Emily Dowd, a native of Gainesville, FL, who scored 22 career goals with 12 assists for the University of Tennessee Lady Vols (2008-2011) has signed to play professionally in Sweden with Division I TGierps IF……U.S. WNT forward Alex Morgan was forced to sit out the USA’s match with Scotland at LP Field in Nashville. She injured an ankle in a 4-1 Feb. 9 win over the Scots in Jacksonville, FL….Treveca Nazarine women’s soccer coach Brett Armstrong has signed two players for the fall of 2013, including Abbie Alosi of Chattanooga, sister of current Trojan Ryan Alosi. The other signee is goalkeeper Allie Ashley from IMG Academy in Florida……For the second straight season, senior Kerri Reid (Peachtree City, GA) captured both the overall team MVP and Golden Eagle awards at Tennessee Tech. Reed, who played prep soccer at McIntosh HS, will graduate from Tech second in all-time career starts with 71. Fellow senior Julie Thompson (Knoxville/Christian Academy of Knoxville) snagged defensive MVP honors for second consecutive year after missing just one start in 17 games played. The offensive MVP award went to junior forward Ellie Iaciofano (Lovelnd, Ohio). After two solid seasons, Iaciofano enjoyed a break-out year for the Golden Eagles, leading the team in goals (8) and points (20) and tying for the team lead in assists (4) while earning all-OVC second-team honors…..Tusculum College head women’s soccer coach Mike Joy has announced that former Pioneer goalkeeper Vanessa Fyffe has been named assistant coach. Fyffe replaces Keyton Wheelock, who was named assistant coach at Division I South Alabama after four years with the Pioneers……Lee University women’s coach Matt Yelton announced that the Lady Flames have signed four student-athletes to the school’s first NCAA Division II recruiting class for women’s soccer. Kinsey Cichowitz (Buena Vista, Colo.), Haley Gribler (Springboro, Ohio), Summer Lanter (Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.), and Kaela Leskovar (Plainfield, Ill.) will play for Lee next fall.