PITMAN, NJ -- Julianna Giordano was named the 2025 New Jersey Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year to highlight a total of eight Profs on the NJAC All-Conference teams announced on Wednesday.

Giordano joins sister Olivia Giordano, Lianna SanFelice, Sara Wiedeman, and MaKala Baker on the first team. Angela Oliveto earned a spot on the second team with Ava Morales and Leah Edinger chosen as honorable mention.

This is the fourth year in a row that the Giordano sisters and SanFelice earn all-conference accolades. Wiedeman nabs her second while Baker, Oliveto, Morales, and Edinger all score the honor for the first time.

This season Giordano helped spearhead a backline that has allowed just seven goals in 17 games including 12 shutouts and a team 0.41 goals against average. Offensively, the senior added three goals and three assists.

Sister Olivia is tied for the NJAC lead with 33 points, totaling 13 goals and seven assists and leads the conference with seven game-winning goals. The 2024 NJAC Offensive Player of the Year, she became the fifth player in program history to surpass 100 career points and now sits third in all-time points (118).

SanFelice's 10 assists were tops in the conference and a career best. The senior has added two goals. Wiedeman is second on the team with 19 points on six goals and seven assists. Baker was part of that defense that yielded just under five shots a game.

Oliveto put together a career-best 15 points on six goals and three assists. Morales tallied a goal in 13 games as a defensive midfielder. Edinger led the NJAC in goals against average (0.43 GAA) and tied for the league lead with eight shutouts.

The #11 ranked Profs, fresh off its wild shootout victory over TCNJ in the NJAC Semifinal, advance to play Montclair State in the NJAC Championship this Friday in Montclair, NJ. Tickets for the title game must be purchased online. There will be no physical ticket sales/cash transaction at any tournament venue.

Fans can click this link (https://njacsports.com/sports/2024/1/4/tickets.aspx) to purchase tickets for Friday's Championship game.
   

FIRST TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Alyssa Alfano	TCNJ	JR	F
Olivia Giordano	Rowan	SR	F
Isabell Kronow	Montclair State	SO	F
Kylie Prendergast	Montclair State	SR	F
Shannon Mullins	Montclair State	JR	M
Lianna SanFelice	Rowan	SR	M
Emily Schuler	Montclair State	SR	M
Sara Wiedeman	Rowan	JR	M
MaKala Baker	Rowan	SO	D
Julianna Giordano	Rowan	JR	D
Aria Hicks	Montclair State	JR	D
Kyanah-Belle Jean-Louis	NJCU	SO	D
Salange Bell%	Montclair State	SO	G
SECOND TEAM
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Mackenzie Albert	Montclair State	SR	F
Emily Karlicki	Rutgers-Newark	SO	F
Angela Oliveto	Rowan	SO	F
Logan Shaw	Stockton	SR	F
Nyrohah Alvarenga	NJCU	SR	M
Caroline Freer	TCNJ	JR	M
Makayla Jaffe	Stockton	JR	M
Maggie Murphy	TCNJ	SO	M
Isabella Charles	TCNJ	FR	D
Erin Clark	William Paterson	SR	D
Carly Guzzardo	Montclair State	FR	D
Gianna Patitucci	Rutgers-Camden	SR	D
Giselle Lizardi	Rutgers-Camden	FR	G
HONORABLE MENTION
Name	School	Yr.	Pos.
Vielka Fernandez	Rutgers-Newark	JR	F
Carly Gleason	Kean	JR	F
Christina Jimenez	William Paterson	JR	F
Ari Keily	TCNJ	SR	F
Ella Petrosh#	Kean	SO	F
Isabella Ramirez	NJCU	FR	F
Maria Castillo	Rutgers-Newark	SR	M
Katelyn Greiner	Kean	SO	M
Stephanie Monroe	Kean	FR	M
Ava Morales	Rowan	SR	M
Abby Najdzinowicz	TCNJ	SR	M
Kylee Reissek	Stockton	JR	M
Mariana Valencia	Rutgers-Newark	SR	M
Meghan Gorman	Rutgers-Camden	FR	D
Aubrey Gulbin	NJCU	SO	D
Mia Santana	Ramapo	SR	D
Riley Schoka	Stockton	SR	D
Amelia Shappell	Stockton	SO	D
J'nyyah Young	Rutgers-Newark	SO	D
Leah Edinger	Rowan	FR	G
Sophia Mannino	NJCU	SR	G