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      Caroline Capocaccia
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.

High School:
St. Agnes Academy

Height:
5-7

Position:
D

CAREER STATS

Season GP-GS Goals Assists Points Shots Match-Winning Goals
2011 19-17 0 0 0 1 0
2010 1-0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 20-17 0 0 0 1 0
SEC STATS

Season GP-GS Goals Assists Points Shots Match-Winning Goals
2011 11-11 0 0 0 0 0
2010 Did Not Play
Totals 11-11 0 0 0 0 0

AS A SOPHOMORE (2011): Played 1395 total minutes on defense (19 matches and 17 starts)...Helped the UT defense tie the program record for fewest goals allowed (15) over the first 19 matches (2004 - 15 goals) and total the fourth-fewest opposition scores in a complete season in Tennessee history (21 goals)...Totaled 45 minutes of playing time in the first NCAA Tournament experience of her career against Ohio State (11/12)...Played 73 and 80 minutes, respectively, in SEC Tournament contests against Kentucky (11/2) and Auburn (11/4), posting the first shot of her career in the 2-1 win over UK...Was on the pitch for 92 minutes during the 4-3 (OT) win over Ole Miss (10/7), for 71 ticks of the clock in the 2-0 victory over Mississippi State (10/9), was on for a career-high 105 minutes during the 1-0 (2OT) loss at Kentucky (10/14), drew 73 minutes of playing time in the 1-0 victory at Vanderbilt (10/16) and played all 90 minutes at Alabama (10/20), versus #22 Auburn (10/23) and at Georgia (10/29)...Started and played 45 minutes at LSU (9/30) and all 90 minutes at Arkansas (10/2)...Helped UT post a school record five consecutive shutouts and a program record 471:10 opposition scoreless streak, stretching from Aug. 26-Sept. 23...Started against both South Carolina (9/23) and #6 Florida (9/25), playing 90 minutes in the 4-2 win over the Gators...Drew 73 minutes as a starter in the back during UT's 5-0 whitewashing of Charlotte (9/9) and 77 minutes in the 4-0 victory over Coastal Carolina (9/16)...Picked up her first career start on defense, helping Tennessee to a 2-0 blanking at UNC Greensboro (9/4)...Subbed in versus Middle Tennessee for 45 total minutes of action during the 2-0 victory over the Blue Raiders (9/2)...Garnered her initial action of 2011 by drawing six minutes off the bench in the back during Tennessee's 1-0 upset of #18 Texas A&M (8/28).

AS A FRESHMAN (2010): Saw the initial playing time of her career clad in the Orange & White by receiving 13 minutes of action on defense during the 8-0 rout of Chattanooga (9/19).

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: An in-state product out of St. Agnes Academy in Memphis, Tenn., defender Caroline Capocaccia helped guide her high school program to a pair of Division II AA Tennessee State Soccer Championships in 2006 (23-0 record) and 2009 (17-0-4 record), being named the Most Valuable Player in the latter event as the St. Agnes Academy defense permitted just one goal over three state tourney matches...Was tabbed as one of ESPN/RISE Magazine's Top Players in the state of Tennessee (2010)...A member of The Commercial Appeal's "Best of the Preps" listing in 2007 and a finalist for player of the year in 2009, she was twice named both the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) West Region Defender of the Year (2007, 2009) and a TSSAA All-West Region selection (2007, 2009)...Received nods to the 2007, 2008 & 2009 Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Division II All-State squads and was nominated for the East-West Tennessee High School Soccer Coaches Association (THSSCA) All-Star Game...At the club level, Capocaccia played for the Fury Soccer Club, where she was part of a 2007 Tennessee State title, as well as for both the MidSouth and Collierville Lobos Soccer Clubs...Was a member of both the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society and an Academic All-Star in Science while graduating summa cum laude from St. Agnes Academy.

PERSONAL: Currently enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences at UT with plans on majoring in biology...Aspires to become a doctor following her playing days at Rocky Top...Lists skiing as a hobby she enjoys off the pitch...Chose to venture to Tennessee over Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Memphis...Has two sisters: Suzanne, 16, and Melissa, 15...Caroline Michelle Capocaccia was born February 29, 1992, in Memphis, Tenn....Her parents are Robert and Sarah Capocaccia.