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Hanover Women Picked 1st in HCAC

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.

 

Earlham

Mallory Smith (2nd Team)

SO

Oxford, Ohio

F

 

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


Earlham

Name

Class

 

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