First Day Off!

The players have earned their first full day off but since we are still in preseason, we took advantage of the day to visit Deep Creek Lake and the Wisp Resort for some fun and teambuilding.  The team is shown below at the Wisp Adventure Sports Center after their ride on the Wisp Mt. Coaster.  As they await the 1,300 foot incline to begin the ride, Steph Fazenbaker and Jessi Martz show their nervous smiles...

Great Start to Preseason Competition!

Today we finished our first full week of preseason with a scrimmage at Division II Shepherd University.  Stephanie Fazenbaker had a terrific start to the match intercepting a pass from the keeper in the 7th minute and shooting it near-post nicely.  2 minutes later, Nicole Gernert beat an off-side trap with a great long pass that Fazenbaker finished smartly after dribbling past the keeper.   Brooke Longo then took over the game sending a great ball into the box that Jessi Martz finished with a sharp volley before scoring one herself with a hard shot from 25 yards.  She added a PK later on and then freshman defender Lia Kelly dribbled nicely into midfield before feeding Chelsie McCoy for a breakaway goal.   We scored several quality goals and got a solid performance from our defense and keepers to earn the shutout.  Everyone got a chance to show the progress we've made in preseason as we took a big step forward as a team.   Our regular season opener is next on Friday at St.Vincent in Latrobe, PA at 5pm.

Well Deserved Night Off

After going full speed for 6 days to start the preseason, the team got a well-deserved break to visit the scenic overlook at Dan's Rock to take in the sunset.  A visit to the Frostburg Freeze capped off a fun night for the team.

The 2014 Team!

The 2014 team near the FSU Clock Tower on Monday.   The team will scrimmage Shepherd in Sheperdstown, WV on Saturday at 3pm before opening the season offically at St. Vincent in Latrobe, PA on Friday night August 29th.

Worthman has Busy Summer

Rising Junior Erin Worthman had a busy summer playing with the Washington Spirit U-20 team. This is the youth developmental team affiliated with the full profession Spirit club of the NWSL.  They traveled all over the mid-Atlantic region and qualified for the playoff final weekend in Florida in late July.   She led the team in scoring and is seen here taking a corner during the Florida playoff weekend.

Washington Spirit
W-20 League

Team Camp and Stadium Tour

The girls from Smithsburg HS visited this past weekend for a Team camp. They got to tour the new Stadium, in photo 2, Zoe and Hannah seem a little confused about their photo for the scavenger hunt (to have the clocktower in the background) but their team won the contest! The team shot is before their final camp game. Go Leopards!

Getting Ready for 2014!

Here it is! The 2014 schedule.  

Parents weekend will be Sept. 27/28 and Senior Day will be October 25th.

8/23 at Shepherd, 3pm (scrimmage)
8/29 at St. Vincent, 5pm
9/3 at Washington/Jefferson, 7pm
9/6 at Rutgers-Newark 4pm
9/7 at Rutgers-Newark vs Brooklyn, 1pm
9/10 GETTYSBURG, 7pm
9/13 CATHOLIC, 1pm
9/17 at Altoona, 6pm
9/20 at Stevenson, 5pm
9/23 MCDANIEL, 7pm
9/27 ST MARY'S 5pm
9/28 CARNEGIE MELLON, 4pm
10/4 at Salisbury, 3pm
10/8 MARY WASHINGTON, 6pm
10/10 MARYMOUNT, 7pm
10/15 YORK, 7pm
10/17 at Wesley, 7pm
10/22 at PSU-Harrisburg, 7pm
10/25 CNU, 2pm
10/29 at S. Virginia, 6pm
11/1 CAC Tournament Begins...

Amazing Semester in the Classroom!

Did we have a good year?  is a question that is never completely answered until all the grades come in after the academic year. Well, our players continue to set the bar higher and higher as 21 of our 23 enrolled players from the Fall roster earned a 3.0 or better GPA. (One graduated early and another was in a study-abroad program in Italy). The Team GPA was a 3.409 for the Spring and over both semesters the team collectively earned a 3.382 annual GPA.  This outstanding number will easily qualify our team for the NSCAA Team Academic Award for a 7th year in a row. The team average was supported by 5 players earning perfect 4.0s - Katie Smith, Chelsea Paskowski, Samantha Ritts, Courtney Mack, and Stephanie Fazenbaker - all had perfect semester GPAs! 4 more players earned a 3.8 or better GPA with only 1 B grade this Spring.

We have terrific players AND outstanding students here at FSU!

Graduation Day!

It was a beautiful day at the 'burg today, especially for our graduating Seniors!  Adria Graham was selected by the College of Education to speak on behalf of her graduating class.  Quite an honor and she gave a wonderful speech.  Congrats Class of 2014!!

Senior Day at the Yard!

We usually have a nice lunch to celebrate graduation for our soccer Seniors before they walk at Commencement and begin the next chapter of their lives with Degrees in hand.  This year, we decided to take a field trip to a rare midweek day game at Camden Yards.  A great day and Congrats to our Soccer Seniors!

All Sports Awards Dinner

The players and then our Seniors posed at our last official team function of the school year - the FSU All-Sports Awards dinner.  Senior Courtney Mack was honored as our overall team MVP.

Beautify The Burg!

Our team spent several hours this past weekend participating in a Frostburg city-wide service effort to beautify our town and community called "Beautify the 'burg".  The girls were assigned the Frostburg Community pool area and had more fun than any other group Saturday morning!