FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Restivo currently leads
Division III in assists and points
WINTHROP, Mass. – After once again topping all league leaders in points, Johnson & Wales University (RI) grad student Jordan Restivo has been voted the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season.
This fall, she topped the GNAC in goals (23), assists (19) and points (65), while the assist and point totals are currently tops in all of Division III across the country. A Utica, N.Y. native with unrelenting speed, Restivo also has seven game-winners on the year.
Meanwhile, JWU sophomore teammate Emily DeRoehn was named the 2022 GNAC Defensive Player of the Year, as voted upon by the league's 14 head coaches.
Restivo, DeRoehn and the Wildcats will learn their NCAA Tournament opponent today at 2PM after capturing JWU's third straight GNAC title on Saturday night. JWU also had midfielders Trina Capezza and Angelina Oliveira named All-GNAC First Team.
Emmanuel College claimed the GNAC's three other major awards after an impressive 2022 season. After a 7-6 league mark in 2021, the Saints went 9-2-2 in GNAC play under head coach Francis Okaroh, en route to GNAC Coach of the Year accolades.
Emmanuel first-year forward Sarah Dullaghan was named the GNAC Rookie of the Year, while classmate Patricia Kirejczyk claimed GNAC Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Dullaghan finished fourth in the GNAC in goals (13) and fifth in points (30) and was also EC's All-Sportsmanship Team choice, while Kirejczyk led the GNAC in both save percentage (.935) and goals-against average (0.18).
FIRST TEAM
GK - Patricia Kirejczyk, Emmanuel (Mass.)
F - Haley Andrews, Albertus Magnus
F - Sarah Dullaghan, Emmanuel (Mass.)
F - Jordan Restivo, Johnson & Wales (RI)
M - Trina Capezza, Johnson & Wales (RI)
M - Angelina Oliveira, Johnson & Wales (RI)
M - Bobbi O'Guin, Lasell
M - Serena Speight, Lasell
D - Emily DeRoehn, Johnson & Wales (RI)
D - Tia Zanardi, Regis (Mass.)
D - Keelin Sweeney, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
SECOND TEAM
GK - Carly McCrumb, Johnson & Wales (RI)
F - Addie Legault, Emmanuel (Mass.)
F - Maxine Muscatello, St. Joseph (Conn.)
F - Madison Michaud, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
M - Liz McCormick, Emmanuel (Mass.)
M - Camdyn LaMarre, Lasell
M - Payton Bridge, Regis (Mass.)
M - Jenna Zup, St. Joseph (Conn.)
D - Catherine Manning, Emmanuel (Mass.)
D - Chloe Henriksen, Johnson & Wales (RI)
D - Caroline St. Croix, Lasell
THIRD TEAM
GK - Amy Stevens, Albertus Magnus
F - Bridget O'Connell, Colby-Sawyer
F - Jazzy Sztyler-Magee, Dean College
F - Hailey Lovell, Regis (Mass.)
M - Kara Keiper, Colby-Sawyer
M - Aria Ulmer, Regis (Mass.)
M - Lelia Weir, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
M - Sydney Neumuth, Simmons
D - Thea Alberti, Colby-Sawyer
D - Annebel Balogh de Galantha, Emmanuel (Mass.)
D - Elizabeth Garlock, St. Joseph (Conn.)
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Amy Stevens, Albertus Magnus
Sarah Dullaghan, Emmanuel (Mass.)
Liz McCormick, Emmanuel (Mass.)
Camdyn LaMarre, Lasell
Sarah Lynch, Lasell
Lauren Moriarity, Johnson & Wales
Kylie Schmidt, Johnson & Wales (RI)
Cassidy Van Cott, Regis (Mass.)
Zoe Walk, St. Joseph (Conn.)
Sydney Gallop, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Lelia Weir, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Jordan Restivo, Johnson & Wales (RI)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Emily DeRoehn, Johnson & Wales (RI)
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR - Patricia Kirejczyk, Emmanuel (Mass.)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Sarah Dullaghan, Emmanuel (Mass.)
COACH OF THE YEAR - Francis Okaroh, Emmanuel (Mass.)
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD - Simmons University
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Keegan Riccio, Albertus Magnus
Samantha Rodriguez, Anna Maria
Hannah Marquis, Colby-Sawyer
Courtney Brown, Dean
Caitlin Mosher, Elms
Sandra Griffith, Emmanuel
Jordan Petrucci, JWU
Caroline St. Croix, Lasell
Katie Connolly, Norwich
Aria Ulmer, Regis
Toryn Mattos, Rivier
Tatiana Bilbraut, St. Joseph (Conn.)
Samantha Magill , Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Liv Shaw, Simmons
Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 14 member institutions and over 3,500 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 20 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunities and community involvement.
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