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2021 Women's Soccer Roster

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11 Alyssa Francese

  • Position F
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
  • High School Yorktown High School
  • Major Business

Biography

2020-21 (Senior): United Soccer Coaches All-Region ... United Soccer Coaches third-team Scholar All-American and first-team Scholar All-Region ...First-team All-America East ... America East All-Academic team ... America East All-Championship team ... MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List ... America East Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award ... Senior CLASS Award candidate ... United Soccer Coaches Player of Distinction ... Lone America East player, at No. 86, in Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 final rankings ... Assisted lone goal in America East championship match win vs. Binghamton on April 17 and finished with goal and two assists in league tourney ... America East Offensive Player of Week on March 30 ... Scored tiebreaking goal in 75th minute en route to 3-1 win vs. Vermont in America East semifinal on April 15 ... Tallied 31st career goal on Feb. 21 at Hofstra to move into tie with Noreen Heiligenstadt (1985-88) for fourth on program's all-time goals list ... Scored 33rd career goal on March 14 at Binghamton to match Kim Canada (1993-94) for third on program's all-time goals list.

2019 (Junior): Earned Undergraduate Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Athletics ... Program’s first United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American ... America East Fall Honor Roll ... United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region … United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team … America East Striker of the Year … America East All-Conference First Team … scored seven game-winning goals, good for fifth in nation … Tallied 12 goals, the most by a Seawolves player since 2000 … Her now-30 career goals are fifth all-time … assisted on championship-winning goal against Hartford on Nov. 10.

2018 (Sophomore): Started all 19 games last season … named Second Team All-America East and All-Academic … finished tied for the team lead in goals, with nine, and points, with 19 … was top 4 in America East in goals and top 7 in points … scored in both games in Oregon against the Ducks (8/17) and Beavers (8/19) … scored in four consecutive games at the end of September (Delaware State, Maine, UAlbany, Vermont) … three of her goals were game-winners.

2017 (Freshman): Played in 20 games for Stony Brook, making 13 starts… Recorded nine goals and one assist for a team-best 19 points… Recorded first three career goals against Wagner (9/17)… Scored a goal vs. Vermont in the AE Championship contest (11/5)… Named to the America East All-Rookie Team… Helped the Seawolves win the 2017 America East Women’s Soccer Championship, earning the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2012.

High School/Club:  Played varsity soccer and basketball at Yorktown High School… Served as Yorktown’s team captain in soccer as a junior and senior… Scored 96 goals with 35 assists in high school career… Earned All-League and All-Section awards as a sophomore, junior and senior… Named First-Team All-State as a senior… Played six years for the New York Soccer Club…

Personal: Born on Dec. 7, 1998 in Queens, N.Y. … Daughter of John and Lori… Sister of Frank and Juliana … Business major ... Earned bachelor's degree in December 2020 with Senior Academic Achievement Award.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    Forward
    5'4"
    11
  • 11

    2018Sophomore

    Forward
    5'4"
    11
  • 11

    2019Junior

    Forward
    5'4"
    11
  • 11

    2020Graduate Student

    Forward
    5'4"
    11
  • 11

    2021Graduate Student

    Forward
    5'4"
    11
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