Four Demon Deacons Earn All-ACC Honors
11/7/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Nov. 7, 2013
By Alex Botoman, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeWSoccer)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Aubrey Bledsoe, Riley Ridgik and Katie Stengel were named to the All-ACC Women's Soccer Team and Sarah Teegarden was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team as the conference announced its yearly awards Thursday.
A three-time All-ACC selection, Bledsoe was named to the All-ACC First Team for the second time, a de facto nod as the conference's goalkeeper of the year. Ridgik and Stengel were named to the second of the three teams, which are voted on by the league's 14 head coaches.
Stengel joins Emily Taggart (1998-01) as the only players in Wake Forest women's soccer history to be selected to the All-ACC Team four times.
Despite appearing in only 12 games before being sidelined with blood clots in her leg, Stengel leads the Deacons with eight assists and ranks second on the team with six goals and 20 points. She became the first Wake Forest player to cross the 50-goal threshold for her career this season, doing so in only 70 games.
Bledsoe's first team selection was a fitting way to cap off a career that will leave her as the most accomplished goalkeeper ever to wear a Wake Forest uniform. A starter of every game of her college career, she has kept six shutouts this season, holding a save percentage of .800 and a 0.90 goals against average.
The Cincinnati, Ohio native holds most of the Demon Deacons' career goalkeeping records, boasting 31 career shutouts and a 0.92 goals against average. She heads into her final NCAA Championship ranking fourth in Division I history in career minutes played by a goalkeeper with 8,427:09.
Ridgik burst onto the ACC offensive scene this season as a junior, leading the Demon Deacons with 10 goals and 23 points. The Ventura, Calif. had spent her first two seasons as Wake Forest's starting defensive midfielder, earning All-Freshman honors in 2011, but transitioned to an attacking midfielder and then a forward this season - a move that paid dividends on the scoresheet.
Eight on Ridgik's 10 goals have come against ACC competition and a number of them have been precision strikes from long distance, including scores from more than 30 yards from goal against Portland, North Carolina and Miami.
Teegarden has immediately made her mark at Wake Forest, starting all 18 games in the defensive midfield. The rookie from Monrovia, Calif. notched two assists this season in addition to bolstering the Demon Deacons' defensive corps.
North Carolina's Crystal Dunn was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, and Florida State's Kassey Kallman earned Defensive Player of the Year honors. Notre Dame's Morgan Andrews was named ACC Freshman of the Year and Virginia head coach Steve Swanson was named the ACC Coach of the Year.
The Demon Deacons will find out their fate for the NCAA Championship on Monday, Nov. 11. The selection show will be broadcast on NCAA.com at 4:30 p.m.
All-ACC First Team
Aubrey Bledsoe, GK, Sr., Wake Forest
Morgan Brian, Jr., M, Virginia
Dagny Brynjarsdottir, Jr., M, Florida State
Makenzy Doniak, So., F, Virginia
Crystal Dunn, Sr., M, North Carolina
Kassey Kallman, Sr., D, Florida State
Stephanie McCaffrey, Jr., F, Boston College
Kealia Ohai, Sr., F, North Carolina
Jazmine Reeves, Sr., F, Virginia Tech
Cari Roccaro, So., M, Notre Dame
Emily Sonnett, So., D, Virginia
All-ACC Second Team
Natasha Anasi, D, Sr., Duke
Morgan Andrews, Fr., M, Notre Dame
Hayley Brock, Sr., F, Maryland
Megan Campbell, Jr., D, Florida State
Danielle Colaprico, Jr., M, Virginia
Kristin Grubka, Jr., D, Florida State
McKenzie Meehan, So., F, Boston College
Ashley Meier, So., M, Virginia Tech
Riley Ridgik, Jr., M, Wake Forest
Katie Stengel, F, Sr., Wake Forest
Kelsey Wys, Sr., GK, Florida State
All-ACC Third Team
Jordan Coburn, So., D, Virginia Tech
Kim DeCesare, R-Sr., F, Duke
Ashley Flinn, Jr., F, Miami
Summer Green, So, F, North Carolina
Mandy Laddish, Sr., M, Notre Dame
Vanessa Laxgang, Sr. M, Clemson
Molly Menchel, Sr., D, Virginia
Casey Morrison, Jr., D, Boston College
Kailen Sheridan, Fr., GK, Clemson
Ashley Spivey, So., F, Maryland
Jackie Stengel, Fr., Fr., NC State
ACC All-Freshman Team
Morgan Andrews, Fr., M, Notre Dame
Hayley Dowd, Fr., F, Boston College
Nickolette Driesse, Fr., M, Florida State
Christina Gibbons, Fr., D, Duke
Amber Munerlyn, Fr., F, North Carolina
Toni Payne, Fr., M, Duke
Kailen Sheridan, Fr., GK, Clemson
Morgan Stearns, Fr., GK, Virginia
Jackie Stengel, Fr., F, NC State
Sarah Teegarden, Fr., M, Wake Forest
Murielle Tiernan, Fr., F, Virginia Tech
Offensive Player of the Year: Crystal Dunn, Sr., M, North Carolina
Defensive Player of the Year: Kassey Kallman, D, Sr., Florida State
Freshman of the Year: Morgan Andrews, Fr., M, Notre Dame
Coach of the Year: Steve Swanson, Virginia
