Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

Northwestern's Rebekah Kirby and St. Scholastica's Megan Flesvig highlight UMAC Women's Soccer Awards

11/8/2010 5:13:32 PM

ST. PAUL -- Following a week’s worth of excitement that culminated with Saturday’s Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament championship game, the league announced its postseason awards on Monday afternoon.

Northwestern College, who finished second in the conference standings, led the pack with five first team awards, followed by Bethany Lutheran College and the College of St. Scholastica, who each had four first team all-conference selections. Northland College and the University of Minnesota, Morris each had three accolades on the first team list.

The Eagles’ Rebekah Kirby was chosen as the UMAC Offensive Player of the Year, who led the league with 14 goals and 34 points in conference games. St. Scholastica’s Megan Flesvig was named the UMAC’s Defensive Player of the Year after leading her team to first in goals allowed (0.29 per game) and goals against average (0.28 per game) in league affairs.

Earning Co-Rookie of the Year Awards was St. Scholastica’s Taylor Cunningham and Martin Luther College’s Bethany Schulz. Cunningham was sixth in the UMAC in both shots and shots per game, while Schultz finished second in the conference in points and third in points per game.

St. Scholastica head coach Dave Reyelts earned UMAC Coach of the Year honors, having guided his team to its seventh consecutive regular season championship and an undefeated 13-0-1 mark in conference play.

A full listing of the 2010 UMAC Women’s Soccer awards is below.
 

1st Team All-Conference
Name	Institution	Year	Position
Jacqui Bonrud	Bethany Lutheran College	Freshman	Defender
Jada Holden	Bethany Lutheran College	Freshman	Goalkeeper
Kelli Kitzman	Bethany Lutheran College	Freshman	Forward
Joelle Pipal	Bethany Lutheran College	Junior	Midfielder
Shannon Carlson	College of St. Scholastica	Freshman	Forward
Taylor Cunningham	College of St. Scholastica	Freshman	Midfielder
Megan Flesvig	College of St. Scholastica	Junior	Defender
Sarah Kloeckner	College of St. Scholastica	Senior	Defender
Miranda Baltzer	Crown College	Junior	Forward
Bethany Schultz	Martin Luther College	Freshman	Midfielder
Rebecca Lake	Northland College	Junior	Defender
Mel Rasor	Northland College	Senior	Midfielder
Sarah Weed	Northland College	Sophomore	Goalkeeper
Heidi Anderson	Northwestern College	Sophomore	Midfielder
Rebekah Carrizales	Northwestern College	Freshman	Midfielder
Rebekah Kirby	Northwestern College	Junior	Forward
Kyrie Jorgenson	Northwestern College	Senior	Forward
Bridget Piche	Northwestern College	Junior	Defender
Amanda Jensen	Presentation College	Junior	Midfielder
Zoe Bergstrom	University of Minnesota-Morris	Freshman	Midfielder
Rachel Harstad	University of Minnesota-Morris	Senior	Defender
Leah Parker	University of Minnesota-Morris	Junior	Forward

Honorable Mention All-Conference
Name	Institution	Year	Position
Kindra Fairburn	Bethany Lutheran College	Freshman	Defender
Paige Taylor	Bethany Lutheran College	Sophomore	Midfielder
Nicole Brandt	College of St. Scholastica	Senior	Midfielder
Kaylee Gombold	College of St. Scholastica	Sophomore	Forward
Kelly Anderson	Crown College	Sophomore	Defender
Kadie Drake	Martin Luther College	Junior	Forward
Hannah Mattek	Martin Luther College	Freshman	Midfielder
Allison Snyder	Martin Luther College	Sophomore	Goalkeeper
Ashley Runge	Northland College	Junior	Forward
Courtney Davis	Northwestern College	Senior	Defender
Tara Hanson	Northwestern College	Junior	Goalkeeper
Elizabeth Diebert	Presentation College	Junior	Defender
Amanda Ferraro	Presentation College	Junior	Defender
Stephanie Mastel	Presentation College	Sophomore	Defender