UVA's Brian, Miller Named to All-ACC First Team

2012 All-ACC Women’s Soccer Teams Announced

Virginia’s Miller; North Carolina’s Dunn named players of the year;

Florida State’s Krikorian named coach of the year; Duke’s Pecht top freshman

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia senior Caroline Miller and North Carolina junior Crystal Dunn highlight the 2012 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Soccer Team, announced today by Commissioner John Swofford.

Miller was selected as the ACC Offensive Player of the Year and Dunn was named the Defensive Player of the Year in a vote of the league’s 11 head coaches who were not allowed to vote for their own players. Duke’s Cassie Pecht received Freshman of the Year honors, while Florida State’s Mark Krikorian was voted the Coach of the Year.

Miller and Dunn were both named to the All-ACC first team, while Pecht was a second-team selection. Dunn is one of three three-time All-ACC first-team selections on this year’s list, while Miller is a two-time All-ACC First Team honoree. Wake Forest’s Katie Stengel and Boston College’s Kristen Mewis join Dunn as three-time All-ACC First Team selections.

Miller, a midfielder from Rockville, Md., is the second Virginia student-athlete to be named Offensive Player of the Year since the league split the player of the year award into offensive and defensive categories in 2004. She led the league with 23 points in ACC games on a conference-best 10 goals and three assists, while starting in all 10 games. For the season, Miller owns 32 points on 14 goals and four assists.

Dunn, a defender from Rockville Centre, N.Y., is the only player in ACC history to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors twice. After returning to Chapel Hill from helping the United States to the 2012 FIFA Under-20 World Cup gold medal, Dunn started the next 11 games and helped the Tar Heel defense to three shutouts, all in ACC action, and yield a 0.71 goals against average. While leading the defense, Dunn also integrated herself on offense and registered three assists. 

Duke’s Pecht established herself as one of the top rookies in the country in 2012. The midfielder from Mechanicsburg, Pa., has started in all 19 games and is tied for the league assists leader in overall games with 11 and posted the second-highest assists total in ACC games with five in 10 games. Pecht is third on Duke’s points list scoring five goals to go along with her 11 assists.

Florida State’s Krikorian guided the Seminoles to their first outright regular season ACC Championship, second overall, and first since 2009 with an 8-2-0 league mark. The eight ACC wins tie the most in program history. Florida State, which stands 16-2-0, started the season with a program-best 14 straight wins. The Seminoles were the consensus No. 1 team in the nation for six weeks and ranked No. 1 in at least one national poll three additional weeks for a school record nine straight weeks. Krikorian earned his 300^th career win, a 1-0 victory at Arkansas on Sept. 9. It is Krikorian’s third ACC Coach of the Year honor of his career. He also earned the honor in 2005 and 2009.

The 2012 ACC Women’s Soccer Championship continues on Friday, Nov. 2 with a pair of semifinal matches. No. 1 seed Florida State will play No. 5 seed Virginia in the first semifinal at 5 p.m., while No. 2 seed Maryland and No. 3 seed Wake Forest will meet in the second semifinal at 7:30 p.m. Both matches will be streamed live on ESPN3.

The complete 2012 All-ACC Women’s Soccer Team and All-Freshman Team are listed below.

All-ACC First Team

Morgan Brian, So., M, Virginia 

Amber Brooks, Sr., M, North Carolina 

Crystal Dunn, Jr., D, North Carolina

Ines Jaurena, Sr., D, Florida State,

Kassey Kallman, Jr., D Florida State

Kristen Mewis, Sr., M, Boston College

Caroline Miller, Sr., F, Virginia

Kealia Ohai, Jr., F, North Carolina

Katie Stengel, Jr., F, Wake Forest

Laura Weinberg, Jr., F, Duke

Kelsey Wys, Jr., GK, Florida State

All-ACC Second Team

Natahsa Anasi, Jr., D, Duke

Aubrey Bledsoe, Jr., GK, Wake Forest

Hayley Brock, Jr., F, Maryland

Dagny Brynjarsdottir, So., M, Florida State

Kim DeCesare, Jr., F, Duke

Becky Kaplan, Sr., F, Maryland

Stephanie McCaffrey, So., F, Boston College

Tiffany McCarty, Sr., F, Florida State

Ashley Meier, Fr., M, Virginia Tech

Cassie Pecht, Fr., M, Duke

Casey Short, Sr., D, Florida State

ACC All-Freshman Team

Makenzy Doniak, F, Virginia,

Hannah Gardner, D, North Carolina,

Summer Green, F, North Carolina

McKenzie Meehan, F, Boston College

Ashley Meier, M, Virginia Tech

Jasmine Paterson, F, Miami

Cassie Pecht, M, Duke

Carson Pickett, M, Florida State

Isabella Schmid, M, Florida State

Emily Sonnett, D, Virginia

Ashley Spivey, M, Maryland

Offensive Player of the Year

Caroline Miller, Sr., F, Virginia

Defensive Player of the Year

Crystal Dunn, Jr., D, North Carolina

Freshman of the Year

Cassie Pecht, Fr., M, Duke

Coach of the Year

Mark Krikorian, Florida State

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Longwood Men Fall To Winthrop in Regular-Season Finale

LONGWOOD FALLS TO WINTHROP IN REGULAR-SEASON FINALE

 

 

ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Longwood University men’s soccer team fell, 2-0, to Big South Conference opponent Winthrop University (9-7-1, 5-3-1 BSC) in the squad’s regular-season finale on Wednesday, October 31 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Ten different Lancers notched at least one shot in the outing for Longwood (3-12-3, 2-7-1 BSC). The Lancers are currently in contention for a spot in the eight-team Big South Conference Tournament. The final standings will be revealed on Saturday, November 3, following the Presbyterian-VMI match. Should LU advance to the tournament, the team will play a quarterfinal match on the road on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

“While the result put us in a helpless position of not being able to control our own destiny when it comes to the conference tournament, there were plenty of positives to take from this game,” said head coach Jon Atkinson. “I felt we played some of our best soccer all season and the effort was fantastic. Winthrop defended their home turf well and took their goals well. We were a little disappointed to concede a goal with seconds remaining in the first half due to our first breakdown all night. We controlled the game for large parts of the second half, from start to finish, and while a counter-attack goal stunned us, there were many chances to change the course of events.

“This season has been an invaluable experience for this young squad, who competed well with almost everyone, but lacked a cutting edge. We will cross our fingers and hope for the results to fall our way, but in any effect, I am enthused about the potential this squad has.”

Junior Jared Windt|Haymarket (Battlefield), sophomores Daena Bodie|Guernsey, England (St. Sampson's Secondary School) and Jonathan Kukapa|Leesburg (Clarksburg Md.), and freshmen Sam Yardley|Fairfax Station (Robinson) and Ikechukwu Etonyeaku|Norfolk (Maury) led the Lancers with two shots apiece on the night. Seniors Devin Pierce|Virginia Beach (Ocean Lakes) and Adel Sarras|Burke (Annandale), sophomore Anthony Ugorji|Washington, D.C. (Archbishop Carroll), and freshmen Zach Corcoran|Martinsville (Martinsville) and Mike Durr|Brandon, Miss. (Brandon) each notched one shot, as well. Sophomore goalkeeper Paul Hegedus|Ashburn (Broad Run) recorded two saves in the complete-game performance.

The squads battled for possession in the first half, as both sides struggled to get on the board. The Lancers had a chance to break the game open with back-to-back shots from Pierce and Kukapa. Pierce launched a hard ball from 25-yards out, but it sailed just wide. Kukapa followed, saving a cross from going out-of-bounds before turning to fire a low shot back across the goal, missing wide right.

With just over 30 seconds remaining in the half, Magnus Thorsson sent a through ball over top of the LU defense and bouncing towards the net for Marc Segarra, who tapped it by Hegedus to give the Eagles the slight, 1-0 lead at the half.

Longwood took control of the momentum coming out of the break, outshooting Winthrop, 10-2, in the second half and had several opportunities to knot the game. Durr threatened for the Lancers when he collected a pass and ripped a shot towards the left corner, but a good save by WU’s Enrique Miranda extinguished the opportunity. In the 74^th minute, Windt took a one-touch shot off of a drop pass from 10-yards out before Miranda pulled through for the Eagles once again, this time on a diving save.

Winthrop added an insurance goal in the 82^nd minute, as Achille Obougou made a move to draw Hegedus out of his position before sending a pass to Adriano Negri for the one-timer that found the empty net.

The Lancers tried to pull within one in the 85^th minute on a header to the back post by Ugorji, but the shot was knocked away by the falling Eagles’ keeper, sealing the 2-0 victory for Winthrop.

Longwood outshot Winthrop, 15-10, in the contest, while Winthrop took a 7-3 advantage in corner kicks. Wednesday’s match marked the sixth meeting ever between the Lancers and the Eagles in the sport of men’s soccer. Winthrop now leads the series, 6-0.

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