WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Ohio Athletic Conference announced their 2022 All-OAC women's soccer teams on Thursday morning. This year, eight Capital University student-athletes were recognized – the second consecutive season in which eight Comets were chosen.
Leading the way for Capital were
Avery Hart and
Lexi Snider. Both were named to the First Team, while Hart was selected as the Forward of the Year and Snider was honored as the Co-Defender of the Year. These awards are the third All-OAC team honors and second special awards of their careers. Hart has previously picked up Freshman of the Year honors in 2019, second team in 2019 and first team in 2021. Snider was the Freshman of the Year in the spring of 2021 and earned first team honors that same year, while also winning second team honors in the fall of 2021.
Joining Hart and Snider on the first team was first time All-OAC selection
Sophia Leonetti. Making up the second team honorees for Capital were
Haley Moore,
Abby English,
Lauren White and
Madeline Woodruff. Moore was a spring 2021 second team honoree as well, while White has received honorable mention and second accolades previously in her career. Woodruff picked up second team honors in spring of 2021 as well. English's selection is the first of her career. Rounding out the player selections was
Nicole Ogden being chosen to the Third Team – her first postseason honor.
Alongside his players, head coach
Matt Ogden was honored as the OAC Coach of the Year, making this his second such honor after he won the accolade in his debut season of 2015 as well. He, alongside assistants
Megan Wharton and
Geovanny Salinas, guided the team to a 12-3-3 record overall, the OAC Regular Season title and an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament this season. Ogden now joins Brian Arnold as the only other coach to win multiple OAC Coach of the Year awards in program history.
On the field, Hart led the offense, scoring 12 goals and handing out six assists. Her season was highlighted by three multi-goal games which featured two goals against both Case Western Reserve and Mt. St. Joseph, followed by a hat-trick at John Carroll. She also had two games with two assists each against Wilmington and Muskingum. Hart's Forward of the Year award is the fourth by Capital players and the first since Hilary Ells in 2013.
Snider played outside defender all season, logging 1,240 minutes and contributing to nine shutouts for the Comet defense. She also contributed three assists from defense which included one against Mount Union and two against Heidelberg. Snider's Defender of the Year award is the fifth in program history and the first since Mariah Richards in 2015.
Leonetti finished second on the team with eight goals this season. She played 1,454 minutes as a defensive center midfielder. In her scoring, a first half hat-trick against Heidelberg highlighted her season. The hat-trick was part of a five-goal output in the final four games of the season.
Moore logged 1,188 minutes as a center back this season contributing toward nine shutouts. She was also recognized as the Defensive Player of the Week after a 1-0 shutout over Hope College.
English played the other side of the center back duo all season, playing 1,576 minutes and helping the team to the nine shutouts.
White started 13 games this season for the Comets in the goal and single-handedly held four shutouts and was a part of two combined shutouts. In her 991 minutes of action, she made 45 saves, good for a .789 save percentage.
Woodruff was a key component to the Capital offense this season by contributing four goals and eight assists on the year. Her season was highlighted by a one goal, three assist output against Heidelberg.
Ogden had a breakout sophomore season alongside Leonetti in the center midfield for Capital this year. She finished fourth in the team in scoring with three goals and three assists, thanks largely to her scoring three goals and handing out an assist in a two-game stretch against Muskingum and Mount Union.
Overall, these eight selections helped the team to their first OAC Regular Season title and NCAA Tournament appearance since 2015. The team will get their NCAA Tournament journey underway on Saturday, November 12th against Ithaca College at 1:30 p.m. The game will take place in Cleveland, Ohio on the campus of Case Western Reserve University.
