Karina Rizzo - 2013 Women's Soccer - LIU Post


#18 Karina Rizzo

Position: Back
Height: 5-6
Class: Senior
Hometown: Oceanside, N.Y.
Previous School: Oceanside

2012: NSCAA/Continental Tire Women’s NCAA Division II East All-Region Second Team … ECC Co-Defensive Player of the Year … Daktronics All-Region First Team … ECC First Team … started all 20 games, leading a defense that allowed only 0.93 goals per game, good for second in the ECC … totaled three assists, two coming against Nyack (Sept. 26) and one against Philadelphia (Oct. 27). 

2011: Started all 16 games … took two shots. 

2010: Played in eight games with two starts … took two shots … made one of her starts in the NCAA Regional victory over AIC (Nov. 14). 

Prior to LIU Post: Played four years for Marianna Winchester’s Sailors, helping the team to a 2006 conference finals appearance, and semi-final showings from 2007-09 … was named all-conference in 2008 and all-county in 2009, as well as serving as the captain of the 2009 team … was a 2008 Rider Cup semifinalist with the East New York ODP team, and was a 2009 State Cup semifinalist with the Oceanside Power.   

Personal:  Older of Christopher and Karen’s two children … has a younger brother, Roman … lists her favorite athlete as Sean Avery … the person she admires most is her mother … majoring in education.  

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