safety.
Columbus State’s lone good look in the frame came in the 32nd minute as freshman Taylor Marks flicked a shot with her foot that went wide
to the left.
Parsons (6-3-1) made six saves in goal for the Lady Cougars while
Hardie (10-2-2) recorded four.
Corcione finished the season with a team high 11 goals and 26
points. Her 11 goals finished as the fifth-most ever by a Lady Cougar
freshman.
With the loss, Columbus State has been eliminated from the NCAA
Tournament for the third straight season in penalty kick fashion.
The All-American recognition for Robinson is only the third time
a Clayton State women’s soccer player has received the honor. Nkiru
Okosieme was named All-American in 2004 and Olaitan Yusuf received
the honor in both 2004 and 2005.
A 5-11 sophomore from Marietta, Ga., Russell becomes the fourth
Armstrong women’s soccer player to earn All-American honors from the
NSCAA, joining Kristin Burton (2006, 2009), Morgan Mitchell (2012) and
Nadima Skeff (2012).
The central defender was a Disney’s Division II National Player of the
Week honoree earlier this season and she anchored a defense that gave
up a PBC-low 14 goals and notched a league-best 0.75 goals against
average this season. The Marietta, Ga., native earned PBC Defender of
the Week honors twice in 2013 and she also scored a pair of goals on 13
Armstrong’s Dawson Tabbed Academic All-American
shots. She was a first-team All-PBC as well as a first-team Daktronics/
Armstrong Atlantic State University senior midfielder Andye Dawson has CoSIDA All-Region and NSCAA All-Region honoree.
been named to the first team of the 2013 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic
All-America DII Women’s Soccer squad, announced by CoSIDA. This is the North Georgia’s Penston Named Daktronics Women’s
second time Dawson has earned this most prestigous award in the last Soccer All-American
two years. She also becomes only the fourth PBC women’s soccer player
to earn back to back Academic All-American honors in the leagues his- INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – UNG women’s soccer player Kelly Penston has
tory.
been named a first team Daktronics All-American as announced this
Dawson, a third-team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America se- afternoon by national coordinators for the Daktronics All-America prolection as a junior in 2012, carries a 3.95 GPA in chemistry for the Pirates, gram. She becomes the fourth All-American in the UNG women’s socwho went 11-4-3 this season. The Senoia, Ga., native started 13 games cer program’s history joining Casey Smith (2009, 2010) and Emily Dover
and ranked third on the squad with 15 shots on goal. She finished her (2011).
final season with the Pirates with one goal, one assist and three points. Her honor marks school’s the first-ever 1st team All-American honShe earned All-Peach Belt honors twice in her career as a sophomore and or from Daktronics as Smith garnered 3rd team honors in 2010. Smith
junior and was a NSCAA All-Southeast Region honoree in 2011.
was also a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of Amer Dawson’s Academic All-American honor is the 10th for Armstrong ica (NSCAA) All-American teams in 2009 and 2010 earning the highest
women’s soccer in the last six seasons and she joins Kristin Burton (2007- distinction from both publications following her senior year. Dover’s
09) and Kristina Pascutti (2011-12) as multiple Academic All-America All-American honor in 2011 was awarded by the NSCAA.
honorees in the program’s history.
California State-Stanislaus senior forward Karenee Demery was
named the Ron Lenz National Player of the Year headlining the 2013 Dak-
Clayton State’s Robinson, Armstrong’s Russell Named tronics NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer All-America Team. Demery, now
a four-time All-America selection, also joined 12 other student-athletes
NSCAA Women’s Soccer All-Americans
KANSAS CITY, MO – Clayton State senior midfielder Alicia Robinson and
Armstrong senior defender Taylor Russell were named All-Americans by
the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). The