Coker’s Rountree, Fortt Make All-Conference
A pair of women's soccer players were named all-conference today.
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – A pair of Coker College women's soccer players cracked the Conference Carolinas all-conference teams, which were announced today.
Senior defender Sarah Rountree (Plantation, Fla.) and freshman midfielder Jalynn Fortt (Auora, Colo.) were named third team all-conference.
Rountree earned a spot on the third team for the second straight season. The senior defender was a key player for the Cobras over the last four years, starting since she was a freshman. This year she played in 16 games and helped man the defensive line. She also tallied one goal.
Fortt, a speedy offensive threat, played in 17 games, starting 15 of them. She had three goals and three assists on the year.
The Conference Carolinas women's soccer award winners are as follows:
Player of the Year
Gabriella Reid, Limestone
Defensive Player of the Year
Mary Dorn, Lees-McRae
Freshman of the Year
Aaliyah Jackson, Pfeiffer
Coach of the Year
John Constable, Converse
All-Conference First Team
Gabriella Reid, Limestone -Forward
Aaliyah Jackson, Pfeiffer - Forward
Brooke Foil, Queens - Forward
Sarah Mahar, Lees-McRae - Forward
Kaitlyn Kerrigan, Lees-McRae - Midfielder
Siliva Vazquez, Belmont Abbey - Midfielder
Ashley Spanitz, Limestone - Midfielder
Mary Dorn, Lees-McRae - Defender
Holli Schwartz, Limestone - Defender
Casey Craft, Erskine - Defender
Carson Moore, Barton - Goalkeeper
Second Team
Mary Stringini, Queens - Forward
Marybeth Sullivan, Lees-McRae - Forward
Darby Boyd, Converse - Forward
Emily Jones, Lees-McRae - Midfielder
Nadia Butt, Queens - Midfielder
Heidi Steger, King - Midfielder
Jennifer Swanstrom, Queens - Defender
Abby Brack, North Greenville - Defender
Patrice Clarke, Mount Olive - Defender
Alana Ryczek, Belmont Abbey - Defender
Britt Polly, Pfeiffer - Goalkeeper
Third Team
Leah Kennington, Limestone - Forward
Meghan Philp, Belmont Abbey - Forward
Ellie Barnes, Mount Olive - Forward
Jalynn Fortt, Coker - Midfielder
Natalie Johnson, Converse - Midfielder
Erin Gray, Erskine - Midfielder
Mallory Overholt, Lees-McRae - Midfielder
Ariana Smith, Lees-McRae - Defender
Leeann Sullivan, Lees-McRae - Defender
Sarah Rountree, Coker - Defender
Kelsey Seretis, Queens – Goalkeeper
Regular Season Champions
Lees-McRae College
Conference Carolinas announces the all-conference teams during the Conference Carolinas Men's & Women's Soccer Championship Tournaments. Awards include all-conference first, second and third teams, player of the year, defensive player of the year, coach of the year, freshman of the year, and regular season champions. Head coaches from conference member institutions nominate and then vote on the award winners.
Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletic conference made up of 12 teams from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Erskine College, King College, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, Mount Olive College, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University and Queens University of Charlotte.
For more information, contact Chris Dougherty, manager of athletics media relations, at 843-383-8018 or cdougherty@coker.edu.
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Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.