ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Three members of the Tusculum University women's soccer team received All-South Atlantic Conference honors for the 2022 season, as voted on by the league's 12 head coaches and released Wednesday by the SAC office.
Freshman forward Taylor Youmans was a second-team honoree, while senior forward Brianna Garcia and graduate defender Rosy Wodhams were third-team selections after helping the Pioneers to a 9-4-5 overall record and a 3-3-5 conference mark during the 2022 campaign.
Youmans led the Pioneers in scoring during the 2022 season, scoring seven goals and adding seven assists for 21 points. Her seven goals are tied for sixth in the conference, while her seven assists are tied for third-most in the league. Youmans' 21 points are tied for fifth-best in the SAC.
The Newnan, Georgia native started all 18 matches for the Pioneers, and started her career with a flourish with a goal and three assists in her debut in a 7-0 win at King on Aug. 25. Youmans scored her seven goals in seven different matches, including game-winners against Alabama Huntsville on Sept. 14, Lincoln Memorial on Sept. 28 and Newberry on Oct. 15. Youmans also scored the Pioneers' lone goal in their SAC quarterfinal match at Catawba on Oct. 29.
Garcia started 17 matches for the Pioneers and tallied six goals and five assists for 17 points. Her 17 points are tied for seventh-most in the conference, while her six goals are tied for eighth-most in the league. Garcia opened the season with four goals and two assists in her first three games, earning United Soccer Coaches Division II National Player of the Week honors after collecting two goals and an assist in a 3-2 win over West Alabama on Sept. 2. Garcia added goals against Salem on Oct. 1 and at Emory & Henry on Oct. 12.
Garcia, a native of Acworth, Georgia and a preseason second-team All-SAC selection, has 13 goals and 11 assists for 37 points in 61 career matches for the Pioneers, including 55 starts.
In her first season with the Pioneers, Wodhams collected six goals and four assists for 16 points in 17 matches. Her six goals are tied for eighth in the conference with Garcia, while her 16 points are tied for ninth in the league. She scored in each of the Pioneers' first two wins at King and Young Harris, and added a hat trick at Emory & Henry on Oct. 12. Wodhams also had a goal and an assist at Asbury on Oct. 19 and assisted on the tying goal in a 1-1 draw with Carson-Newman on Oct. 26.
On defense, the native of Ware, England was a key part of a unit that allowed just five goals during a nine-match unbeaten streak (5-0-4) from Sept. 28 through the end of the regular season. The Pioneers surrendered more than two goals just once during their 17 regular-season matches.
All three Tusculum All-Conference performers received SAC Player of the Week honors during the 2022 season, with Wodhams being named Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 30 and Offensive Player of the Week accolades going to Garcia on Sept. 6 and Youmans on Oct. 18.
2022 SAC Women's Soccer All-Conference Team
First Team
F – Elin Hansson, Lenoir-Rhyne
F – Hannah Dunn, Catawba
F – Helen Summerell, Catawba
F – Nellie Bryneus, Carson-Newman
MF – Sydney Jimmo, Catawba
MF – Kasey Hahn, Catawba
MF – Caroline Peters, Wingate
MF – Ria Acton, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Katie Beck, Catawba
D – Louise Berg, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Kate Casey, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Amanda Chimbima, Limestone
GK – Jeanette Campbell, Anderson
Second Team
F – Tabea Schutt, Limestone
F – Emma Deadwyler, Anderson
F – Addie Henry, Carson-Newman
F – Taylor Youmans, Tusculum
MF – Neve Duston, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Andrea Zwinkels, Limestone
MF – Carola Busquets, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Stephanie Figueiredo, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Kelly Havens, Catawba
D – Sascha Larsen, Wingate
D – Jente Kuper, Carson-Newman
D – Abbie Zander, Carson-Newman
GK – Samantha Aguilar-Hopkins, Limestone
Third Team
F – Jaidyn Jacobs, Newberry
F- Brianna Garcia, Tusculum
F- Ashton Brooks, Limestone
F- Brianna Ditillo, Wingate
MF – Camryn Woods, Anderson
MF – Felicia Frick, Carson-Newman
MF – Sarah Miller, Anderson
MF – Marianne Ross, Mars Hill
D – Carly Keuffer, Anderson
D – Nicole Cristy, Wingate
D – Rosy Wodhams, Tusculum
D - Nour Noujaim, Coker
GK – Katrine Thisgaard, Wingate
Offensive Player of the Year: Elin Hansson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Defensive Player of the Year: Katie Beck, Catawba
Freshman of the Year: Elin Hansson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Coach of the Year: Dean Ward, Lenoir-Rhyne
Fair Play Award: Anderson
