Northwestern University Athletics
Five Wildcats Earn All-Big Ten Honors
10/26/2018 1:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern took home four end-of-year awards as announced by the Big Ten, highlighted by two First Team selections.
Seniors Marisa Viggiano and Kayla Sharples were both named to the All-Big Ten First Team. Senior Brenna Lovera was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team while first year Mackenzie Wood was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Senior Aspyn Repp was also honored with the Big Ten Sportmanship Award.
Sharples earned her third straight selection to the All-Big Ten First Team as a center back, becoming just the third player in program history to make three first teams along with Erica Westrich (1996-98) and Molly Green (2001-03).
Sharples helped Northwestern post eight shutouts this year and scored three goals as a defender. In her four years at Northwestern, the team has posted 47 shutouts in 86 games, all of which Sharples has started in for the second-longest games-started streak in program history. Her six career game-winning goals are tied for the fifth-most in program history.
Viggiano made her second straight All-Big Ten First Team after doing so in 2017. She also was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2015. She tallied two goals and five assists this year and her 20 career assists are tied for the second-most in program history.
Lovera led the team on offense this season with eight goals and three assists to earn her first All-Big Ten selection onto the Second Team. Her goal-scoring production was tied for third-best in the conference, and she had the best offensive season of her four-year career.
Lovera's eight goals and 19 points in 2018 are tied for the sixth-best and eighth-best total in a season, respectively, in program history. Her 19 career goals and 45 career points are the sixth-best and tenth-best marks, respectively, all-time at Northwestern. Her 12 career game-winning goals are a program record, and four better than the previous list-topper.
Wood finished the season on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team after posting eight shutouts, tied for the most in the conference. Wood maintained the best save percentage in the conference (.854) while tallying the fourth-most saves (70). Her goals-against average of 0.63 was the second-best mark in the league as well.
Repp, the Sportsmanship Award honoree, stepped up in a massive way this season in the Northwestern midfield to start the last five games of the season, while appearing in 15 overall.
The #B1GCats have wrapped up their regular season, but await the decisions of the NCAA Tournament selection committee on Nov. 5, 2018 for potential postseason play.
Seniors Marisa Viggiano and Kayla Sharples were both named to the All-Big Ten First Team. Senior Brenna Lovera was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team while first year Mackenzie Wood was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Senior Aspyn Repp was also honored with the Big Ten Sportmanship Award.
Sharples earned her third straight selection to the All-Big Ten First Team as a center back, becoming just the third player in program history to make three first teams along with Erica Westrich (1996-98) and Molly Green (2001-03).
Sharples helped Northwestern post eight shutouts this year and scored three goals as a defender. In her four years at Northwestern, the team has posted 47 shutouts in 86 games, all of which Sharples has started in for the second-longest games-started streak in program history. Her six career game-winning goals are tied for the fifth-most in program history.
Viggiano made her second straight All-Big Ten First Team after doing so in 2017. She also was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2015. She tallied two goals and five assists this year and her 20 career assists are tied for the second-most in program history.
Lovera led the team on offense this season with eight goals and three assists to earn her first All-Big Ten selection onto the Second Team. Her goal-scoring production was tied for third-best in the conference, and she had the best offensive season of her four-year career.
Lovera's eight goals and 19 points in 2018 are tied for the sixth-best and eighth-best total in a season, respectively, in program history. Her 19 career goals and 45 career points are the sixth-best and tenth-best marks, respectively, all-time at Northwestern. Her 12 career game-winning goals are a program record, and four better than the previous list-topper.
Wood finished the season on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team after posting eight shutouts, tied for the most in the conference. Wood maintained the best save percentage in the conference (.854) while tallying the fourth-most saves (70). Her goals-against average of 0.63 was the second-best mark in the league as well.
Repp, the Sportsmanship Award honoree, stepped up in a massive way this season in the Northwestern midfield to start the last five games of the season, while appearing in 15 overall.
The #B1GCats have wrapped up their regular season, but await the decisions of the NCAA Tournament selection committee on Nov. 5, 2018 for potential postseason play.
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