Nov. 2, 2005

PHILADELPHIA - Saint Joseph's placed three players, seniors Alisha Paine and Jess Daugherty and junior Kimmy Leigh, on the Atlantic 10 women's soccer All-Conference second team in voting conducted by the league's head coaches. In addition, junior Megan Schutt was selected to the League's Academic All-Conference team.

One of the Hawks' co-captains, Paine made the transition from defense to offense and emerged as one of the A-10's top scorers. She finished the regular season ranked third in the league in scoring with 23 points on nine goals and five assists. Leigh, one of the team's top playmakers and solid distributor in the midfield, and Daugherty, a rugged defensive back, joined Paine on the Second team.

Rhode Island senior forward Melanie Kasparek and junior midfielder Courtney Hulcer of Saint Louis were named the 2005 Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively. Nikki Dumencich of Charlotte was named Rookie of the Year and Rhode Island's Zac Shaw was selected as Coach of the Year. In a vote of the A-10's sports information directors, Kasparek was selected as Student-Athlete of the Year.

Hulcer and Melanie Kasparek were joined on the All-Conference first-team by Melanie's twin sister Megan; Saint Louis teammates Lachlyne Eastman, Kelly Ferguson, Tara Gresco and Maureen Hughes; Alicija Bedlo, Niki Reed and Reba Sedlacek of Dayton; Lindsey Beam of Charlotte; Emily Sedgwick of Duquesne; Kristin Walker of Massachusetts; Heather MacDougall of St. Bonaventure; and Hillary Prince of Richmond.

The second-team is comprised of Paine, Leigh, Daugherty, Dumencich and forwards Audra Mathews of Duquesne and St. Bonaventure's Kerry O'Malley; midfielders Thorunn Jonsdottir of Rhode Island, Dayton's Katie Lowstuter, Alexis Petrucci of La Salle, and George Washington's Kerry Philbin; and backs Kelsie Ormsby and Lindsey Palmiero of Charlotte and George Washington's Shari Taylor. The second-team keepers are Ria Carroll of Rhode Island and Richmond's Kelly Kolker.

Schutt and Kasparek were joined on the Academic All-Conference Team by twin sister Megan; Lindsey Beam, Nicole Labuda and Kelsie Ormsby of Charlotte; Kaelyn Caldwell and Amy Maffucci of Massachusetts; Kelly Ferguson and Courtney Hulcer of Saint Louis; Fordham's Leah Jerome; Kelly Kolker of Richmond and Temple's Stephanie Vietry.