St. Lawrence University's women's soccer program finished with a 7-9-1 overall record and 2-5-0 in what continued to be a most competitive Liberty League conference in 2007 to finish out the 28th season of women's intercollegiate soccer at St. Lawrence and the tenth season under Head Coach Deb Biche.
The Saints women's program started in 1980, going 7-3-0 under the guidance of coach Bernie McKinnon, who coached the team from its inception through 1995, taking the Saints to NCAA appearances in both 1986 and 1989. Cathy Moss coached the Saints for two seasons before the arrival of Biche, who has a 104-73-10 record in her ten years with the Saints.
The Scarlet and Brown set records for victories in the 1999, 2000 and 2001 seasons and won the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association championship in 2001. They have also been regular participants in Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournaments in previous years and have been consistently strong competitors in their conference.
The Saints compete in the Liberty League Conference, along with Clarkson, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Skidmore, Union, Vassar and William Smith. The top four teams after a regular-season round robin meet at the home field of the team with the best conference regular season record to determine the Liberty League entry in the NCAA Division III field with a single-elimination tournament. The Liberty League is one of the toughest women's soccer conferences in the Northeast and has been well represented in NCAA play over the past several seasons. Most recently, the Saints placed sixth in the Liberty League Conference in 2007.
St. Lawrence has had several individual standouts in the past several seasons, with Liz Masterson '05 becoming just the second first-team national All America in Saint soccer history in 2003. Meredith Eisenhut, the Saints' all-time scoring leader, was a regional All America and was the first woman in Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association history to be Player of the Year in three sports in the same year, earning those honors in soccer, basketball and softball. Leah Yandow '06 joined Masterson on the regional All America team in the fall of 2003, earning third team honors, while Nikki Lopez '05 joined Masterson on the All New York State team. The program's first All-America was Laura LoGiudice, who was named an NSCAA All-America in both 1999 and 2000.
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SAINTS SOCCER RECORDS
Year by Year Team Records
Individual Career, Season and Game Records
Top Ten Scorers
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