West Virginia University | 2012 Women's Soccer
2011 Seniors
Big East Champions
2011 Season Review Mountaineers win backto-back championships Nationally Ranked West Virginia finished the 2012 season ranked No. 9 in the final Soccer America poll and No. 18 in the NSCAA Coaches Poll. The Mountaineers won the 2011 Big East Championship for an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament and finished the season with a 17-5-0 record. West Virginia closed the regular season with a 14-4-0 record, including a 10-1-0 mark in league play to win its fifth division title. The 10 conference wins were a program-best, making WVU one of only four Big East schools to ever win 10 league contests in a season. NCAA Mainstay The Mountaineers have made 12 consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament – the nation’s ninth-longest streak. WVU has advanced to the NCAA Round of 32 in eight of 12 seasons. Its deepest run in the NCAA tournament was in 2007, reaching the Elite Eight.
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Blake Miller Team Captains Four student-athletes were voted team captains by their teammates for the 2011 season. Seniors Drea Barklage, a defender from St. Louis, Mo., Chelsey Corroto, a midfielder from Hilliard, Ohio, Meghan Lewis, a defender from Naperville, Ill., and Blake Miller, a forward from St. Louis. Mo., were named captains. Big East Champions West Virginia won its third Big East Championship with its 2-0 blanking of Louisville in the conference finals. WVU outscored its opponents 12-1 in the three conference tournament matches. The Mountaineers have won back-to-back championships and three titles in the last five years. WVU departs the Big East Conference with a six-match win streak in the conference championship. Award Central Senior forward Blake Miller was named the Big East Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player, while junior defender Bry McCarthy was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player. Five Mountaineers were named to the Big East Championship All-Tournament Team: Miller, McCarthy, goalkeeper Sara Keane, forward Kate Schwindel and forward Frances Silva.
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All-Conference Nods Five West Virginia women’s soccer players earned All-Big East recognition at the 2011 Big East awards banquet. Senior Blake Miller was named to the AllBig East First Team, while four Mountaineers earned Second Team All-Big East honors: freshman Sara Keane, junior Bry McCarthy, freshman Kate Schwindel and sophomore Frances Silva. Schwindel also was named the Big East Rookie of the Year, the third Mountaineer to win the league’s major award and first since 2004. She joins Ashley Banks (2004) and Lisa Stoia (2000) as the conference’s top rookie. Keane and Schwindel also landed a spot on the Big East all-Rookie Team. Senior Moment Six Mountaineers made up the 2011 senior class – Drea Barklage, Morgan Betscher, Chelsey Corroto, Erica Henderson, Meghan Lewis and Blake Miller – a group comprised of three defenders, two midfielders and one forward. The group has combined for 474 matches played while amassing a four-year record of 59-20-13 under head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.
2011 Season
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