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2025 Women's Soccer Roster

30 Madison Apicella

  • Class Senior
  • Position Midfield/Forward
  • Height 5-6

Biography

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Honors and Awards
  • D2CCA All-America Second Team (2025)
  • NE10 Player of the Year (2022)
  • NE10 Rookie of the Year (2022)
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team (2022, 2024)
  • D2CCA All-Region First Team (2022, 2025)
  • D2CCA All-Region Second Team (2024)
  • NE10 All-Rookie Team (2022)
  • NE10 All-Championship Team (2022, 2025)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2025)
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference (2024)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '22, Spring '23, Fall '23, Spring '24, Spring '25)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Honors (Fall '24)

2025
  • Led the nation in assists per game
  • Tied for Division II lead in assists
  • Led NE10 in assists, tied for lead in points
  • Set career highs in goals (nine), game-winning goals (four), assists (13) and points (31)
  • Scored a brace in 4-0 victory over AIC (10/11)
  • Tallied three separate four point games in wins over Holy Family (9/9), Caldwell (9/30) and AIC (10/11)
  • Played in and started all 17 games
  • Team captain

2024
  • Second on the team in goals (7) and assists (4)
  • Started in all 17 Adelphi contests
  • Netted a brace that included the game-winner in the 89th minute of 2-1 victory over SNHU, clinching the NE10 regular season title
  • Scored game-winning goals in back-to-back victories against New Haven (9/24) and Saint Anselm (9/28)

2023
  • Started first nine games before injury derailed sophomore campaign
  • Led team and conference in goals (6) and points (13) at time of key injury
  • Her first goal of season stood up across all ninety minutes in 1-0 win vs. Molloy (9/2)
  • Netted second career brace in team's 2023 road debut at New Haven on 9/19
  • Scored just 2:03 into contest in eventual 3-3 draw vs. Southern Connecticut (9/27)
  • Suffered season-ending injury in opening minutes at SNHU on 9/30
  • NE10 Player of the Week - 9/25

2022
  • Only second player in conference history to earn NE10 Player and Rookie of the Year in same season
  • Concluded regular season as NE10's #1 scoring leader
  • Finished year among league's Top 5 leaders in goals (8), assists (8) and points (24)
  • Scored game-tying goal in 85th minute of 1-1 road draw at Southern Connecticut (9/21)
  • Sent Panthers to NE10 final with game-winning double-overtime goal at Franklin Pierce (11/3)
  • NE10 Player of the Week - 11/2
  • NE10 Rookie of the Week - 9/5, 9/26, 10/10, 11/2

At Sachem East
  • Preseason All-America candidate
  • Two-time League I Player of the Year
  • Also twice named All-County, All-Region and All-State
  • Newsday Top 100 Long Island Player to Watch
  • Three-time Student-Athlete Academic Award recipient

Personal
  • Daughter of James and Kimberly
  • Father, James, played collegiate baseball at LIU Post (1991-95) and was drafted by the San Francisco Giants
  • Also won over 800 games in 21 seasons as the head coach of the LIU Post softball team from 1999-2019
  • Mother, Kimberly, was a two-sport athlete at LIU Post, playing both field hockey and softball (1992-1996)
  • Has career aspirations of becoming a physical therapist
  • Exercise Science major

Apicella's Career Highs
  • Goals: 2, multiple times 
  • Assists: 2, multiple times
  • Points: 4, multiple times 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2022Freshman

    Midfield/Forward
    5'6"
    30
  • 30

    2023Sophomore

    Midfield/Forward
    5'6"
    30
  • 30

    2024Junior

    Midfield/Forward
    5'6"
    30
  • 30

    2025Senior

    Midfield/Forward
    5'6"
    30