YORK, Pa. - Capital Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer
Tournament finalists Christopher Newport and York were each awarded
six berths on the 2013 conference all-star team.
The regular-season champion Captains were led by senior Bupe Okeowo
(Dumfries, Va./Forest Park), who was named the CAC Player of the
Year, freshman Sam Rabinek (Ashburn, Va./Broad Run), who was
selected as the CAC Rookie of the Year, and Dan Weiler, who was
picked by his peers as the Coach of the Year. Okeowo and
Rabinek were also selected as first-team all-stars.
Joining Okeowo and Rabinek on the All-CAC first team were senior
Emma O’Reilly (Springfield, Va./South County) and junior Joy
Piirto (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle). Second-team all-star
honors were presented to sophomore Abby Johnson (Virginia Beach,
Va./Frank W. Cox) and freshman Haley Casanova (Ashburn, Va./Broad
Run).
York, which won its second CAC playoff title in a championship game
shootout, placed senior Dale Mason (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy),
junior Clare Chatham (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) and
sophomore Melanie Glessner (Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone) on the first
team. Mason and Glessner were second-team all-stars in
2012.
The Spartans also collected second-team All-CAC awards for junior
Kayla Kovalsky (Merrick, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) along with
sophomores Jamie Sokolis (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall) and Chelsea
McDowell (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson).
Frostburg State and Mary Wasington each gained five all-star
berths, including two first-team nods, while Salisbury and St.
Mary’s boast four players on the All-CAC team.
FSU was led by senior Adria Graham (Grantsville, Md./Northern
Garrett), a two-time CAC Player of the Year (2011-12) who earned
her third-straight first-team all-star award, along with junior
Quincy Hegeman (Frostburg, Md./Mountain Ridge).
Bobcats senior Courtney Mack (St. Leonard, Md./Calvert) and junior
Stephanie Fazenbaker (Frostburg, Md./Mountain Ridge) and sophomore
Brooke Longo (Baltimore, Md./Catholic) each picked up their second
career CAC all-star awards.
Mary Washington senior Erin Reynolds (Oakton, Va./Oakton) garnered
her third-straight all-star award and her second-consecutive
first-team honor. Junior Jenny Mayo (Fredericksburg,
Va./Chancellor) was also a first-team pick by the CAC coaches.
Eagles on the All-CAC second team were senior Tina Rader
(Springfield, Va./West Springfield) along with sophomores Jessica
Bednarcik (Thornton, Pa./Bayard Rustin) and Lizzie Weast
(Midlothian, Va./Manchester). Rader is a three-time All-CAC
choice while Bednarcik, the 2012 CAC Rookie of the Year, returns
for her second appearance on the All-CAC second team.
Salisbury sophomores Samantha Beck (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville)
and Tabitha Brown (Bethany, Conn./Amity Regional) captured
first-team All-CAC honors while freshmen Lindsey Andonian
(Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder) and Jenny Gavigan (Finksburg,
Md./Westminster) were second-team choices. Brown was a
second-team All-CAC player for the Gulls in 2012.
St. Mary’s matched Salisbury’s four all-star nods, with
senior Yvonne Latour (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) leading the
way with her fourth-consecutive All-CAC award. Latour earned
second-team honors during her first year with the Seahawks, then
was awarded a berth on the top all-star unit in each of the past
three seasons.
Seahawks joining Latour on the CAC post-season team as second-team
honorees are senior Kelsey Wirtz (Parkton, Md./Hereford), sophomore
Gillian Sawyer (Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake) and freshman Claire
Kostelnik (Glendale, Calif./Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy).
Wirtz is making her third appearance on the All-CAC second team and
was the CAC Rookie of the Year in 2010.
Marymount freshman Rebekah Krasinski (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga
Valley) and Southern Virginia junior Lora Palmer (Alpine, Utah/Lone
Peak) completed the All-CAC second team - both as first-time
honorees.
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2013 All-CAC Women’s Soccer Team
First Team
Yr. Pos.
Team Hometown/High
School Previous All-CAC Honors
Adria Graham Sr.
For Frostburg State Grantsville,
Md./Northern Garrett 1st &
POY in ‘12, 1st & POY in ‘11
Bupe Okeowo Sr.
For Christopher
Newport Dumfries, Va./Forest Park
Emma O’Reilly Sr.
For Christopher
Newport Springfield, Va./South County
Erin Reynolds Sr.
For Mary Washington Oakton,
Va./Oakton 1st in ‘12, 2nd in
‘11
Samantha Beck So.
Mid
Salisbury Walkersville,
Md./Walkersville
Clare Chatham Jr.
Mid York Ellicott City,
Md./Mount Hebron
Yvonne Latour Sr.
Mid St.
Mary’s Gaithersburg, Md./Quince
Orchard 1st in ‘12,
1st in ‘11, 2nd in ‘10
Joy Piirto
Jr. Mid Christopher
Newport Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle
Tabitha Brown So.
Def
Salisbury Bethany, Conn./Amity
Regional 2nd in ‘12
Quincy Hegeman Jr.
Def Frostburg State Frostburg, Md./Mountain
Ridge
Dale Mason
Sr. Def
York Langhorne,
Pa./Neshaminy 2nd in
‘12
Jenny Mayo
Jr. Def Mary
Washington Fredericksburg, Va./Chancellor
Sam Rabinek Fr.
Def Christopher
Newport Ashburn, Va./Broad Run
Melanie Glessner
Jr. GK
York Waldorf, Md./Thomas
Stone 2nd in ‘12
Second Team
Yr. Pos.
Team Hometown/High
School Previous All-CAC Honors
Lindsey Andonian
Fr. For
Salisbury Gaithersburg,
Md./Magruder
Jessica Bednarcik
So. For Mary
Washington Thornton, Pa./Bayard Rustin 2nd
& ROY in ‘12
Stephanie Fazenbaker Jr.
For Frostburg State Frostburg, Md./Mountain
Ridge 1st in ‘12
Lora Palmer Jr.
For Southern
Virginia Alpine, Utah/Lone
Peak
Gillian Sawyer So.
For St.
Mary’s Columbia, Md./Wilde
Lake
Jamie Sokolis So.
For York Perry Hall,
Md./Perry Hall
Jenny Gavigan Fr.
Mid
Salisbury Finksburg,
Md./Westminster
Kayla Kovalsky Jr.
Mid York Merrick,
N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial
Brooke Longo So.
Mid Frostburg State Baltimore, Md./Catholic
2nd in ‘12
Courtney Mack Sr.
Mid Frostburg State St. Leonard,
Md./Calvert 1st in
‘12
Tina Rader
Sr. Mid Mary
Washington Springfield, Va./West
Springfield 2nd in ‘12,
1st in ‘11
Lizzie Weast So.
Mid Mary Washington Midlothian,
Va./Manchester
Abby Johnson So.
Def Christopher
Newport Virginia Beach, Va./Frank W.
Cox
Claire Kostelnik
Fr. Def St.
Mary’s Glendale,
Calif./Flintridge S.H. Acad.
Rebekah Krasinski
Fr. Def
Marymount Lancaster,
Pa./Conestoga Valley
Chelsea McDowell
So. Def
York Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson
Haley Casanova Fr.
GK Christopher
Newport Ashburn, Va./Broad Run
Kelsey Wirtz Sr.
GK St.
Mary’s Parkton,
Md./Hereford 2nd in ‘11, 2nd & ROY in
‘10
2013 CAC Player of the Year: Bupe Okeowo, Christopher
Newport
2013 CAC Rookie of the Year: Sam Rabinek, Christopher
Newport
2013 CAC Coach of the Year: Dan Weiler, Christopher
Newport