La Salle Secures Top Seed for Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship

Oct. 28, 2012

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.- La Salle has claimed the top seed in the 2012 Atlantic 10 Women’s Soccer Championship, which will be played at Rhode Island’s URI Soccer Complex Thurs., Nov. 1-Sun., Nov. 4. It is the second straight year the Explorers claimed the top spot in the championship.

Dayton, the defending champion, earned the second seed with 22 points and a 7-1-1 conference ledger. The Flyers, who finished 13-4-1 overall will play seventh-seeded Massachusetts, which won the three-team tiebreaker to secure seventh. The Minutewomen closed out the regular season at 9-9-1 overall and 4-4-1 in league play with 13 points and will face regionally ranked Dayton at 5:00 pm on Thursday.

Atlantic 10 newcomer VCU is the third seed and will face sixth-seeded Saint Joseph’s at 7:30 pm Thursday. The Rams finished with 19 points, a 6-2-1 A-10 mark and an 11-4-4 overall record. Saint Joseph’s is 4-2-3 with 15 points and a 9-6-4 overall record. The Hawks tied for fifth place with St. Bonaventure, but lost the head-to-head tiebreaker.

The Bonnies are seeded fifth with 15 points and a 5-4-0 record in league play and 8-10-1 overall. They will play fourth-seeded Butler at 1:30 pm Thursday. The Bulldogs, at 5-1-1 with 18 points in the A-10 and 11-4-4 overall, are the conference’s other new team.

[b]THURSDAY
11:00AM CHARLOTTE 0:2 LaSALLE
1:30PM SAINT BONAVENTURE 0:1 BUTLER
5:00PM DAYTON 4:1 UMASS
7:30PM VCU 4:0 SAINT JOSEPH'S

FRIDAY
5:00PM LaSALLE vs. BUTLER
7:30PM DAYTON vs. VCU

SUNDAY
1:00PM FINALS[b]

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2012 ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE POSTSEASON AWARDS
Coach of the Year – Paul Royal, La Salle
Offensive Player of the Year – Colleen Williams, Dayton
Defensive Player of the Year – Courtney Niemiec, La Salle
Midfielder of the Year – Mo Hawkins, Saint Joseph's
Rookie of the Year – Sophia Maccagnone, Butler

FIRST TEAM
First Team Forwards
Colleen Williams, Dayton
Moa Mattsson, Massachusetts
Courtney Conrad, VCU

First Team Midfielders
Sophia Maccagnone, Butler
Juliana Libertin, Dayton
Renee Washington, La Salle
Mo Hawkins, Saint Joseph's

First Team Defenders
Alysha Mallon, Dayton
Courtney Niemiec, La Salle
Shannon Van Riper, St. Bonaventure

Co-First Team Goalkeeper
Gabrielle Pakhtigian, La Salle
Christine Neal, Saint Joseph's

SECOND TEAM
Second Team Forwards
Ashley Campbell, Dayton
Kelsey Haycook, La Salle
Becca Wann, Richmond
Wendy Acosta, VCU

Second Team Midfielders
Amanda Jones, Charlotte
Alexis Garcia, Dayton
Cristin Granados, VCU

Second Team Defenders
Kelly Mahoney, Butler
Jourdan McVicker, La Salle
Carly Edgcomb, VCU

ALL ROOKIE
Sophia Maccagnone, Butler
Maddie Kiebel, Charlotte
Ashley Campbell, Dayton
Nicole Waters, Dayton
Kristi Abbate, George Washington
Ellie Bailes, Rhode Island
Abby Maiello, Saint Bonaventure
Olivia McEachern, Saint Joseph's
Shauni Kerkhoff, Temple
Erin Lafferty, Temple
Wendy Acosta, VCU

La Salle Secures Top Seed for Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship

THURSDAY
11:00AM CHARLOTTE 0:2 LaSALLE
1:30PM SAINT BONAVENTURE 0:1 BUTLER
5:00PM DAYTON 4:1 UMASS
7:30PM VCU 4:0 SAINT JOSEPH'S

FRIDAY
5:00PM LaSALLE vs. BUTLER
7:30PM DAYTON vs. VCU

SUNDAY
1:00PM FINALS
LaSalle 2:1 VCU (OT)

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