December
19, 2007
CEDAR
RAPIDS , IOWA . . . Three Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (IIAC) women’s soccer players were named to
the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas®
All-Central Region Team announced Monday, December 17. Wartburg
College junior forward Rachel Oswald (Dubuque,
Iowa/Wahlert) and freshman defender Amber Bennett
(Sussex, Wis./Catholic Memorial) and Luther College junior midfielder
Emily Ironside (Dubuque, Iowa/Senior) were
each named to the Second Team.
Oswald
was named the IIAC Most Valuable Player this season, a first
for a Wartburg women’s soccer player. She led the Knights
to a school-record 18 victories, the school’s first league
postseason tournament title, and its first berth in NCAA Division
III championship field where they advanced to the Round of 16.
Oswald led the IIAC in scoring with 34 points on six assists
and a league-high 14 goals. She also had a league-high six game-winning
goals.
Bennett,
a First Team All-IIAC selection, was a key part of a Wartburg
defense that allowed 17 goals in 23 games this season, an IIAC-low
average of 0.74 goals per game. The Knights also posted 10 shutouts.
Individually, Bennett was Wartburg’s fifth-leading scorer
with 15 points on four goals and seven assists. Her assist total
ranked fourth in the IIAC.
Ironside,
a three-time all-conference performer for the Norse, finished
the 2007 campaign second on the team in total points with 23.
She scored nine goals and added five assists, increasing her
career numbers in these categories to 29 goals and 20 assists,
for a total of 78 points. Her 29 goals rank eighth on Luther's
all-time list.
The
entire 2007 NSCAA/adidas® All-Central Region Team follows.
2007
NSCAA/adidas® All-Central Region Team |
| FIRST
TEAM |
| Pos
|
Name |
Class
|
School |
| D
|
Bethany
Barton |
SR
|
Wheaton
College (Ill.) |
| D
|
Kira
Davis |
SR
|
Wheaton
College (Ill.) |
| D
|
Anna
Talbot |
SR
|
UW-Eau
Claire |
| M
|
Maria
Della Torre |
SO |
Wheaton
College (Ill.) |
| M
|
Kari
Klynstra |
JR
|
Wheaton
College (Ill.) |
| M
|
Caryn
Rosoff |
SO
|
Washington
Univ. (Mo.) |
| M
|
Dylan
Welch |
SR
|
Carleton
(Minn.) |
| F
|
Grace
King |
JR
|
Macalester
(Minn.) |
| F
|
Taryne
Lee |
SO
|
Wheaton
College (Ill.) |
| F
|
Sarah
Richardson |
SR
|
Wheaton
College (Ill.) |
| G |
Carrie
Sear |
SR
|
Washington
Univ. (Mo.) |
| |
| SECOND
TEAM |
| Pos
|
Name |
Class
|
School |
| D
|
Amber
Bennett |
FR |
Wartburg
(Iowa) |
| D
|
Erin
Flynn |
JR
|
St.
Benedict (Minn.) |
| D
|
Andrea
Purcell |
SR
|
Concordia
College |
| M
|
Claire
Gill |
SO |
Univ.
of Chicago |
| M
|
Emily
Ironside |
JR
|
Luther
College (Iowa) |
| M
|
Elizabeth
Kooistra |
JR
|
UW-Eau
Claire |
| F
|
Rachel
Oswald |
JR
|
Wartburg
(Iowa) |
| F
|
Amanda
Prawat |
JR
|
UW-Stevens
Point |
| F
|
Amy
Smith |
JR
|
UW-Eau
Claire |
| F
|
Kaylee
Weise |
JR
|
UW-Stevens
Point |
| G |
Allison
Rivard |
JR
|
UW-Eau
Claire |
| |
| THIRD
TEAM |
| Pos
|
Name
|
Class
|
School |
| D
|
Libby
Held |
SO
|
Washington
Univ. (Mo.) |
| D
|
Kari
Scheelk |
SR
|
Carroll
College (Wis.) |
| D
|
Allison
Smith |
JR
|
UW-Eau
Claire |
| M
|
Becca
Heymann |
SO
|
Washington
Univ. (Mo.) |
| M
|
Sue
Obermiller |
FR
|
Concordia
College |
| M
|
Mia
Zutz |
SO
|
Carleton
College (Minn.) |
| F
|
Brooke
Bontz |
SO
|
Univ.
of Chicago |
| F
|
Amy
Cory |
SR |
UW-La
Crosse |
| F |
Samantha
Johnson |
FR
|
Concordia
College |
| F
|
Rachel
Lewis |
SR
|
Concordia
College |
| G
|
Shannon
Strohm |
SO
|
St.
Benedict (Minn.) |
| |
|
|
|
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