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Ekic, Kouzelos and Rivers Earn All-ACC honors
November 07, 2019 | Women's Soccer
Louisville trio earns postseason honors
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Atlantic Coast Conference announced the women's soccer postseason awards on Thursday afternoon. Louisville's Emina Ekic was named a first team All-ACC selection for the second straight year and her third straight year of earning All-ACC honors. Redshirt junior Gabby Kouzelos was named a second team All-ACC selection while senior Brooklynn Rivers earned third team All-ACC honors for the second straight year.
Florida State's senior Midfielder Deyna Castellanos was chosen as the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, while North Carolina's Anson Dorrance was honored as the ACC Coach of the Year in a vote by the league's head coaches.
FSU's Castellanos also received the nod as the ACC Midfielder of the Year, while Florida State's Malia Berkely was selected the Defensive Player of the Year. North Carolina defender Maycee Bell was tabbed as the ACC Freshman of the Year.
Ekic was named to the first team after having her best season to date for the Cardinals. She earned preseason All-ACC honors and was named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List. Ekic finished the regular season with eight goals and seven assists for 23 points. She has five game-winning goals on the year, which ranks her second in the conference and 21st nationally. The junior earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors once this season and was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week twice.
Kouzelos earns second team All-ACC honors. She has played 1585 minutes and has started in all 18 matches for the Cardinals, earning a 12-4-2 record. The redshirt junior has helped the Cardinals to eight shutouts this season while grabbing 45 saves. She owns the school record in career shutouts and ranks second in career goals against average at 0.93.
Rivers earns her second career ACC postseason honor. The senior forward is the second leading scorer for the Cardinals this season with 10 points. She also ranks second on the team with five goals. Scored the game-winning goal against Saint Louis. She has converted 1-of-1 penalty kicks this season
The complete 2019 All-ACC Women's Soccer Teams and All-Freshman Team are listed below.
Offensive Player of the Year
Deyna Castellanos, Sr., M, Florida State
Defensive Player of the Year
Malia Berkely, R-Jr., D, Florida State
Midfielder of the Year
Deyna Castellanos, Sr., M, Florida State
Freshman of the Year
Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Coach of the Year
Anson Dorrance, North Carolina
First Team All-ACC
Malia Berkely, R-Jr., D, Florida State
Deyna Castellanos, Sr., M, Florida State
Jaelin Howell, So., M, Florida State
Yujie Zhao, So., M, Florida State
Emina Ekic, Jr., M, Louisville
Emily Fox, Jr., D, North Carolina
Brianna Pinto, So., M, North Carolina
Alessia Russo, Jr., F, North Carolina
Tziarra King, Sr., M, NC State
Meghan McCool, Sr., F, Virginia
Amanda McGlynn, Sr., GK, Virginia Tech
Second Team All-ACC
Delaney Graham, So., D, Duke
Ella Stevens, Sr., M, Duke
Gabby Kouzelos, Jr., GK, Louisville
Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Lotte Wubben-Moy, Jr., D, North Carolina
Phoebe McClernon, Sr., D, Virginia
Diana Ordonez, Fr., F, Virginia
Courtney Petersen, R-Sr., D, Virginia
Alexa Spaanstra, So., M, Virginia
Taryn Torres, Jr., M, Virginia
Madison Hammond, Sr., D, Wake Forest
Third Team All-ACC
Olivia Vaughn, Sr., F, Boston College
Brooklynn Rivers, Sr., F, Louisville
Lulu Guttenberger, R-So., D, NC State
Krissi Schuster, Sr., D, NC State
Ricci Walking, Sr., M, NC State
Taylor Otto, R-Jr., M, North Carolina
Sammi Fisher, Jr., M, Notre Dame
Eva Hurm, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Amanda West, Fr., F, Pitt
Laurel Ivory, Jr., GK, Virginia
Kelsey Irwin, R-Sr., D, Virginia Tech
All-Freshman Team
Sam Smith, Fr., F, Boston College
Hal Herschfelt, Fr., M, Clemson
Maliah Morris, Fr., F, Clemson
Sophie Jones, Fr., M, Duke
Heather Payne, Fr., D, Florida State
Jenna Nighswonger, Fr., F, Florida State
Jameese Joseph, Fr., F, NC State
Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Isabel Cox, Fr., F, North Carolina
Amanda West, Fr., F, Pitt
Diana Ordonez, Fr., F, Virginia
Florida State's senior Midfielder Deyna Castellanos was chosen as the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, while North Carolina's Anson Dorrance was honored as the ACC Coach of the Year in a vote by the league's head coaches.
FSU's Castellanos also received the nod as the ACC Midfielder of the Year, while Florida State's Malia Berkely was selected the Defensive Player of the Year. North Carolina defender Maycee Bell was tabbed as the ACC Freshman of the Year.
Ekic was named to the first team after having her best season to date for the Cardinals. She earned preseason All-ACC honors and was named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List. Ekic finished the regular season with eight goals and seven assists for 23 points. She has five game-winning goals on the year, which ranks her second in the conference and 21st nationally. The junior earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors once this season and was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week twice.
Kouzelos earns second team All-ACC honors. She has played 1585 minutes and has started in all 18 matches for the Cardinals, earning a 12-4-2 record. The redshirt junior has helped the Cardinals to eight shutouts this season while grabbing 45 saves. She owns the school record in career shutouts and ranks second in career goals against average at 0.93.
Rivers earns her second career ACC postseason honor. The senior forward is the second leading scorer for the Cardinals this season with 10 points. She also ranks second on the team with five goals. Scored the game-winning goal against Saint Louis. She has converted 1-of-1 penalty kicks this season
The complete 2019 All-ACC Women's Soccer Teams and All-Freshman Team are listed below.
Offensive Player of the Year
Deyna Castellanos, Sr., M, Florida State
Defensive Player of the Year
Malia Berkely, R-Jr., D, Florida State
Midfielder of the Year
Deyna Castellanos, Sr., M, Florida State
Freshman of the Year
Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Coach of the Year
Anson Dorrance, North Carolina
First Team All-ACC
Malia Berkely, R-Jr., D, Florida State
Deyna Castellanos, Sr., M, Florida State
Jaelin Howell, So., M, Florida State
Yujie Zhao, So., M, Florida State
Emina Ekic, Jr., M, Louisville
Emily Fox, Jr., D, North Carolina
Brianna Pinto, So., M, North Carolina
Alessia Russo, Jr., F, North Carolina
Tziarra King, Sr., M, NC State
Meghan McCool, Sr., F, Virginia
Amanda McGlynn, Sr., GK, Virginia Tech
Second Team All-ACC
Delaney Graham, So., D, Duke
Ella Stevens, Sr., M, Duke
Gabby Kouzelos, Jr., GK, Louisville
Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Lotte Wubben-Moy, Jr., D, North Carolina
Phoebe McClernon, Sr., D, Virginia
Diana Ordonez, Fr., F, Virginia
Courtney Petersen, R-Sr., D, Virginia
Alexa Spaanstra, So., M, Virginia
Taryn Torres, Jr., M, Virginia
Madison Hammond, Sr., D, Wake Forest
Third Team All-ACC
Olivia Vaughn, Sr., F, Boston College
Brooklynn Rivers, Sr., F, Louisville
Lulu Guttenberger, R-So., D, NC State
Krissi Schuster, Sr., D, NC State
Ricci Walking, Sr., M, NC State
Taylor Otto, R-Jr., M, North Carolina
Sammi Fisher, Jr., M, Notre Dame
Eva Hurm, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Amanda West, Fr., F, Pitt
Laurel Ivory, Jr., GK, Virginia
Kelsey Irwin, R-Sr., D, Virginia Tech
All-Freshman Team
Sam Smith, Fr., F, Boston College
Hal Herschfelt, Fr., M, Clemson
Maliah Morris, Fr., F, Clemson
Sophie Jones, Fr., M, Duke
Heather Payne, Fr., D, Florida State
Jenna Nighswonger, Fr., F, Florida State
Jameese Joseph, Fr., F, NC State
Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina
Isabel Cox, Fr., F, North Carolina
Amanda West, Fr., F, Pitt
Diana Ordonez, Fr., F, Virginia
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