a new "minicamp" specifically for prospective players interested in playing at a Maryland school.  It's a collaboration with several coaches from 4-5 other Maryland colleges who will staff the camp as well.
www.MDCollegeProspectCamp.com

Our Elite Player/Leadership Camp - Aug. 4-7, 2013
We are continuing this unique program again this year. This is an "Advanced Camp" on the field but also a Leadership Program off the field. The program is based on materials from Leadership Studies programs but also "Captain's Training" workshops we use here at FSU.

For more information about our camps and to sign up, please visit our camp site at:
www.FrostburgSoccerCamps.com

Winter Break

We always seem to have a long winter break at Maryland colleges. Good time to enjoy friends and family and the Holidays.  You also get to see scenes like this in Western Maryland.  This photo was taken with an iphone last week on the way to the Wisp Resort at Deep Creek Lake, 30 miles from campus. The Ski season is on!
WispResort.com

What a year that was 2012!

We wish you a wonderful holiday season and all the best for the coming year.  Here are some records and facts of note from our 2012 season:

• Completed the 19th winning season in the 19 year history of FSU Women’s Soccer 
•  Made our 14th appearance in a Conference Championship game winning our 6th Title
• Had an FSU player named as an NSCAA All-American AND CoSida Academic All-American - Jr Adria Graham
• Had 2 players named as Academic All-Americans- Stephanie Fazenbaker and Adria Graham both w/4.0 GPAs
• Earned a team GPA of 3.34 with 5 players earning perfect 4.0 GPAs
• Won 14 games and led the CAC in almost every offensive team statistic
• Made our 12th consecutive post-season tournament appearance (NCAA or ECAC)
• Were regionally ranked in the South Atlantic region poll for 4 weeks (as high as #5)
• Had Individual FSU players lead the conference in goals, assists, and points
• Allowed more than 1 goal to only 3 opponents and allowed only 1 goal in 3 post-season games
• Adria Graham ranked in the top 20 nationally in goals, points, & goals/points per game
• Stephanie Fazenbaker ranked in the top 20 nationally in assists/assists per game
• Liz Seligman completed her career ranked 2nd in Career Assists with 36
• Had 6 FSU players named to All-Conference Teams
• Adria Graham was named the CAC Player of the Year for the 2nd year in a row, she is the 6th FSU player to be honored as a Conference Player of the Year in the last 10 years

2012 Awards Banquet

Our 2012 Awards Banquet was held Saturday at the historic Gunter Hotel in Frostburg.  This photo in the lobby stair has become a tradition.

The Following 2012 Team Awards were Announced:
Scholar Athlete- Adria Graham
Unsung Hero- Kysten Buck
Most Improved Player- Abby Aposporos
Best New Player- Courtney Mack
Most Sportsmanlike Player- Quincy Hegeman
Offensive Most Valuable Players- Adria Graham, Stephanie Fazenbaker
Defensive Most Valuable Player- Erin Proctor

Academic All-Americans!

This is a fun time of year when post-season awards are announced and we get to find out how those outside of our program regard our players.  Adria Graham and Stephanie Fazenbaker just became only the 2nd and 3rd FSU Women's Soccer players to be named to the CoSida Academic All-America team. Both are forwards who led our team and the conference in Goals and Assists and both are 4.0 students with career aspirations in the medical professions.  As a junior and 2-time Conference Player of the Year, Adria made the 1st Team while Stephanie was named to the 3rd team as one of only 2 sophomores honored in the Nation.
The link to the CoSida website and press release is here:
http://www.cosida.com/news.aspx?id=3889

5th Straight Team Academic Award

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America has announced the Team Academic Award winners from the 2011-2012 academic year.  FSU Women's Soccer claimed their 5th consecutive award with an annual team GPA of 3.32.  Just last Spring, 6 players earned perfect 4.0 semester GPA's. All 26 of the most recent women's soccer graduates over the last 6 years at FSU have been qualified for graduate school admission or received job offers right away.  Some are profiled on the right column of this page.

NSCAA Team Academic Award List

NCAA Tournament

Katie Smith makes a save Saturday Night

 

 

We played the tough and talented #5 ranked team from Lynchburg in the NCAA Tournament this weekend.  Although we lost the game 1-0, we had good stretches of momentum in the game and created some quality chances to score.  Our Seniors showed terrific leadership as we threw everything we had at Lynchburg in the final 10 minutes and created some real drama as the clock counted down.   Katie Smith was terrific in goal and our defense on 2 very athletic forwards was awesome all night.  We conclude our year with a 14-4-1 record and a conference championship.  All of our players should be very proud of a terrific 2012 season...

What does winning a championship look like?

Katie Smith after making the game-winning save in the PK Shootout

CAC Champions

We hit the post twice and had a great chance to end the game in overtime but it was Katie Smith who was our hero today, saving 2 PK's in the Shootout to secure our first CAC Championship since entering the Conference in 2010.  We played a terrific 0-0 draw at Salisbury but will now be headed to the NCAA Tournament.  The selection show will be on Monday afternoon and will be announced here:
NCAA Site

Playing for A Championship!

We played well at home tonight in our conference semifinal scoring 3 times in the opening 30 minutes to defeat York 3-0.  We will now play for the CAC Championship at Salisbury this Saturday at 1:00pm.  Adria Graham scored twice and Brooke Longo added another in the first half.  Stephanie Fazenbaker had another great assist and our defending was terrific. A rematch with Salisbury awaits this weekend with the winner headed to the NCAA Tournament!

Brooke Longo pushes in Goal #2 in the CAC Semifinal