Lady Matadors earn high honors with women's soccer All-Region 1 awards
Arizona Western feature player of the year, goalkeeper of the year and coach of the year
The NJCAA DI women's soccer All-Region 1 awards and teams were recently announced following Friday's regular season finale.
Player of the Year:
Linka Ono – Arizona Western College
Goalkeeper of the Year:
Iyan Hernandez - Arizona Western College
Coach of the Year:
Victor Verdugo - Arizona Western College
All-Region 1 teams include five Lady Matadors on the first team and two Lady Matadors receiving second team honors.
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Position |
First Team |
School |
Position |
Second Team |
School |
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MIDFIELD |
AWC |
GOALKEEPER |
Talon Bennett |
YC |
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DEFENDER |
Sophia Oliveira |
EAC |
MIDFIELD |
Ana Carlessi |
EAC |
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MIDFIELD |
AWC |
DEFENDER |
Chayton Barron |
Cochise |
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FORWARD |
Brynn Kelly |
EAC |
FORWARD |
Nathaly Lupe Perez |
CSN |
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GOALKEEPER |
AWC |
MIDFIELD |
Suika Shibutani |
EAC |
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FORWARD |
AWC |
MIDFIELD |
Ana Velazquez |
Cochise |
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GOALKEEPER |
Larissa Sanchez |
EAC |
MIDFIELD |
Sofia Zavala |
Mohave |
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FORWARD |
Diana Taddei |
Cochise |
FORWARD |
Jill Young |
YC |
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FORWARD |
Magaly Guzman-Lopez |
Mohave |
DEFENDER |
Abbi Sanford |
EAC |
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FORWARD |
Sophia Fotrell |
YC |
FORWARD |
AWC |
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MIDFIELD |
Lorraine Oliveira |
EAC |
FORWARD |
AWC |
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DEFENDER |
AWC |
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Arizona Western will open the Region 1 Semi-Finals this Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. versus Mohave College at Matador Field.
You can watch the match live on the Matador Sports Stream located on the link below.
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/awcmatadors