Schaffer headlines seven women soccer players honored by NCAC
11/16/2009 2:12:14 PM
MEADVILLE, Pa. - Allegheny women's soccer player Monica Schaffer led a group of seven Gators with her All-NCAC First Team honor. Meanwhile, junior Nicole Mascia, sophomores Alex Gordon and Emily Karr and freshman Ashley Lehr were named to the Second Team while senior Ashley Miller and sophomore Becky Arndt received Honorable Mentions, as voted by the conference's nine head coaches.
Schaffer, a senior defender, started all 19 games for the Gators (11-6-2, 4-2-2). In her four years, she appeared in 65 games, starting 53, and made one assist. Schaffer was also a captain during her fourth season.
Karr, a goalkeeper, set the Allegheny College record for shutouts in a season with 11. She now ranks second on the Gators' all-time shutouts list with 17 and trails only Deb Klinefelter (1987-90), who had 21. In 2009, Karr started 18 games and finished with a 10-6-2 record. She had a 0.61 goals-against average and, with her 57 saves, compiled a .838 save percentage.
Mascia led the squad with five goals, including one game winner. She tallied the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Oberlin. Gordon had one goal and one assist -- the goal being a game winner during the Gators' 1-0 victory against Hiram. Lehr tallied one goal and three assists.
Miller started all 19 games in her final year at Allegheny, finishing with four goals and one assist. Over the course of her career, she appeared in 74 games, made 56 starts and recorded 15 goals and seven assists. Arndt contributed two goals in 2009 -- both which were game winners: one in a 4-0 win over Elizabethtown and the other in a 4-0 victory against Penn State Behrend.