GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – The North Eastern
Athletic Conference (NEAC) has announced its 2012 Women’s
Soccer All-Conference selections, with first, second and third team
honors being awarded by position to a total of 33 student-athletes,
as selected by the conference coaches.
The NEAC has also announced its individual women’s soccer
award winners. Lancaster Bible College sophomore midfielder
Monica Horning (Lititz, Pa.) has been selected as
the NEAC Player of the Year after an outstanding season for the
Chargers. Horning registered 47 points on 19 goals and nine
assists, which placed her second in the conference in all three
categories, while her five game-winning scores were the most in the
NEAC. Horning, who won two NEAC Offensive Student-Athlete of
the Week awards this season, had three hat tricks on the year and
scored a goal in nine of the Chargers’ 12 conference
contests.
Penn State Berks claimed the rest of the individual awards,
starting with sophomore Savannah Cramer (Wrightsville,
Pa.) being selected as the NEAC Goalkeeper of the
Year. Cramer barely let anything get by her all season, as
she led the conference in goals against average (0.54) and save
percentage (.887), with those numbers jumping to 0.27 and .914,
respectively, in conference play. She also had four shutouts
and 63 saves with a 13-2-1 record in regular season play while
being selected as the NEAC Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week
three times.
Penn State Berks freshman forward Sara Conover (Egg
Harbor Township, N.J.) was selected as the NEAC Rookie of
the Year after a phenomenal first season for the Nittany
Lions. Conover led the team in points (46), goals (19) and
assists (8), while also being tied for the team lead in
game-winning goals with three. Conover brought the offense
all season, scoring at least two goals in five contests while
scoring four goals in two separate contests, with one of those
performances landing her a NEAC Offensive Student-Athlete of the
Week award.
Penn State Berks head coach Adrian Munteanu was
selected by his peers as the NEAC Coach of the Year after leading
the Nittany Lions to a perfect season in conference play with an
11-0-1 record, while going 13-2-1 overall. Penn State Berks
will host the NEAC Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament
this Saturday, Nov. 3 and Sunday, Nov. 4.
Below are the NEAC All-Conference First Team, Second Team and
Third Team selections:
All-Conference Team
Selections
|
#
|
Name
|
College
|
Year
|
Position
|
Hometown
|
|
First Team All-Conference
|
|
10
|
Nicole Sharick
|
Keuka College
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Corfu, N.Y.
|
|
15
|
Sara Conover
|
Penn State Berks
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
|
|
13
|
Whitney Heise
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Danville, Pa.
|
|
10
|
Lyndsay Naughton
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
Jr.
|
M
|
Reading, Pa.
|
|
13
|
Caitlin Deibler
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
M
|
Jamison, Pa.
|
|
16
|
Monica Horning
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
So.
|
M
|
Lititz, Pa.
|
|
15
|
Jessica Bandrowski
|
Keuka College
|
Jr.
|
M
|
Center Moriches, N.Y.
|
|
6
|
Sarah Heilenman
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
So.
|
D
|
Williamsport, Pa.
|
|
9
|
Katie Warner
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
D
|
Fleetwood, Pa.
|
|
17
|
Lindsey Haldeman
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
So.
|
D
|
Grantville, Pa.
|
|
1
|
Savannah Cramer
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
G
|
Wrightsville, Pa.
|
|
Second Team All-Conference
|
|
5
|
Bethany Stein
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Elizabethtown, Pa.
|
|
25
|
Meaghan Daly
|
Penn State Berks
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Newark, Del.
|
|
8
|
Cindy Wade
|
Penn State Abington
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Abington, Pa.
|
|
25
|
Fay Ansary
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Hummelstown, Pa.
|
|
4
|
Ally Brown
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Sr.
|
M
|
East Petersburg, Pa.
|
|
12
|
Brittany Palmer
|
Penn State Abington
|
Sr.
|
M
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
|
2
|
Abbey Hanehan
|
SUNY Institute of Technology
|
Jr.
|
M
|
Stillwater, N.Y.
|
|
8
|
Anne Hayward
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
So.
|
D
|
Lancaster, Pa.
|
|
4
|
Sam Whalen
|
Penn State Abington
|
So.
|
D
|
Warrington, Pa.
|
|
6
|
Emily Rumpf
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
D
|
Wernersville, Pa.
|
|
0
|
Emily Lloyd
|
Lancaster Bible College
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Northumberland, Pa.
|
|
Third Team All-Conference
|
|
12
|
Dakota Hanley
|
SUNY Institute of Technology
|
Jr.
|
F
|
Franklin, N.Y.
|
|
15
|
Desirae Holmes
|
Penn State Abington
|
Fr.
|
F
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
|
8
|
Stephanie Wurz
|
SUNY Institute of Technology
|
Jr.
|
F
|
Whitesboro, N.Y.
|
|
21
|
Chelsea Ray
|
Penn State Berks
|
So.
|
M
|
Reading, Pa.
|
|
22
|
Kelly O’Dell
|
College of Saint Elizabeth
|
Sr.
|
M
|
Stewartsville, N.J.
|
|
5
|
Ashley Swarts
|
Keuka College
|
So.
|
M
|
Arkport, N.Y.
|
|
6
|
Brooke Lovell
|
Keuka College
|
Jr.
|
D
|
Arkport, N.Y.
|
|
1
|
Ashley Quenzer
|
Penn State Abington
|
Fr.
|
D
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
|
8
|
Hannah DeMoss
|
Wilson College
|
Sr.
|
D
|
Philipsburg, N.J.
|
|
4
|
Mackenzie Gates
|
Penn State Harrisburg
|
So.
|
G
|
Harrisburg, Pa.
|
|
24
|
Gabrielle Benedict
|
Penn State Abington
|
So.
|
G
|
Jameson, Pa.
|
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The North Eastern Athletic Conference has thirteen NCAA
Division III member institutions which include: Cazenovia College,
College of St. Elizabeth, Gallaudet University, Keuka College,
Lancaster Bible 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, and
Wilson College. Associate members are: Hilbert College (M
Lacrosse), Medaille College (M&W Lacrosse) and Rutgers
University - Camden (M Golf & M Tennis). The North
Eastern Athletic Conference has partnered with the North Atlantic
Conference in the sports of men’s and women’s
tennis.