Head Coach Maureen McVey with Kaley Neiters, Alli Magaletta, Nina Simon & Natalie Sims
Where are they now? I take a look at the 2014 MAC Girls High School Soccer All-Stars along with the Metro Players of the Year from that season. One player captured a D3 National Championship while another reached the NCAA Division Final. Then there is the lass that tied their D1 programs career games played while knocking off SLU in their last college match.
For those who pursued college careers, this is the end of their four years and it’s a good look back. A second reason for this post – how many of these talented players initial decision changed during that four year period? Consider it a recruiting story as we look to see how much change occurred for this subset of the Class of 2014/2018.
In addition to the All-Stars, I also added the players recognized by the Post-Dispatch as All-Metro to see if there was a difference in the results. That analysis can be found below the table listing the players.
The 2014 MAC Girls High School All-Stars was played on June 28, 2014 at St. Louis Soccer Park. A Photo Gallery from the game can be found below.
North 1, South 0
North MVP: Bridgette Reilly, Duchesne
South MVP: Alli Magaletta, St. Joseph
Sam Copple Goalkeeper of the Year: Megan Swanson, St. Dominic
Maureen McVey of St Joseph and Dick Westbrook of Visitation helmed the South squad while the North team was coached by Greg Koeller and Mark Olwig.
Note – report is incomplete but will be finished by Friday evening.
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| 2014 GRADUATES | ||||||
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| Name | Pos | High School | College | Notes | Seasons | Changes |
| Abby Grimes | M | Visitation | Louisville | DNP. Field Hockey | 0 | 0 |
| Alli Magaletta | M | St. Joseph | Mizzou | 90 games, transfered to West Virginia as a junior where she started all 49 matches as a defensive center midfielder. Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 24, she ranked 3rd on the team with 13 points (5 G, 3 A). Three of her goals were game-winners. Magaletta scored the game-winning goal in three of WVU's final four regular-season games. An Academic All-American as a senior, she scored 13 goals in her career (7 GW) and 6 assists. Reached NCAA D1 Final as a junior, losing to USC. | 4 | 1 |
| Alysa Manwill | M | Parkway West | UIS | 36 games, 19 starts. Started all 18 games as a Fr. then transfered to Dixie State for final 3 seasons. | 4 | 1 |
| Amy Brown | M | St. Charles West | Butler | DNP | 0 | 0 |
| Bailey Gruebel | D | Nerinx Hall | Quincy | 82 games, 78 starts culminated with 3rd Team All-GLVC honors this year. 0G/7A | 4 | 0 |
| Brigitte Reilly | F | Duchesne | Missouri State | DNP | 0 | 0 |
| Caroline Hoefert | F | Alton Marquette | SIUE | 80 games, 62 starts. Scored 18G/11A while leading team as sophomore and junior. OVC Tournament MVP as Jr when Cougars won title and advanced to NCAA 2nd round and played in 2014 OVC title game | 4 | 0 |
| Caroline Millitello | M | MICDS | Columbia (NYC) | 58 games with 33 starts, senior co-captain and scored 4 goals while adding 6 assists. | 4 | 0 |
| Christina Hovatter | D | St. Pius X | UIC | 52 games, 16 starts. 0G/2A as a defender, helped the team reach it's first ever Post-season tournament as a senior. | 4 | 0 |
| Ciarra "CJ" Fitter | F | Seckman | Drury | Rostered as freshman at Drury in 2014 and as a freshman at UMSL in 2015. Did not play either year. | 2 | 2 |
| Claire Dmuchovsky | M | Summit | Alabama | DNP | 0 | 0 |
| Elizabeth Hopkins | M | Visitation | Mercer | 21 games, 1 start as a freshman. Now interning as she completes her engineering degree. | 1 | 1 |
| Ella Burrows | D | Eureka | Rockhurst | Rostered as a freshman and sophomore but no stats available | 2 | 1 |
| Erin Kelly | F | Howell North | Culver-Stockton | Roster as freshman and sophomore but no stats | 2 | 1 |
| Jenna Vaught | M | Howell | Arkansas State | 18 games and 4 starts as a freshman, transfered to Mizzou | 1 | 1 |
| Julia Gubicya | D | Trinity | Louisiana State – Alexandria | 48 games played, with 24 starts in 29 games at LSU-A her fr. & so. years. Transfered to UMSL and played 19 with 4 starts as a Jr. | 3 | 2 |
| Julia Larson | M | St. Charles West | Missouri State | DNP | 0 | 0 |
| Kaley Hill | F | Hazelwood West | Lewis & Clark CC | Played, and started, all 41 games in two years at L&C. 1st team All-Region as sophomore she scored 20 goals with 17 assists. | 2 | 1 |
| Kaley Nieters | F | St. Joseph | Iowa State | 67 games, 48 starts including 38 at Rockhurst where she transfered as a Jr. Led Cyclone freshmen in games, missed last 8 games as So. to injury before transfering. Led Hawks in scoring as Jr & Sr with 13 goals and 10 assists. 3rd Team All-Region as well as 2nd Team D2CCAC and First Team GLVC as Jr | 4 | 1 |
| Katie Kienstra | F | Incarnate Word | Arkansas | 64 games while scoring 5 goals and adding 5 assists. Played in every game sophomore year on. Finished one of two PK's Arkansas had in 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| Kelly Miller | F | Cor Jesu | Illinois State | Appeared in 14 games, 12 as a freshman and one each as a sophomore and junior. Both Soph and Jr years ended as medical redshirts. | 3 | 1 |
| Kelsey Murphy | M | Incarnate Word | Truman State | 77 games, 63 starts including every game So-Sr year. Scored 8G/5A, was 2nd on Team as a Jr with 4 incl 3 GW | 4 | 0 |
| Kerri Morris | F | Zumwalt West | Drury | 69 games, 67 of them starts, earned All-Academic honors all four years, culminating this year with an All-Region Scholar award – in Accounting! 3rd Team All-Midwest as a senior, she led the team in scoring her sophomore, junior and senior years. She scored 19 goals and had 8 assists. | 4 | 0 |
| Kristen Francis | GK | Edwardsville | Union (MS) | 56 games with 52 starts, earned 2nd Team All-GSC (D2) as a sophomore and Defensive Player of the Week 4 times as a Jr. | 4 | 0 |
| Lauren Breshears | GK | Zumwalt South | Kansas | Following a red-shirt freshman year, the junior saw action in 3 games as a RS freshman. | 4 | 0 |
| Lilly Cobb | M | Edwardsville | UMKC | 79 games including 28 starts first three years (don't have 2017 #s) while scoring 6 goals with 7 assists as a MF | 4 | 0 |
| Mackenzie Rief | F | St. Dominic | Quincy | 72 games, 67 starts interrupted by four weeks of injured reserve as a junior. Led team in scoring as sr with 10G/3A, finished with 19G/9A. 1st Team Scholar All-American, 2nd Team D2 All-American and 8 GW goals tied for third in D2. | 4 | 0 |
| Mariana Alisio | M | Ladue | Washington University | 58 games, 8 starts. Won a National Championship as a Jr appearing in all 24 games when she led the team with 8 assist. 16 games as a Sr, missing 4 due to injury. 4G/11A | 4 | 0 |
| Mary Niehaus | GK | Nerinx Hall | SLU | 40 games, all starts, beginning as a junior. 19 shutouts. 1st Team All-Region as a Sr. 3rd team All-Region as a Jr. Set Saint Louis single-season records for wins and GAA and tied for third on single-season shutouts list. | 4 | 0 |
| Megan Oostendorp | D | Howell North | Truman State | 72 games, 18 starts including every game as a Sr. Scored 3G/2A, 1st goal was a GW against Drury in GLVC tournament as a Fr. | 4 | 0 |
| Megan Swanson | GK | St. Dominic | Quincy | 78 games, started every one all four years. She was recognized as 3rd Team All-GLVC as a freshman and senior. | 4 | 0 |
| Meredith Sinak | M | Ursuline | Stetson | 58 games, 8 starts as a defender with the Hatters. 2 assists. | 4 | 0 |
| Molly Ream | M | St. Dominic | SLU | 70 games, 45 starts. Started every game as a senior and a freshman. 4 assists | 4 | 0 |
| Natalie Quisenberry | M | Lafayette | Quincy | 72 games, 66 starts culimanted win 1st Team All-Midwest honors as a senior. 3rd Team All-Midwest as a junior. 10G/9A | 4 | 0 |
| Natalie Sims | D | St. Joseph | Fordham | Played in 79 games, tying the career mark at Fordham, starting the final 70 of them beginning midway thru her freshman year when she was Rookie of the Year. Scored 2, assisted on 8 and beat SLU in her final game. | 4 | 0 |
| Nina Simon | D | St. Joseph | Arkansas State | 18 games and 12 starts as a freshman with 2 goals and an assist, third on team in points. Transfered to Mizzou | 1 | 1 |
| Peyton Bowe | F | Nerinx Hall | Wm. Jewell | 14 games, 2 starts as a freshman with one assist. Now studying at UMKC. | 1 | 1 |
| Quin Wilkes | F | O'Fallon | Arkansas Little Rock | 78 games with 66 starts. Led the team in scoring as a Jr, earning 2nd team All-Sun Belt Conference. 20 goals and 12 assists, #8 all-time scoring for UALR, 8th in career goals and 4th in career assists. | 4 | 0 |
| Sarah Botteron | M | Burroughs | Lafayette | DNP | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Gerwel | M | Rosati-Kain | Truman State | DNP | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Price | F | Visitation | Arkansas | After 34 games at Arkansas, transfered to Georgia Southern for her final two seasons. Named 1st Team Sunbelt Conference as a junior and 1st Team Tournament team as a senior. Played 33 games, starting 24 while scoring 10 goals and 2 assists. | 4 | 1 |
| Stephanie Huelett | D | Summit | UMSL | 14 games, 2 starts as a freshman with one assist. Transfered to Truman State where she excelled on their golf team. | 1 | 1 |
| Sydney Doherty | M | Holt | Milliken | 26 games with 10 starts in two seasons with Big Blue | 2 | 1 |
| Sydni Young | D | St. Dominic | UMKC | 69 games in four years with 41 starts in first 3 years, scored a pair of goals and added three assists as a defender. | 4 | 0 |
| Tina Haberberger | GK | Oakville | Drury | 64 games with 58 starts, starter and primary keeper all 4 years. NCAA POW and GLVC POW once each. | 4 | 0 |
ANALYSIS
coming Saturday
All-Metro Girls Soccer First Team
GK: Megan Swanson, sr., St. Dominic
One of the most dominant goalkeepers in the state, Swanson is a four-time Class 2 goalkeeper of the Year. A Quincy recruit, she was credited w…
DEF: Nina Simon, sr., St. Joseph’s
Simon was one of three key cogs in an Angels’ defense that allowed just 10 goals. An Arkansas State recruit, Simon was a four-year starter. Fl…
DEF: Sydni Young, sr., St. Dominic
A four-year starter, Young drew raves from St. Dominic coach Greg Koeller who said she was the “toughest back I’ve ever coached.” A Missouri-K…
MF: Molly Ream, sr., St. Dominic
A four-year stalwart for the Crusaders, Ream scored three goals and had seven assists. She was a dynamic presence in the middle after spending…
MF: Abby Grimes, sr., Visitation
Grimes, a dynamic presence in the midfield for the Class 2 champions, Grimes provided whatever Visitation needed at the moment. Grimes scored …
F: Kaley Nieters, sr., St. Joseph’s
An elite striker, Nieters was a target forward for the Class 3 champions. She saw constant double and triple teams and became more of a facili…
F: Caroline Hoefert, sr., Alton Marquette
The most dangerous player for the Explorers, Hoefert led Alton Marquette to a Class 1A super-sectional appearance. She scored 21 goals and had…
All-Metro Girls Soccer Second Team
GK: Kristen Francis, sr., Edwardsville
The last line of defense for the most dominant defense in the area, Francis was spectacular. She posted 19 shutouts, allowed five goals and ma…
DEF: Megan Oostendorp, sr., Howell North
Oostendorp was one of the main reasons the Knights made the final four. A four-year starter, the Truman State recruit flourished in the stoppe…
DEF: Natalie Sims, sr., St. Joseph’s
The right wingback in the Angels’ three-back system, Sims was a dynamic defender. She helped St. Joseph’s allow just 10 goals, four of which c…
MF: Lilly Cobb, sr., Edwardsville
, C…
MF: Caroline Millitello, sr., MICDS
The two-time Metro League Player of the Year, Millitello was the heart of the Rams. She scored 10 goals, had 10 assists and finished her caree…
MF: Mariana Alisio, sr., Ladue
One of the best kept secrets in the area, Alisio made her mark at Ladue and abroad. A first-team all-state and all-region selection, Alisio wa…
F: Mackenzie Rief, sr., St. Dominic
Among the most dangerous attackers in the area, Rief was a four-year standout for the Crusaders. A Quincy recruit and a first-team All-Metro s…
F: Sarah Price, sr., Visitation
The best individual talent on the Class 2 state champion, Price scored the title-clinching goal in double overtime to beat Kearney. An Arkansa…
F: Quin Wilkes, sr., O’Fallon
Lightning fast and dangerous, Wilkes keyed the Panthers attack. An Arkansas-Little Rock recruit, Wilkes scored 15 goals and had three assists …
All-Metro Girls Soccer Third Team
GK: Mary Niehaus, sr., Nerinx Hall
A powerhouse between the pipes, Niehaus was credited with 12 shutouts (nine solo). She allowed 12 goals and made 92 saves. A St. Louis U. recr…
DEF: Stephanie Huelett, sr., Summit
Among the best marking backs in the area, Huelett always made life miserable for the oppositions’ best attacker. A three-year starter, Huelett…
DEF: Bailey Gruebel, sr., Nerinx Hall
A four-year starter at center back, Gruebel was the rock in the middle for the Markers. A second-team all-state selection, Gruebel’s ability t…
MF: Liz Hopkins, sr., Visitation
After battling back from a debilitating hip injury, Hopkins saved her best season for last. She handed out a team-high 19 assists while displa…
MF: CJ Fitter, sr., Seckman
The best player on the only Suburban South Conference team to win its district, Fitter finished with 19 goals and 24 assists. Selected by the …
MF: Kaley Hill, sr., Hazelwood West
A four-year starter and three-year captain for the Wildcats, Hill finished the season with 18 goals and 14 assists. A tireless worker and an e…
F: Brigitte Reilly, sr., Duchesne
The Regional Player of the Year and AAA Offensive Player of the Year, Reilly scored twice in the Pioneers’ 6-0 drubbing of Springfield Catholi…
F: Kerri Morris, sr., Fort Zumwalt West
Morris was a key cog in the Fort Zumwalt West attack. The GAC South Player of the Year, Morris scored 21 goals and had eight assists. A Drury …
