Tennessee Soccer

The Tennessee Lady Vols, playing at home in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, were nine seconds away from a victory over Miami of Ohio when the RedHawks tied the game on a goal by sophomore Kelsey Dinges. Then less that five minutes into overtime, Miami struck again on a Kayla Zakizewski game-winner, and Tennessee’s season was over. UT, under new head coach Brian Pensky, finished the year with a 14-5-3 record. Alexi Owens and Caroline Brown scored the Tennessee goals……Maryville College’s Ashley Howarth (Knoxville, TN), a junior forward, has been selected 2013 USA South Conference Player of the Year award. It is her second consecutive Great South Athletic Conference Player of the Year, an honor she received in 2011. Howarth had 30 points on 14 goals and two assists through regular season play…..Lipscomb defeated Northern Kentucky 1-0 in the final game of the season for both teams. Lipscomb (6-11-1 overall, 3-4-1 Atlantic Sun Conference) scored the winning goal just 21 seconds into the overtime period. The ball was sent into the box, and Ryan Savitsky headed it toward Tyler Burkhardt, who then headed the ball just inside the near post, to give Lipscomb the victory…..Lee University placed a pair of seniors and a junior on the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America College Division Women’s Soccer first team. Seniors Amy Cochran (Yorba Linda, CA) and Clair Lanter (Soddy-Daisy, TN) joined junior Leah Fortune (Chicago, IL) in representing the Lady Flames. Fortune has 15 goals and nine assists for 39 points this season…..Freshman forward Cheyna Williams (Hampton, GA) led Vanderbilt in scoring this past season and was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. Williams had six goals with six assists. She started the first 15 games of the season, but only played in seven SEC games because of injuries. She ranked in the SEC’s Top 10 in both assists and points per game.