GLIAC Champion Ferris State Inks Pair Of NCAA Division I Transfers

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's soccer program, which captured its first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championship this past spring, has further bolstered its lineup with the addition of a pair of NCAA Division I transfers.

FSU head coach Greg Henson announced today the Bulldogs' latest 2021 additions in Northern Illinois transfer midfielder Isabella Sabo (Grand Blanc) along with forward Isabella Zamborini (Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manual), a D1 transfer from Bellarmine University. Both will join this the Bulldog program this coming fall along with seven other previously announced prep standouts as part of the 2021 class.

"We're thrilled to add these two players to what already was a very good recruiting class," Henson said. "Their additions, combined with a great returning nucleus of players from our conference championship team, will further bolster our lineup and help us continue to compete at the highest level possible."

The 5-5 Sabo, a midfielder, has spent the past two seasons at Division I Northern Illinois, where she was an Academic All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) honoree this past year and saw action in nine matches while making two starts. She played in 18 contests as a freshman in 2019 with eight starts and an assist in 729 minutes of work. Overall, she totaled 10 starts and played in 27 contests over her two seasons at Northern Illinois with seven shots and 965 total minutes on the field.

As a prepster, Sabo was tabbed as one of the top 100 prep players in the state of Michigan and earned Division I All-State accolades as a senior after leading Grand Blanc High School to a 27-2 record and a state runner-up finish as a junior in 2018. Sabo was an all-state, all-conference, all-region and all-district choice on the prep level and set a school record with 27 assists in a single campaign.

Meanwhile, Zamborini, a 5-3 forward, has played the past three years at Bellarmine University, notching 24 points with nine goals and six assists in 51 career outings. She's started 27 games and had her best performance in 2019 with 11 points on four goals and three assists in 20 matches at the Division II level. This past spring, in NCAA Division I action, she played in 11 outings and tallied four points in 565 minutes of action. Additionally, she led the team in assists and tied for the squad-lead in points, finishing the year ranked tied for eighth in the Atlantic Sun Conference and tied for 14th in the league in shots on goal. Overall, she's tallied 106 career shots with 45 on goal in 2,589 minutes.

Zamborini was both a second-team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLIAC) and GLVC All-Academic pick in 2019 after earning academic all-conference accolades as a freshman in 2018 when she logged 752 minutes on the field and appeared in all 20 contests. Prior to her time at Bellarmine, the Louisville native prepped at DuPont Manual High School in Kentucky where she was a team captain and Most Valuable Player Award honoree. She earned first-team All-State recognition in her senior campaign and played on the club level in the Kentucky State Olympic Development program from 2012-16.

The Bulldogs, who were ranked as high as #11 in the country this past spring, concluded the year with an 8-1-1 overall record en route to the GLIAC Championship.

Along with winning the GLIAC's regular season championship, FSU also played host to the GLIAC Semifinals/Finals for the first time in program history this spring. Ferris State allowed only two goals over the course of the entire campaign, including only one during regular season action when FSU compiled an 8-0-1 mark as the league's only unbeaten squad.