Senior Spotlight: Heidi Weller

Heidi Weller is in her Junior year at LHU, however this is her last season. The 5'9" outside midfielder from Mifflinburg, PA came to the LHU Women's Soccer team as a walk-on and has proved to be a positive assets to the team. Playing just three years Heidi has racked up 3 goals and 22 shots. She has played in 41 games and started 22 of them. Coach Davis has described her as being the most physically fit player from the start bring a dynamic to the team that no one else has.

About Heidi:

Heidi's favorite TV show is "Friends" and enjoys swimming, volleyball, and camping. Heidi's biggest role model is her mother. Heidi came to Lock Haven because she enjoyed the small campus and the fairly affordable enrollment. She enrolled at LHU as a Health and Physical Education major in 2005 but didn't land a spot on the Eagles roster until 2006. Her favorite soccer memory with the team was beating Edinboro in the second overtime for the second time this season.

A Reflection of LHU:

While at LHU her favorite classes were Teaching Elementary P.E. Activities, as well as, Teaching Tumbling & Gymnastics. Her favorite professors at LHU are Dr. Richard Lally and Professor Carl Poff. She plans on teaching Physical Education upon graduating in addition to coaching a high school soccer team.


Heidi is an adventurous fun loving player who will give a 100% effort in every game. She describes her team as "Gregarious" (for those of you who have to look it up I did it for you: "social, sociable"), she hopes that next years team will win more games than this year and make playoffs. Her last piece of advice for her teammates was to "enjoy yourself while on the team!"

Thank Yous:

Heidi would like to thank her family which was a huge support throughout her soccer career by coming to games and all the motivational speeches. She'd also like to thank her teammates and coaches for being there when she needed them most. Lastly, she'd like to thank all the soccer parents who came to Lock Havens games and cheered the team on this year!

Heidi has been a successful member of our team here at Lock Haven and her smile, presence, and ability will be greatly missed.

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Second Half Gives Eagles Second Wind

Saturdays game proved to be successful sending seniors Lindsey Blessing and Heidi Weller out with a 7-0 win over Lake Erie College.



The first 45 minutes proved to be a bit difficult for the Eagles to find their rhythm coming out pressuring the Lake Erie defense but were not able to finish all their opportunities. Lake Erie proved to be a bit more difficult at the start than LHU had expected as Erie keeper, Chelsea Gieson, made numerous saves keeping Lake Erie in the game. LHU finally was able to capitalize on a chance after Caitlyn Slattery split the defense on a gorgeous ball to the feet of Carly D'Orsaneo who tucked the ball away sliding past the Lake Erie keeper in the 30th minute. D'Orsaneo's goal proved to be the game winner, but Haven wasn't done scoring.

In the 54th minute Kellie Wieger was able to put away a goal from a flick sent by Alissa Gamelier. Just 3 minutes later Arielle Gordon was able to put away her 7th goal for the season, less than two minutes later D'Orsaneo was able to bury a ball passed from Arielle Gordon within the 6 yard box.

Despite the lead the most important goal all night was the 5th goal scored by Senior Captain Lindsey Blessing. After LHU was granted a free kick at the top of the 18 Blessing was able to play the ball just behind the wall in the back of the net - the fact that the goal was the 5th of the night made no difference.... it was Blessing last game with LHU and Blessings first collegiate goal - an accomplishment she had been quite persistent about since preseason and something that she will never forget.

Blessing's goal was the whipped cream on top of the sundae but the last two goals scored by Brittany Cranmer and Caitlyn Slattery (respectively) were the cherry's on top of it all....

Haven soccer was put on the pedestal it deserved on Saturday afternoon - a hardworking young team that rose to every occasion and just came up short of playoff hopes. Despite not making it to the playoffs we accomplished so much this year:

• We finished at 500 with a record of 9-9-1
• We scored 4 more goals than we gave up
• Arielle Gordon was the teams leading scorer - scoring 7 of the teams 34 goals. Followed by both Carly D'Orsaneo and Bree Orth with 5 goals a piece.
• We swept Edinboro which we had not accomplished in 4 years (2004).
• We also beat Mercyhurst and California - both of which were regionally ranked when we played them. Mercyhurst had previously been nationally ranked as well.
• Freshmen Keeper Hayley Zinn had an 83 percent save rating scoring her amongst the conferences best keepers.
• 13 of our teams players scored goals throughout our season.
• LHU only received 3 cautions - proving that we play hard but also fair.