Middle Atlantic Conference

CAPE COD (MA)—The Eastern College Athletic Conference announced on December 2 that Rowan University women's soccer players Jess Babice and Christine Foy were selected as the ECAC Metro Region Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year respectively for the 2009 season. The two Profs were among 10 NJAC women's soccer players who were named ECAC Division III Metro Region All-Star for the 2009 season. All selections were made by ECAC staff members.

POMONA--On October 24, the Stockton men’s and women’s soccer teams hosted a clinic for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlantic & Cape May Counties prior to the Stockton men’s soccer home game against Kean. Approximately 22 youngsters from the Big Brothers Big Sisters program participated along with players and coaches from the Stockton teams.

GLASSBORO--Rowan forward Jess Babice was chosen to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN The Magazine Women’s Soccer Academic All-America second team.

PITMAN—The National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Eastern College Athletic Conference announced that 13 NJAC teams have earned postseason bids following the release of their 2009 NCAA and ECAC Postseason Championship Tournament brackets in the sports of men’s soccer, women’s soccer, field hockey, and volleyball on November 9.

EWING—Second-seeded TCNJ and fourth-seeded Richard Stockton played to a draw in the 2009 NJAC Women's Soccer Championship Match, but the Lions' prevailed 7-6 in penalty kicks after 110 minutes of scoreless play to claim the conference title.  

PITMAN—The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced on November 3 that forty-eight student-athletes have earned all-conference honors in women’s soccer during the 2009 season. All selections were made determined by a vote of the league’s 10 head coaches.  

JERSEY CITY—New Jersey City University women’s soccer sophomore forward Julia Caseres is featured in the October 5, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated. Caseres, the current Division III national leader in both total goals and points per game (4.00), is the 10^th NJCU student-athlete to appear in Sports Illustrated since 2000.

MONTCLAIR--Montclair State senior forward Liza Offreda helped the United States women’s soccer squad capture the gold medal in the recently completed 21st Summer Deaflympics, which took place in Taipei Taiwan from September 5-15.

EAST RUTHERFORD--New Jersey City University head women’s soccer coach Robert Bielan will start at sweeper on September 18 for the Jersey City Fire Department soccer team in The DiNardo Family Cup, competing in honor of late Jersey City police officer Marc DiNardo, who was killed in the line of duty in July.

PITMAN--After capturing their first NJAC women’s soccer championship in program history in 2008, Rowan University was selected as the 2009 preseason women's soccer favorite in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The Profs posted a 16-1-2 overall record in 2008 while advancing to the second round of the NCAA National Championship Tournament.