Three Lady Tigers named all-conference
MARSHALL, Texas (11/14/08) – ETBU’s Jenna Jones, Danica Saxon and Erin Mason have been named All-American Southwest Conference in voting by the conference’s head women’s soccer coaches released Thursday.
Jones, a junior defender from Lumberton, was voted to the second team. It was second straight year in which Jones, a three-year starter for ETBU, has been named all-conference.
Saxon, a freshman midfielder from Tyler, was named to the third team, as was freshman goalie Erin Mason, of Mabank.
Saxon finished the season as the Lady Tigers’ leading scorer, with seven goals and two assists. Mason started every game in goal, finishing with 61 saves and five shutouts. All Mason’s shutouts came against conference opponents.
The Lady Tigers finished the season at 7-10-0, nearly doubling their entire win total (4) from the 2007 season and coming within one game of making the American Southwest Conference tournament.
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