Pastorelli, Miller Named All-New England
Juniors Mary Pastorelli and Morgan Miller honored by the NSCAA as Second and Third Team All-New England selections, respectively
BOSTON, Mass. – After a record-setting season by the Wentworth Institute of Technology women's soccer team, two student-athletes have been honored by the National Soccer Coaches' Association of America by being named to the All-New England Team. Junior Mary Pastorelli (Whitesboro, N.Y.) earned second team recognition while classmate Morgan Miller (Schenectady, N.Y.) was named to the third team.
Pastorelli, the 2015 Commonwealth Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and two-time All-CCC selection, has been a solid defender throughout her career and helped the Black & Gold post a team goals against average of 0.53 this past season, which includes a program record 12 shutouts. Wentworth allowed just 12 goals in 22 contests. Pastorelli has been charged with taking the bulk of the team's free kicks and twice scored goals off of them, while she added an assist when a teammate scored off one of her corner kicks and scored a goal off another one. She was named the CCC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 5. In 59 career games (51 starts) she has been a team leader on defense and has 10 career points coming on four goals and two assists.
A three-time All-CCC honoree, Miller was a workhorse at midfield who has often controlled possession for the Leopards. Her versatility has led to numerous offensive chances for Wentworth throughout her career, and, offensively, she scored two goals and assisted on three others for a career-best seven points this season. She was named both the CCC and ECAC Defensive Player of the Week on September 8. In 64 career games (62 starts) she has three goals and four assists for 10 points.
Wentworth finished the 2015 season with a program record 17 wins (17-3-2), advanced to the semifinals of the CCC Tournament for the third straight season and made its first-ever appearance in the ECAC semifinals. In addition to breaking the single-season record for wins and shutouts, the Leopards posted program-best marks for goals against average, winning streak (11), and unbeaten streak (13).