North Eastern Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Regular Season All-Conference Selections
GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – The North Eastern
Athletic Conference (NEAC) concluded the women’s soccer
season where the conference’s newest member, the
Lancaster Bible Chargers, won the regular season
championship with a perfect 11-0 NEAC record (17-1 overall).
The NEAC is proud to announce the 2011 regular season award winners
and the all-conference selections. The NEAC consists of 13
women’s soccer programs and will honor 34 student-athletes on
the three all-conference teams as listed below, as well as four
individual award winners.
Lancaster Bible junior midfielder Ally Brown
(East Petersburg, Pa.) has been selected
as the NEAC Player of the Year after registering 30 points on 13
goals (five game winners) and four assists in 11 conference games,
while finishing with 44 points on 17 goals and 10 assists in 17
games overall. Penn State Abington freshman forward
Adriana Rodriguez (San Diego, Calif.) was selected
as the conference’s inaugural Rookie of the Year after
recording 17 points on eight goals and an assist in 11 conference
contests, while adding two more goals in five non-conference games.
Junior teammate Emily Lloyd
(Northumberland, Pa.) was named the
Goalkeeper of the Year after posting seven shutouts in 11 NEAC
contests while registering 29 saves and a 0.36 goals against
average. Lloyd finished the year with 57 saves and just eight
goals allowed in 17 total starts. Lancaster Bible head coach
Ken Craul was honored by his peers as the NEAC
Coach of the Year after leading the Chargers to a regular season
championship in their first season in the NEAC.
All-Conference
Team Selections
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#
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Name
|
College
|
Year
|
Position
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Hometown
|
|
First Team All-Conference
|
|
13
|
Whitney Heise
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Jr.
|
F
|
Danville, Pa.
|
|
12
|
Paige Stone
|
Wells College
|
Jr.
|
F
|
Madison, N.Y.
|
|
10
|
Lyndsay Naughton
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
F
|
Reading, Pa.
|
|
17
|
Nicole DiNitto
|
SUNY Institute of Technology
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Oriskany, N.Y.
|
|
4
|
Ally Brown
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Jr.
|
M
|
East Petersburg, Pa.
|
|
15
|
Brittany Middleton
|
Penn State Abington
|
Jr.
|
M
|
Chalftont, Pa.
|
|
23
|
Kristina Clairmont
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Sr.
|
M
|
Dublin, Pa.
|
|
9
|
Jenna Godwin
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Sr.
|
D
|
Fairfax. Va.
|
|
17
|
Lindsey Haldeman
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
Fr.
|
D
|
Grantville, Va.
|
|
8
|
Elly Disbrow
|
Keuka College
|
Sr.
|
D
|
Penn Yan, N.Y.
|
|
00
|
Emily Lloyd
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Jr.
|
G
|
Northumberland, Pa.
|
|
24
|
Gabrielle Benedict
|
Penn State Abington
|
Fr.
|
G
|
Jamison, Pa.
|
|
Second Team All-Conference
|
|
13
|
Adriana Rodriguez
|
Penn State Abington
|
Fr.
|
F
|
San Diego, Calif.
|
|
16
|
Terin Brown
|
Keuka College
|
Jr.
|
F
|
Wayland, N.Y.
|
|
15
|
Jessie Manion
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
Sr.
|
F
|
North Wales, Pa.
|
|
15
|
Maddie Morgan
|
Gallaudet University
|
Jr.
|
M
|
Hockessin, Del.
|
|
11
|
Courtney Bernecker
|
Wilson College
|
So.
|
M
|
Saint Thomas, Pa.
|
|
6
|
Erin Rundle
|
Morrisville State College
|
So.
|
M
|
Marathon, N.Y.
|
|
7
|
Bridget Brady
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
So.
|
D
|
Boyertown, Pa.
|
|
14
|
Brianna Heck
|
Penn State Abington
|
Fr.
|
D
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
|
8
|
Jenna Hefferman
|
Cazenovia College
|
Jr.
|
D
|
Ballston Spa, N.Y.
|
|
6
|
Sarah Heilenman
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Fr.
|
D
|
Williamsport, Pa.
|
|
1
|
Savannah Cramer
|
Penn State Berks
|
Fr.
|
G
|
Wrightsville, Pa.
|
|
Third Team All-Conference
|
|
9
|
Nikki Francis
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Pottstown, Pa.
|
|
4
|
Valerie Lasko
|
College of Saint Elizabeth
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Bound Brook, N.J.
|
|
9
|
Katie Benz
|
Gallaudet University
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Stafford, Va.
|
|
5
|
Erica Faulkner
|
SUNY Cobleskill
|
So.
|
M
|
Margaretville, N.Y.
|
|
16
|
Monica Horning
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Fr.
|
M
|
Lititz, Pa.
|
|
10
|
Nicole Sharick
|
Keuka College
|
Jr.
|
M
|
Corfu, N.Y.
|
|
6
|
Brooke Lovell
|
Keuka College
|
So.
|
D
|
Arkport, N.Y.
|
|
18
|
Alyssa Kaye
|
Penn State Abington
|
So.
|
D
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
|
1
|
Lacey Eitl
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
Sr.
|
D
|
Collegeville, Pa.
|
|
15
|
Morgan Engelbert
|
Keuka College
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Elmira, N.Y.
|
|
31
|
Catherine De La Cruz
|
College of Saint Elizabeth
|
Jr.
|
G
|
Bloomfield, N.J.
|
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The North Eastern Athletic Conference has nine NCAA Division III
member institutions which include: Cazenovia College, College of
St. Elizabeth, Keuka College, Pennsylvania State University –
Abington, Pennsylvania State University – Berks, Pennsylvania
State University – Harrisburg, SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY
Institute of Technology, SUNY - Morrisville State College, Wells
College, Wilson College. Associate members include: Medaille
College, Rutgers University – Camden, SUNY Oneonta, and
University of Dallas. For more information, visit us at: www.neacsports.com or call
the NEAC Commissioner’s Office at (518) 320-7354.