Monmouth University Athletics

QUICKLY: Team's leading scorer in first three seasons of career... Three-time team captain... Following senior season, was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-MAAC... Named 2013 Preseason All-MAAC... Also named NSCAA All-Northeast Region Second Team... Named First Team All-Northeast Conference in 2011 and 2012... NSCAA Second Team All-Northeast Region in 2012... Costello's 82 career points ranks her eighth all-time in program history, while her 28 career assists is second all-time to only Christie Rampone.

2013: Named First Team All-MAAC and the 2013 MAAC Offensive Player of the Year... Added to the 2013 MAAC All-Tournament Team... Started all 21 matches for the Hawks and ranked second on the team with 22 points, on six goals and a team-high 10 assists... Attempted a career-high 86 shots and recorded two game-winning goals... Assisted on Monmouth's game-winning goal in opener versus Delaware (8/23)... Assisted on the Hawks' first goal in a 3-2 win over Seton Hall (9/2)... Notched a goal in MU's 3-0 win over NJIT (9/5)... Tallied a goal and assist in a 2-0 win at Columbia (9/8)... Registered assists in consecutive games at Hofstra (9/13) and in a 1-0 win over FDU (9/15)... Totalled a goal and two assists in the Hawks' 6-0 win over Manhattan (10/2)... Posted a pair of scores in a 2-0 win at Siena (10/12)... Named the Big Apple Soccer Player of the Week (10/14)... Tallied the game-winning score in a 3-0 win over Rider (10/16)... Assisted on the game's lone goal in a 1-0 victory over Marist (10/19)... Named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/21)... Added an assist at Saint Peter's (10/23)... Added to the CollegeSoccer360 Primetime Performer List (10/24)... Notched an assist in MAAC Semifinal win over Rider (11/3)... Attempted six shots in NCAA Tournament contest at Penn State (11/15).

2012: Named First Team All-Northeast Conference as a forward for a second straight year...Appeared in all 19 matches, and earned 16 starts... Led the team with 23 points on a team-high eight goals and seven assists... Finished second in the NEC in total points and assists, and third in goals... Her three game-winning scores ranked in a tie for fourth in the NEC... Attempted a team-high 56 shots... Recorded her first career hat trick in Monmouth's comeback 4-3 win over Saint Peter's (8/24)... Notched the game-winner in overtime against Lehigh (9/7)... Added a goal and assist in victory over Lafayette (9/14)... Assisted on the game-winner against CCSU (9/21)... Credited with assist  in triumph over Robert Morris (9/28)... Tallied a pair of goals in a 3-1 win over FDU (10/8)... Notched two assists at Wagner (10/14)... Registered an assist against Saint Francis (10/21)... Recorded a goal - the game-winner - and assist at Mount St. Mary's (10/28).

2011: First-Team All-Northeast Conference selection following her team-leading 20-point season... One of six Hawks to start all 19 games on the year... Registered five goals, which was second-best on the team, along with a league-high 10 assists... Her 10 assists ranks fifth in a single-season at Monmouth, and is the Hawks' highest single-season total since Andrea Lopez's 10 assists in 2006... Ranked fourth in the NEC in points... Attempted 51 shots, and added a pair of game-winning tallys... Registered a goal and two-assist night in a win over NJIT (9/5)... Scored both of Monmouth's goals in a 2-1 victory at Lehigh (9/9), including the decisive goal in the 77th minute... Named the NEC's Player of the Week (9/12)... Notched MU's first goal in a 2-0 win at Bryant (9/25)... Assisted on the first of Courtney Snyder's two goals in a 3-2 win over LIU Brooklyn (10/2)... Assisted on both of Monique Plescia's goals in a 2-0 victory over Wagner (10/4)... Notched Monmouth's goal in a 2-1 setback at Saint Francis (10/14)... Assisted on the Hawks' lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Quinnipiac (10/21)... Credited with assist on game- winner off corner kick in the 103rd minute against CCSU (10/23)... Notched a pair of assists in Monmouth's 2-1 regular season finale win over Fairleigh Dickinson (10/31)... Registered an assist in Hawks' 2-1 double overtime loss to LIU Brooklyn in the NEC Tournament Semifinals (11/4).

2010: Appeared in all 18 matches for the Hawks as a freshman, earning 17 starting nods... Tied for the team-lead in points scored (17) with Mary Wilks... Registered a team-best eight goals, and a team- high three game-winners... Attempted 28 shots, the third-highest total on the squad... Of her 28 shots, 20 were on-goal... Made collegiate debut with a pair of goals in Monmouth's win at NJIT (8/27)... Notched the game-winner in the Hawks' 1-0 victory at #17 Rutgers (8/29)... Named the NEC Player and Rookie of the Week (8/30)... Added an assist against Saint Peter's (9/3)... Notched a goal in MU's victory over Boston University (9/6)... Tallied MU's lone score at Villanova (9/17)... Added goals against Lafayette (9/24), Mount St. Mary's (9/28) and Fairleigh Dickinson (10/15)... Score against Mount St. Mary's was in the 89th minute to force overtime.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner and two-time captain at Jackson Memorial High School... Helped the Jaguars to a Shore Conference Championship in 2006... Won 2009 Group IV State Championship and 2009 A-South title... Scored 55 goals and added 49 assists in her career... Named first-team all-conference four times... Selected to the all-county first- team twice... Named first-team All-Shore... First-team All-Group IV... Second-team all- state...  Ocean County Player of the Year... Plays club soccer for the Toms River Elite Hurricanes.

PERSONAL: Majoring in health and physical education... Daughter of Stephen and Bonnie Costello.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013

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