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2011 SUNY Geneseo Women's Soccer

The SUNY Geneseo women's soccer team has been an intercollegiate sport since the fall of 1981. Head coach Nate Wiley is a 1999 graduate of SUNY Geneseo and has a record of 66-37-10 after six seasons. The program was started by Fred Bright and has compiled a record of 357-185-48 in its 31 seasons.

The 2011 women's soccer team finished with a 14-4-2 record for Wiley, with a fifth place mark of 5-3-1 in SUNYAC. Geneseo defeated #4 Oneonta by a score of 1-0 in the first round of the SUNYAC tournament and fell to top-seeded Cortland in penalty kicks in the semifinals after a 0-0 draw. The Blue Knights placed four players on the All-SUNYAC team with senior forward Anne Beinetti and senior midfielder Bre Glynn appearing on the first team. Beinetti set a school record with 17 goals and tied the school mark with 38 points on the season, while Glynn scored one goal and four assists for six points. Senior Kelly Bergin earned second team All-SUNYAC after combining nine goals with five assists for 23 points. Geneseo saw sophomore defender Olivia Panepinto claim third team All-SUNYAC after leading the defense to a 0.68 goals against. Junior midfielders Emily Novak (4g, 3a) and Shannon Spusta (3g, 5a) added 11 points each and senior forward Melanie Rocchio had four goals and two helpers for 10 points. Sophomore goalie Julia Sanger, who joined Panepinto on the SUNYAC All-Tournament team, posted a 0.73 goals against average with eight shutouts in playing all but 113 minutes in net.