MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Seniors Annika Leslie and Lilly McCarthy of the West Virginia College girls’s soccer group have been named to the 2024 United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Area Group, the group introduced this week.
A midfielder, McCarthy led the best way on the second group, whereas Leslie, a defender, was named to the third group. McCarthy and Leslie have been each acknowledged on the All-Area groups for the primary time of their careers, whereas in addition they acquired nods on the All-Large 12 First Group earlier this yr.
McCarthy led the Mountaineers with six assists this season, a single-season profession excessive for the Baltimore, Maryland, native. She surpassed 30 profession factors along with her help within the regular-season finale at Houston on Oct. 25. McCarthy additionally scored 4 objectives and tallied 14 factors on the yr, rating third on the group in each classes. She earned the beginning nod in all 20 matches and was fifth on the group with 1,299 minutes performed. Moreover, she completed the yr ranked No. 9 within the Large 12 Convention in assists.
An anchor for the WVU again line, Leslie led the group with 1,771 minutes performed this season. She helped the Mountaineer protection tally eight shutouts and began all 20 contests on the yr. A local of Halifax, Nova Scotia, she additionally made a reputation for herself on the offense this yr, with one objective and 4 assists. All 4 assists got here on set items, whereas three of these have been nook kicks. She scored her lone objective of the yr straight from a nook kick in opposition to Liberty on Sept. 8, tallying her second profession Olimpico objective.
WVU’s pair of honorees this season strikes its complete variety of United Soccer Coaches All-Area recipients to 79 choices in program historical past.
West Virginia concluded its twenty ninth season in 2024 with a 12-5-3 total document, in addition to an 8-2-1 document in Large 12 Convention play. The Mountaineers’ 12 wins this season marked their most since 2019, whereas the eight convention wins are probably the most since 2016. WVU returned to the NCAA Event for the twenty third time in program historical past and earned its first at-large bid since 2020. Moreover, coach Nikki Izzo-Brown and the Mountaineers earned this system’s four-hundredth win on Oct. 13, because the Mountaineers’ all-time document now stands at 402-143-76.
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