By Sam Bartee

With as much talent as the ACU women’s soccer team has, everyone expected quite a few players to be chosen for the all-Conference teams. But that didn’t dampen the spirits of the nine women who were recognized Nov. 5.

Five women were nominated for the all-Conference teams, and four more were given honorable mentions. Even though the team didn’t advance as far as they would have liked, the players had nothing but good things to say about the season.

“Though on paper it might not look like we improved, we all know that we were such a better team this year,” said Lyndsey Womack, senior forward. “I’m proud of all the girls who got awards. They definitely deserved them.”

Womack was the only ACU player elected to the first all-Conference team, but junior back Kendall Cooper was right behind her on the second team, along with three of her teammates. Cooper echoed Womack’s optimism.

“This season really opened my eyes up to how much talent and team chemistry we have,” she said. “Despite the loss in the postseason tournament, we were very successful, and I can’t wait to build on top of that my senior year.”

Julie Coppedge has even more time than Cooper to build on the success of the past semester. Coppedge was one of only two freshmen in the Lone Star Conference to make an all-Conference team.

“There is no way we could be unhappy with the season we had,” Coppedge said. “We lost some games we shouldn’t have, fell short in the tournament – but the team we became is far more important than any statistic.”