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2025 Women's Soccer Roster

Derick Zelaya-Rainho

4 Taylor Bielan

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Holmdel
  • Hometown Holmdel, N.J.

Biography

2024 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 21 games, making eight starts…Registered two goals and three assists for seven points…Scored first goal of the season against Plattsburgh (8/31)...Added one goal on four shots in win over Hood (9/13)...Tallied assists in back-to-back games against New Jersey City (10/23) and William Paterson (10/26)...Registered a season-high five shots – three on goal – in NCAA First Round matchup against Bridgewater State (11/16)

2023 (FRESHMAN): Played in 19 out of 20 games during her freshman season with the Lions, netting two goals and dishing out an assist... Scored her first collegiate goal in a 6-0 win against Haverford (9/3)... Logged a season-high 52 minutes in a 4-0 win over Berry (9/7)

BEFORE TCNJ: Four-year varsity starter at Holmdel High School ... Three-time first-team all-division and all-county standout ... Helped lead Hornets to two division championships and to the Group 2 state title in 2021 ... Three-time Offensive MVP and named team MVP in 2022 ... Played club soccer for PDA Shore under head coach Lou SantaCruz ... Member of National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society ... Member of Key Club and Light the Candle ... Volunteers for her dad's home healthcare business

WHY TCNJ? I chose TCNJ because of the unparalleled combination of competitive academics and athletics. As soon as I stepped on this beautiful campus for the first time, it immediately felt like home.

PERSONAL: Birthday is October 11 ... Parents are Robert and Filomena Bielan ... Father played soccer at New Jersey City and was the NJCU women's soccer coach from 2006-2012 ... Has two sisters, Kayla and Ava ... Biggest athletic thrill has been scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win over a rival school to win the division championship in 2021 ... Hobbies include cooking and baking ... Likes penne vodka after a game ... Favorite athlete is Sophia Smith ... Taught herself to tumble and to do back-flips

AWARDS AND HONORS
  • NJAC All-Academic Team (2025)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2023Freshman

    M/F
    5'2"
    1
  • 4

    2024Sophomore

    M/F
    5'2"
    4
  • 4
    C

    2025Junior

    M/F
    5'2"
    4
    C
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