NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State soccer team wanted to broaden its attacking options this coming season, and Lady Demons coachadded another piece Tuesday with the signing of transfer April Trowbridge.Trowbridge, a forward/midfielder that played at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, has been part of the Canadian National Team program and one of the youngest players at the senior women's level since 2012.She played on Nova Scotia's team in the Canada Games, in which the province finished fourth nationally."We are thrilled to have April on our campus this fall," Van Linder said. "Our emphasis in recruiting this year was to be more dangerous in the attack, and April fills that role quite nicely."She comes from a very competitive soccer family. With her experience at the national team level, we will have three players on the squad with this type of experience. That is pretty rare in the Southland Conference, and we think she will be a wonderful fit for our rising program."Van Linder recruited April's older sister Melissa Gaudet to Stephen F. Austin, where Gaudet was a first-team All-Southland and NSCAA All-Region performer in 2013.In high school, Trowbridge was the leading scorer in Nova Scotia in consecutive years and was the first freshman to ever win the scoring title. The three-time Golden Boot winner set a province record with 25 goals in 11 games in one regular season.Trowbridge joins four freshmen who signed with NSU earlier in the signing period – forward/midfielder Andrea Rodriguez Flores (Montverde Academy, Fla.) forward/defender Gabrielle Veneziale (Red Oak, Texas), defender/midfielder Jordy Warren (Allen, Texas) and defender Jayden Wheeler (Heath, Texas).