
Dominican University won or shared all five individual honors and also placed six players on the first team of the California Pacific all-conference women's soccer squad, Commissioner Don Ott announced today.
Junior midfielder Eleanna Mendez earned the Player of the Year award after and her coach, Jon Delano, in his 3rd year with the Penguins, won Coach of the Year award. Dominican went through the conference season undefeated but later had to forfeit six matches for using an ineligible player.
Mendez was joined by five of her teammates on the first team - sophomores Bridget Folan, Michelle Mason, the Cal Pac leader in assists with 17, and Christine Coleman, plus freshmen Julianna Bratsberg and Shayna Elkins.
Holy Names' Jessica Gottschalk made the first team for the second time and is joined by her teammate Brittanie Perez, a freshman midfielder. Menlo College freshman Amanda Torres and Simpson University sophomore Courtney Opie, the Cal Pac leader in goals with 21, are also first team picks.
The Newcomer of the Year award is shared by William Jessup's Corrisa Jacomini and Dominican's Katie Brown. The Defender of the Year is Dominican's Alicia Paulsen and the Freshman of the Year is Dominican's Julianna Bratsberg.
Player of the Year: Eleanna Mendez, Dominican
Defender: Alicia Paulsen, Dominican
Freshman: Julianna Bratsberg, Dominican
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First Team |
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Name |
School |
Pos. |
Year |
Height |
Hometown |
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Ryanne Bergstrom |
Menlo |
F |
SR |
5'5 |
Everett, Washington |
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Julianna Bratsberg |
Dominican |
MF |
FR |
5'2 |
Santa Rosa, California |
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Christine Coleman |
Dominican |
D |
SO |
5'6 |
Clayton, California |
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Shayna Elkins |
Dominican |
MF |
FR |
5'5 |
Santa Rosa, California |
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Bridget Folan |
Dominican |
F |
SO |
5'6 |
Pacifica, California |
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Jessica Gottschalk |
Holy Names |
D |
JR |
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El Dorado Hills, California |
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Michelle Mason |
Dominican |
D |
SO |
5'3 |
Santa Rosa, California |
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Eleanna Mendez |
Dominican |
MF |
JR |
5'4 |
Windsor, California |
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Courtney Opie |
Simpson |
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SO |
5'3 |
Sonora, California |
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Brittanie Perez |
Holy Names |
MF |
FR |
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Bellflower, California |
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Amanda Torres |
Menlo |
MF |
FR |
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Redwood City, California |
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Second Team |
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Name |
School |
Pos. |
Year |
Height |
Hometown |
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Katie Brown |
Dominican |
D |
FR |
5'5 |
San Diego, California |
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Rosie Brown |
Bethany |
GK |
SR |
5'10 |
Santa Rosa, California |
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Jacque Cassell |
William Jessup |
MD |
FR |
San Ramon, California | |
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Megan Gray |
Menlo |
F |
SR |
5'6 |
Saratoga, California |
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Melissa Grimmond |
Holy Names |
D |
JR |
Clayton, California | |
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Allison Hahn |
William Jessup |
MF |
SR |
Campbell, California | |
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Sandy Hanania |
William Jessup |
F |
JR |
Folsom, California | |
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Natalie Hull |
Menlo |
D |
SR |
5'5 |
Pleasant Hill, California |
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Emily Meike |
Mills |
GK |
SO |
5'5 |
San Diego, California |
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Lynsey Musante |
Holy Names |
D |
SR |
Walnut Creek, California | |
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Lauren Romero |
Menlo |
D |
SR |
5'7 |
Turlock, California |
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Ally Tamayo |
Dominican |
MF |
FR |
5'6 |
San Pablo, California |
Honorable Mention:
Bethany: Sharon Burley; Dominican: Taylor Houston, Anika Lindemuth; Holy Names: Annie Canalin, Breanna Lisle, Monique Reyes; Menlo: Megan Finney, Miranda Zumbahlen; Mills: Katja Davis; Simpson: Morgan DeFazio, Jordan England, Rachelle Jones, Heather Perez, Christina Wade; William Jessup: Dixie Blackwell, Lily Chavez, Rachel Constantini, Lindsey Cesena, Nancy Pena, Melissa Plinski, Katelyn Wilson
| California State University-San Marcos at | 87 |
| Holy Names | 46 |
| Holy Names at | 7:30pm |
| UC - Merced | PST |
| Simpson at | 7:30pm |
| Cal Maritime | PST |
| Menlo at | 8:30pm |
| Pacific Union | PST |
| William Jessup at | 4:00pm |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | PST |
| Simpson at | 5:30pm |
| Cal Maritime | PST |
| Menlo at | 6:30pm |
| Pacific Union | PST |
| Walla Walla University at | 8:00pm |
| Simpson | PST |