Greensboro College - Women's Soccer Earns Nine USAS Awards

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Women's Soccer Earns Nine USAS Awards

Kelli Viana

Pride Sports Info.

11/4/2009 2:33:14 PM

The Pride women's soccer team garnered nine all conference honors presented by the USA South today. Leading the way for The Pride were first team honorees Tessa Hall (Greensboro, N.C./Ragsdale) and Kelli Viana (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South).

Hall, a midfielder, is tied for team lead in assists (7) and points (17). A senior, this is her third straight first team selection and her fourth all conference honor. A junior defender, Viana has started all 18 games on a Pride back line that allows just 0.98 goals per game.

Selected to the conference's second team was freshman Cara Wilcox (Charlotte, NC/Mallard Creek). The forward leads Greensboro with eight goals.

Goalie Katie Allegro (Statesville, NC/West Iredell ) and two freshmen--Mary Reinhardt (Winston-Salem, NC/Mount Tabor) and Meredith Kelly (Snow Camp, NC/Southern Alamance)--made the third team. Allegro has seven shutouts and an .809 save percentage. Forward Reinhardt is tied for the team lead in points (17). Kelly has four goals and four assists in the midfield.

Picked USAS honorable mention were midfielder Melissa Gallaher (Severna Park, Md/Severna Park) and defender Jessica Kile (Salisbury, MD/Parkside). A sophomore with one goal and five assists, this is Gallaher's second straight all conference award. Defender Kile played in 17 games and is one of five Pride freshmen to be recognized today.

Freshman Jessica Jameson (Columbus, OH/Davidson) was tabbed to the USA South All Sportsmanship team.

The Pride (10-7-1) plays a USA South semifinal match on Friday. Third-seeded GC faces second seed CNU at 2:30 p.m.in Martinsville, Va.

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