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Head Coach Jodie Ricciardi
Women's Soccer
3rd season
Now beginning her third season, Jodie Ricciardi has quickly put her stamp on the Mercer County Community College women’s soccer program. In just her second season in 2008, the head coach guided the Vikings to their first Region 19 Tournament title since 2001 and to their highest win total since 1989.
MCCC beat the County College of Morris, 1-0, to win the 2008 Region 19 title. The Vikings finished the season one win short of reaching the NJCAA Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament after falling to Monroe Community College, 3-2 in overtime, in the Northeast District title game. Their 17-4-1 record matched the third-highest win total in program history.
Ricciardi became MCCC’s head coach shortly before the 2007 season and led the Vikings to a 7-11 record. Overall, she is 24-15-1 after two seasons.
A native of Vancouver, Washington, Ricciardi played softball at Penn State University, where she became the first Nittany Lion to earn All-Big Ten first-team honors in 1998. She also was named the team’s offensive player of the year that season.
After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation and Park Management from Penn State, Ricciardi went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Physical Education at The College of New Jersey.
Ricciardi coaches soccer at camps and clinics. In addition to soccer, Ricciardi is an accomplished softball coach, having assisted at three New Jersey colleges: Drew University (1999-2001), The College of New Jersey (2001-03) and Princeton University (2003-06). She coaches softball at clinics and camps and through private lessons.
The resident of East Windsor, N.J., teaches Health and Physical Education at Sharon Elementary School in Robbinsville, N.J.
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