North Texas Soccer Picked As SBC Preseason Favorite
DENTON (8/23/2005) ? The North Texas women's soccer team, coming off the 2004 Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament championship, was tabbed as the 2005 preseason favorite by the league's head coaches.
North Texas finished ahead of
Joining Grimditch on the preseason All-Sun Belt team, also voted on by the league coaches, were midfielders Jenna Billingsley and Laura Mann.
Rounding out the team included Middle Tennessee midfielder Claire Ward and defensemen Katy Rayburn and Sara Wohlhueter. FIU's Yaneash Donaldson was also named as a defensemen, along with
North Texas opens the 2005 season on Friday, August 26 with a match against Eastern Illinois in
SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL
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7. Louisiana-Lafayette 42
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9. Arkansas-Little Rock 20
10. Troy 18
PRESEASON ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM
F Lleane Grimditch
F Heather Hutyra
F Janessa Taddei FIU Sr.
MF Jenna Billingsley
MF Laura Mann
MF Claire Ward Middle
D Jenny Dalby
D Yaneash Donaldson FIU Sr.
D Katy Rayburn Middle
D Sara Wohlhueter Middle
GK Marsha Stewart UALR Sr.
PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Lleane Grimditch,
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