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18   Mariella Romano
Mariella Romano

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Whitestone, N.Y.

High School:
Townsend Harris

Height:
5-3

Position:
MF

Birthdate:
08/10/1990

Club Team:
Rockville Centre Royals


2011: Became the Rams' all-time games played leader at 79... Ended her career with 13 assists, which is tied for third all-time at Fordham... Started all 19 games as a senior... Tied a career-high with four goals to go with two assists for 10 points... Had her first career multi-goal game against Utah Valley, tallying two markers (9/16)... Also scored in games against Cornell (9/2) and Columbia (9/25)... Had an assist in games against Delaware St. (9/4) and Xavier (10/7).

2010: Started 12 of the 18 games, she appeared in... Tied for the team lead in assists (3) and game-winning goals (3)... Was second on the team with four goals and 11 points... Notched the game-winning goals against Manhattan (8/29), Richmond (10/24), and Rhode Island (10/31)... Also scored a goal on a penalty kick against St. Bonaventure (10/17)... Notched an assist in games versus Xavier (10/3), George Washington (10/22), and Rhode Island (10/31).

2009: Played in all 22 games, starting 18 of them... Tied for fourth on the team in scoring with a goal and four assists for six points... Led the team in assists... Lone goal of the year came at Richmond (9/25)... Had an assist in games against Manhattan (9/18), Saint Joseph's (10/16), La Salle (10/23), and Massachusetts (11/5).

2008: Was the lone freshman to appear in all 20 games for Fordham... Made 13 starts in the midfield, registering a goal and four assists... Had a pair of assists in a win over Saint Louis (9/28)... Scored her first collegiate goal at Saint Joseph's (10/17)... Had one assist in games at Dayton (10/31) and at Xavier (11/2)... Named to the 2008 Atlantic 10 All-Championship team... Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team selection.

Before Fordham: Four-year varsity soccer player at Townsend Harris High School... Earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2004 and the Coaches Award in 2005... Played club soccer for the Long Island Rough Riders, helping them to three straight league championships from 2004-06, and currently plays for the Rockville Centre Royals... Member of NYS ODP from 2003-07... Selected to the Region 1 Team four times (2003-04, 2006-07), and was a part of the National Team Event Invite in Boca Raton, Florida in 2005... Member of the Super Y-League National Pool from 2004-06... Also ran cross country and track in high school... Earned a National Merit Scholarship and was Honorable Merit Summa Cum Laude in Latin.

Major: Majoring in Biological Sciences.

CAREER TOTALS
Games Played: 79
Games Started: 62
Shots: 88
Goals: 10
Assists: 13
Points: 33
Game-Winning Goals: 3