Feb. 19, 2001
Soccer: Penguins Add Eight During Signing Period
   Youngstown -- Youngstown State Head Soccer Coach Liz Bartley announced on Monday that eight student-athletes have signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer for the Penguins.
   Signing with Youngstown State are midfielder/defender Erin Moehle (Medina, Ohio), midfielder Crystal Thiry (Hubbard, Ohio), midfielder Katie Jacobs (Whitehouse, Ohio), midfielder Kim Jugenheimer (Hubbard, Ohio), goalkeeper/midfielder Lauren Ausmundson (Chesterland, Ohio), goalkeeper Mia Railing (Wheeling, W.Va.), forward Hannah Lawther (Moundsville, W.Va.) and defender Casey Dick (Wellsburg, W.Va.), Bartley said.
   "This class is big in size and big in success," Bartley said. "I am counting on each of these players to come in and contribute to our program immediately. They will help us at all positions and by adding these eight players our team will be much improved next season."
   Jacobs, whose older sister Jennifer plays for the Penguins, helped lead Anthony Wayne High School to a league runner-up finish last year. She also plays for the Toledo Celtics Club Program. Moehle played midfielder and defender at Medina High School helping her team win the Pioneer Conference title in the fall. In 1997, she was part of the Medina team that won the state championship.
   Thiry and Jugenheimer were teammates at Hubbard High School. Thiry was the Division II District Player of the Year and was named first-team all-district, first-team all-county and first-team all-conference. She was also the team’s most valuable player and a three-year letterwinner. Jugenheimer was an all-district pick after scoring 10 goals and recording nine assists as a senior. Her junior season she scored 21 goals and had six assists.
   Ausmundson will be counted on to play goalkeeper or in the midfield. In her high school career she finished with a school-record 52 assists. She was named a second-team all-conference performer and an honorable-mention all-city pick.
   The Penguins also added a trio of players from West Virginia. Dick, Lawther and Railing all signed their letters together to play at YSU.
   Dick finished with 12 goals and 12 assists as a senior and was named her team’s MVP. She was a three-time All-OVAC selection and a two-time All-Valley honoree. Lawther is the most-prolific scorer in state history with 170 goals in her career after scoring an amazing 60 goals in 21 games last season (2.86 goals per game). She also recorded 29 assists during her senior season in helping lead John Marshall High School to a 17-2-2 record and its first-ever appearance in the state rankings. She was a first-team all-state selection.
   Railing was the starting goalkeeper on three consecutive West Virginia state championship squads at Wheeling Park High School. She finished her senior season with 87 saves and a 0.84 goals-against average. She holds the school record for shutouts in a single season (13) and shares the mark for fewest goals allowed (10).