Five Earn All-SAC Honors in Women's Soccer

ROCK HILL, SC – Catawba placed five players, including three freshmen, on the 2009 All-South Atlantic Conference Women’s Soccer teams.  Earning first team honors were midfielder Maria Borland (Hagerstown, MD/N. Hagerstown HS) and defender Alexa Baird (Plainfield, NJ/Mt. St. Mary Academy).  Second team honors went to forward Stephanie Borland (Hagerstown, MD/N. Hagerstown HS), midfielder Tasha Wilhelm (Mt. Savage, MD/Beall HS) and midfielder Katie Gair (Milton, Ontario, CANADA/St. Mary Catholic).

Freshman Maria Borland leads the team in scoring this season with seven goals and four assists.  One of her goals was a game-winner.  Baird, a junior, helped the team to nine shutouts on a defense that has allowed just 18 goals in 20 matches.

Wilhelm, one of just two seniors for Catawba, has tallied three goals, including a game-winner, with three assists.  Two more freshmen round out the honorees.  Stephanie Borland also has three goals and three assists with a game-winner, while Gair produced two game-winners among her five goals and added two assists.

2009 South Atlantic Conference Women's Soccer All-Conference Team
FIRST TEAM
F - Nikki Brannen, Carson-Newman
F - Trenna Howell, Carson-Newman
F - Elizabeth Hawes, Lenoir-Rhyne
F - Laura Linehan, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF - Andrea Saevik, Carson-Newman
MF - Maria Borland, CATAWBA
MF - Leanne Reid, Lincoln Memorial
MF - Courtney Turner, Tusculum
DEF - Melissa Morris, Carson-Newman
DEF - Alexa Baird, CATAWBA
DEF - Catherine Hauck, Lenoir-Rhyne
DEF - Megan Mastalerz, Wingate
GK - Emily Rhoades, Newberry

SECOND TEAM
F - Stephanie Borland, CATAWBA
F - Tramicka James, Tusculum
F - Kelly Adams, Wingate
F - Kerstin Williams, Wingate
MF - Sandra Kaelin, Carson-Newman
MF - Morgan Gruenenfelder, Carson-Newman
MF - Tasha Wilhelm, CATAWBA
MF - Katie Gair, CATAWBA
MF - Michaela Peach, Newberry
DEF - Raquel Abrile, Lincoln Memorial
DEF - Sara Geisman, Newberry
DEF - Ashley Bradford, Tusculum
DEF - Madi Welch, Wingate
GK - Lauren MacKenzie, Carson-Newman

COACH OF THE YEAR - Phil McNamara, Carson-Newman
PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Elizabeth Hawes, Lenoir-Rhyne
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - Elizabeth Hawes, Lenoir-Rhyne
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE - Abby Martin, Mars Hill