University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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A STRO G TRADITION With only five lettermen returning for the women's soccer team, there were ques- tions if UMass could again challenge for the national championship. There was no question by the end of the season as the Minutewomen posted a 15-3- 2 slate and earned a trip to their second straight Final Four, where UMass finished third. UMass also won the New England championship for the second straight year. It was a young team that knocked off both Boston College 3-2 in double over- time and Harvard l-O in the NCAA play- offs to reach the Final Four in Chapel Hill, N.C. Coach Kalekeni Banda's squad started six freshmen, including All-New England selection Jolie DePauw, the teams leading scorer with 34 points C14 goalsj, and an All-New England, All-American Kristen Bowsher with 15 points, six goals. Freshman Cathy Spence, Banda's in- stant offense off the bench, was the team's second leading scorer with 30 points. Spence set three NCAA tournament re- cords with most goals in a game tthree in the 4-I consolation game win over Califor- niaj, most goals in tourney ffive in four gamesj, and most points in a tourney ill points, five goals, one assistj. The upperclassmen provided the glue that kept the team together. Senior co- captain Lori Stukes was an All-New Eng- land and All-American selection for the second straight year. Stukes and junior Sue Bird were named M.V.P.'s. Senior co- captain Chris Taggart ended the season a second team All-New England selection. WOMEN'S SOCCER ' . U I I Photo by Paul Desmar Rushing In - Monica Seta tries to beat her opponent to the ball. First' Row: Jeanne Paul, Debbie Belkin, Co-Capt. Lori Stukes, Co-Capt. Chris Taggart, Carolyn Micheel, Monica Seta.. Lisa Ellis. Second Row: Sandra Stripp, Michelle Rodney, Jolie DePauw, Jamie Watson, Susan Bird, Leah Eicher, Lisa Merlo, Kristen Bowsher, Margaret Boyle. Third Row: Head Coach Kalekeni Banda, Beth Reilly, Karen Madden, Catherine Spence, Chris Schmitt, Samara Goldman, Asst. Coach Rick Bryant. WOMEN'S SOCCER I5-3-2 UMASS OPP 4 KEENE STATE 0 5 PLYMOUTH STATE 0 2 UCALXBERKELEY 2 1 UCALfSANTA BARBARA 0 2 WILLIAM AND MARY 2 0 BROWN I 5 VERMONT 0 3 COLORADO COLLEGE 0 2 CONNECTICUT 0 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE O 3 SPRINGFIELD 0 2 CORTLAND I 4 DARTMOUTH 0 6 ADELPHI I 0 HARVARD I 5 BOSTON COLLEGE 0 NCAA ACTION 3 BOSTON COLLEGE 2 I HARVARD 0 I CONNECTICUT 2 4 BERKELEY I K

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Getting Physical - Andy Bing challenges the notion that soccer isn't a sport as he collides with his BU opponent. Photo by Steven Long Photo by Stephen Long P' Y xt v Pressure Cooker - Senior co- captain Mike Runeare takes control of the ball, as he often did during his successful senior year. The Thrill Of Victory - John Shannon is congratulated by teammates Kurt Manal, Paul Serafino, Nick Mariciano and Matt Cushing after a game- winning goal. if I l sg, 4 ' ,rg I 51 , 5 2 Zi 'W QM, , . 1 Photo by Stephen Long

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Photo by Paul Desmarais Coming Through! Jamie Watson demonstrates her skills against BC., where the Minutewomen went on to a shutout victory. UMass started off strong with a 3-0-2 slate before being upset by Brown, 1-0. The Bruins, like Harvard who snapped UMass' eight-game winning streak with a 1-0 win a month later, scored first and then played tough, hang-on-to-win, de- fense. UMass outlasted BC in a first round NCAA game in Amherst and earned revenge upon Harvard with a hard- fought 1-0 for the Minutewomen's sec- ond straight Final Four berth. The Huskies of UConn stood in UMass' way of three-time National champ North Carolina in the NCAA finals. But the fourth-seeded Min- utewomen and unseeded Huskies bat- tled to a 0-0 tie and went into O.T. where UConn scored first. UMass, 1-3 when the opposition scored first, fell behind 2-0 only to pull within 2-1 be- fore time ran out, giving UMass a con- solation date with California. Bird, DePauw feight-game-winning goals on the yearj, Bowsher and fresh- man Carolyn Micheel were named to the All-Tournament team. Only Stukes and Taggart graduates so there should be no question that Massachusetts will be challenging for the NCAA crown come next fall. - Gerry deSimas Photo by Stephen Long Scanning The Field - Senior Co-captain Chris Taggart shows her All New England Style.