West Virginia and Notre Dame women's soccer teams were voted preseason favorites to win the Big East Conference American and National Division titles respectively. In the American Division West Virginia were voted to finish in first place,while the University of Connecticut were voted to finish second and Marquette University chosen to finish in third place. While in the National Division, Notre Dame were voted to finish first while Rutgers is tabbed to finish second and Georgetown University third. Imagine what the other Big East contenders are are thinking?....Upset Maybe?? We will see as the season progresses Big East Conference play is expected to kick off on September 17,2009.
Here is the List of the 2009 Big East Conference Preseason Awards:
2009 BIG EAST PRESEASON AWARD WINNERS
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year
Notre Dame Sophomore Forward,Melissa Henderson
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
Connecticut Red Shirt-Senior D/F/M Brittany Taylor
Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year
Rutgers Senior Erin Guthrie
2009 ALL-BIG EAST PRESEASON TEAM
Notre Dame Sophomore F/M Courtney Barg
West Virginia Senior Midfielder Carolyn Blank
Gina DeMaio, Sr., M, Rutgers
Kelly Eagan, Sr., D, Villanova
Lauren Fowlkes, Jr., D/M, Notre Dame
Erin Guthrie, Sr., GK, Rutgers
Melissa Henderson, So., F, Notre Dame
Megan Mischler, Jr., F, West Virginia
Kacey Richards, Jr., M, Connecticut
Courtney Rosen, Sr., F/M, Notre Dame
Brittany Taylor, R-Sr., D/F/M, Connecticut
Ingrid Wells, R-So., M, Georgetown
Annie Yi, Sr., M, Connecticut
via BigEast.org