CSC Academic All-District Women's Soccer Teams

MADISON, N.J. – Five members of the Drew University women's soccer team have been recognized for their performance on the field and in the classroom with their selections to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
 
Senior forward Kat Kugler earned her third CSC Academic All-District award while fifth-year midfielder Rebecca Racine was recognized for the second time. In addition, sophomore defender Bianca Anghelache, sophomore goalie Sarah Crowley, and graduate student/forward Maggie Speckhart captured their first CSC honor.
 
The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes soccer honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA — for each gender.
 
To be nominated for the CSC Academic All-America program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade-point average and be a starter or significant reserve who has appeared in at least 90 percent of the team's games or started 66 percent of the team's contests.
 
A Media & Communications major and Marketing minor, Kugler played in 19 games and made five starts this past season, posting three goals and one assist. In her top performance of the season, she scored two goals less than three minutes apart midway through the second half, helping the Rangers rally for a 2-1 Landmark Conference victory at Moravian. She also notched one goal and one assist in Drew's 2-1 win over Catholic in the first round of the Landmark Conference Championships.
 
Racine, a Marketing major, started all 20 games for the Rangers and finished second on the team in goals (four), assists (three), and points (11) on her way to earning All-Landmark Conference First Team for the fourth year in a row. She scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over FDU-Florham as well as the game-tying goal in a 1-1 Landmark Conference draw versus Wilkes. In addition, she scored in wins over Ramapo and Delaware Valley and assisted on the game-winning goal in Drew's 1-0 regular-season victory over Catholic.
 
A Biology major, Anghelache played in and started 19 games in her first season as a starter this past year. She helped the Rangers hold 12 of their opponents to less than two goals, including six shutouts. In Landmark Conference play, Drew posted clean sheets versus Catholic (1-0), Goucher (3-0), and Elizabethtown (0-0).
 
Crowley, a Marketing and Fine Art major and a Photography minor, started every game in goal for the Rangers for the second straight season. She posted a 1.32 goals-against average, a .740 save percentage, and five shutouts while playing all but 90 minutes between the pipes for the year. She notched a season-high nine saves at Rowan, and she also stopped eight shots in the team's regular-season meeting at Scranton.
 
A Teaching major, Speckhart played in and started 17 games after arriving at The Forest following a four-year career at William Smith College. Her lone goal for the season was a big one, as she netted the game's first goal in Drew's 2-1 Landmark Conference tournament win over Catholic.
 
The five players helped Drew to another successful season this past year, as the Rangers went 9-7-4 and 4-3-2 in the Landmark Conference to finish fourth in the conference standings. The team went on to defeat Catholic to reach the semifinals of the Landmark Championships for the third year in a row.