The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Three Women's Soccer Players Earn All-Conference Honors
11/7/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Nov. 7, 2001
MILWAUKEE- Senior forward Denise Peters , freshman defender Briana McCarty and junior forward Adrienne Suffridge earned women's soccer All-Conference USA honors announced Tuesday at the annual C-USA pre-tournament banquet at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center.
Named to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference team, UAB's team captain, Peters (Jacksonville, Ala.) finished out an outstanding regular season and was named First Team All-C-USA. After leading UAB in goals during the regular seasonwith eight, Peters has garnered 23 goals in her career, ranking her third on the UAB career goals list. Peters added three assists during the season for a team-leading 19 points. She had a season-high six shots in games against Mercer and South Florida, bringing her total to 117, ranking her second on the all-time UAB career shots list. In C-USA play, Peters ranks fourth in shots with 28, fifth in points with 12 and sixth in goals with 10.
After leading the Blazers in assists with nine, McCarty (Lawrenceville, Ga.) earned Second-Team All-Conference and All-Freshman Team honors. After only one season at UAB, McCarty ranks ninth on the all-time UAB career assits list and is on pace to take over the no. 1 spot set by Monica Bagley (1996-99) with 25. Her top performance of the season came last week against South Florida as her two assists paced the Blazers to a 3-1 win. She ranks second in C-USA in overall assists with nine and conference games with eight.
Named Third-Team All-C-USA, Suffridge (Columbia, S.C.) has six goals and six assists, ranking her second with 18 points, one behind Peters. She had a season-high four points and two goals in the Blazers 3-1 win over Memphis. She recorded five shots in games against DePaul and Creighton and has a total of 39 on the season. In C-USA play, McCarty ranks sixth in shots with 27 and sixth in shots per game with 2.70. She leads C-USA in game-winning goals with five and has tied the team leading career record of 7 set by Ashley Cobb (1996-98).
Fifth seeded UAB (10-8-0, 7-3-0) will play fourth seeded Tulane (9-7-0, 7-3-0) Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in first round action of the C-USA tournament. Other matches feature top-seeded Cincinnati (15-3-0, 10-0-0) and eighth-seeded Saint Louis (8-9-1, 5-4-1) at 12 p.m., third-seeded Charlotte (9-6-3, 7-2-1) and sixth-seeded East Carolina (10-8-0, 6-4-0) at 5 p.m. and second-seeded Marquette (14-4-0, 8-2-0) and seventh-seeded Houston (8-8-1, 6-4-0) at 7:30 p.m. Semifinals will be held Thursday at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with the final slated for 2 p.m. on Saturday. The final will be shown on the Conference USA Television Network.
2001 CONFERENCE USA WOMEN'S SOCCER AWARDSFirst-Team All-Conference USA F: Amanda Duffy, East Carolina F: Kate Gordon, Marquette F: Ann Thomas, Cincinnati MF: Jenny Kehl, Saint Louis MF: Kristen Jensen, Marquette MF: Denise Peters, UAB MF: Tasha Wagner, Cincinnati D: Mikel Casey, Charlotte D: Heather Herweh, Cincinnati D: Anne Dalecky, Marquette GK: Christy Hoffman, Cincinnati
Second-Team All-Conference USA F: Jamie Perry, Saint Louis F: Tricia Wiles, Southern Miss F: Jennie Leeder, Charlotte MF: Anne Ioder, Marquette MF: Kara Bullinger, Houston MF: Colleen Lake, Tulane MF: Dawn Geyer, Charlotte D: Briana McCarty, UAB D: Kim Moore, Charlotte D: Kristina Wilson, Cincinnati GK: Jenn Howell, Charlotte
Third-Team All-Conference USA F: Jill Vendetti, Marquette F: Adrienne Suffridge, UAB F: Leslie Canales, Charlotte MF: Lisa Stephens, Cincinnati MF: Nicole Luse, Cincinnati MF: Lindsay Smale, Marquette MF: Kelly Gray, East Carolina D: Diana Detrie, Marquette D: Penny Perrott, East Carolina D: Shannon Roberto, Charlotte GK: Meghann Burke, Saint Louis
All-Freshman Team Leslie Canales, Charlotte Laura Greenberg, TCU Nikki Hawkins, Houston Gina Lower, Louisville Briana McCarty, UAB Lindsay Morris, Tulane Brook Parker, Tulane Jamie Perry, Saint Louis Sara Simpson, Tulane Lisa Stephens, Cincinnati Meghan Stickler, East Carolina
Co-Defensive Player of the Year Anne Dalecky, Marquette Christy Hoffman, Cincinnati
Freshman of the Year Jamie Perry, Saint Louis
Player of the Year Kate Gordon, Marquette
Coach of the Year Meridy Glenn, Cincinnati
