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Raphino, Cardoza named to TopDrawerSoccer Best XI teams
12/20/2022 4:46:00 PM | Women's Soccer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior Brittany Raphino and freshman Naya Cardoza of the Brown women's soccer team have been named to TopDrawerSoccer's Best XI teams, as announced by the publication.
Raphino has been named to the Best XI Second Team, while Cardoza has earned Freshman Best XI Second Team honors.
The award adds to Raphino's postseason award haul that already includes First Team All-America, First Team All-Region, Ivy Offensive Player of the Year, and First Team All-Ivy honors. After three full seasons with the Bears, the Randolph, Mass. native is tied for sixth in program history with 29 goals and is eighth with 71 points.
Cardoza earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors in her freshman season in Providence. She started all 17 games in which she played as part of the Brown back line that allowed just .72 goals per game, the top mark in the Ivy League and 26th in the nation.
The full list of TopDrawerSoccer postseason awards and Best XI teams can be found below.
2022 Women's DI Postseason Awards
Player of the Year: Korbin Albert, Notre Dame
Freshman of the Year: Elise Evans, Stanford
Coach of the Year: Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA
Best XI Teams
First Team
F: Michelle Cooper (Duke), Isabella D'Aquila (Santa Clara), Trinity Byars (Texas)
M: Croix Bethune (USC), Sophie Jones (Duke), Korbin Albert (Notre Dame), Jenna Nighswonger (Florida State)
D: Julia Leas (Georgetown), Reyna Reyes (Alabama), Jyllissa Harris (South Carolina)
GK: Lauren Kozal (Michigan State)
Second Team
F: Messiah Bright (TCU), Brittany Raphino (Brown), Penelope Hocking (Penn State)
M: Maya Doms (Stanford), Lia Godfrey (Virginia), Samantha Meza (North Carolina), Felicia Knox (Alabama)
D: Lily Reale (UCLA), Lauren Flynn (Florida State), Jordan Brewster (West Virginia)
GK: Leah Freeman (Oregon)
Third Team
F: Riley Mattingly (Alabama), Lauren DeBeau (Michigan State), Rebecca Cooke (Quinnipiac)
M: Sunshine Fontes (UCLA), Lexi Missimo (Texas), Emma Jaskaniec (Wisconsin), Avery Patterson (North Carolina)
D: Lyndsey Heckel (Saint Louis), Tori Hansen (North Carolina), Eva Gaetino (Notre Dame)
GK: Cristina Roque (Florida State)
Freshman Best XI Teams
First Team
F: Ally Sentnor (North Carolina), Gianna Paul (Alabama), Kat Rader (Duke)
M: Taylor Price (Virginia Tech), Ally Lemos (UCLA), Ida Hermannsdottir (LSU), Pietra Tordin (Princeton)
D: Elise Evans (Stanford), Leah Klenke (Notre Dame), Izzi Stratton (BYU)
GK: Jordan Nytes (Oklahoma State)
Second Team
F: Lumi Kostmayer (Stanford), Maggie Wadsworth (Mississippi State), Alexis Washington (Oklahoma)
M: Natalie Mitchell (Virginia Tech), Caterina Regazzoni (Northwestern), Sofia Cook (UCLA), Maggie Cagle (Virginia)
D: Olivia Curry (Wisconsin), Naya Cardoza (Brown), Tessa Dellarose (North Carolina)
GK: Maria Galley (Xavier)
BROWN UNIVERSITY SPORTS FOUNDATION
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Raphino has been named to the Best XI Second Team, while Cardoza has earned Freshman Best XI Second Team honors.
The award adds to Raphino's postseason award haul that already includes First Team All-America, First Team All-Region, Ivy Offensive Player of the Year, and First Team All-Ivy honors. After three full seasons with the Bears, the Randolph, Mass. native is tied for sixth in program history with 29 goals and is eighth with 71 points.
Cardoza earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors in her freshman season in Providence. She started all 17 games in which she played as part of the Brown back line that allowed just .72 goals per game, the top mark in the Ivy League and 26th in the nation.
The full list of TopDrawerSoccer postseason awards and Best XI teams can be found below.
2022 Women's DI Postseason Awards
Player of the Year: Korbin Albert, Notre Dame
Freshman of the Year: Elise Evans, Stanford
Coach of the Year: Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA
Best XI Teams
First Team
F: Michelle Cooper (Duke), Isabella D'Aquila (Santa Clara), Trinity Byars (Texas)
M: Croix Bethune (USC), Sophie Jones (Duke), Korbin Albert (Notre Dame), Jenna Nighswonger (Florida State)
D: Julia Leas (Georgetown), Reyna Reyes (Alabama), Jyllissa Harris (South Carolina)
GK: Lauren Kozal (Michigan State)
Second Team
F: Messiah Bright (TCU), Brittany Raphino (Brown), Penelope Hocking (Penn State)
M: Maya Doms (Stanford), Lia Godfrey (Virginia), Samantha Meza (North Carolina), Felicia Knox (Alabama)
D: Lily Reale (UCLA), Lauren Flynn (Florida State), Jordan Brewster (West Virginia)
GK: Leah Freeman (Oregon)
Third Team
F: Riley Mattingly (Alabama), Lauren DeBeau (Michigan State), Rebecca Cooke (Quinnipiac)
M: Sunshine Fontes (UCLA), Lexi Missimo (Texas), Emma Jaskaniec (Wisconsin), Avery Patterson (North Carolina)
D: Lyndsey Heckel (Saint Louis), Tori Hansen (North Carolina), Eva Gaetino (Notre Dame)
GK: Cristina Roque (Florida State)
Freshman Best XI Teams
First Team
F: Ally Sentnor (North Carolina), Gianna Paul (Alabama), Kat Rader (Duke)
M: Taylor Price (Virginia Tech), Ally Lemos (UCLA), Ida Hermannsdottir (LSU), Pietra Tordin (Princeton)
D: Elise Evans (Stanford), Leah Klenke (Notre Dame), Izzi Stratton (BYU)
GK: Jordan Nytes (Oklahoma State)
Second Team
F: Lumi Kostmayer (Stanford), Maggie Wadsworth (Mississippi State), Alexis Washington (Oklahoma)
M: Natalie Mitchell (Virginia Tech), Caterina Regazzoni (Northwestern), Sofia Cook (UCLA), Maggie Cagle (Virginia)
D: Olivia Curry (Wisconsin), Naya Cardoza (Brown), Tessa Dellarose (North Carolina)
GK: Maria Galley (Xavier)
BROWN UNIVERSITY SPORTS FOUNDATION
The Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) is the lifeblood of the athletics program, and exists to enhance the student-athlete experience through philanthropic support from alumni, parents, fans and friends. A gift through the Sports Foundation makes an immediate impact on today's Brown Bears and helps them to be their best in the classroom, in competition and most importantly in the community. To learn more about supporting the Bears, please click here.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For the latest on Brown Athletics, please follow @BrownU_Bears on Twitter, @BrownU_Bears on Instagram, like BrownUBears on Facebook and subscribe to the BrownAthletics YouTube channel.
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