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ST. JOE'S WOMEN'S SOCCER
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COACH PROFILE

Michael Bolanz '00

MICHAEL BOLANZ

Director of Soccer
Head Coach
Sixth Season, Saint Joseph's '00

Office 207.893.6674
Email: mbolanz@sjcme.edu

Coach Michael Bolanz '00 returns for his sixth season as the Head Coach of the Saint Joseph's Women's Soccer program.

Coach Bolanz enjoyed a pair of personal achievements in the fall of 2008. With a 4-2 victory over Maine-Maritime on October 5th, he surpassed David Roussel as the winningest coach in SJC Women's Soccer history. Coach Bolanz completed his fifth year as the Lady Monks' leader with a 63-29-5 record and a program-best .685 winning percentage.

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).

In 2008, the Women's Soccer team posted a 13-5-1 overall record and went 9-2-1 in GNAC play to earn the #2 seed for the conference tournament. The Lady Monks led the conference in goals per game (2.58) and ranked second in the GNAC in shutouts (10).

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 Harris

JENELLE HARRIS

Assistant Coach
Third Season

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.

Jenelle has coached high school soccer for six years: two years in Louisiana and four years in Maine. Additionally, she has coached premier soccer in Maine for six years. Jenelle came to Odyssey in 2007 and has worked with girls teams from U11 to U18 and with Odyssey winter clinics.

Coach Harris is a Soccer Maine Olympic Development coach: assistant coach 1990 girls (2005-2006), 1992 girls (2007-present).

Jenelle lives in Portland with her husband, Josh Harris, and is employed by Jobs for Maine's Graduates (JMG) at Biddeford High School.

 


 
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