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Women's soccer made its varsity debut at King’s in 1992, earning a 7-7 record in its inaugural season and becoming an increasingly popular spectator sport ever since.
The Lady Monarchs have been a competitive team in the Middle Atlantic Conference since their inception and the program figures to continue improving as it grows.
The Lady Monarchs will begin a new era in 2008 with the hiring of head coach Maria Bustin. Coach Bustin was hired in May of 2008.
The women's soccer program has made significant strides the past few seasons. After going 2-18 in 2003 and 4-14 in 2004, the team went 7-12 in 2005 and then 6-10-3 in 2006 with squads comprised primarily of underclassmen.
The program's future looks bright with a crop of young, talented players led by 2007 all-conference selection Rachael Dontiello and veterans such as Sara Coletta, Catherine Scerra, and Kelly Puffenberger.
Individually, several King’s players have made a name for themselves among the MAC as several Lady Monarch players have been named Freedom Conference all-stars since the program began.
The Lady Monarchs face a very challenging schedule both in and out of conference and annually faces such local rivals as Wilkes, Misericordia, Scranton, and Marywood.
King's competes for an opportunity to qualify for the Freedom Conference Championships as the top four teams from within the conference earn post-season berths.
In 1999, the NCAA restructured its national tournament criteria and began awarding the Freedom Conference winner an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III National Championships, increasing King’s chances of competing at the national level.
King's women's soccer players have also been outstanding in the classroom as 74 team members have been named to Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Teams since 1993.
King’s faces a rugged a 18-20 game schedule and play its home games at Robert L. Betzler Fields. The team will play the majority of its home games on the grass soccer field but will compete in several contests on King's new multi-purpose synthetic turf field constructed in 2008.
If you would like to be recruited to play women's soccer at King's College, click on the following link and fill out the online recruiting form: Prospective Athletes
Check out additional action photos of King's College women's soccer in the team Photo Gallery section.
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