Bryan College senior Jordan Dunstan was announced Wednesday night as the Appalachian Athletic Conference men’s soccer defensive player of the year, and teammate Brad Spooner was the freshman of the year. Bryan’s Dunstan, Charlie Clarke, Rafael Mentzingen and Kevin Roenpage and Tennessee Wesleyan’s OT Bah and David Baisden made the all-conference team, while Bryan’s Alex Horton and Stephen Ricketts and TWU’s Nick Croucher, Jonny Le Quesne and Jake McBrayer were second-team All-AAC. Bryan’s Cody Wheeler and TWU’s Jordan Jacob were on the Champions of Character team.
* Tennessee Wesleyan junior Nicole Broderick was the AAC women’s soccer offensive player of the year, and former Tennessee Temple goalkeeper and coach Randy Douglas of Point University was coach of the year. Wesleyan’s Els van Hooijdonk joined Broderick on the all-conference team along with Bryan’s Morgana Hardt da Silva, Hana Mizoguchi and Ruth Rosales, and TWU’s McKenna Loges and Dayna Randall were second-team selections. Bryan’s Hannah Bohner and TWU’s Holly Vetter were Champions of Character representatives.
* The Dalton State women lost 9-0 to Mobile in the Southern States Athletic Conference soccer tournament Wednesday afternoon at Montgomery, Ala., and ended the program’s first season 9-7-1. DSC junior goalkeeper Rachel Hardin, who made 14 saves against Mobile (15-2-2), was a first-team All-SSAC player, and Adriana Romera and Serena Delgado joined Martin Methodist’s Katie Reid from Manchester, Tenn., on the second team. DSC’s Romera, Alyssa Bilbrey and Selena Gomez were all-freshman choices. The second-seeded Dalton State men won 3-2 over Faulkner on a Rury Alvarez goal from a Santiago Moore assist in the 79th minute and will play top seed William Carey for the championship Friday night. Moore also assisted on Daniel Valenciano’s early goal for the Roadrunners, who outshot Faulkner 18-10 with a 12-4 margin in shots on goal. Moore and Alvarez were first-team All-SSAC for the Dalton State men, who got the league sportsmanship award, and Moore and Valenciano made the all-freshman team.
* Lee University president Dr. Paul Conn released Wednesday the names of the committee charged with finding the top candidates to succeed Paul Furey as men’s soccer coach. Athletic director Larry Carpenter will head the group that includes Phil Cook, vice president of enrollment, assistant VP Cole Strong and director of facilities management Josh York from the university at large; baseball coach Mark Brew, internal affairs director Jessica McIntyre and sports information director George Starr from the athletic department; and Lee director of public relations Brian Conn and Cleveland High School coach John Brose representing Lee soccer alumni. Carpenter said he hopes to send the committee’s recommendation to Dr. Conn “no later than early January.”
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