Three Delaware Women’s Soccer Standouts Earn Pre-Season All-CAA Honors; Opener Set for Sunday
August 15, 2012
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RICHMOND, Va. -- The University of Delaware women’s soccer squad, which opens its season this Sunday at home against Georgetown, has placed three players on the Colonial Athletic Association Pre-Season All-CAA team announced by the league office.
Leading the way for the Blue Hens was senior forward Ali Miller (at right), who was one of 13 players selected to the first team. In addition, senior midfielder Tania Domingos and junior midfielder Chelsea Duffy were honorable mention selections.
A total of 20 players overall were selected by the league head coaches on the first team and honorable mention squad. William & Mary senior midfielder Mallory Schaffer was selected as the pre-season CAA Player of the Year.
Delaware, which posted a 10-7-4 record a year ago and advanced to the CAA Tournament semifinals, will open the 2012 season this Sunday, Aug. 19, at 1 p.m. at the Delaware Mini-Stadium. Admission is free to all UD men’s and women’s soccer home games.
Miller, a senior forward from Sinking Spring, Pa. (Wilson High School), tied a school single season record with 14 goals a year ago when she was named first team All-CAA and earned a spot on the NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region third team. She owns 22 career goals in three seasons at Delaware.
Domingos, a senior midfielder from Sandy Hook, Conn. (Newtown HS), will be a fourth-year starter this fall. She started 19 games a year ago and earned third team All-CAA honors after scoring a goal and three assists.
Duffy, a junior midfielder from Glassboro, N.J. (Gloucester Catholic HS), was one of just eight underclassmen named to the CAA pre-season teams. A two-year starter, she earned third team All-CAA honors in 2011 when she played in 21 games and recorded four goals.
AGATE:
2012 PRE-SEASON ALL-CAA WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM:
1st Team: Jewel Evans, Georgia State; Tiana Kallenberger, George Mason; Ali Miller, Delaware; Greta Samuelsdottir, Northeastern; Lauren Wilson, James Madison; Cortlyn Bristol, William & Mary; Stephanie Rose, UNCW; Mallory Schaffer, William & Mary (Player of the Year); Brooke Bendernagel, Hofstra; Emily Fredrikson, William & Mary; Biz Matta, Drexel; Becky Sparks, James Madison; Eve Badana, DrexeL
Honorable Mention: Paige Burnett, So., GK, Northeastern; Emory Camper, So., F, William & Mary; Tania Domingos, Sr., MF, Delaware; Chelsea Duffy, Jr., MF, Delaware; Mary Kate Lowry, Sr., D, George Mason; Katie Menzie, Sr., MF, James Madison; Cheyenne Skidmore, Sr., F, Towson
