Nov. 2, 2007

Miami Gardens, Fla - The 2007 St. Thomas (8-9 FSC 2-3) women's soccer team ended their season as the number four seed in the NAIA XIV Regional Tournament losing to the number one seed Northwood University 2-1. Adrianna Rodriguez scored for the Bobcats.

The game was a rematch of the two teams' match from six days prior. The game winning goal came after St. Thomas tied the game up at one. The Bobcats were unable to use the shift in momentum to their advantage and would lose the game after a loose ball resulted in a Northwood (13-1 FSC 5-0) goal.

Though ending the season with a loss is always disappointing the Bobcats were able to put together one of the school's better seasons in a while. The team was led by seniors Sandra Vargas, Tiffany Vega, Carly Laskowski, and Melissa Guerra.

"I just want to thank the seniors again for their effort and a good season," head coach Michelle Smith said.

The conference recognized the play of the seniors and some of their teammates naming them to several post season conference teams. More specifically Laskowski, Vega, and Vargas were all named to the All-FSC Second Team. Cindy Rivera and Alexa Livingston were named to the All-FSC Honorable Mention team for their play during the season.

Vargas led the team in goals, with five it was her third season leading the team in goals. Vega managed to total three assist leading the team in that category.

The seniors received plenty of help from underclassmen. Shanoska Young scored four goals and Livingston scored three goals during the season good enough to finish second and third for most goals on the season. Both players managed to accomplish this despite only playing in eight games do to injuries.

Their ability was missed as the season ended and the Bobcats struggled to put their shots in the back of the net scoring 21 of their 220 shot attempts.

Though finishing became an issue during the season good defense was not, as Laskowski and Melissa Chang prevented many of the Bobcats opponents from getting shots off. The Bobcats out shot their opponents 220 to 126 during the season.

When opponents were able to get through the Bobcat defense goalkeepers Lea Jones and Maria Mora provided an excellent last line of defense combining for 55 saves.