Veronica Napoli was named to the All-America third team by the NSCAA/adidas committee. Napoli had a standout year as a freshman with 12 goals, five assists and 29 points and was also named the CAA Rookie of the Year. The Huskies won the CAA Championship and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in what was their best season in program history.
• Full story (12/8/08)
• All-America team (nscaa.com)
Napoli named All-New England first team
Veronica Napoli was named to the NEWISA All-New England first team. Napoli had a standout year as a freshman posting a 12-5-29 line and was recently named a NSCAA All-American. The Huskies won the CAA Championship and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in what was their best season in program history.
• Full story (12/18/08)
Napoli named All-Northeast first team
Veronica Napoli was named to the NSCAA/adidas All-Northeast first team. Napoli had a standout year as a freshman posting a 12-5-29 line and also being named the CAA Rookie of the Year. The Huskies won the CAA Championship and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in what was their best season in program history.
• Full story (12/5/08)
• All-Northeast team (nscaa.com)
Huskies qualify for Academic Award
The Huskies qualified for the the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the fifth straight season accumulating a team GPA of 3.39. To earn national recognition a team must have a minimum GPA of 3.0. The Huskies are coming off a huge year after winning the CAA Championship and making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Freshman Veronica Napoli was named CAA Rookie of the Year and was also named to both the All-CAA third team and All-CAA Rookie team along with Gabbi Jatkola.
• Full story (12/3/08)
Huskies finish tremendous season
The Huskies ended their tremendous season on Nov. 16 when they fell to Boston College in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The team left the field with the best season in program history, including a nine win improvement, a 13-9-2 record for the most wins in program history, its first conference championship and its first NCAA Tournament appearance. NU returns eight starters for next season.
• Full story (11/20/08)
• CAA highlight video (caasports.com)
Sopko participates in CAA SAAC meeting
Freshman Michelle Sopko, senior Kris Dabrowiecki of the baseball team, Athletics Director Peter Roby and Assistant Director of Compliance & Student Athlete Welfare Kelly Scafariello recently represented Northeastern at the 2008 CAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) meeting in Wilmington, N.C. The committee established a new CAA student-athlete mission statement and a sportsmanship statement and discussed current issues.
• Full story (11/26/08)
Brenna Matthews named to senior bowl
Brenna Matthews was selected to participate in the NEWISA senior bowl which took place on Sunday, Dec. 7. Matthews scored two goals and had two assists for the Huskies this season. Her first goal was a game-winner which she scored on a penalty kick against Creighton on Sept. 5 in the first game of the Regina Moench Tournament. She netted her second goal against Towson on Oct. 3.
• Full story (11/20/08)
