From Jamestown Athletics
SIOUX CITY, IA. (jimmiepride.com) – Led by GPAC Offensive Player of the Year Kamryn Fiscus (JR/Yakima, Wash.), the 23rd-ranked University of Jamestown women’s soccer team had eight all-conference selections as the GPAC all-conference teams were announced Monday.
Additionally, head coach Nick Becker was named GPAC Coach of the Year after leading the Jimmies to an 18-1-1 record and the regular-season GPAC conference title.
Fiscus made 20 starts for UJ and had nine goals and a team-high 12 assists for 30 points. She also led the Jimmies with 67 shots, 39 of which were on goal.
Joining Fiscus on the first team were Cassandra Diaz (JR/Montebello, Calif.) and Haley Dyer (JR/Honolulu, Hawaii). Diaz scored a team-best 15 goals and added four assists, leading the team with 34 points. Diaz was second with 34 shots, 29 of them on target. Dyer helped anchor the Jamestown defense that allowed 16 goals all season, an average of 0.80 per game.
Second team honors went to Claire Struble (SR/Murrieta, Calif.), Eve Hoppe (SO/Temecula, Calif.), Penelope Hoppe (SR/Temecula, Calif.), and Alex Nowka (JR/Anchorage, Alaska). Struble had three goals and two assists in 20 matches and was third on the team with 33 shots. Eve Hoppe had two goals and two assists in 20 matches, and had the game-winning goal for UJ in the GPAC quarterfinals against Dordt (Iowa). Penelope Hoppe scored four goals and added a pair of assists in 19 matches, all starts. Nowka started all 20 matches in goal for the Jimmies, recording nine shutouts with 66 saves and a goals-against-average of 0.79.
Honorable mention honors went to Gaby Sarkis (SO/Campbelltown, Sydney, Australia). Sarkis had a pair of goals and three assists in 19 matches, with 18 starts.
In addition to the eight selections for women’s soccer, three University of Jamestown men’s soccer players were recognized as GPAC all-conference selections by the conference office Monday.
Aaron Pike (SR/Milton Keynes, England) was named to the second team. Pike appeared in 17 games for UJ this season, scoring seven goals and adding a team-high five assists for 19 points.
Honorable mention honors went to Diego Valle (SR/Yucaipa, Calif.) and Max Gross (SR/Boeblingen, Germany). Valle appeared in all 18 games and had a team-best eight goals, and his four assists were second to Pike. Gross had three goals and three assists in 17 appearances.
Jamestown finished with an overall record of 6-9-3 and qualified for the GPAC postseason tournament.