2021-22 WVU Intercollegiate Athletics Annual Report

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

WOMEN’S SOCCER

10-5-5/3-3-3 BIG 12

• In its 26th season in program history, the Mountaineers finished 10-5-5 overall, along with 3-3-3 mark in Big 12 play • WVU extended its streak of at least 10 wins or more to 22 straight seasons. • The Mountaineers advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship for the seventh time since joining the conference in 2012 • West Virginia’s defense recorded 11 shutouts on the year, including a pair of clean sheets in the Big 12 Championship. WVU’s nine shutouts in the regular season marked the most since 2017 (11), while the squad’s 11 total clean sheets were the most since 2018 (12). • WVU was ranked as high as No. 9 throughout the season in the United Soccer Coaches National Poll. • Senior defender Jordan Brewster was tabbed an All-America Third Team selection by United Soccer Coaches, her second All-America honor in as many seasons. She is one of just 14 Mountaineers to earn a pair of All-America accolades in her career. • Brewster also was named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team, WVU’s first honoree since 2018. • For the 11th consecutive season, a Mountaineer was featured on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, as Brewster earned the honor. • Brewster also was named a candidate for the 2021 Women’s Soccer Senior CLASS Award, the first honoree for WVU since 2018. • On the All-Big 12 Teams, Brewster led the way on the first team, while junior defender Nicole Payne and junior goalkeeper Kayza Massey landed on the second team. Freshman forward Dilary Heredia-Beltran was honored on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. • Brewster, Payne and Heredia-Beltran were named to the United Soccer Coaches AllMidwest Region Team, with Brewster named to the first team, Payne to the second team and Heredia-Beltran to the third team. • Academically, Brewster, junior defender Julianne Vallerand and sophomore midfielder Lilly McCarthy were named Academic All-District selections by CoSIDA. Additionally, a program-best 15 student-athletes reached the Academic All-Big 12 Soccer Teams. DILARY HEREDIA-BELTRAN

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