Our First Hall of Famer!

Karen Kotofski was one of the most prolific goal scorers in NCAA history.  She scored 20 goals a year over her 4 years totaling 83 collegiate goals winning 4 Conference Titles.   That's 30 MORE goals scored then the next closest goal scorer in FSU soccer history, men's or women's.   She is very properly the first-ever FSU Women's Soccer Hall of Fame inductee and will be honored at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet at FSU on Friday October 21st.    Shown here (#4) with her Senior Class, one of most successful in FSU Soccer history.

Spring Training Starts!

We got outside this week to start training in our stadium and will continue our Spring Season throughout April.  We'll play in a Spring game at Shippensburg, PA on Saturday, April 23rd at Noon and have our Alumni Game on Saturday April 30th.

WS Alumni Game/Weekend- April 30th!

On Saturday, April 30th at 2:00pm, we'll host an Alumni game in the FSU Stadium and a social event to follow.   Alumni, Friends, and Family can mark your calendars.  The photo below is from the 2013 game.  Always a beautiful day for soccer at FSU!

Winter in Western Maryland!

If you don't like nature or the change of seasons, you don't come to a college like Frostburg!  The Ski Season is finally awesome at all the nearby resorts and our campus is beautiful in the winter.   And we are still in the Mid-Atlantic region.  So, if you don't like the weather, just wait a few weeks!  But in the meantime, enjoy the slopes....

"Winter" Break!

Our students enjoy a nice long semester break each year and get to spend it in a variety of ways.  2 of our Seniors spent time in Florida and last weekend ran a half-marathon at Disney World! 

High Achievers! at FSU!

When grades are posted each semester, we are reminded what smart and committed players we have here playing soccer at FSU.

Our team just achieved one of the highest ever team GPA's in our team history - a Fall semester 3.469 Team GPA.   7 of our players earned a perfect 4.0 GPA - Brooke Longo, Erin Worthman, Melanie Bell, AJ Malanik, Kourtney McLain, Haley Dalphon, and Dani Ferris.  3 more players earned only 1 "B" grade for the semester - Abby Aposporos, Kelsey Wentworth, and Rhianna Lapen.  21 of our 25 players earned a 3.0 or better GPA. Congratulations to these players!

Frostburg State is fielding a highly competitive women's soccer team while producing graduates with every option they could hope for with a college degree.

FSU Awards Banquet

On Sunday, we celebrated our FSU Soccer season and the careers of our 7 Seniors at the Lyric Theater on Main Street Frostburg.

Our 2015 Team Award Winners:

Best New Player - Dani Ferris

Unsung Hero - Kelsi Folch

Most Improved Player - Paige Gray

Scholar Athlete - Kelsey Wentworth
Most Sportsmanlike Player - Chelsie McCoy
Offensive Most Valuable Player - Leah Yurko
Defensive Most Valuable Player - Jessa DiTullo

Competitive Community Service!

4 FSU players volunteered to participate in the FSU Storybook Holiday festival as part of their elementary education experience.  It's an annual community event including book readings, a parade, treats for local children, and an annual Elf Olympics.  Our Soccer players took 1st Place this year!  Team members below are Paige Gray, Jessa DiTullo, special Alumni guest Nikki Rieland, and Chelsie McCoy.

More about this wonderful Holiday community event is here:
FSU Storybook Holiday

NSCAA All-Region Selection

Our Senior Captain, Brooke Longo, was selected to the NSCAA All-Region 3rd Team.  The box to box midfielder was 1 of only 5 players from the CAC to be selected for 2015. 
Brooke was the only Senior this year in the CAC to be named to an All-Conference team for all 4 of her years.

2015 NSCAA All-Region Teams

All-Conference Honors

4 of our players earned All-CAC Honors this year.
Senior Brooke Longo is joined by Sophomore Defender AJ Malanik on the 1st Team.  Senior Erin Worthman and Junior Leah Yurko are both Forwards and named to the 2nd Team.
2015 CAC All-Conference Teams

Fall in Frostburg

Sometimes you just need to look up and appreciate what Western Maryland looks like this time of year.  This is what you see right outside our PE Center and the soccer office.

Sometimes it hurts

As much as we love the beautiful game of soccer, competitive sports can certainly be cruel at times.  Of course, the thrill of competition is that you don't really know the outcome but only realize you have to perform at a high level to be successful.  Saturday, we did not play well enough to outscore an athletic and physical team from York and did not advance in the CAC Tournament.   After going down by 2 goals and losing our Sr goalkeeper to injury, our players rallied and dominated the game for the final 30 minutes.  We forced a goal-line save and another point-blank save but could not put a ball in the goal.  We'll regroup and start looking forward to next year a bit earlier than we're used to but we will also celebrate and remember the outstanding careers of our 7-member Senior Class.