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Jamestown Jimmies recognized by GPAC

Jamestown  (uj.edu)    Kristin Breaux (SO/Chino, Calif.), Dianne Miranda (SR/Tustin, Calif.), and Olivia Rivas (SR/Duarte, Calif.) were named to the Great Plains Athletic Conference second team as the GPAC released its All-Conference honors Monday.

Breaux was second on the team with five goals and finished the year with one assist and 11 total points.

Miranda was third with four goals and tied for second on the team with three assists.

Rivas scored one goal this season and capped off her collegiate career with her fourth all-conference selection, having received North Star Athletic Association honors the previous three seasons.

Earning honorable mention honors were Jaelyn Lowery (SR/Haleiwa, Hawaii) and Lauren Sayler (SR/Bismarck, ND).

Lowery started every game at defense this season and tallied one goal. Sayler posted an 11-5-3 record in goal, with a save percentage of 80.5 and a goals-against average of 0.84.

Jamestown finished the season with a record of 11-5-3 and were 8-2-2 in its first season of the GPAC.

2018 GPAC Women’s Soccer All-Conference Teams

 

Ruben Zepeda (SO/Puebla, Mexico) was named to the Great Plains Athletic Conference second team as the GPAC released its All-Conference honors Monday.

Zepeda led the Jimmies this fall with seven goals and 18 points from the midfield position. His four assists were second on the team.

Four Jimmies also earned honorable mention honors–defenders Kyle Fenske (SR/Savage, Minn.) and Hamish Mills (SR/Adelaide, Australia), and midfielders Jacob Grosvenor (SO/Christchurch, New Zealand) and Ben Prochniak (SR/West Fargo, N.D.).

Fenske scored two goals from his backline position while starting in all 15 of his appearances. Mills, the Jimmie captain, scored a goal and helped solidify the UJ defense which conceded just 11 goals over its final 10 matches.

Prochiak led Jamestown with five assists and tied for second with four goals, both career highs. Grosvenor started all 17 matches this season and was recognized for his value as a holding midfielder.

Jamestown finished the 2018 season 7-8-2 overall and 6-4-1 in its first season in the GPAC.

2018 GPAC All-Conference Honors