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1985 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS NO NAME 1985 Women's Soccer Team Roster POS Kim Maslin Yvonne Morris 2 Jan Smith First Mason took on top-ranked UMass and the result was a 3-0 Mason victory. Chris Tomek scored in the 57th minute and Cathy Moon added a goal six minutes later. With less than 10 minutes to play, Dana Hedin iced the game for the Patriots. That set up a rematch the next day with North Carolina. A then-NCAA record 4,500 people showed up to see if the Patriots could deny the Tarheels their fourth-straight NCAA women's soccer title. The Tar Heels were 18-1-1, with a loss to UMass and a tie at the hands of George Mason. But UNC had championship experience. The Tar Heels entered the match 10-0 all-time in the NCAA Tournament while Mason was 4-3. Accompanying Mason out on to the field were the bad memories of two years earlier, when Mason had lost to UNC in the national finals, 4-0. In the previous three championship matches, the Tar Heels had not allowed a goal. That string of dominance in the finals ended less than 30 minutes into the 1985 championship match. Pam Baughman, a senior from Fairfax, scored the biggest goal in George Mason history, 2011 PA TRIO TS WOMEN'S SOCCER • PAGE 3 a 10-yard blast from the left corner past goalie Kathleen O'Dell. After more than an hour of holding off North Carolina's attacks, Lisa Gmitter iced the game on a pass from Baughman with fewer than five minutes to play, sealing the national title with a 2-0 win. Baughman was named the tournament's MVP while junior Betsy Drambour earned Defensive MVP honors. Also earning all-tournament honors for Mason were Maslin, Gmitter and Kim Crabbe. How historic was the victory for Mason? Considering that the program was only four years old, that Mason had never won a national championship in any sport, and that North Carolina went on to win nine straight national titles beginning that historic streak the following season, it's fair to say that Mason's 1985 women's soccer national championship was one for the record books. 3 Andrea Volpe 4 Chris Tomek 5 Sheryl Waters 6 Pam Baughman 7 Kim Crabbe 8 Sue Vodicka 9 Celia Gillen 10 Sis Koskinen 11 Lisa Gmitter 12 Andrea Baines 13 Betsy Drambour 14 Kathy Conroy 15 Michele D'Anjolell 16 Meg Romaine 17 Sheri D'Amato-Wright 18 Maia Gemignani 19 Michele Bell 20 Dana Hedin 21 Cathy Moon HEAD COACH: ASSISTANT COACHES: GK GK MF MF F D F YR Jr Fr Fr So Jr Sr Sr M/D So D D D F MF MF D D M/F Sr So Sr Jr Sr Jr Jr Jr Sr M/D Sr M/D So MF F M Sr Fr Sr Jen Wallace Hank Leung Gene Mishalow Ken Bernsteing HOMETOWN Rutledge, Pa. Springfield, Va. Marlboro, N.J. Springfield, Va. Wheaton, Ill. Alexandria, Va. Fairfax, Va. Reston, Va. Lansdowne, Pa. Fairfax, Va. Lansdowne, Pa. Trenton, N.J. Springfield, Va. Ballston Lake, N.Y. Beachwood, N.J. Lansdowne, Pa. Brick, N.J. Howell, N.J. Falls Church, Va. Arvado, Col. Col. Springs, Col. Lima, N.Y.