Ten Women’s Soccer Players Named To Daktronics All-Region Team

ST. AUGUSTINE'S, Fla. -- Ten women's soccer players from the South Atlantic Conference have been named to the 2010 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Women's Soccer Team.

Six were named to the first team. Carson-Newman College and Lenoir-Rhyne University each had three representatives.

The Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Teams are voted on by the sports information directors of the Southeast Region. The region is comprised of the Conference Carolinas, the Peach Belt Conference, and the South Atlantic Conference.

Eight members of this year's teams were members of the 2009 teams. Columbus State University junior forward Stephanie Lowery was selected as the Region Player of the Year.

Members of the first team are now eligible for Daktronics NCAA Division II All-America honors.

The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition.

Morgan Gruenenfelder	Trenna Howell
Andrea Saevik	Catherine Hauck
Casey McDonnell	Amber Holt
Tramicka James	Abby Martin
Alexa Baird	Kelly Moldenhauer

Carson-Newman College

Senior midfielder Morgan Gruenenfelder (Sweetwater, Tenn.), junior forward Trenna Howell (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), and sophomore midfielder Andrea Saevik (Froystadvaag, Norway) have been named to the 2010 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Women's Soccer Team.

Gruenenfelder was named to the first team, while Howell and Saevik earned second team honors.

Under their guidance, the Lady Eagles went 11-7 overall and 8-1 in the conference, winning a share of the SAC regular season title.

Gruenfelder ranked fourth in the conference in goals scored (10), fifth in points (25) and eighth in assists (five).

Howell earned second team honors after finishing third in the league in goals scored (12) and fourth in points (28). Saevik earns second team honors after scoring six goals and distributing five assists.

Both Lady Eagles were named to the second team a season ago.

Lenoir-Rhyne University

Three L-R players were named to the 2010 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Women's Soccer Teams. Junior midfielder Catherine Hauck (Lake Mary, Fla.) and junior defender Casey McDonnell (Toms River, N.J.) were named to the first team while senior forward Amber Holt (Charlotte, N.C.) was selected to the second team.

Hauck, the 2010 South Atlantic Conference Women's Soccer Player Of The Year, earned first-team all-region accolades for the second straight year. Hauck was also named the 2010 Food Lion SAC Tournament Most Valuable Player and has earned All-SAC First-Team accolades for the past two seasons as well.

Currently, Hauck leads the team in goals (nine) and points (21) and has scored a goal in four of the past five matches for Lenoir-Rhyne.

McDonnell has started in 20 of Lenoir-Rhyne's 21 games so far this year and has anchored a defense that has limited its opponents to just 17 goals in 21 games including 10 shutouts.

Holt leads the team in points this season with 21 points in addition to eight goals including three game-winners and five assists.

Both McDonnell and Holt were named to the 2010 All-South Atlantic Conference First Team earlier this month. Holt was a 2007 first-team all-league honoree in the only other season she played for the Bears.

Lenoir-Rhyne (18-2-1), the 2010 SAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions, remains alive in the playoffs and will take on Armstrong Atlantic State (14-3-2) in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship Friday at 3 p.m., at Pepin Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

Tusculum College

Tusculum College forward Tramicka James has been named to the 2010 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Women's Soccer First Team. James now advances to the Daktronics All-America ballot, which will be announced later this month.

James, a 5-4 sophomore forward from Wilson, N.C., returns to the Daktronics All-Region squad after earning Second Team accolades last year during her rookie campaign. The 2010 All-South Atlantic Conference First Team honoree led the league in goals per match and is currently 15th in NCAA II averaging 0.90 goals per contest (2nd in Region).

The Fyke High School graduate has scored 17 goals this season to rank sixth on the Tusculum single-season list, while her 28 career goals are tied for fifth all-time in school history.

Overall, James led the Pioneers with 17 goals and 38 points, and shared the team-lead in match-winning goals with three. The two-time All-Conference and All-Region standout scored at least one goal in eight of Tusculum's last 10 matches, amassing 14 goals and three assists for 31 points over that span. Her 17 total goals are 17th in the nation (3rd in Region), while her 38 total points are 22nd (T3rd in Region).

Tusculum finished the season with a 9-9-1 record, while advancing to the semifinal round of the Food Lion SAC Tournament for the 10th time since joining the league in 1999.

Mars Hill College

Mars Hill's Abby Martin was named to the 2010 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Women's Soccer first team.

In 2010, Martin, from Greer, S.C., was voted to the All-South Atlantic Conference first team. She led the conference in goals (16), goals per game (0.94), game-winning goals (5), points (37) and points per game (2.18). Martin also set school record for most career goals (39) and points (92). Off the field, she won the SAC Scholar Athlete Award for the second year in a row and was named to the ESPN Academic All-District III first team.

Catawba

Catawba College senior defender, Alexa Baird (Plainfield, NC/Mt. St. Mary Academy), has been named to the 2010 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Women's Soccer Team. Baird becomes a two-time first team selection on the region squad.

Baird started all 18 matches for the Catawba Indians and helped the defense post seven shutouts. Over her three seasons on defense, the Lady Indians recorded 26 shutouts and allowed a goal or less in 40 of 61 matches.

Baird was a two-time first team All-South Atlantic Conference selection as well. Playing as a midfielder as a freshman, she tallied six goals with four assists.

Wingate University

Sophomore defender Kelly Moldenhauer (Charlotte, N.C.) earned second team honors.

Moldenhauer scored a pair of goals for the Bulldogs this season, while anchoring a Wingate defense that led the league with a 0.69 goals against average. The Bulldogs allowed only 11 goals in 17 games this season. Moldenhauer helped Wingate notch a league-best 10 shutouts in 2010. The Bulldogs rank in the top 30 nationally in goals against average and shutout percentage.

2010 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Women's Soccer Team

First Team
F - Tramicka James*, So., Tusculum College
F - Stephanie Parrish, Sr., Columbus State University
F - Sarah Porter, Fr., Mount Olive College
F - Abby Martin, Sr., Mars Hill College
MF - Stephanie Lowery, Jr., Columbus State University
MF - Catherine Hauck*, Jr., Lenoir-Rhyne University
MF - Morgan Gruenenfelder, Sr., Carson-Newman College
MF - Morgan Mitchell*, So., Armstrong Atlantic State University
D - Kelli Bahr, Jr., Armstrong Atlantic State University
D - Casey Smith*, Sr., North Georgia College & State University
D - Alexa Baird*, Sr., Catawba College
D - Casey McDonnell, Jr., Lenoir-Rhyne University
GK - Anna Donaldson, Sr., Belmont Abbey College

Region Player Of The Year - Stephanie Lowery, Columbus State University

Second Team
F - Cherie Sayon, Sr., Clayton Sate University
F - Anna Svensson*, So., UNC Pembroke
F - Trenna Howell*, Jr., Carson-Newman College
F - Amber Holt, Sr., Lenoir-Rhyne University
MF - Kate Walton, Sr., Columbus State University
MF - Andrea Saevik*, So., Carson-Newman College
MF - Mary Beth Sullivan, Fr., Lees-McRae College
MF - Nicole Voets, Jr., Belmont Abbey College
MF - Faye Corbett, Sr., UNC Pembroke
D - Carey Patterson, Sr., Armstrong Atlantic State University
D - Jordan McKenzie, Sr., Columbus State University
D - Kelly Moldenhauer, So., Wingate University
D - Kim Gaughan, Sr., Columbus State University
GK - Britney Bennett, Fr., UNC Pembroke

* = 2009 all-region honoree