The season may be over but the 2000 women’s soccer team continues to be successful. The Hornets, who finished third in the conference and third in the Big Sky playoffs, have seven players on the All-Conference team.

Sophomore forward, Lisa Wrightsman, who finished the season with 12 goals, was a unanimous selection on the first team. Wrightsman was tied second in the conference for being the leading goal scorer while her tally of 12 was just one behind Jessica Markeiwicz, who holds the Sac State program record.

Junior midfielder, Desirae Feria, also made the All-Conference first team and she tied the program record for assists with six in the season. That was one ahead of Lori Kerswell, who was selected on the All-Conference second team. There were also honorable mentions for Lisa Casey, Summer Douglas, Stacey Rowell and Mattea Stanger.

Reflecting on a rewarding season, head coach Sandra Asimos was especially pleased with the team’s offensive display.

“The team had 34 goals in the season which is a program record and we out-shot our opponents for the first time (268 to 260), which is also a program record,” Asimos said.

“Sixteen people were involved in scoring goals or making assists for us and that is a huge variety from the twenty or so people involved.”

Eleven different people scored for us. We were spreading out the wealth.”

The Hornets finished the season with an overall record of 9-6-2 and were 4-4 in the conference. They were .500 on the road, which is another program record. They played solid defense throughout the season.

“We only conceded 27 goals during this season,” Asimos said. “Which, when compared to Portland (who conceded 72) is a great picture. Montana conceded the least and even they had 19.”

The team finished third in the conference in shutouts with freshmen keepers Tiffany Genovese (27 saves) and Amy Seely (74 saves), starting their college careers very promisingly.

Seely was twice named Big Sky defensive player of the week while Lisa Wrightsman twice took the offensive player title. Looking forward to next season, Asimos expressed regret at losing seniors Krissy Collyer, Lisa Casey and team captain, Kiley van Orman, but hopes that the team can continue the good work of this year.

“The freshmen in this year’s program enhanced the team a lot and they will have the experience for next year,” Asimos said. “We now have a good nucleus of players in the squad and hopefully they will learn from experiences such as the Idaho game (a 1-0 defeat in overtime after the Hornets had dominated) and make 2001 an even better season.