Adrien, Lustic, and Ayer Named All-Great Lakes

Winnie Adrien

Three College of Wooster women’s soccer players – Winnie Adrien (Selden, N.Y. / Blair Academy), Erin Lustic (Cleveland Hts., Ohio / Cleveland Heights), and Laura Ayer (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon) – were recently selected to the All-Great Lakes Region Team for NCAA Div. III, as announced by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Adrien was one of 11 across the region on the first team, while Lustic and Ayer collected second- and third-team honors, respectively.

Adrien, previously voted the North Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year, was the only freshman to earn first-team All-Great Lakes recognition this season. The 5-6 forward exploded on to the scene, leading the conference in scoring at a rate of 2.00 points per game and accumulating 38 points overall, which marked the second-highest total in school history. Adrien, who also is a starter on Wooster’s women’s basketball team, scored 15 goals and passed out eight assists over 19 matches. She posted season-highs of three goals and seven points against Case Western Reserve University Sept. 9 and two assists against Heidelberg College on Sept. 20.

Lustic, who edged out Adrien for the 2006 NCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year award, is now a three-time all-region honoree, also having made the second team as a sophomore and junior. This fall, the 5-5 forward was second in the conference in scoring, averaging 1.47 points on 10 goals and eight assists during 19 matches. Lustic accounted for either a goal or an assist in 12 of the Fighting Scots’ games, and 19 of her 28 points on the year came during the final 10 regular season contests. Despite being just a three-year player, Lustic, who transferred to Wooster after a season at NCAA Div. I Wright State University, leaves as the program’s career assist leader (24) and as its fourth all-time leading scorer (72 points).

Ayer, tabbed with her first career All-Great Lakes award, was the anchor of the Scots’ defense, a unit that shutout seven opponents and yielded just over one goal per game (1.05). In fact, the opposition averaged less than 10 shots (9.74 per game). Ayer, a 5-5 junior defender, was one of six Wooster players to start every match this season (19) and factored on the offensive side of the field, too, scoring a goal against Heidelberg and contributing an assist at Mt. Union College Sept. 26.

As a team, the Scots completed 2006 with a 12-6-1 overall record (.658) and tied for third-place in the highly-competitive NCAC (5-2-1), finishing just one more victory shy of winning the championship. Wooster went on to lose to second-seeded Wittenberg University 2-0 in the NCAC Tournament semifinals.