Junior midfielder Olivia Pappalardo scored the opening goal just 6:17 into Colorado’s game against Brigham Young in the first round of the NCAA Division I women’s soccer tournament.
Colorado won the Nov. 15 game 2-0 in Boulder, Colorado, and Pappalardo, who hails from Maine South, played 76 minutes.
The Buffaloes fell to North Carolina in the second round, and finished the season 14-7-1.
Pappalardo finished the season with two goals and two assists. She played in 20 of the team’s 22 games.
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Another NCAA women’s soccer first-round game on Nov. 15 was filled with area athletes. Wisconsin, with Alexandra Heller of Deerfield and Sydney McGinnis of Maine South, earned a 2-0 home victory over DePaul, which featured Nina Kodros of Glenbrook South, Lucy Edwards of Lake Forest, Jessica Schmidt of Maine South and Jessica Weaver of New Trier. Heller, Kodros and Edwards each played all 90 minutes.
Heller, a redshirt senior defender, started and played in each of the Badgers’ 23 games, helping the team finish 19-2-2. Wisconsin lost to Central Florida 3-2 in the tournament’s second round on Nov. 21. McGinnis played in 15 games and recorded four shots on goal as a freshman forward.
Kodros, a senior defender, and Edwards, a freshman midfielder and defender, played in every game for DePaul (16-1-4). Kodros finished the season with three assists, and Edwards recorded three shots on goal. Weaver played in 19 games, tallying four shots on goal, and Schmidt played in six games, registering an assist.
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Lyons alumna Katie Dougherty and Hinsdale Central alumna Melissa Trofa helped their Swarthmore women’s soccer team win its first Centennial Conference championship on Nov. 9 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Swarthmore captured the title by beating Johns Hopkins in penalty kicks 5-4. Trofa, who missed her penalty kick, was the second of her team’s seven shooters.
The win gave the Garnet an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III tournament.
After falling in the first round of the tournament to Connecticut College, Swarthmore finished the season 13-7-1.
Dougherty, a freshman forward, finished the season ranked fourth on her team in points with 15. She collected six goals and three assists while playing in 19 games. Trofa, a junior midfielder and forward, finished the season ranked seventh on the team in points with eight. She recorded eight assists while starting in each of the team’s 21 games.
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