Hanover Women Picked 1st in HCAC

Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 4:39 AM

Finished last season in first place

CARMEL, Ind. – In a vote amongst league coaches, the Hanover College women's soccer team was picked to finish first in the 2023 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) season.

The Panthers finished the 2022 regular season in first place, with a 7-0-2 mark in league play. Rose-Hulman, who won the HCAC Women's Soccer Title, was voted to finish second and picked up two first-place votes. Transylvania University snagged the third-place spot, narrowly beating out Anderson University and Mount St. Joseph University who finished just two-points behind in a tie for fourth place.

Listed below is the 2023 HCAC Women's Soccer Preseason Poll and the 2022 HCAC Athletes to Watch.

For more information on HCAC Women's Soccer, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the Internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.

2023 HCAC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL
(#) Denotes First Place Votes

1.	Hanover College (8)	80
2.	Rose-Hulman Insititute of Technology (2)	72
3.	Transylvania University	60
4.	Anderson University	58
4.	Mount St. Jospeh University	58
6.	Bluffton University	34
7.	Earlham College	31
8.	Franklin College	30
9.	Manchester University	18
10.	Defiance College	9

Returning 2022 All-Conference First and Second Team Women's Soccer Athletes to Watch in 2023:

School	Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Anderson	Kylie Roberts (2nd Team)	JR	Nobelsville, Ind.	D

Earlham

Mallory Smith (2nd Team)

Oxford, Ohio

Hanover	Kate Bettner (1st Team)	JR	Noblesville, Ind.	D
	Beth Cook (1st Team)	JR	Goshen, Ohio	F
	Maggie Hinegardner (1st Team)	SR	Fort Thomas, Ky.	GK
	Nora Ludwig (1st Team)	JR	Cincinnati, Ohio	F

MSJ	Vivian Willis (1st Team)	JR	Cinicinnati, Ohio	D
	McKenzie Schneeman (2nd Team)	JR	Cincinnati, Ohio	F

Rose-Hulman	Megan Foder (1st Team)	SR	The Woodlands, TX	D
	Lauren Marquardt (1st Team)	SO	Savage, Minn.	MF
	Kyra Hicks (2nd Team)	SR	Lynnwood, Wash.	F
	Kiana Martin (2nd Team)	SR	Portage, Mich.	M
	Camille Clark (2nd Team)	SO	Plainfield, Ind.	F

Transylvania	Meron Roach (1st Team)	SR	Lexington, Ky.	F
	Erin Heil (2nd Team)	SR	Lexington, Ky.	M
	Isabella White (2nd Team)	SO	Lexington, Ky.	F

2023 HCAC Women's Soccer Other Athletes to Watch:
Anderson

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Mandy Williams	SR	Grand Ledge, Mich.	M
Hannah Gates	SR	Brownsburg, Ind.	D
Lauren Brown	JR	Fort Wayne, Ind.	F

Bluffton

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Nina McGinn	GR	Mario, Ohio	F
Kelsie Gladiuex	SO	Northwood, Ohio	M
Evie Masters	JR	Arcadia. Ohio	D
Brielle Collier	JR	Anna, Ohio	GK

Defiance

Name	Class	Hometown	Position
Sarah O'Shea	SR	Cincinnat, Ohio	GK
Sloane Livinginston	SR	Las Vegas, Nev.	D
Christa Phillips	SO	Columbus, Ohio	D
Haley Hughes	FR	Muamee, Ohio	M