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Soccer Recruiting Class Ranked 8th in Northeast
Posted 5/20/2005
The University of Hartford women's soccer program's recruiting class recently was ranked eighth in the Northeast by Soccer Buzz magazine.
See the Soccer Buzz rankings of recruiting classes in the Northeast.
The incoming class is the first under head coach John Natale, who is entering his second year at the helm of the Hartford program.
Eleven new student-athletes will join the Hawks in the fall. Hartford will need to replace three seniors from a team that went 5-12-2 overall last season and advanced to the first round of the America East Championship.
Natale's first recruiting class includes six players who have signed National Letters of Intent: Ashley Carreira (Glastonbury, CT), Chiara Caen (Islip Terrace, NY), Brittany Black (East Meadow, NY), Kacey Busque (Manchester, CT), Kellie Leyland (England) and Melissa Pelletier (Sutton, MA). The Hawks will also add five other players to the lineup next season, including Erika Forkos (Oceanside, NY), Lindsay Guidoboni (Hooksett, NH), Keri Petrone (North Brunswick, NJ), Callie Tatro (Orange, CT) and Danielle Dietrich (Lee, NH).
Leyland was a captain of the U-19 Northern Ireland national team and played with the full national team during the Algarve Cup against England, Portugal and Mexico. Busque was an all-state and all-New England player at Manchester High School, and Carreira was an all-state player at Glastonbury High School. Black plays club soccer for the Albertson Express, a team that ranked in the top 10 in the country last year.
See the Soccer Buzz rankings of recruiting classes in the Northeast.
The incoming class is the first under head coach John Natale, who is entering his second year at the helm of the Hartford program.
Eleven new student-athletes will join the Hawks in the fall. Hartford will need to replace three seniors from a team that went 5-12-2 overall last season and advanced to the first round of the America East Championship.
Natale's first recruiting class includes six players who have signed National Letters of Intent: Ashley Carreira (Glastonbury, CT), Chiara Caen (Islip Terrace, NY), Brittany Black (East Meadow, NY), Kacey Busque (Manchester, CT), Kellie Leyland (England) and Melissa Pelletier (Sutton, MA). The Hawks will also add five other players to the lineup next season, including Erika Forkos (Oceanside, NY), Lindsay Guidoboni (Hooksett, NH), Keri Petrone (North Brunswick, NJ), Callie Tatro (Orange, CT) and Danielle Dietrich (Lee, NH).
Leyland was a captain of the U-19 Northern Ireland national team and played with the full national team during the Algarve Cup against England, Portugal and Mexico. Busque was an all-state and all-New England player at Manchester High School, and Carreira was an all-state player at Glastonbury High School. Black plays club soccer for the Albertson Express, a team that ranked in the top 10 in the country last year.
