Wittenberg Women's Soccer Standouts Earn All-Region, All-America Honors

Suzanne Medwid

Maggie Amorello

Springfield, Ohio — Wittenberg University women's soccer standout Suzanne Medwid, class of 2009 from Columbus, Ohio, has put the finishing touches on her collegiate career with second-team All-America honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) after she and Maggie Amorello, class of 2011 from Sutton, Mass., earned All-Great Lakes Region honors.

Medwid's career in the Red & White will go down as one of the finest in school history. Medwid is the first player in program history to earn more than one All-America award and just the second to claim more than two All-Great Lakes Region awards. After making second-team all-region in 2006, Medwid was a first-team honoree in 2007 and 2008, leading to third-team All-America a year ago and this year's second-team award.

The regional and national recognition is on top of Medwid's North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) accolades, which include second-team honors in 2005 and three straight first-team awards. The pinnacle was reached in 2008 as Medwid was named Offensive Player of the Year.

Medwid started all 21 games on defense as a freshman, scoring one goal and adding one assist as the Tigers posted a 14-5 record. Moving to the midfield the next year, Medwid took a more active role in the offense. She was in the top three in goals in each of the last three seasons, while leading the Tigers in assists and ranking second in total points in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

In Medwid's four years as a Tiger, the Wittenberg women's soccer program compiled a 58-15-13 overall record as she made a school-record 86 consecutive starts. She finished with 13 goals, good for a tie for 12th place on the school record list, 18 assists, which is tied for second in school history, and 44 total points, which is tied for ninth all-time. Her seven assists in 2008 rank third in program history.

Amorello was the leader of one of the finest defensive units in the NCAC, which allowed just 13 goals in 18 regular season and two conference tournament games. Also active offensively with three goals and an assist, Amorello started all 21 games to earn first-team all-conference honors after taking second team a year ago. This was her first all-region award.

On the heels of the finest season in school history, in which the Tigers posted a record of 18-3-3 and reached the NCAA Division III Tournament Round of 16 in 2007, Wittenberg was stellar again in 2008 with marks of 11-4-6 overall and 5-2-1 in the NCAC. Ranked as high as sixth in the nation early in the season, Wittenberg went on to finish second in the conference regular season title chase. After winning their third consecutive NCAC Tournament title and advancing to the national tournament, the Tigers were knocked out in the first round by the University of Chicago.

Written By: Ryan Maurer

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