Women's Soccer Picked to Finish 11th in 2015

The Mars Hill women’s soccer team was picked to finish in 11th place in the South Atlantic Conference

Women's Soccer Picked to Finish 11th in 2015
August 24, 2015

ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Mars Hill women's soccer team was picked to finish in 11th place in the South Atlantic Conference in a preseason poll of the league's coaches, conference officials announced today.

The Lions earned 33 points, two points behind 10th place Coker and two points ahead of 12th place Brevard.

Lenoir-Rhyne, currently ranked No. 12 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division II Preseason Poll, notched seven first-place votes and 127 points by the League's head coaches as the preseason favorite. Wingate was picked to finish in second place, followed by Lincoln Memorial, Newberry and Catawba.

The preseason poll as well as the 2015 preseason all-SAC teams are listed below.

2015 SAC Women's Soccer Preseason Poll

School (first-place votes)           Total

1. Lenoir-Rhyne (7)                      127

2. Wingate (5)                                126

3. Lincoln Memorial                     103

4. Newberry                                     95

5. Catawba                                        90

6. Tusculum                                      89

7. Queens                                         77

8. Anderson                                     62

9. Carson-Newman                          56

10. Coker                                          35

11. Mars Hill                                     33

12. Brevard                                      31

 

2015 Preseason All-Conference Teams

First Team All-Conference

F – Casey Marlin, Lenoir-Rhyne

F – Brooke Howell, Wingate

F – Lyssa Engle, Anderson

F – Taylor Lewis, Tusculum

MF – Garcelle Alequine, Lenoir-Rhyne

MF – Mikayla Gregg, Carson-Newman

MF – Caitlyn Rodrigues, Queens

MF – Kaitlyn Brunworth, Wingate

D – Macy Franklin, Wingate

D – Faith Johannes, Anderson

D – Briana Belsky, Lenoir-Rhyne

D – Helen Seed, Carson-Newman

GK – Bethany Davis, Catawba

 

Second Team All-Conference

F – Leah Mullins, Lenoir-Rhyne

F – Michelle Hunter, Lincoln Memorial

F – Payton DeHart, Tusculum

F – Taylor Leyble, Wingate

MF – Emmi Dunn, Lenoir-Rhyne

MF – Gabrielle Whitt, Tusculum

MF – Naomi Matley, Wingate

MF – Alex Hulsey, Catawba

D – Erin Feldman, Catawba

D – Ashley Osiecki, Queens

D – Amber Madriaga, Lenoir-Rhyne

D – Olivia Kilgore, Tusculum

GK – Alayna Morris, Lenoir-Rhyne