NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Senior goalkeeper Ariana Gaminara (Las Vegas) was named Central Atlantic Athletic Conference (CACC) Goalkeeper of the Year and Head Coach Sammy Adjei was selected Athletic Solutions CACC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year, highlighting Caldwell University's strong presence on the 2025 All-CACC Women's Soccer teams, announced today by the league. Four Cougars were picked to the First Team and four others earned Second Team honors in voting conducted by the circuit's coaches following the regular season.

Named to the All-CACC First Team are:
Goalkeeper, Gaminara
Senior forward Rosio Cardenas (Forked River, N.J.)
Senior forward Taina Gervais (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sophomore defender Ayla Fraser (Passaic, N.J.)

The All-CACC Second Team includes:
Senior forward Lexi Peto (Toms River, N.J.)
Sophomore midfielder Ana Pinzon (Medellín, Colombia)
Sophomore midfielder Melissa Pires (Elizabeth, N.J.)
Sophomore defender Maria Frazier (Austin, Texas)

Gaminara, the school's all-time leader in victories (37), shutouts (36), goals against average (0.90) and save pct. (0.832), has an 12-2-4 overall mark in 2025 with seven shutouts and a 1.22 GAA. She is also fourth all-time in school history in minutes played (6102). She is the first Cougar to win CACC Goalkeeper of the Year award. Gaminara was also recognized as the September 2025 CACC Student-Athlete of the Month.

Adjei is in his third year at the helm of the Cougars, with a record of 32-11-11, including an 18-4-7 mark in CACC competition over that span. He has led the Cougars to back-to-back second place league regular season finishes and CACC Championship Game appearances, and is the second Caldwell mentor to earn Coach of the Year honors (Nate Guagliardi, 2008).

The full award list is available here via the CACC.

Caldwell (13-2-4) has advanced to the CACC Championship Game on Saturday, when it will face Wilmington at noon in Waterbury, Conn.

Cardenas leads the CACC with 12 goals and ranks fourth with 28 points. She scored goals in six straight mid-season contests, notching three game-winning markers and posting a team-best 61 shots. Her 21 career goals are 10th in school history, and her 50 points are tied for 10th. She earned CACC Player of the Week on 9/7 and was selected to the Honor Roll three times.

Gervais, a repeat First Team performer, was the 2024 CACC Player of the Year. This year, she is tied for second in the conference with 11 goals and assists with nine, notching 31 points, good for second best in the circuit. On Tuesday, she scored the first two goals in CU's 3-0 win over Chestnut Hill in the CACC Tournament Semifinals.

Fraser was twice named CACC Defensive Player of the Week, helping CU allow the fourth fewest goals (11) in CACC play. She has also contributed two goals and two assists.

Peto, returning after missing nearly two seasons with injuries, has scored four goals, including the late game-winner against Queens on 10/25 and added two assists.

Pinzon, the CACC Player of the Week on 9/21 after she tallied in the first two of three straight games with markers, has four goals and an assist on the season while managing 13 shots on goal.

Pires, also a Second Team All-CACC pick last year, has started all 18 games and has posted four goals and seven assists while firing 40 shots, 19 of those on goal. Her penalty kick gave the Cougars a CACC Tournament quarterfinal victory of Bridgeport on Saturday.

Frazier has been a stalwart defender for the Cougars, primarily on the left side. She registered an assist in CU's win at Georgian Court and has played all 90 minutes in 11 of the last 14 Cougars contests.