SIMIELE REPEATS AS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• BURNS NAMED GOALIE OF THE WEEK

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Nov. 7, 2006) -- Rosie Simiele, a senior midfielder on the Nazareth women's soccer team, has been named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the seven-day period that ended Nov. 4. She earns the honor for the second week in a row.

Simiele is a Syracuse native and graduate of Solvay High School. She ended Wednesday’s Empire 8 Conference semifinal game with Ithaca by heading in a pass with less than seven minutes remaining in the second overtime to give Nazareth a 1-0 victory and a spot in the conference championship game. On Saturday, she assisted on the game-winning goal by Kelly Finn early in the first overtime to give the Golden Flyers a 2-1 victory over Utica for the conference title. The victory gave the Golden Flyers a berth in the NCAA tournament for the seventh time but the first since 2002.

Simiele has been Nazareth’s leading scorer through the 2006 season. She has 21 points on seven goals and seven assists. as she has recorded seven goals and seven assists for a total of 21 points.

The Golden Flyers travel to Elizabethtown, Pa. Saturday to play Montclair State of New Jersey in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at 1 p.m.