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2007 All-Star Girls Soccer Team

Name%School%Yr.%Pos.

Camille Fantini%Andover%Sr.%Goalie

Jess Morrow%Andover%Jr.%Midfield

Marina Moschitto%Brooks%Soph.%Midfield

Kelley Mikus%Central Catholic%Jr.%Defense

Gia O'Connor%Central Catholic%Jr.%Midfield

Molly Moran%Haverhill%Sr.%Defense

*Jami Styrczula%Haverhill%Sr.%Midfield

Lucy Francisco%Lawrence%Jr.%Midfield

Elise Berry%Londonderry%Sr.%Goalie

Katherine Donnelly%Londonderry%Sr.%Defense

Jenn Pino%North Andover%Jr.%Forward

Danielle Quinlan%North Andover%Sr.%Midfield

Hillary Biggs%Pentucket%Sr.%Midfield

Bree Robinson%Pinkerton%Sr.%Forward

Sammi Jo Saltalamacchia%Timberlane%Sr.%Midfield

* - Eagle-Tribune MVP

Honorable Mention

Andover - Alex Bengston, Jr., midfield; Erica Leber, Sr., defense; Katelyn Caro, Sr., midfield

Brooks - Jess Waters, Sr., defense

Central Catholic - Rachel Bourque, Jr., midfield; Jillian Lane, Frosh., forward; Ashley Evangelista, Jr., forward

Georgetown - Katherine Falzareno, Sr., defense; Vanessa Coolidge, Sr., goalie

Haverhill - Casey Anderson, Soph., forward; Taylor Anderson, Sr., forward; Bailey Strangman, Sr., defense

Methuen - Rachel Condon, Soph., defense; Amy DeSimone, Jr., forward

North Andover - Melissa Arn, Jr., midfield; Rebecca Baker, Sr., defense

North Reading - Marie Pescatore, Sr., midfield; Amanda Poplaski, Sr., defense

Londonderry - Kelley Griffin, Soph., forward; Tori McCombs, Soph., midfield; Nicole Heffernan, Sr., forward

Pelham - Jennifer Gray, Sr., defense; April Blinn, Jr., defense

Pentucket - Caila Aylward, Sr., forward; Kara Herbert, Jr., defense; Paige Sutherland, Sr., defense

Pinkerton - Stephanie Sayward, Jr., forward; Nicole Cuerdon, Jr., defense

PMA - Jessica Brasil, Jr., forward; Maggie Donohoe, Jr., defense

Salem - Caitlin Peters, Jr., defense; Sarah Raye, Soph., midfield/forward

Sanborn - Nicole Gianakakis, Soph., forward; Jessica Giconda, Sr., forward

Timberlane - Leah Swanson, Jr., defense; Amy Green, Sr., forward

CAMILLE FANTINI

Andover, Senior, Goalie

All-MVC. Allowed 13 goals (0.62 GAA), notched 12 shutouts. Second-team Division 1 EMass. All-Star. Can punt the ball 60-70 yards. Opponents challenged her more than in recent years. Came up big in 1-0 state tournament loss to Acton-Boxboro. "She was the reason the score was (only) 1-0," coach Meghan Matson said. "She's a technical keeper." Planning to take a post-graduate year. Quad-captain of the basketball team.

JESS MORROW

Andover, Junior, Midfield

MVC Large Player of the Year. Two-time All-MVC. Repeat Eagle-Tribune All-Star. First-team Division 1 EMass. All-Star. Scored 17 goals, added nine assists. Had five multiple-goal games. Stands tall at 5-8; scored eight goals on headers. "She can put the ball anywhere she wants," coach Meghan Matson said. Co-captain elect. Scored 14 goals as a sophomore. Plays for Greater Boston Bolts. National Honor Society member.

MARINA MOSCHITTO

Brooks, Sophomore, Midfield

Ranked No. 4 player on All-ISL team. Scored four goals, added six assists. "She's really the engine that made us run. She's skilled and runs all day," coach Bob Morahan said. Member of national Olympic Development Pool. Plays for Mass. Stars club team. Scored five goals as a freshman. Scored nine goals as a freshman in hockey. Starts at catcher on the softball team. Andover resident.

KELLEY MIKUS

Central Catholic, Junior, Defense

All-MVC. Second-team Division 2 EMass. All-Star. Unflappable from her stopper spot. Rarely out of position. At 5-8, an imposing presence on the back line. Excellent in the air. "Nothing gets past her," coach Anne Marinaro said. "She does it all." Three-year letterman. MVC All-Star as a sophomore. Member of last year's Division 1 state finalist basketball team. Throws the javelin in the spring. Dracut resident.

GIA O'CONNOR

Central Catholic, Junior, Midfield

All-MVC. Second-team Division 2 EMass. All-Star. "Our quarterback," coach Anne Marinaro said. "She has a great read of the game." Scored four goals, added three assists. Played with multiple stress fractures in her feet during the season. At 5-9, wins most 50-50 balls that come her way. Key reserve on last year's state finalist basketball team. National Honor Society member. Dracut resident.

MOLLY MORAN

Haverhill, Senior, Defense

All-MVC. Second-team Division 2 EMass. All-Star. Strong and smart sweeper. Anchored Hillies' back line. "She always makes good decisions," coach Fred Tarbox said. Four-year letterman. Her sister plays at Endicott. Ranked No. 14 in class of 483. Lacrosse captain-elect. Volunteers at Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Hopes to play at Syracuse. "She's so strong and athletic," said coach Fred Tarbox.

LUCY FRANCISCO

Lawrence, Junior, Midfield

Scored seven goals, added five assists while playing on the boys team. MVC second-teamer (boys division) and Division 2 second-team EMass. All-Star (girls division). Has a strong leg. Scored a goal from 37 yards out against Lowell. The physical nature of boys game, "doesn't faze her at all," coach Don Shelton said. Returning starter at guard and shortstop on the basketball and softball teams, respectively.

ELISE BERRY

Londonderry, Senior, Goalie

All-Class L. Recorded 10 shutouts (16 over the past two seasons). Allowed eight goals in 17 games. Excellent leaper. "She makes athletic saves, ones a lot of players in this league are not making," coach Jim Tremblay said. Quad-captain. Successfully recovered from offseason ACL surgery. Hopes to play in college at the Division 2 or 3 level. Tri-captain of the basketball team.

KATHERINE DONNELLY

Londonderry, Senior, Defense

All-New England (top four players in N.H.), All-Class L, Lions Cup Twin State team selection. Repeat Eagle-Tribune All-Star. Scored six goals, added six assists. Four-year starter. Played in 68 career games, which is believed to be a program record. Scored four goals off free kicks. Anchored a defense that finished with 11 shutouts. Plays for Seacoast United club team. Will play soccer at Holy Cross.

JENN PINO

North Andover, Junior, Forward

All-CAL. First-team Division 2 EMass. All-Star. Team MVP. Has excellent footwork, jukes defenders and changes speeds with ease. One of the best finishers in the area; scored 15 goals, added five assists. Clutch. Scored Scarlet Knights' lone goal in 1-1 tie with rival Andover. Scored five goals last year. Plays for Aztecs club team. The third of six children. Scored 25 goals for lacrosse team last spring. Former champion figure skater.

DANIELLE QUINLAN

North Andover, Senior, Midfielder

All-CAL. Repeat Eagle-Tribune All-Star. Second-team Division 2 EMass. All-Star. Scored seven goals, added seven assists. Strong in the air and excellent in dead-ball situations. Scored on two free kicks. Notched an assist in Scarlet Knights' 2-1 state tournament loss to Belmont. Three-year starter. Will likely play at Southern New Hampshire University. Two-year letterman in basketball but gave up the sport.

HILLARY BIGGS

Pentucket, Senior, Midfield

All-CAL. Team MVP. Quad-captain. Scored seven goals, added 10 assists. Three-year starter. Clutch. Scored both goals in 2-0 win over Triton Oct. 25 to lock up a state tournament berth. "She's very intense. Soccer is her love," said coach Elaine Treado. Eagle-Tribune honorable mention sprinter (300 meters). Hopes to attend a NESCAC school. Ranked No. 6 in class of 230.

BREE ROBINSON

Pinkerton, Senior, Forward

Three-time Eagle-Tribune All-Star. Lions Cup Twin State team pick. Scored 13 goals, added four assists. Scored 50 goals over the past three seasons. "Bree is like gold," coach Ken Najem said. Fought off ankle injury to lead Cinderella Astros to tournament final. May be region's premier athlete. Won state heptathlon last June with 4,113 points. Will attend University of Hartford on a soccer scholarship.

SAMMI JO SALTALAMACCHIA

Timberlane, Senior, Midfield

All-Class L. Top vote-getter among league's midfielders. Lions Cup Twin state team selection. Scored 12 goals, added seven assists. Led team in scoring for third straight season. "She was always our most dangerous threat," coach Jeff Petry said. Tri-captain. Four-year starter. Finished with 55 career goals. One of five children; third sister to play for Owls. Hopes to play soccer at a Northeast-10 school.

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Styrczula lifted Hillies to great

No one player was more important to her team this fall than Jami Styrczula.

For that reason, she is our MVP.

The senior led the region with 24 goals (she also had seven assists) and was named Merrimack Valley Conference Small Player of the Year.

"She made a difference for Haverhill this year," Andover coach Meghan Matson said. "Without a doubt."

Styrczula, a repeat Eagle-Tribune All-Star, will be continuing her career at Assumption College. She is the first Eagle-Tribune girls soccer MVP from Haverhill since the award's inception in 1989.

The speedy midfielder, a tri-captain, led the Hillies to a 13-4-2 record a year after they limped to a 5-9-3 finish.

The season began with a flourish, as Styrczula buried a pair of goals to secure a momentum-building 2-1 win over Central Catholic in the teams' opener.

"I was in awe," first-year head coach Fred Tarbox said of the performance.

Styrczula, Tarbox said, was a major reason for Haverhill's drastic turnaround.

"She is who she is because of the time and effort she puts into it," Tarbox said of Styrczula, who also won the 2006 MVC Small Player of the Year award.

There isn't much Styrczula hasn't accomplished. She plays for Seacoast United, she's ranked No. 24 in her class of 483 and she's also a two-time MVC All-Star in lacrosse.

Former Eagle-Tribune MVPs

2006 - Ashley Evangelista, Central Catholic; 2005 - Emily Pallotta, Andover; 2004 - Emily Pallotta, Andover; 2003 - Layal Hanna, Andover; 2002 - Jaime Gilbert, Brooks (North Andover); 2001 - Lindsey McArdle, Masconomet; 2000 - Katie Kramer, Andover; 1999 - Sarah Rahko, Londonderry; 1998 - Marianne Hall, Londonderry; 1997 - Ali Pappas, North Andover; 1996 - Kathy Cote, Methuen; 1995 - Susan Cookson, Andover; 1994 - Susan Cookson, Andover; 1993 - Becky Blaeser, Masconomet; 1992 - Becky Blaeser, Masconomet; 1991 - Meridith Wilner, Masconomet; 1990 - Tracy Noonan, North Andover; 1989 - M.B. Pawlik, North Andover