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Three Owls Earn C-USA Soccer Honors
11/5/2019 1:02:00 PM | Women's Soccer
DENTON, Texas — On the eve of competing at the annual Conference USA Soccer Championship, the Rice trio of Mijke Roelfsema, Delaney Schultz and Lianne Mananquil earned all-league accolades the C-USA office on Tuesday (Nov. 5).
The 2019 C-USA soccer awards were determined by a vote of the league's 14 head coaches. Roelfsema and Schultz were named to the C-USA second team. Mananquil was named to the C-USA Third Team. The Roelfsema-Shultz duo were 1-2, respectively, on the team in minutes played as a defender and midfielder. Roelfsema anchored a young Owl backline that helped post seven shutouts. Schultz followed a steady rookie season in 2018 where she was named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team with five goals and four assists as a sophomore. Just one day ago (Monday) Mananquil was named to the C-USA All-Academic Team. The Owls' senior midfielder from Jacksonville, Fla., scored a goal and had five assists in helping Rice earn the No. 3 seed at the conference tournament.
The Rice soccer team is next in action against league foe Middle Tennessee on Wednesday in the opening round of the C-USA Championship. Start time against the Blue Raiders is set for 4:30 pm at the Mean Green Soccer Complex in Denton.
The league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament is on the line at the week-long, eight-team, single-elimination event. The tournament's championship final is scheduled for Nov. 10 at 1 pm, and slated for a live broadcast by ESPN3. A full listing of the 2019 C-USA Soccer All-Conference honorees is as follows:
Superlative Awards
Player of the Year: Peyton DePriest, Middle Tennessee
Offensive Player of the Year: Peyton DePriest, Middle Tennessee
Defensive Player of the Year: Dominique James, North Texas
Midfielder of the Year: Mary O'Hare
Co-Freshmen of the Year: Luisa Daikeler, Florida Atlantic & Ece Turkoglu, Old Dominion
Goalkeeper of the Year: Kelsey Brann, North Texas
Coach of the Year: Patrick Baker, Florida Atlantic
All-Conference First Team
GK: Kelsey Brann, North Texas
D: Riley Orr, Charlotte
D: Alex Maxson, Florida Atlantic
D: Dominique James, North Texas
MF: Mary O'Hare
MF: Hannah Tillett, Middle Tennessee
MF: Ambere Barnett, WKU
F: Megan Greene, Charlotte
F: Pernille Velta, Florida Atlantic
F: Autumn Woodard, Louisiana Tech
F: Peyton DePriest, Middle Tennessee
All-Conference Second Team
GK: Cassidy Wasdin, Florida Atlantic
D: Emily Roberts, Old Dominion
D: Mijke Roelfsema, Rice
D: Caitlin Pierce, Southern Miss
D: Lauren Crenshaw, UTEP
MF: Julia Grainda, Charlotte
MF: Talia Tapper, Old Dominion
MF: Delaney Schultz, Rice
F: Marah Abu-Tayeh, Marshall
F: Berklee Peters, North Texas
F: Ellis Patterson, UTSA
All-Conference Third Team
GK: Eve Beyer, UAB
D: Luisa Daikeler, Florida Atlantic
D: Elizabeth Doll, Louisiana Tech
D: Audria Wood, UAB
D: Kaylyn Bryant, WKU
MF: Logan Bruffett, North Texas
MF: Ece Turkoglu, Old Dominion
MF: Lianne Mananquil, Rice
MF: Jenny Caracheo, Southern Miss
F: Allie Byrd, North Texas
F: Lexi Bolton, UTSA
F: Ariel Diaz, Southern Miss
All-Freshman Team
Kristy Campbell, D, Charlotte
Julia Patrum, MF, Charlotte
Luisa Daikeler, D, Florida Atlantic
Josie Studer, D, Louisiana Tech
Mackenzie Bonham, MF, Middle Tennessee
Allie Byrd, F, North Texas
Ece Turkoglu, MF, Old Dominion
Eve Beyer, GK, UAB
Tessa Carlin, MF, UTEP
Deja Sandoval, D, UTSA
Ansley Cate, F, WKU
The 2019 C-USA soccer awards were determined by a vote of the league's 14 head coaches. Roelfsema and Schultz were named to the C-USA second team. Mananquil was named to the C-USA Third Team. The Roelfsema-Shultz duo were 1-2, respectively, on the team in minutes played as a defender and midfielder. Roelfsema anchored a young Owl backline that helped post seven shutouts. Schultz followed a steady rookie season in 2018 where she was named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team with five goals and four assists as a sophomore. Just one day ago (Monday) Mananquil was named to the C-USA All-Academic Team. The Owls' senior midfielder from Jacksonville, Fla., scored a goal and had five assists in helping Rice earn the No. 3 seed at the conference tournament.
The Rice soccer team is next in action against league foe Middle Tennessee on Wednesday in the opening round of the C-USA Championship. Start time against the Blue Raiders is set for 4:30 pm at the Mean Green Soccer Complex in Denton.
The league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament is on the line at the week-long, eight-team, single-elimination event. The tournament's championship final is scheduled for Nov. 10 at 1 pm, and slated for a live broadcast by ESPN3. A full listing of the 2019 C-USA Soccer All-Conference honorees is as follows:
Superlative Awards
Player of the Year: Peyton DePriest, Middle Tennessee
Offensive Player of the Year: Peyton DePriest, Middle Tennessee
Defensive Player of the Year: Dominique James, North Texas
Midfielder of the Year: Mary O'Hare
Co-Freshmen of the Year: Luisa Daikeler, Florida Atlantic & Ece Turkoglu, Old Dominion
Goalkeeper of the Year: Kelsey Brann, North Texas
Coach of the Year: Patrick Baker, Florida Atlantic
All-Conference First Team
GK: Kelsey Brann, North Texas
D: Riley Orr, Charlotte
D: Alex Maxson, Florida Atlantic
D: Dominique James, North Texas
MF: Mary O'Hare
MF: Hannah Tillett, Middle Tennessee
MF: Ambere Barnett, WKU
F: Megan Greene, Charlotte
F: Pernille Velta, Florida Atlantic
F: Autumn Woodard, Louisiana Tech
F: Peyton DePriest, Middle Tennessee
All-Conference Second Team
GK: Cassidy Wasdin, Florida Atlantic
D: Emily Roberts, Old Dominion
D: Mijke Roelfsema, Rice
D: Caitlin Pierce, Southern Miss
D: Lauren Crenshaw, UTEP
MF: Julia Grainda, Charlotte
MF: Talia Tapper, Old Dominion
MF: Delaney Schultz, Rice
F: Marah Abu-Tayeh, Marshall
F: Berklee Peters, North Texas
F: Ellis Patterson, UTSA
All-Conference Third Team
GK: Eve Beyer, UAB
D: Luisa Daikeler, Florida Atlantic
D: Elizabeth Doll, Louisiana Tech
D: Audria Wood, UAB
D: Kaylyn Bryant, WKU
MF: Logan Bruffett, North Texas
MF: Ece Turkoglu, Old Dominion
MF: Lianne Mananquil, Rice
MF: Jenny Caracheo, Southern Miss
F: Allie Byrd, North Texas
F: Lexi Bolton, UTSA
F: Ariel Diaz, Southern Miss
All-Freshman Team
Kristy Campbell, D, Charlotte
Julia Patrum, MF, Charlotte
Luisa Daikeler, D, Florida Atlantic
Josie Studer, D, Louisiana Tech
Mackenzie Bonham, MF, Middle Tennessee
Allie Byrd, F, North Texas
Ece Turkoglu, MF, Old Dominion
Eve Beyer, GK, UAB
Tessa Carlin, MF, UTEP
Deja Sandoval, D, UTSA
Ansley Cate, F, WKU
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