Williamsburg, KY- The UC women's soccer team has re-written the history books for the regular season. This year the team posted their best regular season record of 14-0-3 with a 9-0-1 record in the Mid-South. The Patriots earned the #1 seed for the MSC Tournament and held the No.3 spot in in the NAIA Coaches' Poll for four consecutive weeks.
Rankings and Records
Currently ranked #3 in the NAIA, the program's highest ranking in its history, the team's statistics also rank high with teams across the country. UC sits in 2
nd place for MRPI across the NAIA with a score of 0.958. MRPI takes into account strength of schedule, as well as wins and losses. The Pats also sit in 17
th place with 48 assists on the year. Goalkeeper
Georgia Martell ranks 23
rd in the NAIA with a goals against average of 0.70. She has contributed to the teams 10 shutouts this year which is 22
nd in the NAIA.
This season has been one of great accomplishments. The Pats took on their toughest regular season schedule in program history, competing against 12 teams mentioned in the national poll. Not only, did they face off against tough opponents, but they finished the regular season undefeated for the first time under Head Coach
Steve Hamilton.
Leading scorer for the Patriots,
Jayden Boelter has garnered her best season yet with 19 goals and four assists. Her 19 goals this season moves her up to 3
rd in program history for single-season goals. She is only three goals behind Leslie Allred with 22. Boelter currently sits in 3
rd place for career goals with 50 in her three seasons as a Patriot.
Laura Navajas has also been a huge part of this seasons dominance. Navajas and Boelter connected for goals on seven different occasions this season. She has also recorded five goals of her own and nine assists. Navajas broke the programs career assist record early in the season and continued to do damage throughout the season. Her 41 career assists put her atop the leader board, 8 assists ahead of the previous record holder Kelly Tragesser who had 33.
Post Season Play
Cumberlands garnered the #1 seed in the MSC Tournament and was named an NAIA Opening Round Host Site in the same week. In the Patriots match against #4 seeded Campbellsville, freshman of the year,
Carola Fontan notched two goals for the Patriots. The match was hard-fought, but UC was unable to secure the victory. Campbellsville went on to beat UT Southern in the championship match of the tournament 3-0.
Thought Cumberlands suffered their first loss of the season in the MSC tournament, they are geared up and ready to go for the NAIA tournament that begins tomorrow, November 16
th. UC will host the 1
st and 2
nd rounds of the tournament at UC Soccer Complex and face off against the #4 seed IU Kokomo. Kickoff is set for 3:30PM and live video of the match can be viewed
here.
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