Kristine Lilly visits Suffolk to share soccer experiences
February 5, 2020
Kristine Lilly, a former United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) player, and U.S. Soccer Hall of Famer, visited Sargent Hall last Thursday night for an inspiring talk about leadership, teamwork and sacrifice. Lilly had an illustrious 23-year playing career, with her greatest achievement o...
Van Vechten named GNAC Coach of the Year
November 24, 2019
Within the 13 teams across the Greater Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) eligible for Coach of the Year accolades, the Suffolk women’s head soccer coach Ashley Van Vechten ultimately scored this award. Coaches from each team were able to nominate three coaches in the GNAC for the Coach of ...
Rookie player scores three GNAC accolades
October 30, 2019
Freshman Sunjoon Tenorio, or “Sun” as his teammates call him, has had an explosive season for the Suffolk men’s soccer team and recently received the accolades to prove it. Last week, the 18-year-old from Saipan was awarded the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) rookie of the week for t...
Men’s soccer captains leading team to final stretch
October 23, 2019
As the 5-7-1 Rams head into their final games of the season, their record isn't deterring them from making a final playoff push. The team, which is led by captains Jackson Hines, Simon Velez Angel, Christian Restrepo and Jarett Davis are currently riding a two-game winning streak with four games left on ...
Suffolk women’s soccer player battles back from injury
October 23, 2019
“I didn’t know what was going on,” said Jill Kohm in an interview with The Suffolk Journal. “I was in a lot of pain and my knee felt stuck at a ninety-degree angle, I couldn’t bend or straighten it at all.” When Kohm tore her ACL in the third game of her sophomore season, her first collegiate st...
Allison Rodrigues, #1
September 25, 2019
Being a multi-sport athlete is what sophomore goalie Allie Rodrigues signed up for when she came to Suffolk. Originally recruited by Coach Will Feldman of Suffolk’s track teams, Rodrigues emailed the Women’s Soccer coach to inquire about being on the team. “It was an easy decision for me to re...
Addisyn Lanza, #9
September 25, 2019
Junior midfielder Addisyn Lanza is never satisfied in her appetite for self-improvement, adding the goal of improved scoring to her plate this season. “I want to score more. I’ve been told since the age of five that I need to shoot more,” said Lanza in an interview with The Suffolk Journal. ...
Women’s soccer blows past competition
Andrew Pease
September 15, 2019
Wednesday night the Lady Rams travelled to Mass. Maritime Academy for their third game of the season, and spent the bus ride back to Boston celebrating their ten point shutout of the Buccaneers. Coming off their wrenching 1-0 loss to Fitchburg State College in double overtime just four nights prior,...
Andrew Pease
September 9, 2019
In the Lady Ram’s first meeting against Fitchburg State, the team came up short in double overtime, losing their home opener 2-1, last Saturday afternoon. After the game, Suffolk Head Coach Ashley Van Vechten stressed keeping confidence going forward. “To the team,” said Van Vechten in an...
High school to college: student-athlete transitions
Ryan, Inchaustegui
April 3, 2019
For many student-athletes, the transition from high school to college can be quite the learning process. Freshmen athletes have to learn how to balance their time between academic work, training, playing the sport and having a personal life. Suffolk University freshman Julia Hunt plays soccer and o...
For the love of sports: Suffolk’s multi-sport athletes
February 6, 2019
It is safe to say that being a student-athlete at any university is a difficult task. Between classes, homework, practice and games, it makes for little free-time. But in the rare phenomenon of being a multi-sport athlete at a university, this lifestyle is even more amplified. In the case of senior McKenzie McGrath...
