Russell Sage College Women’s Soccer History
Program start: 1988
Coaches: Barry Balkwell (2002-2011), Caitlin Colfer (2012), Ashley Moore (2013), Andrew Gamarra (2014-2015), Garrett Cobb (2016 to present)
253-295-38 .464 win percentage (586 games) (Lifetime record as of 11/4/22)
Highlights
2022 Empire 8 Tournament, advanced to semifinals
Russell Sage College Women's Soccer was announced as a 2022-23 United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award winner. RSC posted a 3.50 team GPA in 2022-23, easily clearing the 3.0 GPA standard
2021 Empire 8 Women’s Soccer Tournament Champions
Finished 25th nationally in the USC Nation Rankings for the Season
2018 Empire 8 Tournament Participant, lost in semifinals
2016 Skyline Conference
Samantha Trimblett, Skyline Co-Player of the Year
Skyline Conference semifinals and ECAC semifinals in 2014.
2015 Skyline Conference regular-season tri-champions with 8-1 record. Team falls in penalty kicks in Skyline semifinals in 2015
Most wins in a season (14) and in conference play (8) in 2015
Three straight Skyline Conference Semifinal appearances (2014, 2015, 2016—only 3 total in program history).
Six straight Skyline Conference Tournament appearances, (2007-2012)
Andrew Gamarra named Skyline Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year (2014)
Sage Women’s Soccer Players Honored by United Soccer Coaches Association
2022 Natalie Ricci, All-East Third Team
2020-21 College Player Award of Distinction Recipients. Russell Sage College junior forward Hallie Klosterman, senior defender Samantha Schmidt and sophomore defender Julia Gerringer were all named to the Women's Division III Team.
2020-21 Hallie Klosterman named to USC NCAA Division III Women Scholar All-East Region Team
2018 Samantha Trimblett, All-East Third Team
2015 Nicole Maher, All-East Third Team
Sage All-Time Empire 8 Conference All-Stars and Award Winners Women’s Soccer
2022:
Empire 8 Player of the Year, Natalie Ricci, Forward, First Team
Kennedy Jones, Jr., F, Second Team
Amelia Geesler, So., M, Second Team
Courtney Bush, Fr., D, Second Team
Marissa Key, Jr., M, Third Team
Delaney Gillis, Sr., D, Third Team
2022 Empire 8 All-Tournament Team:
Natalie Ricci, Gr., F, & Aimee Warman, Jr., D
2021 Fall:
Natalie Ricci, Sr., F, First Team
Samantha Schmidt, Gr., D, Second Team
Lydia Malkiewicz, Gr. M, Second Team
Angela Gonzalez, Sr., D, Third Team
2021 (Due to Covid-19, No Fall 2020 season held):
Marissa Key, Forward, Rookie of the Year
Hallie Klosterman, Forward, First Team
Angela Gonzalez, Midfield, First Team
Samantha Schmidt, Defender, First Team
Lydia Malkiewicz, Midfield, Second Team
2021 Empire 8 All-Tournament Team
Hallie Klosterman, Most Outstanding Player at the Tournament
Natalie Ricci, Angela Gonzalez, Samantha Schmidt, Lydia Malkiewicz
2020 (No season held due to Covid-19)
2019
Natalie Ricci, First Team, Forward
Angela Gonzalez, Honorable Mention Team, Midfield
Maegan Villa, Honorable Mention Team, Midfield
2018
Samantha Trimblett, Empire 8 First Team, First Team, Forward
Nicole Bauer, Empire 8 Second Team, Defender
Joleen Marfone, Empire 8 Second Team, Forward
Maegan Villa, Empire 8 Second Team, Midfield
2017
Samantha Trimblett, Empire 8 Second Team, Forward
Dominque Puglisi, Empire 8 Honorable Mention Team, Midfield
Sage All-Time Skyline Conference All-Stars and Award Winners Women’s Soccer
2016
Samantha Trimblett, Co-Player of the Year, First Team, Forward
Taylor Lynch, Second Team, Forward
Nicole Bauer, Second Team, Defense
Maegan Villa, Second Team, Midfield
2015
Samantha Trimblett, First Team, F, Skyline Rookie of the Year
Nicole Bauer, First Team, Defense
Nicole Maher, First Team, Goalie
Taylor Lynch, Second Team, Forward
Savannah Mason, Second Team, Forward
2014
Savanah Mason, First Team, Midfield
Jenna Retell, Second Team, Defense
Teagan Waddingham, Second Team, Goalie
Andrew Gamarra, Coach of the Year
2012
Nicole Maher, First Team, Forward, Skyline Rookie of the Year
Kelsey Woron, Second Team, Midfield
Rachel Wampler, Second Team, Defense
2011
Rebecca Marszalek, First Team, Forward
2010
Rebecca Marszalek, First Team, Forward
2009
Brittany McDonald, First Team, Goalie
Samantha DeFoe, First Team, Defense
Ashley Allain, First Team, Midfield
Rebecca Marszalek, First Team, Forward
CSC Academic Honorees
2022 Michaela Buzzy, First Team All-District
2022 Allison Basila, First Team A ll-District
2021 Hallie Klosterman, First Team All-District
2020-21 Hallie Klosterman, First Team All-District
2018 Samantha Trimblett, First Team All-District
2016 Samantha Trimblett, First Team All-District
Notable players
Rebecca Marszalek: Hall of Fame inductee (2017), three-time Skyline Conference First Team All-Star (2009, 2010, 2011); program leader in most career goals (52).
Ashley Allain: two-time Skyline Conference Second Team All-Star (2007, 2008); Skyline Conference First Team All-Star (2009); program leader in most career assists (22).
Nicole Maher: Women’s Soccer Gator of the Year (2012); program’s first Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year (2012); two-time Skyline Conference First Team All-Star (2012, 2015); National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-East Third Team (2015), Sage Female Athlete of the Year (2015-2016).
Samantha Trimblett: Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year (2015); Skyline Conference First Team All-Star (2015). Skyline Conference Co-Player of the Year (2016), Skyline Conference First Team (2016), CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2016), (2017), and (2018).
Trimblett set the career record for assists at Sage and finished her stellar career having been the Gators' leading scorer in all four of her seasons on the team. She closed her career with 22 points on nine goals with four assists and two game-winning goals. Trimblett wrapped up one of the best careers of any Gator in women's soccer history. She closes her time in a Sage uniforms as the all-time career leader in assists at Sage with 24 and finishes with 114 career points, ranking second all-time in Sage women's soccer annals. She tallied 45 career goals, which is third best at Sage. Trimblett was also honored as the 2018-2019 Sage Female Co-Athlete of the Year.
Nicole Bauer: Skyline Conference First Team All-Star (2015);
Wendy Kuhn: Hall of Fame member—inducted 1999, player 1988-92, team captain.
Kelly Richer Gagnier: Hall of Fame Member—inducted 2000, player 1991-95, #2 in career goals, #3 in career assists, #2 in career points, single-season record holder of hat tricks.
Nicole Hanks: Hall of Fame Member—inducted 2010, player 2000-03, #5 in games started (63), MVP (2003), Sage Scholar-Athlete (2000-03).
Schuyler Kokernak: Hall of Fame Member- inducted 2016, player 2004-2007, #1 in goalkeeper career mins (5,401), No. 1 in career shutouts (20), No. 1 in consecutive shutouts (6), Top 5 in goalie career games started (28), Top 5 in career saves (320).
Hallie Klosterman: Forward Hallie Klosterman was honored as the 2021-2022 Dean Sharon Robinson recipient. She was also named to the Sage Athletic Honor Society for the second straight year. She achieved a 3.953 GPA and was a health sciences major with a path to physical therapy at Sage. She was also named the 2020-2021 Capital District Sportswoman of the Year. Voted a team captain, she finished the season with 43 career points on 16 goals and 11 assists, her career totals rank 16th, 16th and 13th (tied) in program records. She was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team.
Natalie Ricci: Was honored with a selection to the 2022 United Soccer Coaches Division III Region III team. Ricci, a third team pick on the all-region squad, was second among all E8 student-athletes in scoring this season with 18 points on seven goals and four assists. Two of her seven goals were game-winners. A four-time All-Empire 8 selection, Ricci has 30 goals and 71 points in 55 career games and ranks in a tie for fifth in career points at RSC. She is the first Russell Sage College women's soccer student-athlete to earn Empire 8 Player of the Year honors.
Michaela Buzzy: Named to 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. In her final season with the Gators, she helped the team advance to the Empire 8 semifinals and went 7-4 in goal. She added five shutouts in 2022 in 990 minutes of work with a 0.82 goals-against average. She recorded 50 saves in 11 appearances and made 10 or more saves in a game twice this past fall, while also adding a .847 save percentage. She also made a season-high 16 saves against Empire 8 foe, Nazareth on October 15.
As a senior in 2021, she was named to the Empire 8 Conference Sportswomen of the Year Team and played in nine matches. She added 49 saves in 654:19 minutes of work with a .831 save percentage and a 1.38 goals-against average. She also tallied 12 saves vs. #24 Hamilton (9/29). The previous season, she helped the Gators win the E8 Tournament title in April of 2021. She appeared in three matches with 15 total saves across 225 minutes. She did not play for the team in 2019 after being sidelined with an injury. She began her time as a Gator in 2018 as a rookie goalie. Along the way, she played 671:46 minutes across ten games and made seven starts. She added 61 saves on the season, after also making 19 saves in a 1-1 draw with Hamilton (9/9/18), which ranks second-most in a game by a Gator.
Overall on her career, she worked in 32 games in goal with a mark of 9-12-4. She made 166 saves and owns a 1.40 career goals against average with a .814 career saves percentage having also worked 2,451 minutes in goal. She ranks among the program's goalkeeping record leaders as she is eighth with her 23 career starts, fifth in career minutes, fifth with 6.4 career shutouts, and also eighth with her 176 career saves.
She is a Sage Scholar-Athlete Honoree as well as an inductee into RSC's Athletic Honor Society. She was also chosen as the recipient of the 2021-2022 Aggie Stillman Perseverance Award recipient after overcoming multiple injuries during her career.
Updated Aug. 31, 2023
Statistics Archive (Only seasons since 2007 available at this time)
2022 Women's Soccer Stats: Interactive | PDF
2023 Women's Soccer Stats: Interactive | PDF