TRIBE. William and Mary 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS. William & Mary at UCF NCAA College Cup First Round Nov. 14, 2015 Orlando, Fla.

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1 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS August (3-1-0) 16 (Sun.) VCU! T, (Fri.) vs. Seton Hall^ W, (Sun.) vs. No. 25 Georgetown^ W, (Fri.) EAST CAROLINA W, (Sun.) at No. 21 Duke L, 0-2 September (4-2-1) 4 (Fri.) vs. Wake Forest& T, 1-1 (2OT) 6 (Sun.) at N.C. State& W, (Fri.) OLD DOMINION W, (Sun.) HARVARD W, (Sun.) at Princeton L, 1-2 (OT) 25 (Fri.) HOFSTRA* L, (Sun.) NORTHEASTERN* W, 3-1 October (6-0-1) 2 (Fri.) at Elon* ppd./hurricane Joaquin 9 (Fri) COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON* W, 1-0 (OT) 11 (Sun.) UNCW* W, (Fri.) at Drexel* W, (Sun.) at Delaware* W, (Fri.) at Towson* W, (Sun.) at James Madison* T, 1-1 (2OT) 27 (Tue.) at Elon* W, 2-0 November (1-1-0) 6 (Fri.) vs. No. 3 UNCW% W, (Sun.) vs. No. 4 James Madison% L, (Sat.) at UCF$ 7:00 p.m. All home games in BOLD CAPS and played at Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly Field. All times at Eastern Standard Time. Dates and times subject to change.! - Exhibition match ^ - Fairfield INN by Marriot JMU Invite (Harrisonburg, Va.) & - N.C. State Tournament (Raleigh, N.C.) * - Colonial Athletic Association match % - CAA Women s Soccer Championship (Hempstead, N.Y) $ - NCAA Women s College Cup First Round (Orlando, Fla.) William & Mary at UCF NCAA College Cup First Round Nov. 14, 2015 Orlando, Fla. SCOUTING THE TRIBE William & Mary (14-4-2) earned one of 33 at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament after advancing to the Colonial Athletic Association championship last weekend. W&M will look to get back into the win column following a 3-2 setback to James Madison. Freshman Mackenzie Kober and sophomore Rachel Moore scored goals for the Tribe in the CAA Championship match. The attack has been balanced as well, as 11 different players have netted a goal. Senior Samantha Cordum leads the team with 16 points on seven goals and two assists. Classmate Katie Johnston is second on the team with seven goals, an assist and 15 points, while senior Nicole Baxter is third on the squad with two goals, a team-high nine assists, and 13 points. Sophomores Sami Grasso, who has scored five goals, has two assists and 12 points, and Rachel Moore, who has scored five goals, one assist, and 11 points, are also in double figure points for the Tribe. Senior Caroline Casey has started every match in goal for this season for the Tribe, while sophomore Samantha Johnson has also seen time. Casey boasts a 0.73 goal-against-average with 77 saves, and 10 shutouts. SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS Out of the American Athletic Conference, UCF (12-6-1) also earned an atlarge bid into the 2015 NCAA Women s College Cup. The Knights advanced to the AAC semifinals, before falling to No. 25 South Florida in double overtime. Carol Rodrigues leads the team with 11 goals, six assists, and 28 points. Ashley Spivey has also scored 11 goals, with two assists, and 24 points. The final Knight wit double figure points is Kayla Adamek, who has scored William and Mary TRIBE Web: TribeAthletics.com Location: Williamsburg, Va. Record: , CAA/T1st Head Coach: John Daly 29th season at W&M NATIONAL RANKINGS NSCAA Soccer America NR NR STATISTICAL RANKINGS (NCAA rank) Scoring Offense 1.95 gpg (40) Goals Against Avg gaa (38) Shutout Percentage 0.55 (18) Save Percentage.844 (39) six goals, a team-high six assists, and 18 points. Vera Varis and Francesca Fischer have each started matches for UCF. Varis has played 17 matches with a 1.42 goals-against-average, 71 saves, and two shutouts. Fischer has played in two matches with a 1.08 goals-against-average, three saves, and a shutout.. SERIES HISTORY W&M will meet Central Florida for the seventh time in program history on Saturday night in Orlando. The Knights lead the all-time series by a mark. However the teams have not met since the 1987 campaign. UCF won that match by a final score of 2-0, which was the senior year of current US National Team head coach Jill Ellis, who graduated from W&M in WILLIAM AND MARY S PROBABLE MATCH STARTERS W&M ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Contact: Andrew Phillips O: (757) C: (804) F: (757) atphillips01@wm.edu William and Mary Hall P.O Box 399 Williamsburg, Va Pos. No. Name Yr. GP-GS G-A-P Notes GK 1 Caroline Casey Sr (gaa.) Defensive Player of the Year; 10 shutouts D 6 Clara Logsdon Jr First-Team All-CAA; Has played every minute D 29 Meghan Musgrove Sr Started last 20 games; Assist against ECU D 13 Haley Kent So Key defender; Will work her way into the attack D 30 Leci Irvin Sr Third-Team All-CAA; Goals vs. ODU & Wake Forest M 5 Nicole Baxter Sr First-Team All-CAA; Leads team in assists M 8 Rachel Moore So Second-Team All-CAA; Scored in 3 of last 5 M 18 Katie Johnston Sr Third-Team All-CAA; Five GWGs this season F 10 Mackenzie Kober Fr All-Rookie Team; Scored in the championship F 4 Sami Grasso So Third-Team All-CAA; Multi-goal game against SHU F 7 Elysse Branton So Scored against ECU; Assists vs. SHU & NC State 2015 William and Mary Women s Soccer Page 1

2 THE ROAD AHEAD The winner of Saturday s night match advances to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament, which will take place next Friday, Nov. 20. The winner will square off against the winner of the Florida and Central Michigan match. GOING DANCING For the 25th time in program history the William & Mary women s soccer team is moving into the NCAA Women s Soccer College Cup. The Tribe earned one of the 33 at-large bids and will travel to UCF for a First Round match-up on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Tribe earns its first at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament since 2008 and its 14th overall at-large bid. Also since the NCAA Tournament started in 1982, every four-year player to don the Green and Gold has appeared in at least one NCAA Tournament. DANCING PARTNERS In a banner year for the CAA, four league teams made it to the NCAA Tournament. James Madison, which won the conference automatic bid, plays at Duke, Hofstra travels to Georgetown, and UNCW heads to South Carolina. It was the first time the league had four teams earn NCAA Tournaments. FAMILIAR FACES Despite not playing UCF since the 1987 season, there will be a since of familiarity on the Knights sideline. Head coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak was also the head coach at VCU from ( ). During that time W&M posted a record against Roberts Sahaydak s VCU teams. ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM William & Mary had three student-athletes named to the CAA Tournament All-Tournament team. Senior Meghan Musgrove and sophomores Elysse Branton and Haley Kent garnered all-tournament honors. TO THE NINES The Colonial Athletic Association announced its end of season awards on Wednesday night and the William & Mary women s soccer team was well 2015 WILLIAM & MARY WOMEN S SOCCER ROSTER No. Name Year Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 0 Grace Smith Jr. GK 5-8 Columbia, S.C./Heathwood Hall 00 Samantha Johnson So. GK 5-8 Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva 1 Caroline Casey Sr. GK 5-7 Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield 01 Devon Peck So. GK 5-6 Chesterfield, Va./Cosby 3 Ashley Booth Sr. B 5-8 Fairfax, Va./Robinson 4 Sami Grasso So. F 5-2 Shelton, Conn./St Josephs 5 Nicole Baxter Sr. MF 5-4 Pennington, N.J./Pennington School 6 Clara Logsdon Jr. B 5-8 Clifton, Va./Centreville 7 Elysse Branton So. B 5-5 Sterling, Va./Dominion 8 Rachel Moore So. MF 5-9 Vienna, Va./Madison 9 Sarah Segan Fr. F 5-9 Fogelsville, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh 10 Mackenzie Kober Fr. B/MF 5-5 East Northport, N.Y./St. Anthony s 11 Maire Shine Fr. MF 5-6 McLean, Va./McLean 12 Corinne Giroux R-So. B 5-8 Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge 13 Haley Kent So. B 5-7 Gordonsville, Va./St Anne s-belfield 14 Arundel Miguelez Fr. B 5-10 Boston, Mass./Acton-Boxborough Regional 15 Claire Robbins Fr. B/M 5-7 Herndon, Va./Oakton 16 Barbara Platenberg Sr. F 5-1 Fairfax, Va./Robinson 17 Haley Kavanaugh Jr. MF 5-3 Chesterfield, Mo./St Joseph 18 Katie Johnston Sr. F/MF 5-11 Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield 19 Sara Vigen Fr. GK 5-7 Herndon, Va./South Lakes 21 Adrienne Maday So. MF 5-9 Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton 22 Samantha Cordum Sr. F 5-7 Boise, Idaho/Boise Senior 23 Jessica Van Dyke R-Sr. F 5-4 Lutherville, Md./Friends (Loyola (Md.)) 24 Kady Kriner Jr. F 5-5 McLean, Va./Langley 29 Meghan Musgrove Sr. B 5-5 Midlothian, Va./Midlothian 30 Leci Irvin Sr. B 5-4 Charlottesville, Va./Tandem Friends Head Coach: John Daly (29th season) Assistant Coaches: Vanessa Mann (first season), Megan Mawyer (second season), Jennifer Mavis (first season) represented, have nine student-athletes receive 11 different awards. Senior Caroline Casey highlighted the Tribe s honors by being named the Defensive Player of the Year. Joining Casey on the All-CAA First-Team was classmate Nicole Baxter and junior Clara Logsdon. Sophomore Rachel Moore earned second team honors, while seniors Samantha Cordum, Leci Irvin, and Katie Johnston along with sophomore Sami Grasso earned third team citations. Freshman Mackenzie Kober earned an all-rookie team nod, while Cordum was also named to the league s all-academic squad. The Tribe s nine players were the most of any team in the CAA to be honored, while the 11 different awards were also the most in the CAA. The trio of first teamers was tied for the most in the league. Additionally, Casey becomes the Tribe s first CAA Defensive Player of the Year since 2009 when Diana Weigel won the award. NOTHING BUT CLASS Senior Caroline Casey was named one of 10 finalist for the Senior CLASS Award on Oct. 26. Casey has shined on and off of the field during her time with the Tribe. She is involved in multiple community-based activities and also made a medical relief trip to Nicaragua in the winter of The Chesapeake, Virginia native thrives in the classroom, while also being a two-time captain and All-CAA player. ALL THEY DO IS WIN William & Mary clinched its NCAA record 35th straight winning season with a 2-0 victory at Drexel on Friday, Oct. 16. The 35-winning season account for every year of the Tribe women s soccer program. FIVE FOR FIGHTING The Tribe won six straight games from Sept. 27 to Oct. 25, which accounted for its longest winning streak of the season. It also marks the fifth straight season that the Tribe has posted, at least, a five match winning streak during a single season. Page William and Mary Women s Soccer

3 TIP OF THE CAP Senior Samantha Cordum netted her first career hat trick against Northeastern on Sept. 27. She scored goals in the 15th, 60th, and 87th minutes to help the Tribe to a 3-1 victory. D, D, D, DEFENSE The Tribe has done a very good job of team defending this season, and it has shown as the Green and Gold has only allowed 15 goals this season. The Tribe has four team saves, which were credited to Ashley Booth, Leci Irvin, Sami Grasso, and Meghan Musgrove. BALANCED ATTACK Eleven different players have already netted goals this season for the Green and Gold, which matches last year s total of 11 different players to score. The Tribe has also split its goal evenly in the first and second half this season. W&M has scored 18 goals in the first half, 18 goals in the second stanza, and one goal in the first overtime. NATIONAL RECOGNITION Senior Nicole Baxter was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week for the week of Aug. 24.Baxter started in played all 90 minutes in the Tribe s season opening 5-1 victory over Seton Hall on Friday afternoon. On Sunday as the Tribe knocked off its first ranked team since 2011, Baxter played a hand in all three goals. She assisted on sophomore Rachel Moore s game-winning goal in the ninth minute, scored on a penalty kick in the 45th minute, and assisted on senior Samantha Cordum s goal in the 79th minute. WEEKLY AWARDS Caroline Casey was named CAA Player of the week for the second time this season earlier this week. She recorded a pair of shutouts in the Tribe s two conference victories over Charleston and UNCW. She recorded eight saves for the weekend, and faced 15 shots in Sunday s victory. For the second straight week, W&M had a player of the week earn CAA Player of the Week honor for Sept. 14. This time senior goalkeeper Caroline Casey earned the honor. The senior recorded five saves and helped preserve her shutout in the final moments of the Old Dominion match on Friday night. However, her best match came on Sunday as she turned away a season-high tying seven shots. She helped the Tribe defense withstand a final minute stretch of three shots and two corner kicks in the final minute. Senior Katie Johnston was named the CAA Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 7. She played 58 minutes and fired three shots, one on goal, in the Tribe s 1-1 draw against Wake Forest on Friday night. Johnston saved her best for Sunday afternoon, scoring a pair of goals in W&M s 3-0 win at N.C. State. She scored the game-winning goal in the 22nd minute. The forward added the exclamation point in the 71st minute when she registered her second tally of the match. She finished the day with a match-high five shots. Freshman Mackenzie Kober was named the CAA Rookie of the Week for the week of Aug. 24 after she scored a goal and had an assist in her first collegiate weekend scoring a goal and registering an assist in the Tribe s 5-1 victory over Seton Hall. MOVIN ON UP Senior goalkeeper Caroline Casey has started every game in goal of her Tribe career, and she is beginning to climb up the W&M record book. Her 10 shutouts this season rank her tied for second in single-season school history. The Chesapeake, Virginia native, who is also a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, ranks third in school history with 28 career shutouts, and has 294 career saves, which rank her second all-time Tribe Women s Soccer 2015 William and Mary Women s Soccer Page 3

4 2015 William & Mary Women's Soccer William & Mary Game Results (as of Nov 11, 2015) All games Date Opponent Score Overall Conf Att. Goals scored Aug21 vs Seton Hall W Cordum, Samantha (Branton, Elysse) Moore, Rachel (Cordum, Samantha) Grasso, Sami (unassisted) Kober, Mackenzie (unassisted) Grasso, Sami (Kober, Mackenzie) Aug23 vs Georgetown W Moore, Rachel (Baxter, Nicole) Baxter, Nicole (penalty kick) Cordum, Samantha (Baxter, Nicole) Aug28 EASTCAROLINA W Branton, Elysse (unassisted) Johnston, Katie (Musgrove, Meghan) Platenberg, Barbara (Kavanaugh, Haley) Aug30 at # /21 Duke L Sep04 vs Wake Forest TO Irvin, Leci (unassisted) Sep06 at NC State W Johnston, Katie (Baxter, Nicole) Cordum, Samantha (Kent, Haley) Johnston, Katie (Branton, Elysse) Sep11 OLD DOMINION W Grasso, Sami (Baxter, Nicole) Irvin, Leci (Cordum, Samantha;Grasso, Sami) Cordum, Samantha (Johnston, Katie) Sep13 HARVARD W Johnston, Katie (Kavanaugh, Haley) Sep20 at Princeton LOT Kent, Haley (unassisted) * Sep25 HOFSTRA L Logsdon, Clara (Kent, Haley) * Sep27 NORTHEASTERN W Cordum, Samantha (unassisted) Cordum, Samantha (Grasso, Sami) Cordum, Samantha (Logsdon, Clara) * Oct 09 CHARLESTON WOT Johnston, Katie (Moore, Rachel) * Oct 11 UNCW W Logsdon, Clara (Baxter, Nicole;Kent, Haley) * Oct 16 at Drexel W TEAM (unassisted) Grasso, Sami (unassisted) * Oct 18 at Delaware W Johnston, Katie (Kober, Mackenzie) Kober, Mackenzie (Platenberg, Barbara) * Oct 23 at Towson W Kober, Mackenzie (unassisted) Grasso, Sami (Baxter, Nicole) Moore, Rachel (Kavanaugh, Haley) * Oct 25 at James Madison TO Platenberg, Barbara (Baxter, Nicole) * Oct 27 at ELON W Baxter, Nicole (penalty kick) Moore, Rachel Nov06 vs UNCW W Johnston, Katie (Baxter, Nicole) Nov08 vs James Madison L Kober, Mackenzie (Johnston, Katie;Baxter, Nicole) Moore, Rachel (Irvin, Leci;Kavanaugh, Haley Team Record Overall: Conference: Home: Away: W L T Attendance Dates Total Avg. Total: Home: Away: Neutral: Page William and Mary Women s Soccer

5 2015 William & Mary Women's Soccer William & Mary Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 11, 2015) All games Overall: Conf: Home: Away: Neut: ## Player gp gs min g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc gwg pk att 18 Johnston, Katie Cordum, Samantha Baxter, Nicole Grasso, Sami Moore, Rachel Kober, Mackenzie Irvin, Leci Logsdon, Clara Platenberg, Barbara Kent, Haley Branton, Elysse Kavanaugh, Haley Musgrove, Meghan Maday, Adrienne Kriner, Kady Van Dyke, Jessica Robbins, Claire Miguelez, Arundel Booth, Ashley Casey, Caroline Johnson, Samantha Smith, Grace Total Opponents Goal Average Saves Record # Goalie gp gs min ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho/cbo 00 Johnson, Samantha 1 0 4: /1 1 Casey, Caroline : /1 TM TEAM 0: /0 Total : Opponents : Team saves: 4 Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Attendance Summary WM Opponent Total Dates/Avg Per Date 7/355 8/312 Neutral Site #/Avg 5/ William and Mary Women s Soccer Page 5

6 2015 William & Mary Women's Soccer William & Mary Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 03, 2015) Conference games Overall: Conf: Home: Away: Neut: ## Player gp gs min g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc gwg pk att 22 Cordum, Samantha Moore, Rachel Grasso, Sami Kober, Mackenzie Logsdon, Clara Baxter, Nicole Johnston, Katie Platenberg, Barbara Kent, Haley Kavanaugh, Haley Irvin, Leci Branton, Elysse Kriner, Kady Musgrove, Meghan Maday, Adrienne Robbins, Claire Miguelez, Arundel Total Opponents Goal Average Saves Record # Goalie gp gs min ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho/cbo 1 Casey, Caroline : /0 TM TEAM 0: /0 Total 9 834: Opponents 9 834: Team saves: 2 Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total William & Mary Opponents Attendance Summary WM Opponent Total Dates/Avg Per Date 4/375 5/247 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Page William and Mary Women s Soccer