Soccer Trio Named United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Region
11/29/2022 2:39:00 PM | Women's Soccer
HOUSTON — After an undefeated conference season that saw them win the Conference USA regular season championship, the postseason honors keep coming in for a trio of Rice Soccer players.
Forward Grace Collins, goalkeeper Bella Killgore, and midfielder Delaney Schultz were all named United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region.
Collins earns the honor for the second time. In her lone season on South Main, Collins was named the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year while being named First Team All-Conference. She led C-USA in points (26), points per game (1.30), and game-winning goals (3) while placing second in goals (9), assists (8), assists per game (0.42) and shot accuracy (.511) and third in goals per game (0.45). The Houston native scored or assisted on 17 of Rice's 29 goals and six of her nine goals gave Rice the lead. Her 26 points tied the third-most in a season in school history. Against Incarnate Word, she tied a C-USA record with five assists. Collins became the second Owl to be named the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (Oct. 19), and was also named to TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100.
Killgore was named All-Region for the third straight year, and the second straight on the First Team. She became the first keeper in C-USA history to twice be named its Goalkeeper of the Year, and was named All-Conference for the third time, including her second First Team honor. She led C-USA with 89 saves and eight shutouts and placed second in saves per game (4.45) and save percentage (.788). In conference games, she led the league in shutouts (6), goals against average (0.30) and save percentage (.942) while allowing just three goals. She became the first goalkeeper in Conference USA history with 350 career saves, 45 wins, 25 shutouts, while winning the C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week Award five times this year, including a record four straight.
Schultz was named All-Region for the fourth straight year, the last three to the First Team. She was second on the team in goals and points and third in assists. In conference games, the St. Louis, Mo., native is second in Conference USA with five goals and 12 points while leading the league with three game-winning goals. She became the third player in school history with 25 career goals and 70 career points and was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 10) and the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11).
Forward Grace Collins, goalkeeper Bella Killgore, and midfielder Delaney Schultz were all named United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region.
Collins earns the honor for the second time. In her lone season on South Main, Collins was named the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year while being named First Team All-Conference. She led C-USA in points (26), points per game (1.30), and game-winning goals (3) while placing second in goals (9), assists (8), assists per game (0.42) and shot accuracy (.511) and third in goals per game (0.45). The Houston native scored or assisted on 17 of Rice's 29 goals and six of her nine goals gave Rice the lead. Her 26 points tied the third-most in a season in school history. Against Incarnate Word, she tied a C-USA record with five assists. Collins became the second Owl to be named the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (Oct. 19), and was also named to TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100.
Killgore was named All-Region for the third straight year, and the second straight on the First Team. She became the first keeper in C-USA history to twice be named its Goalkeeper of the Year, and was named All-Conference for the third time, including her second First Team honor. She led C-USA with 89 saves and eight shutouts and placed second in saves per game (4.45) and save percentage (.788). In conference games, she led the league in shutouts (6), goals against average (0.30) and save percentage (.942) while allowing just three goals. She became the first goalkeeper in Conference USA history with 350 career saves, 45 wins, 25 shutouts, while winning the C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week Award five times this year, including a record four straight.
Schultz was named All-Region for the fourth straight year, the last three to the First Team. She was second on the team in goals and points and third in assists. In conference games, the St. Louis, Mo., native is second in Conference USA with five goals and 12 points while leading the league with three game-winning goals. She became the third player in school history with 25 career goals and 70 career points and was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 10) and the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11).
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