Women's Soccer Team Advances to the
Central Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-The women's soccer program at Felician College has had a tremendous season. In only its fourth season of intercollegiate competition, the Lady Golden Falcons finished the regular season with a record of 13-1-2 overall and 8-0-2 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference earning them their first ever conference championship. The team begins play tomorrow in the semi-final round of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference tournament, hosting the fifth seeded Lady Chargers from Dominican College at 2:00 P.M. at Tryon Field in Rutherford. The Lady Golden Falcons have already secured a berth in the NAIA Region X Tournament to be held at a site to be determined on November 9h and 1&.

The post-season accolades have already begun for the Lady Golden Falcons as two members of the team were awarded I" Team All-Conference selection. Junior forward Anna Bartsch from Hewitt, N.J. and junior forward Valerie Esposito from Clifton, N.J. received their honors this past Sunday evening. Bartsch, a graduate of West Milford

High School, is the team leader in goals scored with thirteen and total points with thirty- two. Bartsch received the highest total of votes earning her Player of the Year honors. Esposito, a graduate of St. Mary's (Rutherford) High School, was an All-Conference selection last season and she has tallied seven goals and seven assists. Her season has been cut short by an ankle injury that was suffered last week versus Molloy College.

Head Coach Ben "JR DiNallo was named Coach of the Year. DiNallo, a former coach at Immaculate Heart Academy and the Academy of the Holy Angels High Schools, is in his fourth year at the helm of the Lady Golden Falcons and has amassed an overall record of 43-25-3.