2016-17 Soccer Earns USC Team Academic Award

The United Soccer Coaches Association (USC) announced this week that the 2016 Notre Dame of

Maryland University soccer team earned the Team Academic Award. The award honors NCAA soccer

squads that earn a team GPA of 3.0 for the entire academic year. Through the 2016-17 academic year, the

NDMU soccer team earned an institution-leading 3.34 GPA.

As announced in February of this year, the soccer team led fall sports in team members being

named to the Colonial States Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. To receive that honor, student-

athletes must achieve a GPA of 3.20 or higher during the fall 2016 semester. An impressive 13 student-

athletes earned the All-Academic honor including: seniors Cristina Barrios-Lopez and Brittany Smith,

juniors Alla Stepanov, Raeden McCullough, Lindsey Webb, Lizzie Balog,

sophomores Lyndsay Rehak, Jessie Lindenkohl, Meghan Conner, and

freshman Heather Barry, Loren Pardoe, Lindsey Szczybor, and Hannah

Woodworth.

Last year, the Notre Dame of Maryland student-athlete population

finished with a GPA of 3.184 and a total of 55 student-athletes were named

to the CSAC All-Academic Team. A total of 841 soccer teams across the

national earned the USC Team Academic Award, including four other CSAC

schools: men's and women's teams from Cabrini University, Immaculata

University, Keystone College and Maywood University.

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Kelsie Williams

Junior

Cross Country

Special Education

Kelsie Williams is this week’s Gator of the

Week after setting a personal best in only her

third race. She set a time of 29:27.1 good for

first place at the Hood Invitational and second

all time for the Gators in the 6K.

Soccer celebrated their three seniors

on Saturday, Raeden McCollough, Alla

Stepanov, and Lindsey Webb.

Junior Kelsie Williams set a personal

record and was one second away from

an NDMU Cross Country 6K record.

Volleyball senior setter Jamie Reyes

had a career high eight kills on

Saturday.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17

* SC at Cairn Mercy, 3:30pm

VB at Gwynedd Mercy, 7pm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19

VB vs. Rosemont, 7pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21

VB at Cedar Crest, 12pm

FH at Cedar Crest, 2pm

SC at Cedar Crest, 4pm

Cross Country Hosts Final Gator Rally Wednesday There are two more Gator Rally events left in the month of October. On Wednesday, October 18th,

Doyle Dinning and the cross country team will host Gator Rally during Restaurant Night. The team takes over

the menu and will celebrate their season before heading to the CSAC Championships on October 28th. On

Friday, October 27th for the Gator Rally finale, all fall sports will be honored during lunch and celebrate their

many accomplishments throughout their season.

Williams Chases NDMU Record Notre Dame cross country raced at the Hood Invitational this weekend in their last meet before the Colonial States Athletic

Conference Championship at the end of the month. On the overcast day, the Gators recorded one of their best team performances with

the team's top three runners posting personal bests.

Junior Kelsie Williams finished first for the Gators in a time of 29:27.1. Not only did Williams post a personal best in the race, she

was just one second shy of the Notre Dame 6k record (29:26). Newcomer Christine Roa placed second for the Gators in 29:37.0, also

posting a personal best this season. Freshman Jeannette Rosales-Blanco had an outstanding performance at Hood, finishing third for the

Gators in 32:31.3. She shaved nearly two minutes off her best time this season. Tavia Williams finished in fifth for Notre Dame, also

posting a personal best by three minutes.

Notre Dame looked strong in their final meet before the CSAC and NCAA Championships. They will see some time off before

returning to the ChesLen Preserve for the CSAC Championships on October 28.

Soccer and Field Hockey Drop Conference Week Notre Dame soccer went 0-2 in conference play this week. On Tuesday, the Gators hosted Gwynedd Mercy where they gave up

five first-half goals. Notre Dame then held the Griffins scoreless for the entire second half. The Gators had a few scoring chances, but could

not find the back of the net. Goalkeeper Loren Pardoe posted 20 saves, her third consecutive game with 20 or more saves. On Saturday,

Notre Dame hosted Marywood on Senior Day. The Gators gave up a goal per half, losing 2-0. The team did have a few scoring chances,

posting six shots. Notre Dame will face Cairn and Cedar Crest on the road this week.

The field hockey team went 0-2 in CSAC action this week. On Wednesday, the Gators hosted Neumann on Senior Day. Notre Dame

got on the board taking a 1-0 lead in the first five minutes of play off a goal from Megan Morales. Close to five minutes later, the Knights

tied up the game. Neumann would score two more goals in the second half, handing the loss to Notre Dame, 3-1. Goalkeeper Calenna

Cauley tallied 11 saves. On Saturday, the team traveled to Keystone where they fell to the Giants, 4 -0. Cauley posted eight saves in the

game and was assisted by the Notre Dame defense as they tallied three defensive saves. The field hockey team will next face Cedar Crest

on Saturday.

Volleyball Goes 1-1 The volleyball team went 1-1 this week, picking up a win on the road at Christendom and then falling to Neumann on Saturday. On

Wednesday, the Gators swept the Crusaders, with the team totaling 31 kills, 47 digs, and nine blocks. On Saturday, Notre Dame traveled to

Neumann where they lost in four sets, 3-1. Freshman Sarah Sweet led the team with 13 kills followed by senior setter Jamie Reyes with a

career-high eight kills. Freshman Michaila Sheedy paced the team with three aces while also posting five kills. Four players had double-digit

digs, led by sophomore Mary Marquez with 16. The team will face three CSAC opponents this week: Gwynedd Mercy, Rosemont, and

Cedar Crest. Continued on page 3

NDMU Volleyball Hosts Clinic for Special Olympics Maryland

Last Monday, the Notre Dame volleyball team held a clinic for the Special Olympics of Maryland volleyball

team from Howard County. The Gators held a two-hour clinic for 15 Special Olympic athletes, coaching them in

different volleyball fundamentals.

The Notre Dame student-athletes got the clinic started, running the Howard County players through

NDMU's normal game day stretching involving dynamic and static exercises. The athletes then split into three

groups, moving into station work. Each station was designed to work on basic fundamentals of volleyball including:

serving, passing, and setting.

After the Gators worked with the athletes on serving, passing, and setting, they moved onto drills that

emphasized the importance of three contacts (pass, set, hit). To close out the clinic, the athletes had the

opportunity to split up and run a scrimmage. On two different courts, four teams made up of Special Olympic

Athletes and Notre Dame student-athletes and coaches played one another, combining all their applied skills. Many

athletes demonstrated the desire to learn new skills and showed confidence in their play throughout the clinic.

A great learning experience for both the Special Olympics athletes and the Notre Dame volleyball team

ended in a big group photo and cheer. Notre Dame of

Maryland looks forward to working with the Special

Olympics again in the future. Last season, the basketball

team ran a clinic for the Howard County team before the

start of a home game.

To learn more about the Special Olympic of

Maryland, you can visit their webpage, here. You can also

visit Special Olympics Howard County webpage, here.

Field Hockey and Soccer Honor Seniors

Peace Ani Field Hockey

Lindsey Webb Soccer

Raeden McCullough Soccer

Alla Stepanov Soccer

9/2 CSAC Preview Meet 5th/6

9/8 Mustang Invitational 6th/6

9/28 Charger Invitational 5th/5

10/7 Goucher Invitational 7th/7

10/14 Hood Invitational 10th/11

10/28 CSAC Championships 12:00 pm

11/11 NCAA D3 Regionals TBD

NDMU (18-4) UPCOMING MATCHES

Tue., Oct. 17, 7pm

at Gwynedd Mercy (9-15)

Thu., Oct. 19, 7pm

vs Rosemont (2-13)

NDMU (1-11) UPCOMING GAMES

Sat., Oct. 21, 2pm

at Cedar Crest (8-5)

Wed., Oct. 25, 4pm

at Cabrini (5-7)

NDMU (2-10) UPCOMING GAMES

Tues., Oct. 17, 3:30pm

at Cairn (4-10)

Sat., Oct. 21, 4pm

at Cedar Crest (6-8)

UPCOMING MEETS

Sat., Oct. 28, 12:00pm at CSAC Championship

Sat., Nov. 11,

at NCAA Division III Championships

9/1 Wilson L 0-5

9/2 Sweet Briar W 5-0

9/9 Virginia Wesleyan L 0-14

9/14 Hood L 1-6

9/16 Bryan Athyn L 0-10

9/19 Susquehanna L 0-10

9/23 Wesley L 0-10

9/30 Gwynedd Mercy L 0-10

10/4 Immaculata L 0-9

10/7 Marywood L 1-10

10/11 Neumann L 1-3

10/14 Keystone L 0-4

10/21 Cedar Crest 2pm

10/25 Cabrini 4pm

9/3 Glenville State PPD

9/6 Gallaudet L 1-2

9/9 Greensboro L 0-10

9/13 Wilson W 6-1

9/16 Eastern Mennonite L 0-4

9/20 Immaculata L 0-5

9/23 Keystone L 0-3

9/27 Rosemont L 0-8

9/30 Clarks Summit W 9-1

10/3 Cabrini L 0-2

10/7 Centenary L 0-8

10/10 Gwynedd Mercy L 0-5

10/14 Marywood L 0-2

10/17 Cairn 3:30pm

10/21 Cedar Crest 4pm

10/24 Goucher 4pm

10/26 Neumann 4pm

9/2 PSU Schuylkill W 3-0 Misericordia W 3-1 9/6 Trinity (D.C.) W 3-0 9/8 PSU Abington W 3-0 9/9 Shenandoah L 1-3 Washington (Md.) L 0-3 9/12 Lincoln (Pa.) W 3-0 9/13 Washington Adventist W 3-0 9/16 Christendom W 3-0 Manhattanville W 3-1 9/20 Washington Adventist W 3-0 9/23 Clarks Summit W 3-0 Alice Lloyd W 3-0 York W 3-0 9/26 Wesley W 3-1 9/27 Cairn W 3-0 9/30 Keystone W 3-0 10/5 Immaculata L 1-3 10/7 Marywood W 3-0 Centenary W 3-0 10/11 Christendom W 3-0 10/14 Neumann L 1-3 10/17 Gwynedd Mercy 7pm 10/19 Rosemont 7pm 10/21 Cedar Crest 12pm 10/25 Wilson 7pm 10/26 Cabrini 7:30pm 10/28 Trinity (D.C.) 2pm

SCHOOL CSAC PCT. ALL PCT.

Gwynedd Mercy 4-0 1.000 11-3 0.786

Cabrini 3-1 0.750 5-7 0.417

Immaculata 3-1 0.750 5-10 0.333

Marywood 3-2 0.600 4-10 0.286

Keystone 2-2 0.500 5-8 0.385

Cedar Crest 1-3 0.250 8-5 0.615

Neumann 1-3 0.250 2-10 0.167

Notre Dame 0-5 0.000 1-11 0.083

SCHOOL CSAC PCT. ALL PCT.

Centenary 8-1 0.889 10-2 0.833

Marywood 7-1 0.875 8-5 0.615

Cabrini 6-1-2 0.778 8-2-3 0.731

Gwynedd Mercy 6-1-1 0.813 8-4-1 0.654

Immaculata 5-3 0.625 5-6-2 0.462

Neumann 4-3-1 0.563 5-6-1 0.458

Keystone 3-5 0.375 4-8-1 0.346

Rosemont 3-5 0.375 5-9 0.357

Cairn 6-6 0.250 4-10 0.286

Cedar Crest 2-6 0.250 6-8 0.429

Notre Dame 1-7 0.125 2-10 0.167

Clarks Summit 0-8 0.000 1-14 0.067

SCHOOL CSAC PCT. ALL PCT.

Cabrini 6-0 1.000 20-4 0.833

Neumann 7-2 0.778 12-20 0.375

Notre Dame 5-2 0.714 18-4 0.818

Keystone 6-3 0.667 8-12 0.400

Marywood 4-2 0.667 5-15 0.250

Immaculata 5-3 0.625 7-10 0.412

Cedar Crest 3-3 0.500 14-4 0.778

Gwynedd Mercy 3-4 0.429 9-15 0.375

Clarks Summit 2-5 0.286 6-16 0.273

Rosemont 1-6 0.143 2-13 0.133

Cairn 1-7 0.125 3-15 0.167

Centenary 0-6 0.000 1-14 0.067

HOME GAMES IN BOLD

Fall CSAC Honors Date Name Honor Sport

9/11 Christine Roa Honor Roll XC

9/18 Sarah Sweet Honor Roll VB

9/25 Jamie Reyes Honor Roll VB

Mary Marquez Honor Roll VB

10/2 Sarah Sweet Player of the Week VB

Mary Marquez Honor Roll VB

Meghan Conner Honor Roll SC