S.C. Soccer

Winthrop junior forward Krystyna Feda (Sommerset, NJ) was named the 2013 Big South Women’s Soccer Attacking Player of the Year. She led the BSC in scoring with 38 points, including 17 goals….The Congaree Rapid Soccer Association and the West Metro Soccer Club have joined forces to develop CRSA West Metro beginning in the spring of 2014…..Despite being picked #10 in the Peach Belt Conference Preseason Poll, USC Aiken finished 8-8-2 behind head coach Sue Vodicka. It [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]was the third-most wins in program history and the team was 7-3-1 at home. Sophomore Megan Smits (Manassas, VA) and junior Hannah Allison (Beaufort, SC) tied for scoring honors, each with 10 goals and five assists….USC’s junior goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo (Canada) has been named first team NSCAA Division I All-America. She joins Blakely Mattern as the only players to be named first team All-America from the Gamecocks program. She posted 12 shutouts this season with a 0.59 goals allowed average. USC was ranked #`15 in the final Division I women’s rankings……Junior Benjamin Kwast (Germany) scored on a 17-yard shot with 1:55 remaining to lift fourth-seeded Francis Marion to a 3-2 victory over top-ranked and top-seeded Young Harris College in the semifinals of the Peach Belt Conference Men’s tournament. It was the first time the Patriots had ever beaten a top-ranked opponent. In the final, the Patriots came up short in a 2-0 loss to seventh-seeded Montevallo…..The USC Gamecocks finished 7-7-5, falling 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA tournament. Senior captain J.P. Rafferty scored USC’s only goal in the eighth minute of play……Clemson grad student Thomas McNamara garnered a bundle of postseason honors, including second team NSCAA All-America, Collegesoccernews.com All-American and NSCAA Men’s Scholar All-America. He is the 18th Clemson person to ever be named an All-American on and off the field. McNamara played three seasons at Brown University before coming to Clemson.