Nov. 16, 2009

11.16.09 - Oklahoma City, Okla.- Freshman Julia Nimal and sophomore Nicole Farquhar were both named to the All-Sooner Athletic Conference women's soccer team.

Nimal, a freshman from Owasso, Oklahoma, started in all 18 games for MACU and was named First Team All-SAC. She led the team in scoring with 14 goals this season, adding five assists.

Farquhar, a sophomore midfielder from Moore, Oklahoma, was named Second Team All-SAC. She started in all 18 games, scoring three goals, dishing out five assist on the year.

Southern Nazarene's Beatriz Silva was named Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year. Teammate Erica Brown was named Defensive Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year.

A sophomore forward from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Silva had eight goals and a dozen assists on the season.

Brown, a senior from Norman, Okla., recorded 105 saves and allowed less than one goal per match.

Oklahoma City's Sarah Leonard, a senior forward from West Yorkshire, England, was Offensive Player of the Year after recording 22 goals and six assists.

USAO's Calli Cooper was named Newcomer of the Year, leading the SAC with 26 goals and 18 assists.

Joe Thoma of John Brown was named Coach of the Year after guiding the Golden Eagles to the conference regular season title with a 9-1 SAC record.

Nimal, Silva, Brown, Leonard and Cooper were joined on the First-Team by Faith Thurman, Sarah Kidd, Camile Malckiewicz and Emily Anderson of John Brown, Jackie Acevedo and Alecia Peterson of SNU, Lin Yan of Oklahoma Baptist, Shereen Clark of Rogers State and Brenna Skillern of Oklahoma City.

Joining Farquhar on Second Team was Allie Cofer and Kacie Hoppe of Oklahoma Christian, Brittany Tibbs, Malin Andersson and Josefine Holmgren of Oklahoma City, Courtney Anderson of OBU, Kimmia Parker of Rogers State, Brittany Jay, Taylor Fain and Gabby Martinez of USAO, Bruna De Cas of SNU, and Ashley Cecil and Amanda Reed of John Brown.