Women's Soccer | 12/4/2024 3:39:55 PM
Fourteen Empire 8 women's soccer standouts were named to the 2024 United Soccer Coaches Division III Region III team. E8 Champion SUNY Geneseo led the way with five All-Region selections, while regular season champion and NCAA at-large selection SUNY Brockport had three student-athletes honored. Nazareth University and St. John Fisher University each had two selections, while Alfred University and Russell Sage College both had one student-athlete represented.
Eleven of the 14 all-region picks earned All-Empire 8 first team accolades. Jaylah Cossin of SUNY Brockport, Grace Palczewski and Tatum Overton of Nazareth University and Russell Sage College defender Courtney Bush were repeat all-region selections. Cossin was the 2024 Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Year, teammate Lyndsey Miller was the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Year and Mollie Collins of SUNY Geneseo was the E8 Goalkeeper of the Year.
All-Americans will be announced in early December. Below are the Empire 8 All-Region III selections.
FIRST TEAM
Lyndsey Miller, Jr., D, SUNY Brockport (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs)
Lindsey Matthews, Sr., M, SUNY Geneseo (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna)
! Jaylah Cossin, Gr., F, SUNY Brockport (Silver Creek, NY/Silver Creek)
SECOND TEAM
Nyah Solly, Sr., D, Alfred (Colden, NY/Springville-Griffith Institute)
Amelia Breton, So., M, SUNY Brockport (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili)
THIRD TEAM
! Grace Palczewski, Sr., D, Nazareth (Montgomery, NY/Valley Central)
Abby Foster, Jr., F, SUNY Geneseo (Stony Brook, NY/Ward Melville)
! Tatum Overton, Jr., F, Nazareth (Watertown, NY/Watertown)
Madelyn Wania, Jr., F. St. John Fisher (Albany, NY/Ballston Spa)
FOURTH TEAM
Mollie Collins, Sr., GK, SUNY Geneseo (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park)
! Courtney Bush, Sr., D, Russell Sage (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen)
Casey Holstein, Fr., M, SUNY Geneseo (Delmar, NY/Bethlehem)
Kate Rachwal, Sr., M, St. John Fisher (East Aurora, NY/East Aurora)
Juliette Frischmann, Gr., F, SUNY Geneseo (Rochester, NY/Brighton)
! Named to 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team
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