Brevard College Women's Soccer

Mascaro will spend the 2015 season as a goalkeeper coach under head women's soccer coach Shigeyoshi Shinohara. Mascaro was named the Director of Athletics on January 1, 2012, leading a department comprised of 20 NCAA Division II varsity athletic teams. Under Mascaros watch, the athletic department has seen a multitude of improvements and growth, including the addition of mens and womens lacrosse as NCAA Division II sports. Both began competition in the spring of 2014. Mascaro has instilled a series of three core values that permeate every level of Brevards athletic department: 1. Academic Excellence 2. Athletic Competitiveness 3. Social Development In his role as Director of Athletics, he has made great strides toward ensuring that all three values are met. Since taking over the reins of the department, Brevards student-athletes have maintained a departmental GPA of 3.0. Mascaro has influenced athletic competitiveness through several large-scale facility improvement projects. The installation of an artificial playing surface at Brevard Memorial Stadium, home of Tornados football and several Brevard High School athletic teams, was completed in August 2014 and was a collaborative effort between the college, Transylvania County Schools, and a private donor. August 2014 also saw the completion of Brevards $250,000 weight room project and the opening of four new and three remodeled locker rooms. In December 2014, the college was able to officially open its new Frank Patton Track, a $180,000 project that will allow Brevard to host collegiate track events for the first time in a decade. Mascaro has also overseen the installation of four new scoreboards at Brevards athletic facilities. Brevard has also enjoyed unprecedented media coverage during the Mascaro era made possible by a partnership with Ingles Markets. Brevards first-ever televised sporting event came on October 26, 2013 as the Tornados football team faced Catawba on local network WMYA My40. The network also televised a basketball doubleheader vs. Tusculum during that academic year. Brevard has nearly tripled its total number of televised games since that time, with football games against Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate, a basketball doubleheader with Lenoir-Rhyne, and a mens basketball contest with nationally-ranked Lincoln Memorial bringing the total number of televised events to eight. Mascaro has also sought to create a safe college environment for Brevards student-athletes. Evidence of student-athletes social growth can be seen in the numerous South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete awards earned by Brevard players, which equally weighs athletic excellence, academic achievement, and community leadership. Mascaro was also the head of the department when a Brevard student-athlete was selected to an Academic All-District team for the first time in school history. In addition to his role as Director of Athletics, Mascaro was also elevated to the role of Vice President of Strategic Planning and Athletics by Brevard College president Dr. David Joyce in May 2014. In this capacity, Mascaro is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the overall strategic plan for the institution. Before being named Director of Athletics, Mascaro had led the department for six months in an interim capacity. He had significant experience in administration at Brevard, after serving for a year as an Associate Athletic Director and two years as an Assistant Athletic Director. He also spent seven years at the helm of Brevards mens soccer program, leading the team from the 2007-2013 seasons. He became the first head coach in Brevards NCAA era when the Tornados attained full NCAA membership in 2008. Prior to Brevard, Mascaro was an assistant coach with the Campbell University womens soccer program. He trained the goalkeepers, served as recruiting coordinator, and monitored academic success. He was also an assistant mens soccer coach for the University of Central Florida for five seasons, helping lead the Golden Knights to an Atlantic Sun championship and a national ranking that peaked at No. 13. A native of El Salvador, Mascaro earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 1997 and his Master of Arts in Applied Economics in 1999 from the University of Central Florida. Alma Mater: Central Florida 1997, 1999 E-mail: Office Juan Mascaro will spend the 2015 season as a goalkeeper coach under head women's soccer coach Shigeyoshi Shinohara. Mascaro was named the Director of Athletics on January 1, 2012, leading a department comprised of 20 NCAA Division II varsity athletic teams. Under Mascaros watch, the athletic department has seen a multitude of improvements and growth, including the addition of mens and womens lacrosse as NCAA Division II sports. Both began competition in the spring of 2014. Mascaro has instilled a series of three core values that permeate every level of Brevards athletic department: 1. Academic Excellence 2. Athletic Competitiveness 3. Social Development In his role as Director of Athletics, he has made great strides toward ensuring that all three values are met. Since taking over the reins of the department, Brevards student-athletes have maintained a departmental GPA of 3.0. Mascaro has influenced athletic competitiveness through several large-scale facility improvement projects. The installation of an artificial playing surface at Brevard Memorial Stadium, home of Tornados football and several Brevard High School athletic teams, was completed in August 2014 and was a collaborative effort between the college, Transylvania County Schools, and a private donor. August 2014 also saw the completion of Brevards $250,000 weight room project and the opening of four new and three remodeled locker rooms. In December 2014, the college was able to officially open its new Frank Patton Track, a $180,000 project that will allow Brevard to host collegiate track events for the first time in a decade. Mascaro has also overseen the installation of four new scoreboards at Brevards athletic facilities. Brevard has also enjoyed unprecedented media coverage during the Mascaro era made possible by a partnership with Ingles Markets. Brevards first-ever televised sporting event came on October 26, 2013 as the Tornados football team faced Catawba on local network WMYA My40. The network also televised a basketball doubleheader vs. Tusculum during that academic year. Brevard has nearly tripled its total number of televised games since that time, with football games against Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate, a basketball doubleheader with Lenoir-Rhyne, and a mens basketball contest with nationally-ranked Lincoln Memorial bringing the total number of televised events to eight. Mascaro has also sought to create a safe college environment for Brevards student-athletes. Evidence of student-athletes social growth can be seen in the numerous South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete awards earned by Brevard players, which equally weighs athletic excellence, academic achievement, and community leadership. Mascaro was also the head of the department when a Brevard student-athlete was selected to an Academic All-District team for the first time in school history. In addition to his role as Director of Athletics, Mascaro was also elevated to the role of Vice President of Strategic Planning and Athletics by Brevard College president Dr. David Joyce in May 2014. In this capacity, Mascaro is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the overall strategic plan for the institution. Before being named Director of Athletics, Mascaro had led the department for six months in an interim capacity. He had significant experience in administration at Brevard, after serving for a year as an Associate Athletic Director and two years as an Assistant Athletic Director. He also spent seven years at the helm of Brevards mens soccer program, leading the team from the 2007-2013 seasons. He became the first head coach in Brevards NCAA era when the Tornados attained full NCAA membership in 2008. Prior to Brevard, Mascaro was an assistant coach with the Campbell University womens soccer program. He trained the goalkeepers, served as recruiting coordinator, and monitored academic success. He was also an assistant mens soccer coach for the University of Central Florida for five seasons, helping lead the Golden Knights to an Atlantic Sun championship and a national ranking that peaked at No. 13. A native of El Salvador, Mascaro earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 1997 and his Master of Arts in Applied Economics in 1999 from the University of Central Florida.

Brevard College women's soccer alumna Sallie Riggan '21 has been added to the BC women's soccer coaching staff as an Assistant Coach. Riggan enters her fourth year on the Tornado sidelines in 2025.  Riggan joins the BC women's soccer coaching staff after a successful five-season playing career with the Tornados. Riggan appeared and started in a school-record 77 matches over the course of her five-season career, scoring five goals with eight assists which included a six-assist season in the Fall 2021 campaign. Riggan ranks fourth in program history with her eight career assists, and her six single-season assists in Fall 2021 puts her top-five in the program's NCAA era. Riggan's successful 2021 season earned her USA South Conference West Division Second Team honors, as the Wilmington, North Carolina native also collected numerous USA South Academic All-Conference accolades in addition to a selection on the Spring 2021 USA South All-Sportsmanship Team. Riggan also secured Spring 2021 United Soccer Coaches Player Award of Distinction honors. Riggan graduated from Brevard College in the Winter of 2021 with a Bachelor's degree in Art.

Brevard College women's soccer added Kayla Landman to its coaching staff as Assistant Coach in 2024. Landman enters her second season with the Tornados in 2025 after working directly with USA South Goalkeeper of the Year Abby Nunez in 2024.  Landman comes to Brevard after a career as a women's soccer student-athlete at NCAA DI Morehead State University, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference located in Morehead, Kentucky. In her freshman season, she appeared in 14 contests with 12 starts, and earned OVC Goalkeeper of the Week honors following victories over Belmont and Purdue Fort Wayne. Landman racked up over 1,100 minutes in goal her freshman season, and rallied a season-best 14 saves vs. Murray State on October 4, 2019, which were the most saves by an Eagle GK since 2006. Landman most recently served as both an Assistant Coach and later the Head Coach of the Bath County Girls Soccer team following her on the field playing career.  While at Morehead State, Landman was a Leader in the organization Athletes in Action throughout her collegiate tenure. Athletes in Action is a global community that helps coaches and athletes grow physically, mentally, and spiritually both on and off the field. 

Coach Mascaro Sr., who recently concluded his 10th season at the helm of BC women's soccer and 17th overall year as a head coach at Brevard following back-to-back seasons as USA South Coach of the Year, will now transition to Technical Director of the program - a coaching shift in line with the professional soccer model. Mascaro's 10th season leading Tornado women's soccer resulted in the program's first appearance in the NCAA Divison III Women's Socceer Championship Tournament Appearance, after the Tornados earned their second-straight USA South Conference Regular Season Championship and secured the program's first-ever USA South Conference Tounament Title. Brevard went through the regular season without suffering a single defeat or tie, going 16-0-0, and finished the 2025 campaign with an 18-1-1 overall record.  BC completed consecutive unbeaten regular seasons, and in 2025, finished off its first regular season without a loss or a tie since the 1996 and 1997 NJCAA National Championship BC women's soccer teams. Brevard garnered the program's highest-ever finish in the NCAA NPI rankings at 34th, with the Tornados topping the tabulations at 30th this season. BC also appeared in the NCAA Region VI and the United Soccer Coaches DIII Region VI rankings for the first time in school history.  Plenty of USA South Conference honors were bestowed on the Tornados in 2025. Mascaro eached 100 career wins with BCWS and earned USA South Coach of the Year accolades for the second consecutive season. Mikayla Zvekan was selected as BC women's soccer's first-ever USA South Player of the Year, while Abby Nunez collected Goalkeeper of the Year honors for the second-straight season.   USA South All-Conference accolades were also doled out in plenty. Zvekan and Nunez were placed on the All-Conference First Team, joined by Mikaela Edwards and Mikayla Rubin. Kinlee Mozley, Kiara Porcelli, and MK Smoak all earned All-Conference Second Team accolades. During the regular season, Nunez secured Defender of the Week honors three times, Zvekan was selected as Player of the Week twice, and Mozley was also voted as Player of the Week. Zvekan was honored by TopDrawerSoccer.com with National Player of the Week honors as well.   Brevard closed out the regular season and conference postseason top-five in several team statistical categories, including goals-against average (second, 0.208), won-lost-tied percentage (second, 0.974), assists per game (second, 3.63), save percentage (second, 0.935), shots per game (third, 25.58), points per game (fourth, 11.53), and shutout percentage (fourth, 0.789).  Zvekan, the USA South Conference Player of the Year, leads all of NCAA DIII with 11 game-winning goals, and is top-10 in several categories including total points (third, 51), points per game (third, 2.74), shots on goal per game (fourth, 3.37), total goals (fourth, 21), shots per game (fifth, 5.89), and goals per game (fifth, 1.11). Nunez, who garnered Goalkeeper of the Year accolades from the USA South for the second consecutive season, is seventh and eighth, respectively, in goals against average (0.310) and save percentage (0.911), while Mikayla Rubin is seventh in assists per game (0.65).  In 2024, the Tornados claimed the program's first-ever USA South Conference Regular Season Championship - the first conference regular-season title in the NCAA-era for any sport at BC - and finished the season with an unbeaten 15-0-3 record, the first time BC women's soccer has completed an undefeated campaign since the school was a junior college in 1998. Mascaro was selected as the USA South Conference Women's Soccer Coach of the Year for BC's efforts in 2024. Mascaro coached the conference's Rookie of the Year (Kinlee Mozley) and Goalkeeper of the Year (Abby Nunez) alongside a record seven All-Conference performers  The Tornados earned the program's first NCAA-era postseason win in the semifinals of the 2023 USA South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament. Coach Mascaro led the Tornados to the Championship match of the Tournament.  BC women's soccer has enjoyed sustained success since joining the NCAA Division III ranks, qualifiing for postseason action in six of the last seven seasons. The run started for Brevard in 2018 when the Tornados won 11 matches en route to a berth into the 2018 ECAC Women's Soccer Championship Tournament. The Tornados then qualifed for the COVID-shortened Spring 2021 postseason with a spot in the USA South West Division Tournament, followed by four-straight trips to the USA South Conference Tournament from 2021-24, with the Tornados earning the top overall seed in the '24 campaign.  Mascaro was named head women’s soccer coach in the spring of 2016 after current head coach Shigeyoshi Shinohara was promoted to head men’s soccer coach. He took over the women’s program after serving as the head men’s soccer coach from 2007-13, where his teams finished a combined 24-94-5 overall and 11-38-0 in league bouts.  Following a year off from coaching for the 2014-15 season, Mascaro returned to the pitch for the 2015-16 year as a goalkeeper coach under head women’s soccer coach Shigeyoshi Shinohara. That year under Mascaro’s instruction, Tornados goaltender Jocelyn Springer finished as one of the top net minders in the South Atlantic Conference, ending the year with 81 saves and a 1.32 goals against average. Springer’s 81 saves finished top-five in the SAC, while her four wins and three shutouts achieved top-10 honors.  Prior to Brevard, Mascaro was an assistant coach with the Campbell University women’s soccer program. He trained the goalkeepers, served as recruiting coordinator, and monitored academic success. He was also an assistant men’s soccer coach for the University of Central Florida for five seasons, helping lead the Golden Knights to an Atlantic Sun championship and a national ranking that peaked at No. 13.  A native of El Salvador, Mascaro earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 1997 and his Master of Arts in Applied Economics in 1999 from the University of Central Florida. Mascaro also serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Brevard College.  Career Record: MSOC: 23-99-6; WSOC: 101-57-21; Combined: 124-156-27 BC Women's Soccer 2016-2025 2025: 18-1-1, 9-0-0 USAS (Regular Season and Conference Tournament Champions) Second-Straight Undefeated Regular Season (16-0-0) Second-Straight USA South Regular Season Championship First USA South Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament Appearance in Program History Most Single-Season Wins (18) in NCAA-Era Program History USA South Conference Coach of the Year: Juan Mascaro USA South Conference Player of the Year: Mikayla Zvekan USA South Conference Goalkeeper of the Year: Abby Nunez TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Week: Mikayla Zvekan USA South All-Conference First Team: Mikaela Edwards, Abby Nunez, Mikayla Rubin, Mikayla Zvekan USA South All-Conference Second Team: Kinlee Mozley, Kiara Porcelli, MK Smoak USA South Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Julia Needelman USA South Conference Tournament MVP: Abby Nunez USA South Conference All-Tournament Team: Sophia DePasquale, Mikaela Edwards, Carissa Jenkins, Kinlee Mozley, Abby Nunez, Kiara Porcelli, Mikayla Zvekan USA South Conference Defender of the Week (Three-Time): Abby Nunez USA South Conference Defender of the Week: Nico Arroyo USA South Conference Player of the Week (Two-Time) Mikayla Zvekan USA South Conference Player of the Week: Kinlee Mozley 2024: 15-0-3, 8-0-1 USAS (Regular Season Champions) First Undefeated Season (15-0-3) Since NJCAA-Era in 1998 First Conference Regular Season NCAA-Era Championship in Any Sport at BC Most Single-Season Wins (15) in NCAA-Era Program History United Soccer Coaches Team Pinnacle Award USA South Conference Coach of the Year: Juan Mascaro USA South Conference Rookie of the Year: Kinlee Mozley USA South Conference Goalkeeper of the Year: Abby Nunez United Soccer Coaches All-Region VI First Team: Kinlee Mozley United Soccer Coaches All-Region VI Second Team: Abby Nunez, Mikayla Rubin, Mikayla Zvekan United Soccer Coaches All-Region VI Third Team: Kiara Porcelli USA South All-Conference First Team: Kinlee Mozley, Abby Nunez, Kiara Porcelli, MK Smoak, Mikayla Zvekan USA South All-Conference Second Team: Mikayla Rubin USA South All-Conference Honorable Mention: Austin Huffman USA South All-Tournament Team: Mikayla Zvekan USA South Conference Player of the Week: Mikayla Zvekan (Two-Time) USA South Conference Defender of the Week: Abby Nunez (Three-Time) USA South Conference Rookie of the Week: Kinlee Mozley USA South Conference Rookie of the Week: Mikaya Rubin USA South Conference Rookie of the Week: Brennan Howell College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team: Kennedy Kelly, Hayley Kenney, Kiara Porcelli, MK Smoak, Rachael Trifoli USA South All-Sportsmanship Team: Rachael Trifoli United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award 2023: 13-5-3, 5-2-2 USAS (3rd in Regular Season) 2023 USA South Conference Tournament Appearance (Championship Match) First Postseason Win (USAS Semifinals) in Program NCAA-Era History USA South Conference Player of the Week: Taylor Richardson USA South Conference Defender of the Week: Nicole Arroyo (Two-time) USA South Conference Defender of the Week: Abby Nunez USA South Conference Rookie of the Week: Austin Huffman USA South All-Conference Second Team: Grace Black USA South All-Conference Honorable Mention: Austin Huffman, MK Smoak USA South Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Hayley Kenney USA South Conference All-Tournament Team: Tae Brown, Austin Huffman, MK Smoak, Nicole Arroyo College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team: Channing Barker, Grace Black, Hailey Brien, Hayley Kenney, Kiara Porcelli, Autumn Wright   2022: 10-5-5, 3-3-3 USAS (7th in Regular Season) 2022 USA South Conference Tournament Appearance (First Round) USA South Conference Player of the Week: Abby Mayer USA South Conference Defender of the Week: Mackenzie Lozano USA South Conference Rookie of the Week: Kiara Porcelli USA South Conference Rookie of the Week: Nicole Arroyo College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team: Channing Barker, Grace Black, Maddy Edwards, Alyssa Hetherington, Abbie Worsencroft, Autumn Wright   2021: 9-7-3, 5-2-1 USAS (4th, West Division) 2021 USA South Conference Tournament Appearance (First Round) USA South All-West Division Second Team: Sallie Riggan USA South All-Sportsmanship Team: Lena Hatter   Spring 2021: 6-2-1, 6-1 USAS (2nd, West Division) Spring 2021 USA South West Division Tournament Appearance USA South Conference Defensive Player of the Week: Rebeccah Rojas (2x) USA South Conference Rookie of the Week: Taylor Richardson USA South Conference Player of the Week: Ashley Royster United Soccer Coaches Player Award of Distinction: Sallie Riggan United Soccer Coaches Player Award of Distinction: Rebeccah Rojas United Soccer Coaches Player Award of Distinction: Abbie Worsencroft USA South All-West Division First Team: Rebeccah Rojas USA South All-West Division Second Team: Abbie Petrosky USA South All-West Division Second Team: Emma White USA South All-West Division Second Team: Abbie Worsencroft USA South Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Emma White USA South Academic All-Conference Team: 14 student-athletes United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award   2019: 5-10-3, 4-4 USAS USA South Conference Defensive Player of the Week: Rebeccah Rojas (2x) USA South Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Sallie Riggan   2018: 11-8-0, 5-3-0 USAS 2018 ECAC DIII Women's Soccer Championships Appearance USA South Conference Player of the Week: Ashley Hughes USA South Conference Defensive Player of the Week: Hannah Weatherall (2x) USA South Conference Defensive Player of the Week: Rebeccah Rojas USA South Conference West Division Second Team: Ashley Hughes & Caroline David USA South Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Ashley Hughes Google Cloud Academic All-District Women's Soccer Team, selected by CoSIDA: Ashley Hughes NCCSIA All-State First Team: Ashley Hughes NCCSIA All-State Second Team: Caroline David   2017: 11-6-1 NCCSIA All-State First Team: Sydney Alencewicz  2016: 3-13-1, 0-10-1 SAC BC Men's Soccer 2007-13 2013: 5-13-0, 3-8-0 SAC SAC Honorable Mention: Ryan McPhillips NSCAA Team Academic Award 2012: 2-12-2, 2-7-0 SAC 2011: 3-13-1, 1-8-0 SAC 2010: 3-15-1, 2-7-0 SAC 2010 SAC Men's Soccer Tournament Berth Coach Mascaro was named to Southeast Regional Advisory Committee for NCAA Divison II. NSCAA men's soccer College Scholar All-South Region: Henri Erti, Miro Mustonen, Renato Barbosa, Niclas Stolt, and Scott Schuurman. 2009: 1-18-0, 0-9-0 SAC 2008: 5-14-1, 1-7-0 SAC NSCAA Team Academic Award Winner 2007: 4-14-1