Enos, Feldman Honored By America East
November 2, 2000 | Women's Soccer
BOSTON -- Senior forward Deidre Enos (Milton), who led America East in both goals (17) and points (36) and Terrier coach Nancy Feldman, who guided her team to a 9-0-0 league record and the regular-season title, have been named the America East Women's Soccer Player and Coach of the Year, respectively.
The announcement came on the eve of the America East Women's Soccer Tournament, which is being hosted on Friday (November 3rd) and Sunday (November 5th) by the University of Hartford. The top-seeded Terriers will take on fourth-seeded Towson at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, while second-seeded Hartford will meet third-seeded Hofstra at 5:30 p.m.
The two winners will meet for the tournament title on Sunday at noon.
In addition to Enos, three other Terriers were named to the All-Conference First Team. They were sophomore midfielder Allison Merkle (Baltimore, MD), junior midfielder Teresa Petruccelli (Flushing, NY), and junior back Megan Cross (Pembroke).
Also, freshman back Lesley Garvey (Hopewell Junction, NY) was named to the All-Rookie Team.
Finally, Garvey and junior forward Nicole Soules (Springfield, VA) were voted Second Team All-Stars.
For Enos, this marked the second year that she has been named the conference's Player of the Year becoming only the second player in conference history to win the award in back-to-back years. The other was Jessica Reifer of the University of Hartford, who won the award in 1994 and 1995.
During the past season, Enos set a school record with 17 goals, while her 36 points was one shy of the single-season record of 37 which she had in 1999.
A starter in all 19 of the Terriers' games this past season and in 80 of 81 games during her career, Enos had six two-goal games this year, while she had at least one goal in 11 games. She also led the team in game-winners with seven.
Enos, who was a Second Team All-Conference selection her freshman year and a First Team pick the last three years, enters Friday's conference semifinal match against Towson with school career records for goals with 48 and points with 114, while she is second in assists with 18.
Feldman has been the Terriers' head coach since women's soccer was elevated to varsity status in 1995.
During the program's six-year history, she has guided the Terrier teams to a combined record of 73-36-5. Her teams have won at least 10 games in each of the six years with a program best 14 wins during the 1996 season.
This year, the Terriers were 13-6-0 overall during the regular-season, while they were undefeated-untied in their nine America East games.
A year ago, en route to a 13-8-0 overall record, B.U. was 8-1-0 in the conference. Thus, the team's two-year league record is 17-1-0.
Merkle was a Second Team All-Conference selection as a freshman last year but moved up to the First Team this season after scoring a goal and adding six assists, while starting in 18 of the Terriers' 19 games this year.
Petruccelli has been a real success story this year for the Terriers. The America East Rookie of the Year in 1997 and a First Team All-Star selection in 1998, she sat out last season with a back injury. She came back this season to start 18 of the 19 games and scored two goals and added five assists. She finished second on the team in assists and was fourth in scoring.
Cross, who started all 19 games this season, was the leader of the Terriers' tenacious defense. In fact, B.U. allowed just one goal in its nine league games. Drexel scored it in a 2-1 Terrier win on September 24th. Since then, B.U. has played seven league games and outscored its opponents, 19-0. Cross also scored two goals and added an assist for five points.
Garvey was an outstanding performer on defense, as she started 18 of the team's games. In fact, even though she did not figure in any of the scoring in the Terriers' 3-0 wins over Hartford and Vermont in mid-October, she was named the conference's Rookie of the Week because of her defensive play.
Soules started 18 of the 19 games, finished second to Enos for the team lead in scoring with four goals and three assists for 11 points.
Demers, who played in only two games in her first two seasons at B.U., played in 13 games this past season and compiled a 9-3-0 record with a .859 save percentage and a 0.72 goals against average. In league play, she was 7-0-0 and did not allow a goal.
She enters the post-season tournament with a string of 378 minutes, 29 seconds of not allowing a goal.
