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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Soccer Annouces 2009 Signing Class
3/10/2009 12:00 AM | Soccer
March 10, 2009
Signee Information in PDF Format 
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah soccer team has released its 2009 signing class as six players have inked a National Letter of Intent to play head coach Rich Manning this fall.
"By adding these six players, our team speed and power has just increased by miles," said Manning. "We really feel that after two years of thin rosters, our team depth will finally be restored. We expect these new players to come and challenge for starting positions and playing time right away. We love the qualities and personality they bring to our group and we cannot wait for August. These players are going to join a young, talented and hungry group of returners and we are optimistic about the team's potential."
The 2009 class includes four players from the state of Utah: defender Monica Okapal (Bountiful), forward Hanna Terry (Park City), defender Zoe Van Gorder (Park City) and forward Natalie Young (Springville). Defender Ashley Mosley hails from Las Vegas, Nev., and midfielder Stephanie Lemeza (Mississauga, Ontario) round out the signees.
"The most important thing I can tell you about these players is how excited and enthusiastic each of them is about our soccer team and the University of Utah. These players have visited the U - some several times - and there were always a lot of smiles from the girls and our coaching staff. We think this is a talented group and we really focused on finding girls that were a good match for our team and its values of working hard, loving the game and being a good teammates to each other. Our roster has endured tremendous turnover the last two years. It seemed like our needs were always changing. We were recruiting the class of 2009 for a long time, right up until signing day. It feels great, like we just won a big game.
All six signees hail from accomplished clubs who have found success on a regional, national and international scale. The five domestic players are all products of the Olympic Development (ODP) program. All four in-state athletes have already played together on the Utah state ODP squad and are familiar with several members of the Utes' current roster.
"Natalie and Ashley are excellent track athletes. Hanna and Monica have good speed and Stephanie and Zoe are powerful players. With Erin Dalley and Jen Christoffers coming back from redshirt years, the difference in our team's athleticism will be dramatic.
"Each of these players is an accomplished goal scorer as well," Manning continued. Natalie, Hanna and Monica were three of the top scorers in Utah last year. Ashley has scored a lot of goals in Nevada, Stephanie has a powerful shot and Zoe is dangerous coming forward on set pieces. We think our team just got much more dangerous on the offensive end, and when combined with the service we'll get from returners like Kelly Isleib, Chelsea Forbes and Katie Martinez, we expect to score a lot more goals next fall."
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