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within the freshman class for depth will be crucial to improving an offensive line that is decimated with losses. Joining Brough and Rockwell in the midfield will be juniors Paige Dunn, Heather Fitzgerald and Mia Schorpp. This core group was instrumental in 2011 helping lead this team to its best defensive year statistically in program history. They allowed only 5 shots on goal a game on average with only 17 of those scoring, the fewest ever given up in a season. With the graduation of defensive greats Amy Quintana, Scotti Culton, Chelsea White and Olivia Lukasewich, the back line will only be returning junior Jessica Davis. Helping solidify the defense will be the seven freshman defenders coming in. In goal returns the experienced and skillful junior Caitlin Updyke. She broke her own school record of most shutouts in a season last year with eight while starting 19 of 20 games. She’s already on the verge of shattering every other goalkeeping record at Louisiana Tech. Backing her up will be redshirt sophomore Rebecca Alvarez. Fans will have more chances to see this young Lady Techsters team in action as the schedule features 10 home games, three more than from 2011. Tech will open the season at home against Ohio Valley member Murray State, while also playing Southeast Missouri State and Jacksonville State from the same conference. It will be the first ever meeting against the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks who are coming off a regular season conference title. The contest against Jacksonville State will come in Troy, Ala. in the Trojan Classic Tournament where they will also face host team Troy. The nonconference schedule will also feature games against Sun Belt members Central Arkansas and McNeese State. Despite the departures of Fresno State, Hawai’i and Nevada from the WAC, Tech’s last year in the Western Athletic Conference will prove to be the most difficult as it has only gotten stronger with the additions of Seattle, Denver, Texas State and UTSA. “This is by far the strongest set of soccer teams in the WAC ever,” Sherry said. “Denver is coming in and they have been nationally ranked in the top 20, and the other new schools Texas State, UTSA and Seattle are big schools with great facilities and great locations for recruiting.” The strength of schedule and the roster turnover will prove challenging for this year’s squad. The odds will be stacked against them, but Sherry and his coaching staff will look for each player, young or old, offensive or defensive, to pitch in and do their very best in helping in this program’s growing success. “This season will all come down to a real team effort,” said Sherry. “Each player has to be ready for when called upon to go into the game and give absolutely everything. The only way we are going to be competitive is if each member of the squad maximizes their potential and grabs their opportunity when it arrives.”
2012 LADY TECHSTER SOCCER ROSTER No. Name 1 Madison Raines 2 Mo Rockwell 3 Rosie Lethbridge 4 Samantha Fabian 5 Heather Fitzgerald 6 Taylor Douglas 7 Brittany Beddow 8 Andrea Weng 9 Mia Schorpp 10 Laura LeFevour 11 Taylor Dennis 12 Emily Brennan 13 Cecilia Acosta 14 Nicole Jaquemet 15 Jessica Davis 16 Rebecca Gwatkin 18 Lauren Long 20 Keely Davis 21 Mayra Rodriguez 22 Lindsay Brough 23 Paige Dunn 24 Erica Stewart 26 Abby Sentz 27 Lauren Africa 28 Nicole Poirier 30 Mette Rudolfsen 31 Corina Brown 32 Rebecca Alvarez 34 Nony Oko 42 Rachel Coronel 99 Caitlin Updyke
Pos. Ht. GK 5-5 D/MF 5-8 F 5-11 D 5-5 MF 5-6 D 5-4 MF 5-5 MF 5-5 MF 5-6 F 5-5 F 5-3 F 5-5 MF 5-5 D 5-3 D 5-2 D 5-9 F 5-4 MF 5-4 F 5-5 D/MF 5-4 MF 5-4 MF 5-6 MF 5-1 F 5-8 D 5-5 D 5-4 GK 5-5 GK 5-7 D 5-2 MF 5-5 GK 5-6
Yr./Exp. Hometown (Last School) Fr./HS League City, Texas (Clear Springs HS) Sr./3L Salt Lake City, Utah (Judge Memorial Catholic HS) Fr./HS Surrey, England (Reigate Sixth Form College) Fr./HS Long Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) RS-Jr./2L Ponchatoula, La. (Ponchatoula HS) Fr./HS Carrollton, Texas (Carrollton Creekview HS) Fr./HS Keller, Texas (Carrollton Creekview HS) So./TR Aarnes, Norway (Hedmark University College) Jr./2L Fort Worth, Texas (Keller Central HS) Fr./HS Woodstock, Ill. (Marian Central Catholic HS) Jr./2L Albuquerque, N.M. (Highland HS) Jr./2L Plano, Texas (Plano West HS) RS-So./1L Ruston, La. (Ruston HS) Fr./HS Dielsdorf (Zurich), Switzerland (Kunst Zurich) Jr./2L Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd HS) Fr./HS Sydney, Australia (Pyble Ladies College) Fr./HS Lewisville, Texas (Marcus HS) Fr./HS Baton Rouge, La. (Episcopal HS) Fr./HS Waller, Texas (Waller HS) Sr./3L Salt Lake City, Utah (Murray HS) Jr./2L Forney, Texas (Forney HS) Fr./HS Columbus, Ind. (Columbus North HS) So./1L Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood HS) RS-So./1L Calhoun, La. (West Ouachita HS) Fr./HS Coral Springs, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic HS) Fr./HS Aarnes, Norway (Norges Kongsvinger HS) Fr./HS Auckland, New Zealand RS-So./1L El Paso, Texas (Coronado HS) Fr./HS Baton Rouge, La. (Baton Rouge Magnet HS) RS-Fr./HS DeRidder, La. (DeRidder HS) Jr./2L Broomfield, Colo. (Broomfield HS)
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