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Women's Soccer
Golden Bears ranked nationally in final poll
KUTZTOWN, PA. (December 14, 2009) – The
Kutztown University women’s soccer team finished the 2010 season
ranked 25th in the final National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NCSAA) Top 25 poll.
The Golden Bears finished with a 15-6-2 record and qualified
for the NCAA Division II tournament. Kutztown enjoyed a memorable year by
setting a school record for wins (15) and shutouts in a season (13).
Kutztown also finished second in the PSAC East regular season and as PSAC
tournament runner-up. During the regular season, Kutztown was nationally
ranked in nine of the 11 NSCAA polls during the season. The Golden Bears
peaked at ninth in the Sept. 15 poll.
Kutztown’s season ended with a 3-1 loss to California (Pa.)
in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Junior defender Chelsea
Deeter (Langhorne/Neshaminy) was named to the NSCAA All-Atlantic region
first team while sophomore forward Chelsea Bressler
(Annville/Annville-Cleona) and sophomore midfielder Shannon Pennock
(North Burlington, NJ/Mansfield) were named to the second team. All
three players were named to the all-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC) Eastern Division first team.
Offensively, Kutztown was paced by a balanced attack in which 14 different
players scored at least one goal. Bressler led the Golden Bears with
10 goals and 24 points. Freshman forward Molly Cooper (Palmyra/Palmyra)
scored seven goals and sophomore midfielder Shannon Pennock (Mansfield,
NJ/North Burlington) added six goals.
“This is a
tremendous honor for our program and University,” Kutztown University head
coach Erik Burstein said. “It is great to see the hard work of the young
ladies rewarded. They sacrificed a lot. This is a good building block for us
as we move into the 2010 season.”
Based in
Kansas City, Kan., the NSCAA is the largest coaches' organization in the
United States. Since its founding in 1941, it has grown to include more than
28,000 members who coach both genders at all levels of the sport. In
addition to a national rankings program for colleges and high schools, NSCAA
offers an extensive recognition program that presents nearly 10,000
individual awards every year. It fulfills its mission of coaching education
through a nationwide program of clinics and week-long courses, teaching more
than 4,000 soccer.
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