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Lustic, Ayer Top Scots On All-NCAC Soccer Team
The College of Wooster had five student-athletes named to the All-North Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Team highlighted by first-team selections junior Erin Lustic (Cleveland Hts., Ohio / Cleveland Heights) and sophomore Laura Ayer (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon) as announced by the league office on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Joining them with all-conference honors were junior Sarah Schostarez (Portage, Mich. / Portage Northern), who picked up second-team accolades, and seniors Emily Sterling (Lafayette, Colo. / Fairview) and Danielle Witchey (Columbus, Ohio / Bishop Watterson), who closed out their college careers by both being selected honorable mention. Lustic picked up her second-straight first-team honor after finishing fourth in the league in scoring at 1.56 points per game. The Scots’ speedy forward tallied 11 goals and six assists, tying for third and tying for second in the NCAC, respectively. Lustic’s point total (28) tied for sixth for a single season in school history, while her goals and assists were the sixth- and 10th-best marks, respectively. Noteworthy, she posted her first career hat trick against Mt. Union College and tied a Wooster single-game record with eight points. In her first two years with the Scots since transferring from Div. I Wright State University, she has tallied 44 points, already tied for 10th in team history, on 14 goals and 16 assists. Moving from the midfield to the backfield, Ayer jumped up two spots to the first team after receiving honorable mention in 2004. She was one of the cornerstones of the defense, which held opponents to a mere 0.78 goals per game, fourth-best in the league, and posted seven shutouts on the season. Only three teams, all of which were regionally-ranked, managed to score more than one goal against the Scots. Ayer has appeared in every match over the last two seasons, including starting each of the last 28.
Earning second-team honors for the second year in a row was Schostarez, who finished second to Lustic on the team and tied for seventh in the league in scoring (1.13 ppg). Hampered by an injury early in the season, she still managed to start 16 matches and score six goals and six assists as a midfielder, including the match-tying goal in a 1-1 tie with then-No. 12 Denison University. For her career, Schostarez is ninth all-time at Wooster in scoring with 45 points on 14 goals and 17 assists. Witchey, a midfielder, returns to the all-conference squad after missing half of 2004 due to injury. She was also an honorable selection as a freshman in 2002 and a first-team honoree in 2003. This fall, Witchey made a triumphant comeback as she started all 18 matches and tied for third on the team in scoring with 10 points, all on goals. She was also a key contributor to one of the top defenses in the NCAC, as the Scots managed to hold opponents to just 10.2 shots per game. Witchey finishes her career having started 63 matches and tied for eighth all-time at Wooster with 17 goals.
Rounding out Wooster’s all-conference selections is Sterling, who earns the nod for the first time as a midfielder. She was a major contributor on both sides of the field, serving as a catalyst for the Scots’ transition game as well as helping out defensively. Sterling started 17 of 18 matches this season and recorded her lone goal in a 4-1 victory over Oberlin College. In the backfield, she had a major impact on a defense which limited opponents to just four goals in the second half of matches this season. For her career, she appeared in all but one match over the last four years (76), including starting 34 of the last 36, and totaled 23 points on 10 goals and three assists. As a team, Wooster went 9-6-3, marking its seventh consecutive winning season. In the NCAC, the Scots tied for fifth (4-3-1), just missing the opportunity to play in the four-team conference tournament. |
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