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University Quick Facts

Table of Contents

Location ...............Fort Wayne, Indiana

UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS

Founded .........................................1890 Enrollment.......................................2,240 President..................Sister M. Elise Kriss Director of Athletics........Mike McCaffrey Athletic Faculty Representative...................Dr. Matt Hopf Director of Athletics/ Marketing........................Tim Alexander Director of Sports Information...............................Bill Scott Athletic Affiliation.....................National

Association of Intercollegiate

Athletics (NAIA) Conference Affiliations .........................Crossroads League (CL) (formerly MCC) Stadium/Capacity.....Bishop John M. D’Arcy Stadium (3,500) Nickname..................................Cougars Team Colors........Royal, Silver, White, Black

Facilities.......................................................................2 President, Sister M. Elise Kriss, OSF...................................3 Athletic Director, Mike McCaffrey........................................3 Athletic Staff................................................................3

CROSS COUNTRY......................................................4 GOLF - FALL & SPRING.............................................6 WOMEN’S SOCCER..................................................10 Experience the University of Saint Francis............................14 MEN’S SOCCER.......................................................15 TENNIS - FALL & SPRING........................................20 VOLLEYBALL..........................................................24 OFFICE OF SPORTS INFORMATION............................31 USF ATHLETIC QUICK FACTS Nickname/School Colors: Cougars / Royal, Silver, White, Black Athletic Affiliation: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics / NAIA Conference Affiliation: Crossroads League (formerly Mid-Central College Conference / MCC) Director of Athletics: Mike McCaffrey, 260-399-7700, mmccaffrey@sf.edu Director of Athletics / Marketing: Tim Alexander, 260-399-7700, ext. 6236; talexander@sf.edu Director of Sports Information: Bill Scott, 260-399-7700, ext. 6223; bscott@sf.edu Asst. Director of Sports Information & Director of Broadcasting: Jeff Mahoney, 260-399-7700, ext. 5417; jmahoney@sf.edu Athletic Faculty Representative: Dr. Matt Hopf, 260-399-7700, ext. 8226; mhopf@sf.edu Head Athletic Trainer: Julie Reinking, 260-399-7700, ext. 7413; jareinking@sf.edu Asst. Athletic Trainers: Zach Ruble, 260-399-7700, ext 6207; zruble@sf.edu

Kayla Parkos, 260-399-7700, ext. 6207; kparkos@sf.edu Men’s Programs: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Track & Field (indoor and outdoor) Women’s Programs: Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field (indoor and outdoor), Volleyball Athletic Facilities: Bishop John M. D’Arcy Stadium / football, soccer (seating capacity 3,500); Hutzell Athletic Center / basketball, volleyball (capacity 1,850); Coonan Field / soccer (capacity 100); Cougar Field / baseball (seating capacity 100); Softball Field (seating capacity 50). Home tennis matches are played at Swinney Tennis Center and/or Wildwood Racquet Club.

The 2016 Cougar Athletics Yearbook is written and published by the University of Saint Francis Office of Sports Information. The Director of Sports Information office is located in Rolland Hall of Athletics in Hutzell Athletic Center on the east side of the campus off Leesburg Road. The office phone number is 260-399-7700, ext. 6223, fax 260-399-8164, website www.saintfranciscougars.edu. Any questions concerning teams, players or coaches should be directed to the Office of Sports Information, bscott@sf.edu. Schools intending to radio broadcast games must get advanced permission from the University of Saint Francis. Team and individual stats are produced within 30 minutes following the conclusion of home games. Photo Credits: Jeff Nycz and Bill Scott.

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Bishop John D’Arcy Stadium Bishop John D’Arcy Stadium on the west side of the campus is home to the only collegiate football program in Fort Wayne and now features a new surface thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. It also includes the R. Bruce Dye Strength Training Center and Shields Family Pavilion. The new facility will be a major asset to future Cougars building strength as well as speed for football on the recently dedicated Daniel Carter Speed Training track. The facility also provides a picturesque view of Kevin Donley Field and the west side of the campus from the donor-funded $1.5 million facility. USF became the first collegiate field in Indiana to utilize Sporturf thanks to generous contributions from private donors. Groundbreaking for the installation of this faster, safer artificial surface took place on June 23, 2004, and makes Bishop D’Arcy Stadium a versatile venue not only for football but also USF men’s and women’s soccer and community youth football, soccer and lacrosse programs. Lights were installed in June 2012. Football offices are located in the Tom Jehl Football Complex, along with home and visitor locker rooms.

Hutzell Fitness Center Hutzell Fitness Center had its grand opening in fall 2007. Located on the east side of Hutzell Athletic Center, the facility houses an impressive variety of workout equipment to help anyone reach their fitness goals.

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Hutzell Athletic Center Hutzell Athletic Center is the home for Cougar basketball and volleyball, and contains locker room facilities for men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, softball, Cross Country, track and field, offices for the coaching staff on the second floor, west side, and the Hutzell Fitness Center. HAC was opened in May 1990, and in the first basketball game that November, USF edged IPFW 66-64. During the $200,000 Rolland Hall of Athletics renovation project, HAC coaches’ offices were relocated to the second floor of the west end. The project also included expansion of locker room and training facilities, completed in August 2008.

Coonan Field Coonan Field is named in honor of the first and long-time USF coach and athletic director, Terry Coonan. It was dedicated during homecoming in the fall of 1996 and is located just south of Achatz Hall of Science.

Cougar Field Cougar Field was finished in fall 1991, and USF played its first baseball game there in the spring of 1992. USF defeated Tri-State in the dedication game.

Westendorf Field The softball field on the mid-east edge of the campus was completed and dedicated in spring 2000. USF swept crosstown rival Indiana Tech 3-0 and 5-2.

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Athletic Staff Athletic Department Staff Members (area code 260) Director of Athletics........................Mike McCaffrey...........mmccaffrey@sf.edu........399-7700 x6250 Associate Director of Athletics.......Mitch Ellisen................mellisen@sf.edu..............399-7700 x6206 Director of Sports Marketing / Assistant Director of Athletics.......Tim Alexander..............talexander@sf.edu..........399-7700 x6236 Head Athletic Trainer.....................Julie Reinking...............jareinking@sf.edu............399-7700 x7413 Assistant............................................Zach Ruble....................zruble@sf.edu..................399-7700 x6207 Assistant............................................Kayla Parkos..................kparkos@sf.edu...............399-7700 x6207 Faculty Athletic Representative.....Dr. Matt Hopf..............mhopf@sf.edu.................399-7700 x8226 Director of Sports Information.....Bill Scott........................bscott@sf.edu...................399-7700 x6223 Sports Information FAX...............................................................................................................399-8164 Asst. Director of Sports Information and Director of Broadcasting......Jeff Mahoney................jmahoney@sf.edu............399-7700 x5417 Sports Offices Baseball Head Coach.....................................Greg Roberts................groberts@sf.edu...............399-7700 x6222 Basketball – Men Head Coach.....................................Chad LaCross..............clacross@sf.edu................399-7700 x6220 Associate Head Coach....................Luke Cummings..........lcummings@sf.edu..........399-7700 x6213 Basketball – Women Head Coach.....................................Jason Ridge...................jridge@sf.edu....................399-7700 x6216 Cheer Team Head Coach.....................................Jeremy Elder..................jelder@sf.edu...............................399-7700 Cross Country – Men and Women Head Coach.....................................Kyle Allison...................kallison@sf.edu...............399-7700 x6224 Golf – Men and Women Head Coach.....................................Tim Alexander.............talexander@sf.edu...........399-7700 x6236 Soccer – Men Head Coach.....................................Mitch Ellisen................mellisen@sf.edu...............399-7700 x6206 Soccer – Women Head Coach.....................................Christy Young...............cyoung@sf.edu................399-7700 x6229 Softball Head Coach.....................................Ryan Bolyn....................rbolyn@sf.edu.................399-7700 x6231 Tennis – Men and Women Head Coach.....................................Kristen Harrow.............kharrow@sf.edu..............399-7700 x6234 Track and Field – Men and Women Head Coach.....................................Kyle Allison...................kallison@sf.edu...............399-7700 x6224 Volleyball Head Coach.....................................Scott Haddix.................dhaddix@sf.edu...............399-7700 x6212 Football Head Football Coach/QBs...........Kevin Donley................kdonley@sf.edu...............399-7700 x6204 Receivers / Co-Recruiting Coordinator ......................Patrick Donley..............pdonley@sf.edu...............399-7700 x6205 Offensive Coordinator / Tailbacks / Assistant Head Coach.....................Doug Coate..................dcoate@sf.edu.................399-7700 x6203 Co-Defensive Coordinator/ Defensive Line ...........................Eric Wagoner................ewagoner@sf.edu............399-7700 x6225 Defensive Backs/ Equipment Manager..................Dave Ivy.........................divy@sf.edu......................399-7700 x6211 Co-Offensive Coordinator/ Co-Recruiting Coordinator Offensive Line / Strength Coach......Trevor Miller.................tmiller@sf.edu.................399-7700 x6252 Co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs .....................Joe Didier......................jdidier@sf.edu..................399-7700 x6226 Assistant Coach / Defensive Line.......Randy Wolfe.................rwolfe@sf.edu..................399-7700 x6214 Assistant Coach ............................. Eddie Nolan..................enolan@sf.edu................399-7700 x6254 Assistant Coach / Linebackers.... Josh Miller.....................jmiller@sf.edu.................399-7700 x6253 Assistant Coach / DBs.................. Matt Millhouse Assistant Coach / Receivers......... Grant Veith

Dear University of Saint Francis Friend, Thank you for choosing to spend time on the University of Saint Francis Campus to cheer on our Cougars. Your support for our athletes, Marching Pride Band and Cheer Team is very much appreciated.

During your visit, we welcome you to explore the campus to truly experience the beauty of our surroundings. Stroll around Mirror Lake and see the many lovely buildings including the beautifully restored Brookside (the former Bass Mansion).

We hope you cherish your time here and know that we warmly invite you to return again for more sports action or one of our many other engaging events on campus. Go Cougars!

Sister M. Elise Kriss, OSF USF President

Dear Cougar Family and Fans, All of us within the USF Athletic Department welcome you to today’s athletic event whether it’s on our beautiful campus or at a nearby venue.

We look forward to another great year filled with success stories in on the field, on the courts or at Hutzell Athletic Center. The improved surface at Bishop D’Arcy Stadium/ Kevin Donley Field is evidence of our commitment toward continuous improvements along with the R. Bruce Dye Strength Training Center and Jim Shields Family Pavilion at D’Arcy Stadium that will benefit our student-athletes for years to come.

We hope to bring other new enhancements and upgrades to our campus over the next several years, while maintaining our high standards for academic excellence. I am so proud of our student-athletes who, once again, achieved above a 3.0 GPA across the entire department. The NAIA has recognized many of our teams and student-athletes for their achievements and we will bring many more accolades home this year!

Please plan to come back and visit with us soon for another athletic event. Or, take a campus tour to see if our USF community is the right fit for you or a loved one. Thank you for supporting our student-athletes and GO COUGARS! Mike McCaffrey Athletic Director

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2016 OUTLOOK

MEN

USF’s solo male runner this season will be first year Tyler Ross. Coach Kyle Allison looks forward to his continuing progress preparing for the collegiate level race distance.

2016 CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER MEN NAME

CLASS

Tyler Ross

Fr.

WOMEN

HOMETOWN

Tippecanoe Valley H.S.

NAME

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HOMETOWN

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

WOMEN

LeeAnn Moeller

Sr.

Fort Wayne, IN

Bishop Dwenger H.S.

Katlin Robinson

Sr.

Celina, OH

Celina H.S.

USF’s leading returnees are Cadence Faurote, a junior, and senior Katlin Robinson. Faurote is the Cougars’ highest finisher in the 2014 Crossroads League Meet finishing 34th. Other returnees include senior LeeAnn Moeller and sophomore Caren Hernandez. Allison is looking forward to the continuing development of first years Claire Manning and Briana Van.

Cadence Faurote

Jr.

Decatur, IN

Bellmont H.S.

So.

Auburn, IN

DeKalb H.S.

Fr.

Fort Wayne, IN

Bishop Dwenger H.S.

Fr.

Fort Wayne, IN

Carroll H.S.

Caren Hernandez Claire Manning Briana Van

2016 CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER

2016 CROSS COUNTRY QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Kyle Allison 260-399-7700 x5224 Season at USF: 1st Email: kallison@sf.edu First Season for Program: 1964 (men)

9 Indiana Wesleyan Univ. Twilight Classic 16 National Catholic Championships

OCTOBER

7 Bethel College Invite

22 Aquinas NAIA Great Lakes Challenge

NOVEMBER 5

Crossroads League Championships

2016 Roster Breakdown: Men – 0 seniors; 0 juniors; 0 sophomores; 1 freshman Women – 2 seniors, 1 junior, 1 sophomore, 2 freshmen

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Akron, IN

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Marion, IN Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

5 p.m.

4:15 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Park, South Bend, IN 5 p.m.

Grand Rapids, MI 11 a.m.

(IWU) Marion, IN

10:30 a.m.

Kyle Allison HEAD COACH / CROSS COUNTRY Kyle Allison has already built an impressive resume as an assistant throws coach at Manchester University. He was a part of five Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) team championships and coached seven throwers to HCAC individual championships. He coached Spartan throwers to four school records and one to a conference record. He has been a part of five team appearances at the NCAA Division III Cross Country/Track & Field Championships which resulted in three All-America Honors.

Allison, a Warsaw Community High School graduate, has served as head throws coach for Manchester University’s track and field program since August 2013.

Allison, who earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Indianapolis in June 2013, was a member of the Greyhounds’ men’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams.

He competed with the 2010 and 2011 Great Lakes Valley Conference champions in the shot put and hammer and weight throws. He was a team captain and four-year letterman for the WCHS track and field teams during his prep career.

COACH ALLISON QUICK FACTS Kyle Allison: Head Cross Country / Track & Field Coach

Birthplace: Warsaw, IN Born: July 16, 1990 Education: B.S. in Health Sciences

2015 TEAM SCORES TEAM SCORES, MEN: 1. Indiana Wesleyan 32, 2. Marian 68, 3. Taylor 79, 4. Bethel 107, 5. Goshen 126, 6. Mt. Vernon Nazarene 152, 7. Spring Arbor 198, 8. Grace 215, 9. Huntington 265. USF did not have enough entries for team competition.

TEAM SCORES, WOMEN: 1. Taylor 38, 2. Indiana Wesleyan 42, 3. Marian 89, 4. Huntington 120, 5. Grace 167, 6.

Bethel 182, 7. Mt. Vernon Nazarene 191, 8. Spring Arbor 197, 9. USF 203, 10. Goshen 266.

2015 MCC CHAMPIONSHIP MEET

Sat., Nov. 7, 2015 @ Huntington University, Huntington, IN

Corey Birchmeier

USF PLACES TIMES

ASSISTANT COACH / TRACK & FIELD; CROSS COUNTRY

MEN – 8K

Corey Birchmeier is beginning his first year as associate cross country and track coach for the University of Saint Francis. Prior to coming to USF Corey served as the Cross Country and Track and Field coach at Dexter High school in Michigan where he amassed 19 state qualifiers, and four national qualifiers in his one year with Dexter. Corey earned his undergraduate degree at Manchester University where he was a four-year varsity athlete, and a two-time national qualifier for NCAA DIII Cross Country Meet.

67 82 108

Brad Reuille, So. Dustin Moore, Sr. Alex Trippel, Sr.

28:53.5 29:25.4 31:41.4

WOMEN – 5K USF No. 7 of 10 – 196 Scoring Order (35-36-38-40-47) Finish Order (52-53-55-48-75) 26 34 70 86 108

Kate Morris, So. Cadence Faurote, So. Katlin Robinson, Jr. LeeAnn Moeller, Jr. Ceairra Bentley, Sr.

19:55.9 20:14.7 21:24.5 22:04.1 24:37.4

DID YOU KNOW? USF’s first victory on the fields and athletic courts came in Cross Country. On Oct. 11, 1964, then Saint Francis College defeated Bible College 20-25, led by Don Shaidnagle who finished in 13 minutes, 1 second in a blue-ribbon winning time.

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2016-17 OUTLOOK WOMEN

After three years of recruiting, University of Saint Francis Golf Coach Tim Alexander has the women’s team on track with the goals he set forth when he took over the program in late summer of 2013. Coach Alexander has brought the accountability, commitment, education importance and family atmosphere to the Lady Cougars.

“We have been very fortunate the last couple of seasons to win a few invitationals and break a few school records,” said Alexander.

“The kids have to buy into what you’re trying to teach them. They don’t always understand why we do things a certain way, and it certainly hasn’t been easy. It’s safe to say this last spring, the four girls were the closest group of young ladies I’ve ever coached. It’s really neat to see. Special things happen when you are playing for more than just yourself.”

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Sophomore Alyn Clark rounds out the returning players from last year’s 77-24 team record–breaking season.

“Alyn is just a fun person to be around,” Alexander stated. “She’s an excellent student who works hard at her game all year round.

We changed her golf swing after the spring season. I explained that to take five steps forward, we may have to take three steps back. She’s been very welcoming to being coached and has worked extremely hard this summer on her game.”

Joining the Lady Cougars this fall is freshman Gabbi Keller and 2016 All-State selection Marissa Singer.

“Gabbi hits the ball really well,” Alexander observed. “Gabbi is a really good putter. I’m really looking forward to working with her. She just has a great attitude.”

Returning this fall for her senior season is Nicole Norton, who won “Breakout Performer” at the 2015 CASPY Awards. Norton has just missed out the last two seasons on being all-conference.

Norton will captain the Lady Cougars this fall and spring season.

“Nicole has been a great ambassador for our program the last three years,” Alexander stated. “Nicole is a great student that has worked very hard in the classroom and on her game. Nicole doesn’t take any days off.”

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“Marissa has probably the most God-given athletic ability of any player I have ever coached,” Alexander said. “We have a great player-coach relationship. I’ve spent a lot of time around Marissa and her family. Marissa understands I want the best for her and she understands I am going to push her. Marissa’s summer tournament experience will be a welcomed addition to our team.”

All-Crossroads League golfers Nikki LaLonde and Regina Reilly also return this season. Both players have been toward the top in scoring averages in the fall and spring season.

The Lady Cougars open up the 2016 fall season at Denison on Sept 3. USF finished fourth out of the 15 Division 3 teams that competed last season. Following Denison, the Cougars look to win the John Carroll Invitational. The Lady Cougars have won the last two invitationals at John Carroll.

“They are two players that we have built the team around,” Alexander observed. “Regina works extremely hard at her game.

Nikki comes from a family with a strong background in golf. Nikki made us a lot better as soon as she stepped foot on campus two years ago.”

“We have some big goals we want to accomplish this season,” Alexander concluded. “The girls have put in the work this summer. This is the most talented group of players from top to bottom we have had. More importantly, the closest group as well.

We are ready to go.”

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Motivated by a disappointing 2015-16 season, the University of Saint Francis men’s golf team heads into 2016-17 intent on improvement after a long three months off after a sixth-place finish in the Crossroads League Tournament.

“Coff is another player we need to play well for the team score,” Alexander stated. “I’m sure he is disappointed with how things ended last spring season. He is a hard worker. I look for him to have a strong season as well.”

Senior Tyler Speigl and junior Austin Smith are also returning players for the Cougars this season.

“There is way too much talent on this team to have the results we ended with,” USF Head Coach Tim Alexander asserted. “We had some distractions last year and some team members lost their focus. We head into 2016-17 with experience and we have added some freshmen who can really play.”

“Tyler will captain our team this season,” Alexander revealed. “Tyler has been a great ambassador of our program the last three years. He’s an excellent student who understands the culture we have created here from Day 1.”

“With Smitty you have an athlete who is fun to be around,” Alexander continues.

“Sometimes we have to tone him down some. Smitty has a chance to crack the top five this season. His degree pursuit is time consuming, something which has affected his practice times in the past. We have always said education comes first here.”

Junior Tyler White finished tied for 15th in the CLT at Glendarin and is expected to lead the Cougars this fall. White’s stroke average last fall was 76.33 and 77.12 in the spring.

“We need Whitey to play well for our team score,” Alexander observed.

“To have scores of 76-72-76 in the (CLT) with a T-15th is a credit to how good our conference really is.

He has a lot of college tournament experience. He knows how the program runs and we expect him to have a big season.”

Freshmen Brady Marshall, Austin Proffitt and IUPUI transfer Garrett Leeper join the Cougars this fall.

“With Brady and Austin there is a lot of talent there and we believe their potential is just starting to show,” Alexander asserted. “Both kids are very high character kids who will bring some leadership in as freshmen. We are excited to develop their games the next four years to the level they want before they graduate.”

Junior Chase Ellsworth is another impact player for Coach Alexander’s strong junior class. Ellsworth tied for 20th at the CLT (75-75-77) last spring. The year before Ellsworth finished sixth in the CLT which was good for All-CL as a freshman.

“Garrett is a kid who tried to walk on a D-1 school,” Alexander continues. “We are fortunate to get Garrett. A ton of talent who has the chance to be a really good player for us for four years. We just need him to stay focused and not get down on himself.”

“I’ve said it several times that Chase Ellsworth has the best short game of any player I’ve seen or coached at the college level,” Alexander continues.

“Just a great pair of hands. We need to work on his ball striking and keeping the driver in play. All the tools are there.”

Junior Ian Coffey will be the assistant captain of this year’s team.

He’s finished at the Crossroads tournament. Coffey’s fall scoring average of 77.11 and 78.4 places him third among returning Cougars.

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The Cougars will travel to some really good golf courses this fall: Rock Hollow Golf Club in Peru for the Huntington Invitational; two 4-Star golf courses the Cougars call home in Autumn Ridge/ Cherry Hill. Following that, the Cougars will make a return trip to Egypt Valley Golf Club hosted by Taylor University.

“We have put together a very good fall schedule,” Alexander concluded. “The kids, as well as myself, are ready to go.”

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Tim Alexander HEAD COACH / GOLF Tim Alexander returns for his fourth season as coach of the University of Saint Francis men’s and women’s golf teams in 2016-17. Alexander has served as golf assistant at Autumn Ridge Golf Club and at Tri-State University. He has given over 1,000 golf lessons, was a three-time State Open qualifier and learned the game from Rock Hollow pro Todd Smith. Tim worked for Smith at Honeywell Golf Course.

Alexander is a 1990 Wabash High School graduate.

Tim serves as USF athletics marketing coordinator and also is the celebrity coordinator for the Neal Delagrange Celebrity Golf Tournament and is involved with “The Never Lose Hoop Foundation” (formerly “The Hulls Foundation”).

COACH ALEXANDER QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Tim Alexander, fourth season Phone: 260-385-8034 Email: talexander@sf.edu Birthplace: Wabash, Ind. Born: 2-20-72

Age: 43

Experience: Worked under pro Todd Smith at Rock Hollow, Peru, Ind.; Assistant at Autumn Ridge, 1994-99; Assistant at Zollner Golf Course, Tri-State University 2000-01.

Tim, his wife Sylvie and stepson William live in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

2016-17 WOMEN’S GOLF – ROSTER NAME Nicole Norton Nikki LaLonde Alyn Clark Regina Reilly Gabbi Keller Marissa Singer

CLASS Sr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL Fort Wayne, IN / Concordia H.S. Warsaw, IN / Warsaw H.S. Kendallville, IN/East Noble H.S. Stow, OH/Walsh Jesuits H.S. Defiance, OH / Tinora H.S. Noblesville, IN / Guerin Catholic H.S.

2016-17 USF FALL SCHEDULE – WOMEN DATE HOST LOCATION TIME SEPTEMBER

3-4 Denison University Granville (OH) G.C. TBD 18-19 John Carroll University Country Club of Hudson/University Heights, OH TBD 23-24 USF Fall Invitational Cobblestone G.C./Cherry Hill G.C. 1 p.m./8:30 a.m.

30 The Battle at Blackthorn Bethel College South Bend, IN, Blackthorn GC Noon

OCTOBER 1 7-8 14-15

The Battle at Blackthorn Taylor Invitational Mt. Vernon Nazarene University

Bethel College South Bend, IN, Blackthorn GC Swan Lake GC / Plymouth Chapel Hill GC/Mt. Vernon, OH

9 a.m.

12:30 p.m./10:30 a.m.

1 p.m. / 8:30 a.m.

2016 CROSSROADS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN Crossroads League Championship: April 25-26, 2016 NorthStar Golf Club, Sunburgh, Ohio TEAM RESULTS 1. Marian (Ind.) 2. Bethel (Ind.) 3. Indiana Wesleyan 4. USF 5. Taylor 6. Grace 7. Spring Arbor 8. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 9. Huntington

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321-328-316 – 965 325-336-321 – 982 343-346-330 – 1,019 354-342-348 – 1,044 357-353-340 – 1,050 362-372-361 – 1,095 372-384-370 – 1,126 403-386-387 – 1,176 402-413-394 – 1,209

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1T. Alexa West, Marian 1T. Annie Smith, Bethel 3T. Emily Tilton, Marian 3T. Jocelyn Ojala, Bethel 5. Maggie Kaiser, IWU 6T. Annie Getzin, Marian 6T. Taylor Wilson, Marian 8. Katie Holdren, Bethel 9. Nikki LaLonde, USF 10. Regina Reilly, USF

75-83 – 158 77-81 – 158 81-82 – 163 80-83 – 163 84-90 – 164 82-83 – 165 83-82 – 165 81-85 – 166 85-82 – 167 86-82 – 168

USF INDIVIDUAL PLACES 9. Nikki LaLonde, So. 10. Regina Reilly, Fr. 14. Nicole Norton, Jr. 27T. Alyn Clark, Fr.

85-82 – 167 86-82 – 168 89-83 – 172 94-95 – 189

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2016-17 MEN’S GOLF – ROSTER NAME

Tyler Speigl Ian Coffey Chase Ellsworth Austin White Tyler White Garrett Leeper Brady Marshall Austin Proffitt

CLASS

Jr. So. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Petoskey, MI / Petoskey H.S. Columbus, IN / North H.S. Decatur, IN / Bellmont H.S. Kokomo, IN / Western H.S. Kokomo, IN / Western H.S. Ft. Wayne, IN / Carroll H.S. Seymour, IN / Seymour H.S. Columbus, IN / East H.S.

2016-17 USF FALL SCHEDULE – MEN

DATE HOST LOCATION TIME/RESULT SEPTEMBER 9-10 23-24 30

Huntington Univ.

USF Fall Invitational Bethel College

Rock Hollow G.C., Peru, IN Autumn Ridge G.C./ Cherry Hill G.C. Blackthorn Golf Club, South Bend, IN

TBD/TBD 1 p.m./8:30 a.m.

Noon/9 a.m.

OCTOBER 1 Bethel College Blackthorn Golf Club, South Bend, IN Noon/9 a.m.

3-4 Taylor University Egypt Valley GC, Ada, MI TBD 14-15 Mount Vernon Invit.

Chapel Hill G.C. / Mt. Vernon, Ohio 1 p.m. / 8:30 a.m.

2016 CROSSROADS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP – MEN

May 2-3 Glendarin Hills Golf Course, Angola, Ind. Host: Mt. Vernon Nazarene University TEAM RESULTS

TO PAR 1. Taylor University 294-287-291 – 872 +8 2. Marian University 296-291-288 – 875 +11 3. Indiana Wesleyan University 295-299-295 – 889 +25 4. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 298-298-303 – 899 +35 5. Spring Arbor University 304-301-300 – 905 +41 6. USF 304-299-306 – 909 +45 7. Grace College 301-310-302 – 913 +49 8. Bethel College 330-305-305 – 940 +76 8. Huntington University 320-302-318 – 940 +76 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 10) 1. Trey Turner Taylor 70-69-71 – 210 2. Jon Schram Grace 70-74-69 – 213 3T. Vince Drahman Marian 74-72-70 – 216 3T. Alex Dutkowski Taylor 71-71-74 – 216 5. Charlie Phillips Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 76-69-73 – 218 6T. Blake Russell Indiana Wesleyan 75-72-73 – 220 6T. Patrick Hardy Indiana Wesleyan 77-72-71 – 220 6T. Dylan Gessinger Marian 75-75-70 – 220 6T. Lance Hoch Huntington 77-70-73 – 220 10. Clayton French Marian 73-74-74 – 221 USF INDIVIDUAL PLACES 15T. Tyler White 6. Chase Ellsworth 23. Nate Kortenber T28. Noel Horvath 34. Ian Coffey

So. Fr. Sr. Sr. So.

78-72-76 – 226 75-75-77 – 227 78-77-73 – 228 75-76-80 – 231 76-76-80 – 232

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WOMEN’S 2016-17 OUTLOOK

COUGAR ATHLETICS 2016-17

SOCCER TM

Experience is an asset for the University of Saint Francis Lady Cougars and Head Coach Christy Young, who welcomes back nine seniors to lead the way in 2016.

The Cougars return eight starters from the 2015 season on a team that finished with an overall 11-8 record and fourth in the Crossroads League.

USF expects to challenge for the CL championship and an NAIA National Championship appearance in the 22nd season for the program, the ninth under the guidance of Young. USF is intent on building on its success from 2015 by focusing on strong leadership and consistency.

Senior captain and three-year starter Katie Barker will lead the back for USF. Other returning starters returning on defense include senior Sophie Long, junior Jasmyn Kalsto and sophomore Paige Berg, an experienced back four to help USF improve on its 25 goals against 2015 season total which ranked them 2nd in the Crossroads League.

Newcomer Alexa Siegel (Bishop Dwenger H.S.), the Summit Athletic Conference 2015 Player of the Year, will undoubtedly contribute to the strength of the back line along with Cathy

Basinger (Kalida (Ohio) H.S.), who earned First Team All League.

Young will rely on seniors Summer Holtkamp and Nicole Stephan to connect USF in the middle.

They will be joined by sophomore Katarina Perez who gave the Cougars extensive quality minutes last year as a freshman. Newcomer Yulissa Rodriguez will provide the composure in the middle that the Cougars will need to keep possession.

Up top, the Cougars have several options including two-year starter Mackenzie Starcevich (senior, 9 goals in 2015), Hannah Elzinga (junior), and senior Kristin Strout. Freshman and member of the IHSAA State Runner-up, Hannah Ehrhardt (Penn High School), and Bridget Keys will add to the Cougars’ dangerous attack up top.

In goal, junior Morgan Hammon returns with the most experience and with the ability to challenge for best goalkeeper in the Crossroads League. After redshirting, junior Ashley Reed will also compete for playing time.

2016 WOMEN’S SOCCER QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Christy Young 260-399-7999, ext. 6229

2015 Record: 11-8-0, 5-4 3rd-T CL

First Season at USF: 2008

Letter Winners Returning/Lost: 14 / 5

Career Record: 75-75-4, 8 seasons

Starters Returning/Lost: 8 / 3 USF Roster Breakdown: 9 seniors; 3 juniors; 5

Email: cyoung@sf.edu Assistant Coaches: Hope Castillo (2nd season) Goalkeeper Trainer: Bryan Hollman (1st season)

sophomores; 10 freshmen 2016 Top Returnees: Katie Barker, Summer Holtkamp, Nicole Stephan, Mackenzie Starcevich, Hannah Elzinga, Morgan Hammon 2015 Key Losses: Jill Burkholder, Heather Jones, Emily Richardson

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2016 WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME 8/22 Calumet College of St. Joseph USF 7 p.m.

8/24 @ U. of Northwestern Ohio Lima, OH 4 p.m.

8/27 @ Martin Methodist College Pulaski, TN 6 p.m.

8/31 @ St. Xavier (IL) Chicago, IL 6 p.m.

9/7 @ Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN 4 p.m.

9/9 Rochester College (MI) USF 7 p.m.

9/14 @ Marygrove College (MI) Detroit, MI 1 p.m.

9/17 @ Madonna Univ. (MI) Livonia, MI 5:30 p.m.

9/20 Siena Heights University (MI) USF 7 p.m.

9/24 @ *Spring Arbor Univ. (MI) Spring Arbor, MI 7 p.m.

9/27 *Huntington University (Ind.) USF 7 p.m.

10/1 @ *Goshen College Goshen, IN 7 p.m.

10/5 @ *Mt. Vernon Nazarene U. (Ohio) Mt. Vernon, OH 5 p.m.

10/8 *Grace College (Ind.) USF 7 p.m.

10/11 *Bethel College (Ind.) USF 7 p.m.

10/15 @ *Marian University (Ind.) USF 7 p.m.

10/19 @ *Taylor University (Ind.) USF 7 p.m.

10/22 *Indiana Wesleyan University USF 7 p.m.

CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 10/29 First Round TBD 11/5 Semifinal Round TBD 11/12 Championship TBD BOLD - Home games

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*Crossroads League games

USF WOMEN’S SOCCER YEAR BY YEAR

OVERALL CL/MCC 1.

1995 6-11-0 NA 2.

1996 14-6-1 4-1-0, 2nd 3.

1997 19-3-0 6-0-0, 1st 4.

1998 15-8-0 5-1-0, 1st 5.

1999 13-7-0 6-1-0, 2nd 6.

2000 13-8-1 6-1-0, 1st 7.

2001 16-6-2 6-0-1, 1st 8.

2002 16-7-2 6-1-0, 2nd 9.

2003 11-11-0 6-1-0, 1st 10.

2004 10-6-5 3-2-3, 5th 11.

2005 15-5-1 6-2-0, 3rd 12.

2006 10-9-1 5-2-1, 3rd 13.

2007 12-9-1 5-3-0, 3rd 14.

2008 13-6-1 5-3-0, 4th 15.

2009 6-13-0 4-4-0, 5th 16.

2010 4-15-0 2-7-0, 8th 17.

2011 8-11-0 3-6-0, 8th 18.

2012 10-9-1 4-4-1, 6th 19.

2013 13-6 7-2-0, 3rd 20.

2014 11-7-2 4-5-0, 6th 21.

2015 11-8 5-4-0, 3rd-T ————————————————— Totals 246-171-17 98-50-6

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2016 WOMEN’S SOCCER ROSTER # NAME POSITION CLASS HT. HOMETOWN/SCHOOL MAJOR 00 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31

Morgan Hammon Ashley Reed Kara Morwood Hannah Elzinga Alexa Siegel Katie Barker Katarina Perez Summer Holtkamp Corinne Tester Brianna Cruz Christine Bierman Jasmyn Kalsto Yulissa Rodriguez Hannah Ehrhardt Mikaela Post Sophie Long Mackenzie Starcevich Nicole Stephan Mackenzie Burnworth Crystal Hoffman Abby Felix Cathy Basinger Erika Gamble Kristin Strout Julia Kuhar Bridget Keys Paige Berg

GK GK F F CB CD/M F CM/F F M M/F MF CM F D D CF CF/M D D CM D F F CM F D/M

5-8 5-8 5-5 5-3 5-7 5-4 5-5 5-3 5-7 5-5 5-7 5-5 5-7 5-7 5-4 5-5 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-3 5-7 5-5 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-8

Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. So. So. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So.

Fishers, IN / Fishers Environmental Science Lafayette, IN / McCutcheon Education Plymouth, IN / Plymouth Business Holland, MI / Zeeland West Accounting Fort Wayne, IN / Bishop Dwenger Nursing Louisville, KY / Male Nursing Zeeland, MI / Zeeland Rad. Tech Kalida, OH / Kalida Health & Exercise Science Huntington, IN / Huntington North Dietetics Fort Wayne / Bishop Dwenger Health & Exercise Science Zionsville, IN / Zionsville Business Fort Wayne, IN / Northrop Nursing Zeeland, MI / Zeeland West Business Mishawaka, IN / Penn Nursing Fort Wayne, IN / Snider Early Education Fort Wayne, IN / Northrop Social Work Boone Grove, IN / Boone Grove Health & Exercise Science Cincinnati, OH / Mother of Mercy Nursing Westfield, IN / Westfield RiskManagement&Insurance Algonquin, IL / Huntley Clinical Lab Science Mishawaka, IN / Marian Studio Art Kalida, OH / Kalida Local Business LaGrange, IN / Westview Nursing Carmel, IN / Carmel Social Work South Bend, IN / Saint Joseph Nursing Downers Grove, IL / Downers Grove North Nursing Kalamazoo, MI / Parchment Accounting

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2015 CL STANDINGS

2014 CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT OCT. 31 - NOV. 14 | HOSTED BY HIGHER SEED

OVERALL CL PTS +Spring Arbor University* #1 24-2-1 9-0 27 Grace College #11 15-3-3 5-1-3 18 USF 11-8-0 5-4-0 15 Marian University 12-9-1 5-4 15 Indiana Wesleyan University 9-9-1 4-4-1 13 Taylor University 8-8-3 4-4-1 13 Mt. Vernon Nazarene Univ.

10-7-2 3-4-2 11 Huntington University 9-10-0 3-6-0 9 Goshen College 5-11-2 1-6-2 5 Bethel College 3-13-2 1-7-1 4 # — NAIA Top 25 ranking +regular season champ and CL Tournament champion; *NAIA Champion

NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OPENING ROUND

Nov. 21 | Campus Sites | All Times Local Match 3 @ No. 9 Grace (Ind.) (15-2-3) def. Park (Mo.) (14-6-0), 2-1 Match 12 @ No. 6 Spring Arbor (Mich.) (19-2-1) def. Carroll (Mont.) (14-6-5), 3-0 Second Round — Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 Orange Beach Sportsplex | Orange Beach, Ala. Nov. 30: Match 2 (1:30 p.m.) No. 8 Westmont (16-3-2) def. No. 8 Grace (Ind.) (15-3-3), 2-0 Dec. 1: Match 8 (6:30 p.m.) No. 6 Spring Arbor (20-2-1) def. No. 11 Baker (16-5-1), 3-0 Quarterfinals — Dec. 2 Match 4 (6:30 p.m.) No. 6 Spring Arbor (21-2-1) def. No. 3 William Carey (17-3-2), 2-0 Semifinals — Dec. 4 Match 2 (2:30 p.m.) No. 6 Spring Arbor (22-2-1) def. No. 2 Northwestern Ohio (20-2-2), 1-0 Championship — Dec. 5 No. 6 Spring Arbor (23-2-1) def. No. 1 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (20-2-2), 3-0

Spring Arbor (Mich.) (postseason tournament champion) qualifies for the 2015 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship Opening Round SATURDAY, OCT. 31 - QUARTERFINALS - Match 1: No. 1 Spring Arbor (Mich.) (16-2-1) def. No. 8 Huntington (Ind.) (9-10-0), 5-0.

- Match 2: No. 2 Grace (Ind.) (14-1-3) def. No. 7 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (10-7-2), 1-0.

- Match 3: No. 3 Marian (Ind.) (11-7-0) tied No. 6 Taylor (Ind.) (8-9-2), 1-1 (Marian advances on PKs, 4-2) - Match 4: No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan (9-8-1) def. No. 4 Saint Francis (Ind.) (11-8-0), 3-1.

SATURDAY, NOV. 7 - SEMIFINALS - Match 5: No. 1 Spring Arbor (17-2-1) def. No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan (9-9-1), 5-0 - Match 6: No. 3 Marian (12-7-1) def. No. 2 Grace (14-2-3), 1-0 SATURDAY, NOV. 14 - FINALS - Match 7: No. 1 Spring Arbor (18-2-1) def. No. 3 Marian (12-8-1), 5-0 Spring Arbor (Mich.) advances to the NAIA National Championship (tournament champions) 2015 NAIA ALL-AMERICAN Heather Jones, Sr., For. – Honorable Mention 2015 USF ALL-CL Heather Jones, Sr., For.**** Emily Richardson, Sr., Def.** * 1st Team selections 2015 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Heather Jones, Sr., For. Emily Richardson, Sr., Def. Katie Barker, Jr., Def. Summer Holtkamp, Jr., For. Ashley Reed, Jr., GK Nicole Stephen, Jr., For. Jasmyn Kalsto, Jr., MF

2015 NAIA DAKTRONICS SCHOLAR-ATHLETES Heather Jones, Sr., For. Emily Richardson, Sr., Def. Katie Barker, Jr., Def. Summer Holtkamp, Jr., For. Ashley Reed, Jr., GK Nicole Stephen, Jr., For. Jasmyn Kalsto, Jr., MF USF 2015 FINAL NAIA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Heather Jones No. 9 in Game Winning Goals (7) No. 9 in Game Winning Goals per Game (0.370)

USF WOMEN’S SOCCER RECORDS — CAREER GOALS SCORED 1. Theresa Brough 1996-99 2. Heather Jones 2012-15 3. Erin Zgonc 2000-03 4. Krista Bailey 1999-02

21-26-27-31—106 12-12-15-14—53 10-14- 5-12—41 14- 8- 9- 8—39

ASSISTS 1. Kely Sandels 1997-00 17-16-16-13—62 2. Krista Bailey 1999-02 14- -10— —54 3. Theresa Brough 1996-99 8-11-11-15—45 POINTS 1. Theresa Brough 1996-99 50-63-65-79—267 2. Krista Bailey 1999-02 42-31-28-3—132

3. Erin Zgonc 2000-03 4. Heather Jones 2012-15

24-33-39-21—117 24-25-33-33—115

GAME-WINNING GOALS 1. Theresa Brough 1996-99 7-10-3-3—23 2. Heather Jones 2012-14 7-3-3-7—20 3. Erin Zgonc 2000-03 3-5-3-3—14 4. Stacy Dudash 1995-98 _-_-_-_—12 SHUTOUTS 1. Natalie Weigmann 2000-03 3. Stacey Rider 2004-07 3. Penny Samborsky 1995-98

38.0 25.0 20.5

MOST SAVES 1. Natalie Weigmann 2000-03 2. Penny Samborsky 1995-98 3. Stacey Rider 2004-07

495 491 275

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE (minimum 20 games) 1. Natalie Weigmann 2000-03 2. Stacey Rider 2004-07 3. Lisa Bottone 1999-00

0.98 1.09 1.17

USF WOMEN’S SOCCER RECORDS — INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME Most Goals:

Most Assists: Points: Saves:

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5 5 4 4 11 23

Theresa Brough vs. Indiana Tech 1999 Theresa Brough vs. Thomas More 1997 Krista Bailey vs. Marian

1999 Lisa Ringley vs. Indiana Tech 1999 Theresa Brough vs. Indiana Tech 1999 Penny Samborsky vs. Findlay 1995

SEASON Goals: Assists: Points: Shutouts:

32 17 79 13

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Theresa Brough Kely Sandels Theresa Brough Stacey Rider

1999 1997 1999 2005

Christy Young HEAD COACH / WOMEN’S SOCCER Christy Young enters her ninth year as the head coach of the USF women’s soccer team.

Prior to becoming the head coach at USF, she was an assistant coach in 2004 and 2005 for the Cougars. Young also served as a graduate assistant at Malone University for one year (2006) while pursuing a graduate degree in school counseling. She has coached for Fort Wayne Sport Club and Citadel F.C., and has served the past six summers as coach/counselor at the University of Notre Dame Girls Soccer Camp.

Young came to USF after completing an impressive career at DePaul University in Chicago. She was a four-year starter at the NCAA Division I school and left No. 1 at DePaul in goals (14), assists (9), and points (37) in 71 matches. She was a team captain her senior year, a Conference USA Player of the Week three times and was named the 2003 DePaul Outstanding Student-Athlete.

Young was also a four-time Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll selection.

A 1999 Northrop High School graduate, Young was an All-State selection her senior year and helped the Bruins advance to the state tournament in 1998, the first time a Fort Wayne Community Schools team made the state tournament.

COACH YOUNG QUICK FACTS EIGHT SEASONS AT USF

First Season at USF: 2008 Career Record: 75-75-4 Office Phone: 260-399-7900, ext. 6229 Email: cyoung@sf.edu Born: September 6, 1980 Education: B.A. at DePaul University, 2003; M.A. at Malone University, 2007 Playing Career: Four-year starter at DePaul University in Chicago, Ill. Career Coaching Record: 64-67-4 in 7 seasons as USF head coach Accreditations: NSCAA Premier Diploma

USF WOMEN’S SOCCER COACHING RECORDS COACH YEARS OVERALL CL / MCC 1.Ken Nuber 1995-07 170-96-13 64-15-4 2.Christy Young 2008-15 75-75-4 34-35-1

ASSISTANT COACHES Stacey Rider – Goalkeepers Hope Castillo Kristen Call

2015 USF STATS PLAYER GP GS G A PTS Reed, Ashley 8 7 0 0 0 Williams, Jamie 4 0 0 0 0 Jones, Heather 19 19 14 5 33 Burkholder, Jill 19 19 1 5 7 Elzinga, Hannah 19 16 1 5 7 McLennand, Meaghan 10 2 0 0 0 Barker, Katie 19 19 3 1 7 Perez, Katarina 17 8 0 1 1 Holtkamp, Summer 19 19 2 1 5 Tester, Corinne 8 0 0 0 0 Hammon, Morgan 10 10 0 0 0 Cruz, Brianna 2 0 1 0 2 Kalsto, Jasmyn 19 16 0 0 0 Bierman, Christine 13 5 0 0 0 Richardson, Emily 19 19 2 1 5 Hall, Nicoya 1 0 0 0 0 Cicora, Kelsiey 1 0 0 0 0 Martin, Meghan 1 0 0 0 0 Long, Sophie 14 12 0 0 0 Starcevich, Mackenzie 19 14 9 2 20 Stephan, Nicole 17 13 0 1 1 Burnworth, Mackenzie 2 0 0 0 0 Hoffman, Crystal 4 0 0 0 0 King, Ebony 3 0 0 0 0 Strout, Kristin 13 2 3 3 9 Berg, Paige 18 9 0 1 1 Totals 19 36 26 98 Opponent 19 25 13 63

MEDIA INFORMATION

Location/parking: University of Saint Francis home matches are on the USF campus just west of downtown Fort Wayne in D’Arcy Stadium. Enter parking off Spring Street for D’Arcy Stadium.

Media access: No special USF-issued credentials are required for media admission to events.

Please present media pass or affiliation I.D. at the gate. If possible, notify the USF Sports Information Department in advance.

Interviews/media inquiries: Interviews with players and/or coaches must be arranged through the USF Sports Information Director. Contact Bill Scott at 260-399-7700, ext. 6223 (phone), 260-434-7441 (fax), 260-760-5884 (cell), bscott@sf.edu. We will promptly assist with interview requests, photo opportunities, or team and individual information.

PLAYER GP GS MIN GA GAAVG SV PCT W-L-T SHO Reed, Ashley 7 5 584:49:00 9 1.39 19 0.679 4-2-0 2 Williams, Jamie 4 0 93:39:00 2 1.92 2 0.5 1-0-0 0 McLennand, Meaghan 3 2 202:08:00 1 0.45 9 0.9 0-1-0 0 Hammon, Morgan 10 5 861:45:00 13 1.36 33 0.717 4-5-0 3 Totals 19 19 1742:21:00 25 1.32 68 0.731 9-8-0 8 Opponent 19 19 1740:40:00 36 1.89 87 0.707 8-8-0 5

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Experience the University of Saint Francis The University of Saint Francis is located on the western edge of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The beautiful 108-acre campus, with its rolling lawns and tree-shaded coves, surrounds scenic Mirror Lake.

Among the major main campus features is stately Brookside, a castlelike mansion that once housed the entire university. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1982. Now meticulously restored to its former grandeur, the one-time summer home of turn-of-the-century industrialist John Bass is routinely toured by the public, especially during Christmas at the Castle each year. Brookside houses USF administrative offices, and public and administrative meetings are often held there.

The Pope John Paul II Center, a 90,000 square-foot complex, houses an expanded library, classrooms, faculty offices, computer labs, computer training facilities, dining facilities and student services. The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Campus Shoppe are currently located in the facility.

The Achatz Hall of Science contains seven science-related laboratories, preparation rooms, independent research rooms, radiation and instrumental analysis labs, a greenhouse, a telescopic observation desk and the Gunderson Auditorium.

Trinity Hall, the main administration building, includes offices, the St. Francis Chapel, dining room and Diversity Center. Residence facilities include Bonzel Hall, Padua Hall and Clare Hall.

The Doermer Family Center for Health Science Education duplicates modern hospital facilities for surgical technology, critical care, physical therapy, occupational therapy and outpatient clinics. Also included are a radiologic technology lab, a nursing simulation laboratory, classrooms and faculty offices.

The Mimi and Ian Rolland Art and Visual Communication Center provides facilities for degree programs in commercial art, fine art, art education, communication and computer animation. The center features two art galleries, art studios, a television studio, computer facilities, classrooms and offices.

Bishop John D’Arcy Stadium, Kevin Donley Field on the west side of the campus is home to the only collegiate football program in Fort Wayne.

The R. Bruce Dye Strength Training Center and Shields Family Pavilion is located on the south end of the stadium. USF has the first collegiate field utilizing Sporturf, thanks to generous contributions from private donors. This faster, safer artificial surface makes Bishop D’Arcy Stadium a versatile venue for USF and high school soccer and lacrosse, as well as Cougar football. The stadium also holds the USF football offices in the Tom Jehl Football Complex under the west stands.

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The Hutzell Athletic Center houses facilities for Cougar basketball and volleyball teams, and contains locker room facilities for men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, softball, Cross Country and track and field, plus offices for the coaching staff and a fitness center. Intercollegiate men’s and women’s golf and tennis are also offered at USF. Intramural coeducational sports are offered year-round for fun, fitness and friendship.

The Center for Franciscan Life is located in the Campus Ministry building as well as guest rooms and counseling rooms, and is the home of the campus chaplain.

All of the buildings are just a short walk from the Student Center, with its game and meeting rooms and lounge.

The North Campus, located across Spring Street from Brookside, features an auditorium, gymnasium, classrooms, offices, and the Lupke Gallery.

This year, we proudly opened our new USF Downtown location in the heart of Fort Wayne. The USF Business Center, located in the former Chamber of Commerce building, houses the Keith Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership. The university’s business programs are housed in this facility, allowing students to have unprecedented access to local business and community leaders for internships and mentoring opportunities. The Business Center also houses the Historic Woman’s Club, which will host many events throughout the year and is available for rental.

Just around the corner, in the USF Robert Goldstine Performing Arts Center, our new Music Technology Center opened to students this year as well. These classrooms, recording studios and performance spaces contain state-of-the-art equipment and were designed with the expertise of our community partner Sweetwater. Plus, the downtown location puts students within footsteps of many of Fort Wayne’s cultural hotspots to collaborate and mentor with other creative groups in the city. With the historic 2,000-seat auditorium available, many outstanding performances will come from these new education spaces.

Founded in 1890 as a comprehensive university in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs through the School of Health Sciences, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Keith Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership and School of Creative Arts. In addition to its traditional programs, USF designs focused curricula for working adults in Fort Wayne, Crown Point and online. Currently 2,240 students from a broad geographic region attend USF for its academic excellence.

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MEN’S 2016 OUTLOOK

SOCCER

The 2016 season will be a challenge to continue building. With four juniors and seniors on the roster, the eighteen sophomores and twenty freshmen will be counted on to turn things around from the previous year.

Joining the Cougars this fall to play in the midfield are Juan Bucuram, Colin Calvert, Juan Gonzalez, Alexis Gutierrez, Haris Kostic, and Caleb Wedeven.

Frustrating is the best word to sum up 2015, a season of many challenges.

With nine returning players from the previous season and 22 new players, the inexperience proved a difficult hurdle.

DEFENSE

“The team played with a lot of intensity last season,” USF Head Coach Mitch Ellisen said evaluating the one-win season. “Experience is one thing a coach cannot give his players. However, our competitors’ coaches were impressed with the effort the team played even though we struggled to get in the win column. All I asked from the players last fall was to compete.

From that standpoint, that is what we did and for that, I am most proud of with my team.”

Ellisen is cautiously optimistic that 2016 will be different with a much different team. “We all want to get back to the success the program has had in the past,” Ellisen observed. “Our large class of new players are now older and have had a fall and spring season of games.

“This previous offseason was different from this past year because we did not have enough players to train,” he continued. “We had the players to train and they worked very hard this past winter. Hopefully this motivated the players to work harder last summer and to compete better. That I am hopeful for and we will see the growth in our players.”

The back line will be young this year, but with the graduation of Senior captain Nate Byrd, the defense will be a group of younger players.

Fortunately for the Cougars Sr., Captain Sean Kampe returns and provides a lot of experience and a commanding voice to sort things out.

JJr. Ross Gramling secures one of the flanks. Sophomores, Graham Denney, Vaughn Gallagher, Cole Granger, Cody Gray, Alex Lowe, Red Shirt-Brian Jaimes, Dane Jesse, “The back line with have a combination of youth and older players this fall. Finding central defenders was key for our recruiting efforts.

The strength of Sr. Sean [Kampe] and jr. Ross [Gramling], is on the flanks running up and down the wide positions. They give us a better opportunity to penetrate the opponent’s defense,” says Coach Ellisen. “we have Sophomores who will push the two if there are problems.”

In addition to the returning players are a group of new players. Added to the roster are Charles Fisher, Drew Forte, Ty LaBorde, Michael McClelland, and Do Thawng.

FORWARD

The forward position is an area we have improved. Sophomores Tito Cuellar, Alejandro Renteria, return and give us goal scoring experience.

“Tito (Cuellar) and Nideo (Foster) will provide a much needed goal scoring punch to our team,” says Ellisen. “They can break down defenses with their technique and bring a tenacious attitude to score.”

MIDFIELD

In the midfield, the Cougars return senior Steven Johnson, sophomores Colin Barker, Nico Cardoso, and Tristen Rodriguez. The strength of the team will be in the midfield again this fall.

“Our midfield has a lot of experience that will present a formidable attack to our opponent’s keeper,” Ellisen said. “Senior captain, Steven (Johnson) as well as sophomores Colin (Barker), and Nico (Cardoso) will help us to keep the ball and penetrate the defense. They will have an impact on our team this year. Also, the addition of some quality recruits will add depth in a strong midfield.”

Head coach Mitch Ellisen has faced many challenges as a coach and personally. However, overcoming obstacles in life is expected, and Ellisen is one who overcomes. His 24 years and 234 wins at the college level, 3 conference championships, 83% graduation rate, 3 valedictorians, and 44 Daktronics ScholarAthletes are proof of that. Ellisen also knows how to utilize the gifts of the coaching staff. For example, he uses Paco Castillo, one of the best assistant coaches in the area, to run the field players’ sessions while he trains the keepers.

MEDIA INFORMATION

Location/parking: University of Saint Francis home matches are on the USF campus just west of downtown Fort Wayne in Bishop John M. D’Arcy Stadium (west campus). Enter parking off Spring Street for D’Arcy Stadium.

Media access: No special USF-issued credentials are required for media admission to events. Please present media pass or affiliation I.D. at the gate. If possible, notify the USF Sports Information Department in advance.

Interviews/media inquiries: Interviews with players and/or coaches must be arranged through the USF Sports Information Director. Contact Bill Scott at 260-399-7700, ext. 6223 (phone), 260-399-8164 (fax), 260-760-5884 (cell), bscott@sf.edu. We will promptly assist with interview requests, photo opportunities, or team and individual information.

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2016 MEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT 8/28 @ Concordia (MI) Ann Arbor, MI 1 p.m.

8/31 @ Missouri Baptist (MO) St. Louis, MO TBD 9/2 vs. LSU-Alexandria St. Louis, MO TBD 9/9 @ Lawrence Tech Univ.

Southfield, MI Noon 9/10 @ Rochester College (MI) Rochester Hills, MI 4 p.m.

9/14 @ Siena Heights Univ. (MI) Adrian, MI 7 p.m.

9/18 @ Shawnee State Univ. (OH) Portsmouth, OH 1 p.m.

9/24 *Goshen College USF 7 p.m.

9/27 @ Cincinnati Christian Univ. @ Cincinnati, OH 6 p.m.

9/28 @ *Huntington University (Ind.) USF 7 p.m.

10/1 *Spring Arbor University (Mich.)

USF 7 p.m.

10/5 @ *Mt. Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) Mount Vernon, OH 2:30 p.m.

10/8 @ *Grace College (Ind.) @ Winona Lake, IN 7 p.m.

10/12 @ *Bethel College (Ind.) Mishawaka, IN 7 p.m.

10/15 *Marian University (Ind.) USF 7 p.m.

10/19 *Taylor University (Ind.) USF 7 p.m.

10/22 @ *Indiana Wesleyan University Marion, IN 7 p.m.

10/24 Indiana Tech USF 7 p.m.

CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 10/29 11/5 11/12

First Round Semifinal Round Championship

TBD TBD TBD

*—CL Games; BOLD – Home matches

2016 MEN’S SOCCER ROSTER NO. NAME YEAR POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN / LAST SCHOOL 00 Braden Conn

GK 6-2 165 Fr. Celina, OH / Celina 0 James Ingar

GK 6-1 167 R-Fr. Fort Wayne, IN / Bishop Luers 1 Austin Williams

GK 5-10 149 Jr. Fort Wayne, IN / Homestead 2 Sam Schlegel

FD 6-3 179 So. Fort Wayne, IN / Snider 3 Colin Barker

MID 7-8 130 So. Loiusville, KY / Dupont Manual Magnet 4 Brian Jaimes

DEF 7-9 135 Fr. Warsaw, IN / Warsaw 5 Colin Calvert

MID 5-10 140 Fr. Plymouth, IN / Plymouth 6 Sean Kampe

DEF 6-3 170 Sr. Berwin, IL / St. Ignatious Col. Prep 7 Ernesto “Tito” Cuellar

MID 5-11 130 So. Warsaw, IN / Warsaw Comm.

8 Juan “Buca” Bucaram

MID 6-2 170 Fr. Quayaquil, Equador / Logos 9 Michael “Cole” Granger

DEF 5-10 170 So. Bedford, IN / Bedford N. Lawrence 10 Nicholas Do Valle Cardoso MID 5-9 130 So. Sao Paulo, Brazil / Bellmont 11 Ross Gramling

DEF 6-0 155 Jr. Auburn, IN / DeKalb 13 Charlie Fisher

DEF 5-9 150 Fr. Fort Wayne, IN / Concordia 14 Cody Gray

DEF 6-0 170 So. Anderson, IN / Anderson 15 Graham Denney

MID 6-2 170 So. Blufton, IN / Norwell 16 Alejandro Renteria

MID 5-11 150 So. Anderson, IN / Anderson 17 Tristen Rodriguez

MID 5-10 170 So. Anderson, IN / Anderson 18 Alex Gutierrez

MID 5-8 148 Fr. Plymouth, IN / Plymouth 19 Juan Gonzalez

MID 5-8 140 Fr. Fort Wayne, IN / Northrop 20 Steven Johnson

MID 5-11 155 Sr. Preston, England / Archbishop

Temple/U. of Science & Arts of OK 21 Haris Kostic

MID 5-11 168 Fr. Fort Wayne, IN / North Side 22 Drew Forte

MID 5-8 132 Fr. Fort Wayne, IN / Leo 23 Tyler “Ty” LaBorde

DEF 5-10 147 Fr. Fort Wayne, IN / Leo 24 Dane Jesse

DEF 6-3 160 So. Ossian, IN / Norwell 25 Do Za Thawng

DEF 5-8 139 Fr. Indianapolis, IN / Southport 26 Alex Lowe

DEF 5-11 155 So. Bremen, IN / Bremen 28 Caleb Wedeven

DEF 5-10 160 Fr. Fort Wayne, IN / Concordia 30 Michael McLelland

DEF 5-8 136 Fr. Schereville, IN / Lake Central 32 Vaughn “Fluffy” Gallagher DEF 5-11 155 So. Fort Wayne, IN / Bishop Dwenger 33 Nideo Foster

FD 5-10 140 So. Fort Wayne, IN / Northrop 52 Will Hoppe

GK 5-10 157 Fr. Belle Center, OH / Kenton 99 Logan Crane

GK 6-1 167 Fr. Blissfield, MI / Blissfield Head Coach: Mitch Ellisen, 17th season.

Assistant coaches: Francisco ‘Paco’ Castillo, Gio Guthro.

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SCHEDULE The Cougars’ nonconference schedule includes trips to Ohio to play Shawnee State and Cincinnati Christian. USF also will play Missouri Baptist in St. Louis as well as Louisiana State University at Alexandria. There is a trip to Michigan to play at Siena Heights University, Concordia University, Lawrence Tech, and Rochester College. USF concludes nonconference action at D’Arcy Stadium for Senior Day against cross-town rival Indiana Tech. This nonconference schedule will prepare USF for the competitive Crossroads League schedule.

“The Crossroads League is as competitive as always and there are no easy games,” Ellisen asserted. “The team will be ready the usual toughness of our games.

“The team is extremely young and we will have to work hard to shape the team into a solid group. We are continuing to implement our motto: Control the ball, control your body, compete to the maximum. We are also implementing a leader structure that will teach the young men on my team to be better prepared for life after graduation. I am excited to see how quickly Coach Castillo and I can implement our style with this group. We have twenty-three new players coming in this fall,” Ellisen said. “We will be able to reinvent the way this team plays this fall.”

Mitch Ellisen

COACH ELLISEN QUICK FACTS

HEAD COACH / MEN’S SOCCER Mitch Ellisen returns for his eighteenth season at the helm of the USF men’s soccer program in the fall of 2016, continuing to build the Cougars into men of integrity using the game of soccer to complete this task. The 2015 season was a rebuilding year with twenty-two new players to add to the returning nine players. The team played with a lot of intensity, but the results did not come until the last game of the season. “I was proud of my players, the way we competed and was pleased with the way we never quit all season. One thing you cannot give a player is experience.

We played with seven new players all season,” says Coach Ellisen.

Under Ellisen, USF has played in two MCC Tournament Championships (2001 and 2002) is 60-55-5 in MCC regular-season competition and posted six-consecutive winning seasons in MCC play between 1999 and 2004. Overall, Ellisen’s teams have put together 11 of the 17 winning seasons in conference play. The Cougars also appeared in the NAIA Region VIII Final Four in three consecutive seasons (2001, 2002 and 2003). Ellisen’s Cougars won their second Crossroads League conference championship, the first coming in 2003 and the earlier one in 1977. The 2013 season USF collected its third conference title. In 2003 the team reached the NAIA Region VIII Championship match for the first time in the program’s history.

Other noteworthy accomplishments during Ellisen’s fifteen-year tenure include a school-record 14-game winning streak to start the 2000 season, during which he acquired his 100th career win. He reached the 150-win plateau with a 3-2 win over Grace College in Bishop D’Arcy Stadium October 23, 2004. With 40 wins between 2000 and 2002, the Ellisenled Cougars achieved the best three-season win total in USF history, eclipsing the previous best of 33 wins from 1975-1977.

Ellisen became the ninth head men’s coach in school history, moving from Bangor, Maine, where he restructured and developed a successful program at Husson College. The Braves were 81-46-6 during Ellisen’s seven-year stint, 16-4-1 in his final season in 1998. Husson advanced to the regional finals after upsetting 19th-ranked Houghton College.

Husson qualified for the conference tournament every year under Ellisen, advanced to the title game three times and won in 1998. Ellisen was NAIA Northeast Region Coach-of-the-Year twice. He served on the Maine Olympic Development Program staff and was a staff coach at several camps, including the University of Maine soccer camps.

Active in several professional associations, Ellisen is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and is a past president of the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches Association.

He holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) “A” License, the USSF National Goalkeeping License, and the NSCAA’s Advanced National Diploma.

Ellisen also is a fixture in the Fort Wayne soccer scene. He serves as the director of goalkeeping for the Fort Wayne United FC. During his playing career at the University of Charleston, Ellisen was a four-year starter. He earned all-conference honors three times in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as a defender and midfielder.

Mitch Ellisen: Head Men’s Soccer Coach/Associate Athletic Director Born: March 28, 1961 Education: B.A., Mathematics, University of Charleston (1983); B.S., Education, Davis & Elkins College (1986); M.B.A., University of Saint Francis (2002).

Playing Career: University of Charleston (1979-82) Accreditations: USSF “A” License; USSF National Goalkeeping License; NSCAA Advanced National Diploma

COACH ELLISEN AT USF YEAR 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Totals

OVERALL

8-11-0 15-5-1

13-11-0

12-8-4

13-9-1

9-10-1

4-15-0 5-13-1 8-10-1 12-4-3 8-10-1 8-11 8-10-1 7-11 14-5-1 8-10-1

1-16-1 153-161-17

MCC 5-2-0, 2nd 4-1-1, 2nd 4-3-0, 3rd 4-1-2, 2nd 6-1-0, 1st 5-3-0, 3rd 3-5-0, 5th 2-6-0, 7th 4-4-0, 6th 4-3-1, 4th 4-4, 6th – T 4-4, 5th 3-4-1 5th 1-8 10th 7-2 1st – T 2-7 8th 0-8-1 62-71-6

U S F

2016 MEN’S SOCCER QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Mitch Ellisen 260-399-7700, ext. 6206 17 years at USF: 153-166-13 Career Record: 234-222-23 (24 years) Email: mellisen@sf.edu Assistant Coach: Paco Castillo Assistant Coach: Mitchell Holloway 2015 Record: 1-16-1; 0-8-1 MCC, 10th First Season for Program: 1964 Letter Winners Returning/Lost: 8 / 10 Starters Returning/Lost: 4 / 7 Varsity Roster Breakdown: 2 seniors; 2 juniors; 16 sophomores; 20 freshmen.

2016 Top Returnees: Steven Johnson, Sean Kampe, Ross Gramling, Tito Cuellar, Colin Barker, Sam Schlegel 2015 Key Losses: Nate Byrd, Alex da Silva, Austin Schermerhorn, Tito Amador

Ellisen’s family includes his wife Kari, and three children – Brandon, Jane-Marie and Melissa. Peanut is the family pet, an Australian shepherd mix and Skittles, a cocker spaniel.

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Paco Castillo

2015 CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

ASSISTANT COACH / MEN’S SOCCER Paco Castillo has been in Fort Wayne for close to 40 years. He started out college at IU playing for Coach Yeagley for one year. His experiences of coaching soccer have been extensive. He coaches South Side High School as well as Bishop Luers. He was at Homestead High School as their boys’ coach the past 7 years. In 2013 Coach Castillo joined the USF staff.

Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 14 | Hosted by higher seed One automatic berth to the national championship (tournament champion)

In addition to high school coaching jobs, Paco has coached for Citadel, FW Fever and Fort Wayne United FC. He is the director of coaching for the Elite and Premier teams for FWU today.

Coach Castillo is the husband of Tina Castillo and the father of Javier, Lee and Hopi Castillo.

Giovanni Guthrie ASSISTANT COACH / MEN’S SOCCER

Alex da Silva

NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP / Opening Round —Nov. 21 | Campus Sites Match 4 Indiana Wesleyan (15-5-1) ties No. 8 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (14-5-2), 2-2 (2OT) Indiana Wesleyan advances on PKs, 4-2

2015 MEN’S SOCCER FINAL STATS

PLAYER GP GS G A PTS Flores, Jesse 7 7 Schlegel, Sam 16 14 Byrd, Nate 18 17 Atchison, Dalton 14 8 Kampe, Sean 17 16 Lee, Bayden 18 16 Diaz, Alex 3 0 Cuellar, Tito 17 12 da Silva, Alex 15 14 Gramling, Ross 18 16 Foster, Nideo 9 2 Amador, Tito 18 13 Gray, Cody 9 2 Denney, Graham 2 2 Yoquelet, Nick 4 2 Rodriguez, Tristen 9 2 Schermerhorn, Austin 15 5 Barker, Colin 9 8 Johnson, Steven 10 10 Granger, Cole 1 1 Gehring, Christian 13 7 Sidwell, Tyler 16 12 Seabeck, Spencer 13 8 Lowe, Alex 3 2 Cardosa, Nicholas 6 1 Renteria, Alejandro 5 0 Fain, Austyn 7 4 Totals 18 Opponent 18 72

Saturday, Nov. 7 @ No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan (14-5) def. No. 5 Mount Vernon Nazarene (8-5-5), 2-0 @ No. 2 Grace (12-5-2) tied No. 3 Spring Arbor (11-6-3), 0-0 (2 OT) (Grace advances in PKs, 5-4) Saturday, Nov. 14 @ No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan (15-5) def. No. 2 Grace (12-6-2), 2-1

ASSISTANT COACH / MEN’S SOCCER

1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 29 30 97

Saturday, Oct. 31 @ No.1 Indiana Wesleyan (13-5) def. No. 8 Goshen (5-13), 2-0 No. 5 Mount Vernon Nazarene (8-4-5) tied @ No. 4 Bethel (10-6-2), 1-1 (MVNU advanced in PKs, 5-4) @ No.3 Spring Arbor (11-6-2) def. No. 6 Marian (7-10-2), 3-1 @ No. 2 Grace (12-5-1) def. No. 7 Huntington (9-9-1), 1-0

0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 50

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 194

0 4 0 0 2 10 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 46 106

Second Round — Nov. 30 | Seacrest Soccer Complex | Delray Beach, Fla. Match 2 — Indiana Wesleyan (16-5-1) def. Southeastern (Fla.) (16-5), 1-0 Quarterfinals — Dec. 2 Match 1 — No. 1 Rio Grande (Ohio) (21-1) def. Indiana Wesleyan (16-6-1), 3-0 Championship — Dec. 5 No. 1 Rio Grande (Ohio) (23-1) def. No. 10 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) (18-6-1), 1-0 (OT)

No Player GP / GS Min GA GAAvg SV Pct W-L-T SHO 1 Flores, Jesse 7 / 6 612:22:00 32 4.7 56 .636 0-6-0 0 22 Gehring, Christian 8 / 6 612:35:00 30 4.41 57 .655 1-4-0 0 97 Fain, Austyn 7 / 4 422:41:00 10 2.13 25 .714 0-3-1 0

Totals 18 /18 1647:38:00 72 4 145 .668 2-13-1 0 Opponent 18 / 18 1648:41:00 16 0.89 51 .761 16-1-1 8

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USF RECORDS – INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME Most Goals:

4

4

4

4

4

Most Assists:

4

4

4

4

Points:

9

9 Saves:

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Ryan Crawford vs. Bethel Ken Nuber vs. Indiana Tech Brian Barker vs. Bluffton Brian Barker vs. Bethel Brian Barker vs. Wabash

2007 1992 1981 1980 1979

Rich Scully vs. Concordia Augie Gonzalez vs. Summit Jeff Killion vs. Bethel Mike Zoller vs. Defiance

Brian Barker vs. Bluffton Brian Barker vs. Bethel

1981 1980

1989 1986 1980 2000

John Bailey vs. Western Michigan

1983

Brian Barker, Sr.

Brian Barker, Jr. Brian Barker, So. Jason Walcutt, Jr. Mark Sabino, So. Michael Bitler, So. Ryan Crawford, So.

1981 1980 1979 2013 2001 2003 2008

Alexis Ferreira da Silva, Jr. Carlos Cruz Mark Wright Brian Barker, Jr. Zach Harden

2013 1993 1986 1980 2004

Brian Barker, Sr.

Brian Barker, Jr. Brian Barker, So. Mark Sabino, So. Jason Walcutt, Jr. Michael Bitler, Jr. Ryan Crawford, So. Carlos Cruz, Jr. Ryan Crawford, So.

1981 1980 1979 2001 2013 2003 2008 1993 2008

Tim Edquist, Jr. Brad Buzzard, Fr. Steve Batusic, Sr.

2000 2013 1996

SEASON Goals:

Assists:

Points:

28 20 19 18 17 16 16

13 12 12 12 12 60 52 48 43 39 38 37 36 36

Shutouts:

9.5

6.0

5.0

2015 POST-SEASON HONORS Crossroads League Scholar-Athletes Nathan Byrd, Sr., Def. Austin Schermerhorn, Sr., For.

NAIA/Daktronics All-America Scholar-Athletes Nathan Byrd, Sr., Def. Austin Schermerhorn, Sr., For.

CAREER Goals

1. Brian Barker (1979-81) 2. Jason Walcutt (2011-14) 3. Ken Nuber (1988-91) 4. Ryan Crawford (2007-10) 5. Michael Bitler (2002-05)

65 47 43 41 40

Assists

1. T.J. Messerschmitt (2000-03) 2. Adam King (1998, 00, 02) 3. Nate Trost (1998-01) 4. Brian Barker (1979-81) 5. John Hart (2000-03)

36 32 31 29 27

Points

1. Brian Barker (1979-81) 2. Jason Walcutt (2011-14) 3. Ryan Crawford (2007-10) 4. Ken Nuber (1988-91) 5. Michael Bitler (2002-05)

159 109 102 100 96

Shutouts 1. Tim Edquist (1998-01) 2. Steve Batusic 2. Pat Hughes 2. Brad Buzzard (2013-14)

16 9 9 9

2015 CL STANDINGS SCHOOL CL *Indiana Wesleyan University 7-2 Grace College 6-2-1 Spring Arbor University 5-3-1 Bethel College 5-3-1 Mt. Vernon Nazarene Univ.

4-3-2 Marian University 4-4-1 Huntington University 4-5 Goshen College 4-5 Taylor University 2-6-1 USF 0-8-1

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PTS 21 19 16 16 14 13 12 12 7 1

OVERALL 16-6-1 14-7-3 11-6-3 13-7-3 8-7-5 7-10-2 9-9-1 5-13 4-11-2 1-16-1

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2016-17 OUTLOOK WOMEN

Head Coach Kristen Harrow welcomes back a veteran roster with three returning seniors in Grace Heise, Hunter Cunningham and Courtney Witte as well as five juniors – Brittany Barger, Rebecca Faber, Sydney Ford, Shelby Richardson and Lauren Zack. Sophomores back include Andi Douthitt, Kaylin Gibson, Hannah Haas and newcomer Taylor Stanchin. USF looks to improve on a 9-7 season in 2015, the Lady Cougars posting their highest win total since 1986.

Heise finished 9-6 at No. 2 singles, Haas 7-8 at No. 3 singles.

2016-17 WOMEN’S ROSTER NAME Grace Heise Courtney Witte Hunter Cunningham Lauren Zack Brittany Barger Shelby Richardson Rebecca Faber Sydney Ford Taylor Stanchin Hannah Haas Kaylin Gibson Andi Douthitt

CL. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. So.

HT. 5’4” 5’7” 5’5” 5’7” 5’8” 5’5” 5’7” 5’7” 5’8” 5’9” 5’10” 5’6”

HOMETOWN Mishawaka, IN Fort Wayne, IN Bluffton, IN Ogden Dunes, IN Craigville, IN Muncie, IN Grand Rapids, MI Columbia City, IN Leo, IN Helena, MT Muncie, IN Indianapolis, IN

TENNIS MEN

Three-time All-Crossroads League selection Nathan Barger returns for his senior season to anchor the USF men’s seventh season since restarting the men’s program in 2010. Coach Harrow expects Barger to play No. 1 doubles and singles coming off a 5-7 singles season in 2015, 6-8 at No. 1 doubles with teammate Payton Selking. Daniel Harrold and John Richter also return for their senior seasons. Brad Mason is the lone junior returnee while Alex Stavretis is the lone sophomore back. Newcomers include sophomore Austin Overlander and freshmen Tyler Chrislieb, Reggie Garrett, Jay Stanchin and Tony Tomeh.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL Penn H.S.

Bishop Luers H.S. Bluffton H.S. Portage H.S. Norwell H.S Delta H.S. Catholic Central H.S. Columbia City H.S. Carroll H.S. Capital H.S. Delta H.S. Sceeina Memorial H.S.

2016-17 MEN’S ROSTER

NAME CL. HT. HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL Nathan Barger Sr. 6’1” Decatur, IN Adams Central H.S. John Richter Sr. 5’8” Fort Wayne, IN Bishop Dwenger H.S. Daniel Harrold Sr. 6’0” Marion, IN Marion H.S. Brad Mason Jr. 5’11” Fort Wayne, IN Carroll H.S. Alex Stavretis So. 5’10” Fort Wayne, IN Northrop H.S. Austin Overlander So. 5’11” Fort Wayne, IN Homestead H.S. Jay Stanchin Fr. 6’0” Leo, IN Carroll H.S. Tyler Chrislieb Fr. 6’1” Leo, IN Leo H. S. Tony Tomeh Fr. 5’10” Fort Wayne, IN Carroll H. S. Reggie Garrett Fr. 5’8” Bluffton, IN Bluffton H.S.

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2016 USF WOMEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT

8/27 Marian University Doubles Tournament Indianapolis, IN 8/30 Indiana Wesleyan University Fort Wayne, IN 4 p.m.

9/3 @ *Spring Arbor University (Mich.)

Spring Arbor, MI 11 a.m.

9/8 @ *Taylor University (Ind.) Upland, IN 4 p.m.

9/9 *Huntington University (Ind.) Fort Wayne, IN 3 p.m.

9/10 *Grace College (Ind.) Fort Wayne, IN 3 p.m.

9/13 *Goshen College (Ind.) Goshen, IN 4 p.m.

USTA/ITA EAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

9/15-17 @ Aquinas College (Mich.)

Grand Rapids, MI TBD 9/20 @ *Bethel College (Ind.) Mishawaka, IN 2:30 p.m.

9/23 Indiana Tech Fort Wayne, IN 4 p.m.

9/25 Ohio Northern Fort Wayne, IN Noon 9/27 *Marian University (Ind.) Fort Wayne, IN 4 p.m.

9/30 @ Concordia University (Mich.)

Ann Arbor, MI 11 a.m.

9/30 @ Adrian University (Mich.)

Adrian, MI 4 p.m.

CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

10/4-8 TBD TBD TBD *CL Match + @ Kreager Park, Fort Wayne, IN >Wildwood Racquet Club BOLD – Home Match

2016 USF MEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT 8/27 Marian University Doubles Tournament Indianapolis, IN 8/30 Indiana Wesleyan University Fort Wayne, IN 4 p.m.

9/1 *Taylor University (Ind.) Fort Wayne, IN 3 p.m.

9/2 Cornerstone University (Mich.)

Fort Wayne, IN 4 p.m.

9/3 @ *Spring Arbor University (Mich.)

Spring Arbor, MI 11 a.m.

9/9 *Huntington University (Ind.) Fort Wayne, IN 3 p.m.

9/10 *Grace College (Ind.) Fort Wayne, IN 3 p.m.

9/13 @ *Goshen College (Ind.) Goshen, IN 4 p.m.

USTA/ITA EAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

9/15-17 @ Aquinas College (Mich.)

Grand Rapids, MI TBD 9/20 @ *Bethel College (Ind.) Mishawaka, IN 2:30 p.m.

9/23 Indiana Tech Fort Wayne, IN 4 p.m.

9/25 Ohio Northern Fort Wayne, IN Noon 9/27 *Marian University (Ind.) Fort Wayne, IN 4 p.m.

9/30 @ Concordia University (Mich.)

Ann Arbor, MI 11 a.m.

9/30 @ Adrian University (Mich.)

Adrian, MI 4 p.m.

CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

10/4-8 TBD TBD TBD >Wildwood Racquet Club BOLD – Home Match

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WOMEN’S TENNIS QUICK FACTS

Kristen Harrow HEAD COACH / WOMEN’S & MEN’S TENNIS Kristen Harrow moves into her 10th season as head coach of the Lady Cougars, her 11th as a coach at USF and 16th at USF as a coach and student. A 2005 USF graduate who played No. 1 singles and doubles for most of her time as a student-athlete, Harrow took over as head coach starting with the 2007-08 season. She was assistant coach in the 2005 season and cohead coach with Ryan Bolyn during the 2006 season.

Harrow, a native of LaPorte, Indiana, is employed at Wildwood Racquet Club, is single and resides in Fort Wayne.

USF WOMEN’S TENNIS HISTORY YEAR: OVERALL MCC COACH 1982: NA NA J. Webb Horton 1983: 4-11 J. Webb Horton 1984: NA No. 3 in District 21 J. Webb Horton 1985: 11-2 District 21 Champs* J. Webb Horton 1986: 11-3 District 21 Champs* J. Webb Horton 1987: NA No. 3 in District 21 J. Webb Horton 1988: NA J. Webb Horton 1989: NA Ron Heathmann 1990: NA NA 1991: NA NA NA 1992: NA NA Larry Westendorf 1993: NA NA Larry Westendorf 1994: NA NA Larry Westendorf 1995: NA 8th Larry Westendorf 1996: NA NA Larry Westendorf 1997: NA NA Larry Westendorf 1998: 5-2 NA Larry Westendorf 1999: did not field team 2000: 1-9 1-6 Pat Downs 2001: 1-7 1-6 Babs Sullivan 2002: 2-7 0-7 Babs Sullivan 2003: 3-7 0-7 Babs Sullivan 2004: 4-8 1-7 Babs Sullivan 2005: 2-7 1-7 Ryan Bolyn 2006: 4-8 1-7 Ryan Bolyn 2007: 4-10 0-8 Kristen Harrow 2008: 5-8 1-7 Kristen Harrow 2009: 1-10 0-8 Kristen Harrow 2010: 6-9 2-6 Kristen Harrow 2011: 5-9 2-6 Kristen Harrow 2012: 7-8 3-5 Kristen Harrow 2013: 3-12 1-7 Kristen Harrow 2014: 4-12 3-5 Kristen Harrow 2015: 9-7 3-5 Kristen Harrow * NAIA Championship Qualifier

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Head Coach: Kristen Harrow, 11th season 260-399-7700, ext. 6234 Email: kharrow@sf.edu Born: 9-15-81 Career Record: 48-85, 15-57 CL Education: USF 2005 Business Administration (Sports Management) USF Program Started: 1983 2015 Record: 9-7 overall, 3-5 CL 7th Letter Winners Returning / Lost: 10 / 2 Starters Returning / Lost: 5 / 2 Roster Breakdown: 3 seniors; 5 juniors; 4 sophomores; 0 freshmen.

2015 CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT Oct. 6-10 | Higher Seed Hosts OCT. 6 QUARTERFINALS No. 3 Huntington 9, No. 6 USF 0 No. 2 Marian (Ind.) def. No. 7 Grace (Ind.), 8-1 No. 5 Taylor (Ind.) def. No. 4 Spring Arbor (Mich.), 6-3 No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan def. No. 8 Bethel (Ind.), 9-0 OCT. 8 SEMIFINALS No. 2 Marian (Ind.) def. No. 3 Huntington (Ind.), 5-0 No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan def. No. 5 Taylor (Ind.), 5-0 OCT. 10 FINALS No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan def. No. 2 Marian (Ind.), 5-2 Indiana Wesleyan clinches an automatic berth to the NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championships, May 17-21.

NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP

May 17 | Mobile Tennis Center | Mobile, Ala. | Second Round Match 10 - No. 8 Indiana Wesleyan def. No. 9 Middle Georgia State, 5-0 Quarterfinals — May 19 Match 17 - No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett def. No. 8 Indiana Wesleyan 5-0 Championship — May 21 Match 23 - No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett def. No. 3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 5-4

2015 WOMEN’S CL STANDINGS OVERALL CL Indiana Wesleyan University #8 34-7 8-0 Marian University 14-8 7-1 Huntington University 11-6 6-2 Spring Arbor University 14-7 4-4 Taylor University 11-7 4-4 USF 9-7 3-5 Grace College 5-6 3-5 Bethel College 9-11 1-7 Goshen College 0-11 0-8 MU regular-season; IWU CL Tournament champions

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MEN’S TENNIS QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Kristen Harrow, 4th season 260-399-7700, ext. 6234 Email: kharrow@sf.edu Program Restarted: 2010; 1st confirmed season 1974 2015 Record: 3-11 overall, 1-7 CL 9th Letter Winners Returning / Lost: 4 / 2 Starters Returning / Lost: 4 / 2 Roster Breakdown: 3 seniors; 1 junior; 2 sophomores; 4 freshmen.

2015 MEN’S CL STANDINGS

OVERALL CL Marian University 16-10 8-0 Goshen College 12-2 7-1 *Indiana Wesleyan University 13-9 6-2 Grace College 7-6 5-3 Taylor University 8-11 4-4 Huntington University 4-15 3-5 Spring Arbor University 9-15 2-6 USF 3-11 1-7 Bethel College 0-8 4-14 *CL Tournament champions

2015 MEN’S CL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Oct. 6, 2015 - Oct. 10, 2015 | Hosted by higher seeds Tuesday, Oct. 6 No. 1 Marian (Ind.) def. No. 8 U of Saint Francis (Ind.), 9-0 No. 2 Goshen (Ind.) def. No. 7 Spring Arbor (Mich.), 8-1 No. 4 Grace (Ind.) def. No. 5 Taylor (Ind.), 6-3 No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan def. No. 6 Huntington (ind.), 7-2 Thursday, Oct. 8 No. 2 Goshen (Ind.) def. No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan, 5-4 No. 1 Marian (Ind.) def. No. 4 Grace (Ind.), 5-2 Saturday, Oct. 10 No. 1 Marian (Ind.) def. No. 2 Goshen (Ind.), 5-0 Marian (Ind.) (tournament champion) earns an automatic berth to the 2016 NAIA National Tournament.

NAIA Championship First Round May 17 | Mobile Tennis Center | Mobile, Ala. | Match 3 - No. 12 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) def. No. 21 Marian (Ind.), 5-1 Championship — May 21 Match 23 - No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett def. No. 3 Xavier (La.), 5-2 2015 All-Crossroads League Nathan Barger, Jr. 2015 Crossroad League Academic All-Conference Payton Selking, Sr. Nathan Barger, Jr. Daniel Harrold, Jr. John Richter, Jr.

USF MEN’S TENNIS HISTORY Information from back issues of SFC campus newspaper, The Jongleur

YEAR: OVERALL CL/MCC COACH 1974: NA Roger Blume 1975: NA 1976: NA Roger Blume (Blume resigned during season and Ernie Shull took over as coach)

1977: 4-5 Ernie Shull 1978: 2-6 Ernie Shull 2010: 1-8 0-8 Jim Clark 2011: 1-12 0-8 Jim Clark 2012: 0-12 0-8 Kristen Harrow (interim) 2013: 4-11 1-7 Kristen Harrow 2014: 7-9 2-6* Kristen Harrow 2015: 3-11 1-7 Kristen Harrow *Qualified for CL Tournament NOTE: 1978 last confirmed year USF/SFC had a men’s tennis program

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MEDIA INFORMATION

Location: USF home matches are at Swinney Tennis Center. Parking is available next to the courts. Practices are at Wildwood Racquet Club.

Media access: No special USF-issued credentials are required for media admission to events. If possible, call the USF Sports Information Department in advance.

Interviews/media inquiries: Interviews with players and/or coaches must be arranged through the USF Sports Information Director. Contact Bill Scott at 260-399-7700 ext. 6223 (phone), 260-399-8164 (fax), 260-760-5884 (cell), or bscott@sf.edu. We will promptly assist with interview requests, photo opportunities, or team and individual information.

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VOLLEYBALL TM

2016 OUTLOOK Chloe Hubner (SR, S), the Crossroads League leader in assists and assists per set, will lead a number of new faces into the 2016 volleyball season on August 26 at Robert Morris University.

“Chloe is a fantastic setter. She is tenacious on the court and plays with a passion that is contagious. She runs a really nice offense, so with her leadership our offense should gain stride quickly,” says Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Scott Haddix. Chloe will be joined by returning starters Cassidy Rammel (SO, OH) and Emily Poe (JR, DS).

“Everything else is up for grabs really,” Haddix observed. “When you graduate five seniors you just have to get in the gym, let the girls battle it out and see who plays best. We’re excited about our returning players and very pleased with our incoming freshmen, but very few of them have any significant collegiate volleyball experience; that will be an issue for us early in the season.”

The Lady Cougars will have to fill the void in the middle hitting position that was created with the graduation of Sara Clark and Morgan Hanson.

Halie McMillan (SO, MH) played in a lot of matches last year, but suffered a knee injury in the final match of the season. Halie will have competition from a number of other USF players including sophomores Brianna Stone, Laura Sneary and Maddie Harper as well as freshmen Megan Diagostino, Kendra Binkley and Ava Kunkler.

The Lady Cougars will also have to figure out who is going to replace the leadership and offensive production of outside hitter Carrie Clark.

“Right now it looks like a good competition between Taylor Beetz (SR, OH) and Becca Pruden (SO, OH),” Haddix observed. “They both have different strengths and weaknesses so we will just have to wait and see who is the most consistent.”

The right side will be a combination of players this fall with Tara Heald (SR, RS), Sadie Alberson (SO, OH) and incoming freshman Anne Clark competing for playing time.

With the graduation of senior libero Rachel Weaver, the Cougars are counting on Valorie Flick to take over the critical defensive position.

“We feel really confident about our defense going into this fall. We lost so many defensive players to injury last season which really hurt our level of play. Valorie will be on the court this fall which will be a huge plus for us,” says USF assistant coach Neal Putt. The Lady Cougars have to solidify a defense that just gave up too many points last season. Coach Haddix went on to say, “We knew we were going to have difficulties on defense last year, when we lost Valorie for the season, and then Emily, and then Cassie and then Rachel. We just ran out of defensive players early in the year and even after we got a few players back we never had them back to 100% as a unit. If you can’t stop teams, you have to outscore them. Some nights we could outscore our opponents and most nights we couldn’t.” Valorie, Emily, Sarah Hosinksi (SO, DS), Natalie Kuenning (FR, DS, S) and Nikki Marshal (FR, DS) will provide the defense for the Lady Cougars. “Emily and Nikki can attack the ball pretty well from the backrow too, they have good jumping ability,” commented Coach Putt who added “we have to be able to keep plays alive and extend rallies or our offense will have to carry the burden again this year, and that isn’t the plan.”

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The Lady Cougars also have depth this year. Coach Haddix feels like the Lady Cougars are 2 or 3 players deep in every playing position including at setter. “When Sam Soltis committed this spring it was like a weight just lifted off my chest. We survived the last two seasons carrying only one setter on the roster mostly because we just didn’t have any luck in the recruiting process with a setter. I mean it wasn’t a huge need as it related to playing time unless Chloe got hurt. So, we tried to find setters but most of the athletes we talked to weren’t willing to wait their turn, so we held our breath, prayed a lot and Chloe stayed healthy. Sam changes all that.

She is very capable of running this offense and we are excited to have her in the program and I am very excited to watch this team battle each other every day in practice,” said Haddix.

Depth has been a huge need for the Lady Cougars who just haven’t performed well in long matches or two-day events over the past several seasons. The Lady Cougars went 1 and 6 in 5 set matches and were 3 and 5 on the second day of tournament events. Overall the Lady Cougars were 5 and 7 on Saturdays when having matches the day or night before. Coach Haddix thinks the issue was a bit of conditioning through injury but mostly just the number of plays being played by the same players. The need to have several players that can contribute over the course of 35-plus matches is a focus this coming season. According to Haddix, “Depth, real depth, not just bodies, has been a focus of our recruiting since I started here. We have that finally, we have the bodies, but those bodies have talent. Now we have to get out on the court, grow up and win.”

WHO TO WATCH – Chloe Hubner (SR, S) – the senior setter has finished in the top of the league in setting the last two seasons and has arguably been the setter of the year in the conference over those two seasons.

Valorie Flick (FR, L) – Valorie won the IHSAA Class 2A State Volleyball Championship as a sophomore and set the record for digs in a 5-set match in the process. She was an All-State Volleyball Award winner 3 consecutive years.

Cassidy Rammel (SO, OH) — Cassidy had an impressive performance throughout her freshman season posting double digits in kills in multiple matches. Her progression to being more consistent and dominant will be crucial.

WHAT TO WATCH – Serving – USF led the CR League in total aces last season but also led the CL in errors. The coaching staff likes to serve aggressively but wants to see consistency improve this season.

Offense – USF has finished in the top 3 of all the offense-related categories the last two seasons. It will be interesting to see if the Lady Cougars can keep that streak going or even improve upon it.

Defense - The offense may have finished in the top 3 of the statistics but the defense has finished in the bottom 3 of all the defensive statistics with the exception of the blocking stats. “We just have to play better defense, we all know it, we all knew it, we’ve talked about it, focused on it all spring and summer and the girls know we are going to focus on it all training camp. If the defense is better, it will be a better season,” according to Coach Haddix.

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2016 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME RMU Eagle Invite Arlington, IL 8/26 Clark University (Mass.)

Arlington Heights, IL 1 PM 8/26 MidAmerica Nazarene University Arlington Heights, IL 3 PM 8/27 Graceland University (Iowa) Arlington Heights, IL 10 AM 8/27 @ Robert Morris University (Ill.) Arlington Heights, IL 2 PM 8/31 @ *Bethel College (Ind.) USF 7 PM HAMPTON INN VOLLEYBALL CLASSIC 9/2 Columbia College (Mo.) Columbia, MO 3 PM 9/2 Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) Columbia, MO 7 PM 9/3 Park University (Mo.) Columbia, MO 9 AM 9/3 Missouri Baptist University Columbia, MO 1 PM 9/7 @ *Goshen College (Ind.) Goshen, IN 1 PM 9/9 *Mount Vernon Nazarene University USF 7 PM 9/10 @ *Taylor University (Ind.) Upland, IN 7 PM 9/14 @ *Indiana Wesleyan University Marion, IN 5 PM 9/16 *Huntington University (Ind.) USF 7 PM 9/17 *Grace College (Ind.) USF 4 PM 9/23 *Marian University (Ind.) USF 7 PM 9/24 *Spring Arbor University (Mich.) USF 4 PM 9/27 @ *Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) Mount Vernon, OH 7 PM 10/5 *Taylor University (Ind.) USF 7 PM JOHNSON & WHALES INVITE

10/7 Johnson & Wales University (Colo.)

Denver, CO 9:30 AM 10/7 Peru State College Denver, CO 3:30 PM 10/8 Peru State College Denver, CO 9:30 AM 10/8 Westmont College (Calif.) Denver, CO 3:30 PM 10/12 @ *Bethel College (Ind.) Mishawaka, IN 7 PM AQ/CU CLASSIC Grand Rapids, MI 10/14 Aquinas College (Mich.)

Grand Rapids, MI 5 PM 10/14 Siena Heights University (Mich.)

Grand Rapids, MI 7 PM 10/15 Cornerstone University (Mich.)

Grand Rapids, MI 10 AM 10/15 University of Northwestern (Ohio) Grand Rapids, MI 1 PM 10/19 *Goshen College (Ind.) USF 7 PM 10/21 @ *Huntington University (Ind.) Huntington, IN 7 PM 10/22 @ *Grace College (Ind.) Winona Lake, IN 3 PM 10/26 *Indiana Wesleyan University USF 7 PM 10/28 @ *Marian University (Ind.) Indianapolis, IN 7 PM 10/29 @ *Spring Arbor University (Mich.)

Spring Arbor, MI 3 PM

CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 11/5 Round 1 TBD 11/9 Semifinals TBD 11/12 Championship TBD

NAIA VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 11/19 Opening Rounds N TBD 11/29-12/3 NAIA Championship N TBD *— Conference matches. Home Matches - Bold.

TBD – to be determined.

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Scott Haddix,

Head Coach/Volleyball

Scott enters his third season at the University of Saint Francis and his 19th season overall as a volleyball coach at the collegiate and high school levels.

Scott started USF tenure in the summer of 2014. He started his coaching career as an assistant coach with Taylor University-Fort Wayne and then served 10 seasons as the head coach. During his tenure at TUFW the Lady Falcons earned berths in eight National Championship Tournaments and TUFW played in three consecutive national championship matches.

While at TUFW Coach Haddix became very familiar with several of the programs in the Crossroads League while playing them in nonconference events.

After TUFW closed, Scott spent five seasons as head coach at Northrop High School and was named Summit Athletic Conference Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2009 by The Journal Gazette. He has also served as the District 2 representative for the Indiana Coaches of Girls Athletics Volleyball Committee and director of Summit City Wave Volleyball Club. In addition to his coaching duties at USF, Scott speaks to nearly 7,000 high school students each academic year, providing presentations regarding how to build and maintain healthy relationships, date rape prevention seminars and how to date with a purpose. He presents annually at the IHSAA Student Leadership Conference, the largest student leadership conference of its kind in the United States. He has worked with middle school, high school and college-age students for over 20 years.

Scott, his wife Anne, and daughters Alexandria, Natalya and Felicia live in the Fort Wayne area.

SCOTT HADDIX QUICK FACTS Born: 9-26-1971 Hometown: Craigville, IN Education: Taylor University (B.A., Christian Education) Playing Career: Baseball — LeTourneau University, Longview, TX Basketball — Taylor University, Fort Wayne, IN Soccer — Taylor University, Fort Wayne, IN

USF VOLLEYBALL YEAR BY YEAR YEAR COACH OVERALL MCC/CL 1. 1975 Roberta Widmann (1st) 1-12 NA 2. 1976 Roberta Widmann 11-11 NA 3. 1977 Kathy Kephart (1st) 14-6 NA 4. 1978 Mary Shortgen (1st) 7-20 NA 5. 1979 Keith Emrick (1st) 14-7 NA 6. 1980 Keith Emrick 15-14 7. 1981 NA 8. 1982 Chris Carder (1st) 18-6 # 9. 1983 Chris Carder** 21-1 NA 10. 1984 Chris Carder 20-16 NA 11. 1985 NA 12. 1986 NA 13. 1987 NA 14. 1988 Tom Walsh (1st) NA NA 15. 1989 Tom Walsh 11-17 NA 16. 1990 Tom Walsh 5-25 NA 17. 1991 Tom Walsh NA NA 18. 1992 Trinda Goings (1st) 21-18 NA 19. 1993 Trinda Goings 21-21 NA 20. 1994 Trinda Goings 16-22 NA* 21. 1995 Trinda Goings 29-17 3-4 22. 1996 Trinda Goings 24-16 4-3, 5th 23. 1997 Dick Powers (1st) 14-25 2-4, 6th 24. 1998 Patty Martin (1st) 18-17 2-5, T-5th 25. 1999 Patty Martin 18-23 2-5, 7th 26. 2000 Dave Schmidlin (1st) 16-17 2-5 27. 2001 Hector Kiely (1st) 24-12 4-3, T 3rd 28. 2002 Hector Kiely 22-11 5-2, T 2nd 29. 2003 Hector Kiely 22-14 7-0, 1st 30. 2004 Hector Kiely 17-23 5-3, 3rd 31. 2005 Hector Kiely 12-18 5-3, 3rd 32. 2006 Hector Kiely 14-18 6-2, T-2nd 33. 2007 Hector Kiely 13-16 4-4, T-5th 34. 2008 Hector Kiely 15-14 3-5, 7th 35. 2009 Kevin Lane (1st) 13-24 4-4, T-3rd 36. 2010 Kevin Lane 9-19 2-14, 9th 37. 2011 Fabiana Shields (1st) 4-19 2-16, 9th 38. 2012 Fabiana Shields 10-24 4-14, 8th 39. 2013 Fabiana Shields 17-17 9-9, 6th 40. 2014 Scott Haddix (1st) 15-17 9-9, 6th 41. 2015 Scott Haddix 12-23 7-11, 7th * — 1st season in Mid-Central College Conference (MCC) ** — District 21 Coach of the Year # — as of 10/25/82 in SF Communique (1st) – season as head coach

2016 VOLLEYBALL QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Scott Haddix Career Record: 3rd season at USF Email: dhaddix@usf.edu 2015 Record: 12-23, 7-11 CL (7th) First season of volleyball at USF: 1975 Season in 2016-17: 42nd

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Letter Winners Returning/Lost: 8 / 5 Starters Returning/Lost: 4 / 2 2016 Varsity Roster Breakdown: 3 seniors; 1 junior; 7 sophomores; 2 red shirt freshmen; 6 freshmen.

2016 Top Returnees: Chloe Hubner, Emily Poe, Cassidy Rammel.

Key Players Lost: Sara Clark, Carrie Clark, Morgan Hansen, Rachel Weaver, Haley Slusher.

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2015 USF POST SEASON HONORS 2015 ALL-CL TEAM

2015 CL STANDINGS

OVERALL CL

Carrie Clark, Sr., OH/OPP – 1st Team Sara Clark, Sr., MH – 1st Team Chloe Hubner, So., S – 2nd Team Morgan Hansenl, Sr., OH – HM Rachel Weaver, Sr., L – HM

NAIA DAKTRONICS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE TEAM Carrie Clark, Sr. Sara Clark, Sr. Rachel Weaver, Sr.

CL ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Carrie Clark, Sr. Sara Clark, Sr. Rachel Weaver, Sr. Casey Clark, Fr.

Mt. Vernon Nazarene University #24

34-4

17-1

Indiana Wesleyan University #29

36-9

17-1

Taylor University

15-15

11-7

Grace College

19-18

9-9

Bethel College

18-18

9-9

Huntington University

13-15

8-10

USF

12-23

7-11

Goshen College

16-18

6-12

Marian University

8-18

5-13

Spring Arbor University

5-27

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2016 VOLLEYBALL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. YEAR HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

1 Taylor Beetz OH 5’ 9” SR Warren, IN/ Southern Wells HS 2 Cassidy Rammel OH 6’ 0” SO Fort Recovery, OH/ Fort Recovery HS 3 Sam Soltis S 5’10” FR Indianapolis, IN/ Cardinal Ritter HS 4 Brianna Stone MH 6’ 2” SO Fort Wayne, IN/ Snider HS 5 Halie McMillan MH 5’ 9” SO Uniondale, IN/ Norwell HS 6 Nikki Marshall DS 5’ 9” FR Muncie, IN/ Muncie Central HS 7 Becca Pruden OH 6’ 1” SO Fort Wayne, IN/ Northrop HS 8 Valorie Flick L 5’ 7” FR Muncie, IN/ Cowan HS 9 Tara Heald RS 6’ 0” SR West Bloomfield, MI/ West Bloomfield HS 10 Anne Clark RS/S 6’ 1” FR Vaparaiso, IN/ Valparaiso HS 11 Chloe Hubner S 5’ 8” SR Warsaw, IN/ Warsaw HS 12 Emily Poe DS 5’ 7” JR Warsaw, IN/ Warsaw HS 13 Megan Diagostino MH 6’ 0” FR Indianapolis, IN/ Cardinal Ritter HS 15 Ava Kunkler OH 5’10” FR Portland, IN/ Jay County HS 16 Sadie Alberson RS 5’ 10” SO Decatur, IN/ Belmont HS 17 Laura Sneary MH 5’ 10” SO Fort Wayne, IN/ Snider HS 18 Kendra Binkley RS 5’ 10” FR Manchester, IN/ Manchester HS 19 Madison Harper MH 6’ 2” FR Indianapolis, IN/ New Palastine HS 20 Sarah Hosinski DS 5’ 4” SO South Bend, IN/ Trinity School at Greenlawn

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2015 CROSSROADS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT Nov. 7 - 14 | Hosted by higher seed

Mount Vernon Nazarene (tournament champion) qualifies for the 2015 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Opening Round Saturday, Nov. 7 - No. 1 Mount Vernon Nazarene (31-1) def. No. 8 Goshen (16-18), 3-0 - No. 6 Huntington (13-14) def. No. 3 Taylor (15-15), 3-0 - No. 4 Grace (19-16) def. No. 5 Bethel (18-18), 3-0 - No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan (29-7) def. No. 7 U of Saint Francis (12-23), 3-1 Wednesday, Nov. 11 - No. 1 Mount Vernon Nazarene (32-1) def. No. 4 Grace 19-17), 3-1 - No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan (30-7) def. No. 6 Huntington (14-14), 3-0 Saturday, Nov. 14 - No. 1 Mount Vernon Nazarene (33-1) def. No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan (30-8), 3-1

NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP Tyson Events Center | Sioux City, Iowa Match 11 Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (34-1) def. Ashford (Iowa) (29-17), 3-0 Pool D Dec. 1 (Court 1) Columbia (Mo.) def. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio), 3-0 Dec. 2 Hastings (Neb.) def. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio), 3-0 Dec. 3 (Court 2) Lourdes (Ohio) def. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio), 3-1

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Dec. 5 | Tyson Events Center | Sioux City, Iowa No. 4 Columbia (Mo.) vs. No. 3 Missouri Baptist, 3-0

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Parkview Sports Medicine brings together the top experts in the sports medicine field to improve the treatment and overall athletic performance of athletes in the Fort Wayne community.

Their team of orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, movement specialists, athletic trainers and a registered dietician nutritionist provide rapid access to comprehensive care and sportspecific rehabilitation. The team at Parkview Sports Medicine is dedicated to enhancing athletic performance through innovative technology and an advanced level of care.

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Julie Reinking Julie Reinking, MPM, LAT, ATC, is the Head Athletic Trainer. Julie graduated from Purdue University in 2011 from the School of Health and Human Sciences. She later attended Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and graduated in 2013 with a master’s in public health administration. During that time, she also was the athletic trainer for IPFW women’s volleyball and softball teams. Before her transition to the University of Saint Francis she was an assistant athletic trainer at Trine University.

Zach Ruble, MEd, LAT, ATC, is an Assistant Athletic Trainer. He graduated from Indiana University in 2007 with a degree in kinesiology. Zach also obtained a master of education degree in post-secondary education from Salisbury University. Zach was previously at Huntington North High School. Before Huntington North, Zach was the men’s basketball athletic trainer at Western Illinois University. Ruble also worked at Coppin State University in Baltimore covering many varsity sports. Zach lives in Fort Wayne with his wife, Janelle.

Kayla Parkos Kayla Parkos, MAT, LAT, ATC, is an Assistant Athletic Trainer. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay in 2014 with a degree in human biology with an emphasis in exercise science. Kayla attended Manchester University later that summer and graduated in 2016 with a master of athletic training degree. After moving back to Wisconsin, she got a call from Parkview Health and was offered a position with the University of Saint Francis. Kayla now lives back in Fort Wayne with her fiancé, Ben.

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Office of Sports Information Bill Scott SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR Bill Scott enters his 16th season coordinating media relations for the University of Saint Francis Athletic Department as sports information director.

Scott oversees and organizes the publicity of the university’s 16 intercollegiate sports programs, while acting as a liaison between the university and local, regional, state, and national media outlets. The Sports Information Office is responsible for writing and editing all of the school’s award-winning athletic publications, maintaining the university’s athletic website, and supervising the press box (football, baseball, softball, soccer) and press row (basketball, volleyball) on game days.

USF’s publications and its website for athletics have earned awards for 14 of Scott’s last 15 years in NAIA-SIDA and CoSIDA. The 2012 football media guide and basketball media guide were voted No. 2 in the NAIA-SIDA contest.

A Fort Wayne, Ind., native, Scott is a Ball State University graduate (1977) with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and secondary education.

Scott has served as sports reporter, columnist and copy editor at three major northern Indiana daily newspapers. He has been editor for local monthly magazines and contributes freelance articles to numerous publications in northeastern Indiana. He is in his ninth season as an official scorer for the professional baseball team, the Fort Wayne TinCaps, including the Fort Wayne Wizards’ final season in 2008.

Scott is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSida), NAIASIDA, and is chairman of the USF Athletic Hall of Fame Committee. He and his wife, Carla, have two sons, Clint (30) and Travis (28).

Jeff Mahoney ASST. SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR/ DIRECTOR OF BROADCAST & VIDEOGRAPHY Jeff Mahoney enters his sixth season as a member of the USF Sports Information Department. He served as the video coordinator for the USF football team for the past year and was instrumental in the upgrading of the USF athletics website in 2011-12, helping USF earn a No. 2 award in the NAIA-SIDA website contest. Jeff has been the driving force behind the video streaming of most USF home athletic events. Prior to joining the USF team in 2010, Jeff served as host and producer of Naperville Community Television Channel 17’s weekly sports shows “Naperville Sports Weekly,” “Red Zone” and “Cardinal Report” for three years.

“Naperville Sports Weekly (2009)” and “Red Zone (2010)” were honored with an International Academy of Visual Arts, National Communication Award of Distinction.

Jeff is a 2006 Missouri State University graduate who earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. In two years at MSU, he earned two Missouri Broadcast Educator Awards. He also served as a television production assistant in Los Angeles for Fox Sports Net, KABC and Fox Sports Net West.

Tim Alexander Director of Athletics/Marketing Tim Alexander moves into his second academic year as director of USF athletics marketing. Tim came to USF to take over the men’s and women’s golf programs as head coach in 2013.

Tim also serves as the celebrity coordinator for the Neal/Delagrange Celebrity Golf Tournament and is involved with “The Never Lose Hoop Foundation” (formerly “The Hulls Foundation”). Tim is also involved in many other not-forprofit organizations.

USF Media Relations SID Phone: 260-399-7700, x6223 SID Cell Phone: 260-760-5884 SID Fax: 260-399-8164 SID Address: Sports Information University of Saint Francis Fort Wayne, IN 46808

Director of Sports Information - Bill Scott Home Phone: 260-447-3326 Email: bscott@sf.edu USF Website: sf.edu Bishop D’Arcy Stadium Press Box Phone: 260-399-8102

Primary Media Outlets Print

Television

The News-Sentinel Sports Editor – Tom Davis 600 W. Main Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802 260-461-8498 Website: www.news-sentinel.com

WANE-TV Channel 15 (CBS) Sports Director – Glenn Marini 2915 W. State Blvd.

Fort Wayne, IN 46808 260-424-1515 Website: www.wane.com

Radio

WFFT-TV Channel 55 (Independent) Sports Director – Zach Hughes 3707 Hillegas Road Fort Wayne, IN 46808 260-471-5555 Website: www.FortWayneHomepage.net

Journal Gazette Sports Editor – Mark Jaworski 600 W. Main Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802 260-461-8477 Website: www.journalgazette.net

Catholic Redeemer Radio 106.3 FM WLYV 4618 E. State Blvd.

Fort Wayne, IN 46815 260-436-1498 Website: www.redeemerradio.com

Indiana’s NewsCenter / Channel 21 (ABC, NBC) Sports Director – Zach Groth 3401 Butler Road Fort Wayne, IN 46808 260-483-0584 www.indianasnewscenter.com

Indiana Wire Service Associated Press – Indiana Sports Editor – Mike Marot 251 North Illinois Indianapolis, IN 46204 317-639-5501

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