Roadrunner Athletics is pleased to announce our All-Decade Teams throughout our sports programs for 2010-2019. Today we feature the Women's Soccer All-Decade Teams (First and Second).
The program has enjoyed amazing success in the past decade, resulting in a national runnerup finish in 2012, five Region XIX Championships, four District Championships, and a Garden State Athletic Conference championship. Additionally, the program has produced several NJCAA All-Americans.
Click below for Video Announcement of Women's Soccer All-Decade Teams moderated by Director of Athletics Brian Rowan and featuring Head Coach Megan Ruttler, Assistant Coaches Julie Chini and Maria Grady, and former star player and Assistant Coach Liz Faulkner. Scroll to the bottom of the post for a list of Women's Soccer All-Decade Team members. See below for observations from Coaches Megan Ruttler and Assistant Coach Julie Chini, who have guided each of the All-Decade Team members throughout the past 10 years.
Coach Megan Ruttler on Selection of the 2010-2019 All-Decade Teams
"It was very difficult to make these selections. There's been many great players to come through our program! Personally, I have every player listed in my cell phone, and I worked with Coach Chini to nail down two very talented teams."
Assistant Coach Julie Chini on Her Relationship with Coach Ruttler and the Impact on the All-Decade Team
"Megan came to us (in 2010), and she brought in so much energy. We were both working moms at that point too, so it was an easy fit for both of us. Our players always fed off that fit. They watched our relationship develop and they bought right into it. It's been fantastic -- right from the start."
Watch Video Announcement of All-Decade Women's Soccer Team
Roadrunner Athletics – Women's Soccer
(GCC/RCGC/RCSJ-Gloucester)
All-Decade Teams 2010-2019
Coach: Megan Ruttler; Assistant Coaches Julie Chini and Maria Grady
Goalkeeper
First Team -- Jenni DeVault
Second Team -- Lauren Haynes
Defense
First Team -- Madison Dorney, Casey Lubonski, Shanna Bryson, and Christiana Unger
Second Team -- Kaileen Banks, Cristina Gray, Maria Mancini, and Alex Afflerbach
Midfield
First Team -- Liz Faulkner, Vanessa Brown, Melissa Trafton, and Megan Lord
Second Team -- Liz Shendock, Laura Rathof, MaryKate Covely, and Julia Cendejas
Forwards
First Team -- Leigh Swietanski and Ashley Engler
Second Team -- -Victoria Flynn and Devon Hoglen