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BEST OF THE WPSL - LAKE ERIE CONFERENCE

Published Aug 11, 2023


OKLAHOMA CITY (August 11, 2023) – In its final day of awards week, the Women’s Premier Soccer League released the 2023 Best of the WPSL All-Conference honor in the East Region. The accolades include Best XI, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Franchise of the Year.

The Lake Erie Conference honored five players from Ambassadors Cleveland, four players from Cleveland Ambassadors, and two players from Beadling Soccer Club in its BEST XI All-Conference team. Players represented collegiate programs at universities including Youngstown State, Saint Louis University, the University of North Carolina, and Xavier University.
 

LAKE ERIE CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Megan Buckingham, MF, Ambassadors Cleveland, North Carolina

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Emma Flick, D, Ambassadors Cleveland, Xavier

COACH OF THE YEAR:  Caleb Fortune, Ambassadors Cleveland

FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR:  Ambassadors Cleveland


BEST XI SELECTION

Position

Player

WPSL Team

School

Year

Repeat

GK

Kenzie Simon

Cleveland Ambassadors

Youngstown State

2022

 

D

Emma Flick

Ambassadors Cleveland

Xavier

Soph.

 

D

Clare Nicholas

Cleveland Ambassadors

Saint Louis

Soph.

 

D

Emma Rigone

Beadling Soccer Club

Youngstown State

Soph.

 

D

Mackenzie Evers

Beadling Soccer Club

Pittsburgh

Jr.

 

MF

Megan Buckingham

Ambassadors Cleveland

North Carolina

2017

 

MF

Gabrielle LoPresti

Ambassadors Cleveland

Xavier

2021

’22, ‘21

MF

Ashley Townsend

Cleveland Ambassadors

Mount Vernon Nazarene

2022

 

F

Taylor Huff

Ambassadors Cleveland

Tennessee

Jr.

 

F

Jordan Fusco

Ambassadors Cleveland

Tennessee

Jr.

‘22

F

Shea Vidovic

Cleveland Ambassadors

College of Charleston

Fr.