Nine Players Voted ECAC Upstate Women’s Soccer All-Stars
The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) released its Division III Women's Soccer All-Stars over the weekend and nine student-athletes from the Empire 8 were recognized in the Upstate region.
Ithaca's
Anna Gray, Amanda Callanan and
Kelsey King were chosen to the first team along with St. John Fisher College's
Alexandra Rohloff.
Gray, the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Year, finished the season with four goals and two assists in 22 starts for the Bombers. Gray anchored a defense that held opponents to just nine goals all season, helping the Bombers record 15 shutouts on the year.
Callanan, a midfielder, started in 20 of the Bombers' 22 games this season. She scored five goals and added two assists for 12 points on the year. Three of Callanan's goals this season were game winners, including two on penalty kicks.
King led the Bombers in nearly every offensive category. She paced Ithaca with 14 goals and 29 points, earning All-Empire 8 First Team honors in 2013. King recorded seven game-winning goals, and scored multiple goals in three games during the season. King's goal total ranked second in the conference, while her 29 points ranked third.
Rohloff led the team with nine goals this season, in addition to two assists, for a team-leading total of 20 points. Her nine goals also place her tied for fourth place on the Conference leaderboard. She closed her career with a total of 25 goals and eight assists for a combined 58 points in 70 games.
Stevens Institute of Technology seniors
Bridgette Barden and
Caitlyn Labonte were both chosen to the region's second-team. Fisher's
Chelsea Oberkrieser and Nazareth's
Sarah Cipperly and
Olivia Derleth joined the duo on the second-team.
This season, Barden paced Stevens with seven goals, five game-winners and 17 points. She was also tied for second with three assists in 19 matches played. The Redondo Beach, Calif. native helped lead the Ducks to their 13th consecutive postseason appearance with a trip to the Empire 8 Conference semifinals and a 10-9 overall record this fall.
Labonte was a lockdown defender all season for the Ducks and anchored a defensive unit that posted five shutouts. In a 2-1 victory at St. John Fisher College on October 13, the Massachusetts native tallied the opening goal of the contest. Earlier this season, she was named Stevens Engineering Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Labonte played in 68 matches over her four-year career.
Oberkrieser started all 20 games for the Cardinals and led the Conference this season with a total of nine assists. She also tallied four goals to total 17 points, good for second on the team. She finishes her career with 17 goals, 13 assists, and 47 points in 70 games played.
Cipperly has started regularly as a defender for the Golden Flyers for four seasons. She started 18 games in 2013 and helped anchor a defensive unit that limited opponents to a 0.97 goals-against average while recording seven shutouts.
Derleth started all 20 games for the Golden Flyers in 2013 and was the team's top scorer for the second year in a row with 21 points on 10 goals and one assist. She had 21 goals and 45 points over four seasons.
Click the link for the
ECAC Upstate Women's Soccer All-Star release.