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NEWARK, N.J. – On the eve of the Great West Conference tournament, All-Conference honors for the 2011 were awarded and Delaware State University’s Randall Marshall (Laurel, Md.) was named to the Second Team All-GWC.

 

Marshall, a junior defender, started all 18 regular season games for the Hornets.  She has two goals on the season, totaling four points.  With seven shots and three on goal, Marshall holds a .286 shot percentage and .429 shot on goal percentage.

 

GWC champion Utah Valley swept all the major awards with Offensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year going to sophomore forward Natalie Young.  Young led the Great West with 10 goals and 26 points and tied for the conference lead with 0.53 goals per game, 1.37 points per game, six assists and three game-winning goals.  She was twice named the Great West Player of the Week.

 

Sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Sack was named the Defensive Player of the Year while Wolverine head coach Brent Anderson was named the Coach of the Year.  Anderson led his team to a 5-1 conference record and their second GWC title.

 

All honors were nominated and voted on by the conference’s head coaches.

 

The Hornets (2-14-2; 1-4-1 GWC), a six-seed, will match up against No. 3 South Carolina State Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Lubetkin Field at J. Malcolm Simon Stadium on the NJIT campus.   The two teams previously matched up on Oct. 13 in Orangeburg, S.C. with the Bulldogs coming out on top, 2-1.

 

 

2011 Women’s Soccer All-Conference Team

Offensive Player of the Year – Natalie Young, Utah Valley

Defensive Player of the Year – Lauren Sack, Utah Valley

Newcomer of the Year – Natalie Young, Utah Valley

Coach of the Year – Brent Anderson, Utah Valley

 

 

 

First Team All-GWC                                                                  Second Team All-GWC

Forwards                                                                                           Forwards

Regan Clifford, Utah Valley                                                     Rhaya Ballon, North Dakota

Rachel Loomis, North Dakota                                        Jordan Brown, Howard

Natalie Young, Utah Valley                                         Olivia Moore, South Carolina State

Midfielders                                                                               Midfielders

Molly Missimer, Houston Baptist                             Veronica Aguilar, South Carolina State

Arielle Rodriguez, Houston Baptist                            Camille Broderick, Utah Valley

Kaitlyn Thomas, Utah Valley                                                     Amanda Dahl, North Dakota

Defenders                                                                                           Defenders

Lexi Dunn, Utah Valley                                                      Randall Marshall, Delaware State

Brianne Larsen, Utah Valley                                                     Kelsey Missimer, Houston Baptist

Lindsay Matlock, Houston Baptist                                        Sheri Stapf, North Dakota

Goalkeeper                                                                               Goalkeeper

Lauren Sack, Utah Valley                                                     Kyra Dickinson, Howard

At-Large                                                                                           At-Large

Natalie Hager, Houston Baptist                                         Kelsey Kimball Cook, Utah Valley