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UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS ATHLETICS
YEAR IN REVIEW: Women's Soccer
Posted: May 28, 2015

YEAR IN REVIEW: Women's Soccer

IRVING, Texas – The University of Dallas women's soccer team finished 10-9-1 overall and went 7-4-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The seven victories in the league marked a team-best since joining four years ago. Second-year Head Coach, Angelina Pane, led the Navy and White to its third winning campaign in the past four years. UD claimed the third seed, and ousted Schreiner University 2-0 in the SCAC Quarterfinal. The Lady Crusaders fell 1-0 to the second seed, Texas Lutheran University. It was the third-straight year for Dallas to qualify through a semifinal affair.

NOTABLE MOMENTS

  • Posted a 6-3 mark at the home confines this season.
  • Went 2-1-1 in overtime this year.
  • Broke into the win column the second affair of the campaign with a 1-0 shutout versus Southwestern College (KS) on Aug. 31, 2014.
  • Topped Southwestern University 1-0 in overtime fashion on Sept. 19 to snap three-game slide. Senior Nicole Johnson netted the game-winner for her sixth goal at the time.
  • Johnson paced the squad with team-highs in goals (9), shots (73), points (20), and shots on goal (39). She tied junior teammates, Rebecca Brunter and Mariah Fairbanks, with a pair of assists.
  • Longest winning streak this fall was four contests in a row. Posted a stretch of six triumphs out of eight games.
  • Were involved in 14 shutouts this year altogether.
  • Blanked opponents eight times and prevailed in seven shutouts this season, including five wins versus conference foes.  
  • Freshman Elena Naccari compiled 1,296 minutes and displayed a 1.53 goals allowed average with 73 of the team's 125 saves. Fellow classmate Tori Fleharty contributed 48 stops through 505:56 minutes.
  • Trio of players added multiple goals with three total: sophomore Cascade Mayer, freshman Mackenzie Vasile, and senior Alice Nelson.
  • Mayer punched overtime game-winner on pass from junior Abigale Weisbrod to defeat Schreiner University on the road 1-0.
  • Vasile's early goal was enough to lift UD to 1-0 victory against Austin College on Senior Day.
  • Coach Pane tabbed National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) West Region Coach-of-the-Year.

POSTSEASON ACCOLADES

(Conference and Affiliated Leagues)

  • Mayer – 2014 SCAC All-Sportsmanship Team
  • Coach Pane – 2014 All-SCAC Tri-Coach-of-the-Year
  • Naccari – 2014 All-SCAC Tri-Newcomer-of-the-Year
  • Johnson – 2014 All-SCAC Women's Soccer First Team
  • Mayer – 2014 All-SCAC Women's Soccer Second Team
  • Nelson – 2014 All-SCAC Women's Soccer Second Team
  • Vasile – 2014 All-SCAC Women's Soccer Second Team
  • Naccari – 2014 All-SCAC Women's Soccer Honorable Mention
  • Senior Kayla Nguyen – 2014 All-SCAC Women's Soccer Honorable Mention

Full List of Postseason Awards

PROGRAM RECORDS

  • Senior Kaitlin Meske amassed 77 matches in her collegiate career at UD from 2011-14.

Complete Women's Soccer School Records