Nov 7, 2007

Petruzzi, Hall, Earn Daktronics Women's Soccer All-Region Accolades

Senior defender Michele Petruzzi (Mount Laurel, N.J./Holy Cross) and junior goalkeeper Sara Hall (Newark, Del./Charter School of Wilmington; shown) were named to the 2007 Daktronics Division II Women's Soccer Northeast All-Region teams with Petruzzi earning first-team accolades while Hall was a second-team selection. This marks the second consecutive year that both Petruzzi and Hall were tabbed All-Region, as they earned the same first and second-team honors after the 2006 season, respectively.

Petruzzi (right), a four-year starter for Head Coach George Dunbar, started 20 of 21 games this season, helping the team to a 14-7 overall record. She was instrumental in leading a defensive corps that allowed just 0.99 goals per game with an astonishing 12 of their 14 victories being shutouts. As additional testament to their oustanding defense, Philadelphia University out-shot their opponents in 2007 by a margin of 316-175, as the Lady Rams went to their second straight Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) championship game after a 10-1 regular season in the league. For her efforts, Petruzzi garnered CACC first-team All-Conference accolades for a second consecutive season after earning second-team honors in 2005 as a sophomore. Petruzzi also was named to the All-Tournament team following the Lady Rams' runner-up finish in the CACC championship.

The chief benefactor of Petruzzi's superb defensive play once again was goalkeeper Hall (below, left), who appeared in all 21 games for the Lady Rams, making 20 starts. Hall allowed just 0.93 goals per game while notching six solo shutouts and sharing six others with true freshman understudy Kristen Mauro (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert). Hall had 13 victories for the Lady Rams in 2007 and was named CACC second-team All-Conference, after earning first-team honors as a sophomore in 2006. After three seasons with Philadelphia University, Hall is tied for the all-time record in school history in victories (35), and shutouts (20) while her 0.96 career goals-against-average is the second-best mark in school history.

Dunbar had nothing but high praise for his two All-Region performers, "I've known Michelle since she was playing at the high school and club level and I've never seen her get beat one-on-one, even in practice. Her defensive play is second-to-none. With Sara, our backs are actually able to take risks and aggressively push the ball downfield, knowing that she's behind them with support in the net. She is our field general, aligning the defense in the proper position. Without question, both Michelle and Sara set the tone for our entire team. We can't have solid goalkeeping without solid defense, and vice versa."

The Lady Rams soccer team concludes their 2007 season on Saturday, November 10th in the ECAC Division II Championship match at CACC-rival Georgian Court University. The game against the Lions is set to kickoff at 1:00 p.m. in Lakewood, N.J.


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