Editor's Note: The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is celebrating its 40th anniversary season in 2020-21. Throughout this summer, the conference will be announcing all-anniversary teams for each sport it currently sponsors. In conjunction, the Marist Athletics Department will highlight its achievements from the MAAC era.
 
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POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – In the fall of 1997, Marist Women's Soccer began its journey as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. In those 24 seasons, the Red Foxes have enjoyed numerous successes on a team and individual level.
 
From that initial 6-3 MAAC record 23 years ago, Marist has recorded 114 conference wins during the regular season. The Red Foxes maintained a .500 record or better in each of its first five seasons, culminating in the first of four MAAC regular season championships in program history.
 
The third of the four came in 2011, when Marist finished with a 7-1-1 conference mark. In the MAAC Championship against Loyola (MD), Amanda Epstein finished setups from Marjana Maksuti and Jamie Strumwasser to score in the 43^rd minute. It was the lone goal of the contest, giving Marist its first MAAC title and first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Caitlin Landsman recorded her fifth shutout of the season in the process.
 

40TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM

• Jaimie Bierwirth (1997-2000) – Holds the single-season record to this day with 13 goals in the 1997 campaign. She's top-five in the record books in goals (24) and points (59).
• Amanda Epstein (2011-14) – The 2011 MAAC Rookie of the Year is second in Marist history with 66 points. She is tied for third with Bierwirth with 24 career goals, and is fourth with 18 assists.
• Kate Fox (2006-09) – The Red Foxes' program leader with 26 goals, she is third all-time with 62 career points.
• Rycke Guiney (2010-13) – Marist's all-time leader with 71 points and 83 games played. She also ranks second in program history with 25 goals and 21 assists. She holds the single-season record with nine assists in that 2011 championship season.
• Mellanie Nai (1999-2002) – She was named MAAC Goalkeeper of the Year in 2001 after ranking third in the NCAA with 8.5 saves per game, in addition to a .893 save percentage and 0.71 goals-against average. Her 18 shutouts and 29 saves vs. Lehigh on September 9, 2000 remain program records.

 

ADDITIONAL NOTABLE NAMES

• Beth Zack (1995-98) – Program record holder in her career and a single season in saves (738 / 238) and save percentage (.869 / .809) between the posts.
• Nicole Bruno (1995-98) – Top five in program history in goals (20) and points (47).
• Chelsea Botta (2009-12) – A team captain of the 2011 championship squad, the two-time CoSIDA/Capital One First Team Academic All-District selection was an All-MAAC First Team and ECAC All-Star defender in 2012, while also adding a CoSIA/Captial All-American Third Team honor. She played in 83 games as a Red Fox.
• Caitlin Landsman (2009-12) – Program record holder in goal with a 0.94 GAA in 2011 and a 1.00 GAA in her Marist tenure.
• Kylee McIntosh (2010-13) – Her 81 career appearances are the third-highest total for a Red Fox. After her Marist tenure, she was an All-UWS Second Team and All-East Conference First Team pick with the CT Fusion.
• Camille Bowen (2014-17) – The only Red Fox in program history with multiple hat tricks, one of which occurred during a seven-point effort against Delaware State on September 21, 2016 that is tied for the single-game record.
• Alexa Svensson (2016-19) – Program leader with 23 assists, and has the most games with two assists as a Red Fox with four.
• Nicole Sasso (2017-Present) – An All-MAAC honoree in each of her first three seasons (All-MAAC Second Team and MAAC All-Rookie in 2017, All-MAAC Second Team in 2018 and 2019).

 

TEAM RECORDS

• Most Goals: Game: 11 (vs. Delaware St., 9/24/04) | Season: 40 (2007)
• Most Points: Game: 31 (vs. Delaware St., 9/24/04) | Season: 112 (2007)
• Most Assists: Game: 9 (vs. Delaware St., 9/24/04) | Season: 37 (2011)
• Longest Unbeaten Streak in a Season: 6 (2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)
• Lowest Goals-Against Average in a Season: 1.08 (2012)
• Most Victories in a Season: 15 (2012)
• Most Shutouts in a Season: 8 (2010, 2012)
• Highest Winning Pct. in a Season: .682 (2012)

 

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Most Goals:      

• Game: 3 | Camille Bowen 2x (at Del. St., 9/21/16, vs Vermont, 8/20/16), Keri Bradley (at Del. St., 9/21/16), Erica Crosier (at Saint Peter's, 10/4/15), Rycke Guiney (vs Rider, 10/5/13), Sarah McTurk (vs. Niagara, 10/2/99)
• Season: 13 | Jaimie Bierwirth (1997)
• Career: 26 | Kate Fox (2006-09)

 
Most Assists:     

• Game: 2 | accomplished 23 times by 15 different players
• Season: 9 | Rycke Guiney (2011)
• Career: 23 | Alexa Svensson (2016-19)

 
Most Points:     

• Game: 7 | Camille Bowen (at Del. St., 9/21/16), Rycke Guiney (10/5/13)
• Season: 28 | Amanda Epstein (2011)
• Career: 71 | Rycke Guiney (2010-13)

 
Most Saves:      

• Game: 29 | Mellanie Nai (vs. Lehigh, 9/9/00)
• Season: 238 | Beth Zack (1995)
• Career: 738 | Beth Zack (1995-98)

 
Shutouts:           

• Season: 8| Jamie Balzarini (2010)
• Career: 18, Melanie Nai, (1999-2002)

 
Goals Against:  

• Season: .094 | Caitlin Landsman (2011)
• Career: 1.00 | Caitlin Landsman (2009-12)

 
Save Pct.            

• Season: .869 | Beth Zack (1995)
• Career: .809 | Beth Zack (1995-98)