NCAA Division
III Women's Soccer
in Frostburg, Maryland
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WELCOME
TO FROSTBURG WOMEN'S SOCCER HISTORY
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| NOTE: This section
of our site is dedicated to all the women's soccer athletes that have
ever worn the FSU uniform.
It began as a project that former assistant coach Jamie
Olson (Smith) had done for a class. Using
the
links above, you'll find information about women's soccer players and
teams
at Frostburg State University and some photos from our archives for you
to view and enjoy. We always welcome additions or corrections by
contacting the women's soccer office. | | | | | |
Alumni Profiles -- Jackie
Donovan -- Heather Fleishell --
Tori Walter
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The sport of
women's soccer at Frostburg State University was elevated
to varsity status in 1994 after FSU students had played soccer and
represented the school as a club sport for approximately 10
years. Ray Kiddy, a well-known regional soccer coach and an FSU
men's assistant, was chosen to lead the program that year with more
than 10 of the former club players participating. Playing
state and regional opponents, the women's soccer team had instant
success and fielded winning teams in those early years. In 1997,
the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) was born with FSU
as a charter member, and a more consistent
schedule and the development of several rivalries followed. It
was Penn State-Behrend that turned out to be a periennal AMCC contender
and FSU's primary adversary in conference play. Behrend won the
first 4 AMCC titles in women's soccer, often defeating FSU in the
championship match, before Frostburg attained the honor in 2001
and won 5 conference championships consecutively - defeating
Behrend on 4 of those occasions. Behrend regained the title in
2006 after defeating FSU 2-1. FSU had lost only 2 conference
games in four seasons from 2003 to 2006 and went undefeated in
regular-season conference play allowing only one goal in both 2005 and
2006. FSU also won 1st round games in the NCAA Championship
Tournament
in both 2003
and 2004.
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In 2009, the FSU women recaptured their final AMCC
crown scoring in overtime after a tough Penn St.-Altoona team snatched
the title in 2008 in a penalty kick shootout.
Frostburg State
began
their new membership in the Capital Athletic
Conference in 2010 renewing some old rivalries and beginning several
new ones. FSU reached the CAC Conference Final but lost in
overtime
before hosting the ECAC South Final and appearing in that championship
game for the 2nd time in 3 years. In 2011, FSU finally captured
that ECAC South Region title winning 3 games at home in the tournament.
In
2012, FSU captured their first Conference Tournament crown since
joining the CAC and earned another trip to the NCAA Tournament.
At the conclusion of the 2012 season, Adria
Graham was named FSU's first-ever NSCAA National All-American.
After a shootout loss in 2013, the 2014 team once-again won the
CAC Championship and earned another trip to the NCAA Tournament.
FSUWS
had won 8 Conference Championships in 2 Conferences and qualified for 15 post-season
tournament
appearances in 15 seasons, 8 in the NCAA Tournament and 7 in the ECAC Regional
Tournament. The team conducted 3 foreign tours visiting Costa Rica in 2008, 2011, and 2018. |  |
The
active players have consistenty maintained at least a 3.30
team GPA and
are annual recipients of the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic
Award and the Team
Ethics & Sportstmanship Award.
8
players have been named to United Soccer Coaches Scholar
All-Region
teams and in 2012, 2 players became Scholar All-Americans- Adria
Graham and Stephanie Fazenbaker. Melanie Bell and Gwen Schemm later earned Scholar All-America honors in 2018 and 2019.
In
2016, the FSU Hall of Fame inducted the first-ever FSU Women's
Soccer player when Karen Kotofskl (now Parisi) was enshrined in
October as part of Homecoming festivities. In 2020, Amy Foote
became the 2nd FSUWS inductee to the FSU Athletics Hall of Fame.
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The
Division 2 Era!
In
2019, Frostburg State accepted an invitation to elevate the
athletics program to NCAA Division 2 and join the Mountain East
Conference. In just the 2nd and 3rd years of the D2 transition,
FSUWS won their MEC Regular Season Division and earned home playoff
games in the MEC Tournament, appearing in the Conference Final game
in 2021. The 2020 "Covid season" was played in the Spring
of 2021 so FSUWS played an official home game in the month of February
for the first time in school history and won 2 regular-season
championships in the same calendar year of 2021.
In the summer of 2022,
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FSU women's soccer graduates are successful
teachers, professionals, wives and mothers, and many are still players
- all across Maryland and the region.
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