BRUNSWICK — Three members of the Bowdoin College women’s soccer team have been recognized in All-New England Small College Athletic Conference honors.
First-year Morgen Gallagher was named the NESCAC Rookie of the Year and was tabbed as a Second Team All-Conference selection. Senior Taylor Haist and junior Nikki Wilson joined Gallagher as Second Team selections.
Gallagher is the second consecutive Polar Bear to earn the honor, joining teammate Julia Patterson. The forward started all 16 games and scored a teamhigh four goals, including two game- winners, and registered nine points.
Haist and Wilson helped anchor the league’s second ranked defense that permitted just 0.61 goals per game this fall. Wilson also contributed three goals and two assists offensively for the Polar Bears.
Bowdoin ended the year with a record of 9- 6- 1, advancing to the NESCAC quarterfinals.
The men’s soccer team was also recognized, as two players received NESCAC honors.
Sophomore Moctar Niang was named a First Team All- NESCAC selection, while classmate Matty McColl was recognized as a Second Team All-NESCAC selection.
The lone underclassmen on the First Team, Niang earned All-NESCAC accolades for the first time in his career. The midfielder started all 17 games and contributed 13 points on a team- leading six goals, three of which were game-winning markers.
McColl, a back for the Polar Bears, helped lead the team to a 0.82 goals-against-average, ranking third in the NESCAC this season. He also contributed a pair of goals and five assists, including the assist on the game-winning goal in the NESCAC quarterfinals against Tufts.
The Polar Bears finished the year 9-4-4, advancing to the NESCAC semifinals.
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