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Athletics Recreation
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COACH PROFILE
Coach Michael Bolanz '00 returns for his sixth season
as the Head Coach of the Saint Joseph's Women's Soccer program. On November 8th, 2008, Bolanz was inducted into the Saint
Joseph's College Athletics Hall of Fame. The first SJC Men's Soccer
player to receive such an honor, Bolanz, in his four years playing
goalkeeper for the Monks, was named to three All-Conference
first teams, two All-Region and All-State Teams, and received
an All-American nomination. He still holds the program record for career
saves (592) and shutouts (13). The 2007 season was one for the record books as the women broke the single season record for wins (16) winning percentage (88.9%), consecutive wins (11), goals scored (74), and assists (57). The women capped their first year in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference with a 12-1-2 league record to earn a #2 seed in the playoffs and also hosted an ECAC Division III New England Championship contest for the first time in program history. In 2004, Coach Bolanz took over the head coaching position of the Saint Joseph's College women's soccer program, after having served as an assistant for a year under former head coach Todd Sniper. Bolanz led his team to an impressive 11-7-1 record and a New England Cup Championship. The team's turnaround was ranked among the top 20 for NCAA Division III teams. For his efforts, and in only his first year as a head coach, Bolanz was named the Association of Division III Independents Coach of the Year. Coach Bolanz is a nationally-licensed soccer coach. In addition to coaching the Monks, Bolanz coaches a u-12 Odyssey Sport premier boys team in Portland, where he is also the Director of Coaching on the boys side for the club. In addition, Bolanz is the head coach of the 1990 Maine Girls' ODP team.
Jenelle moved from Katy, Texas to Maine in 2003. She played
soccer at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, and graduated
with a BA in Psychology with a minor in Exercise Science. Jenelle achieved
a MS in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology from the University
of North Texas in Denton, Texas.
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