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Oldham, Feldman Highlight Women’s Soccer All-PL Accolades
October 29, 2021 | Women's Soccer
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Fresh off securing the program's fourth Patriot League regular season championship, the Boston University women's soccer program had nine Terriers earn All-Patriot League recognition and two major award winners, the league announced on Friday afternoon.
Senior Jenna Oldham was named the 2021 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, and also earned a spot on the First Team, while Head Coach Nancy Feldman was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year.
In addition to Feldman, eight Terrier student-athletes were named to All-Patriot League teams, the most in the league. BU had representation on all three teams.
Sophomore Abigail McNulty joined Oldham on the First Team. Junior Julianna Stureman and sophomore Lily Matthews garnered Second Team honors. BU had four Terriers on the Third Team: seniors Amy Thompson and Elle Conlin, and juniors Geovanna Pereira and Ashley Buck.
JENNA OLDHAM
Senior Jenna Oldham was named the 2021 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, and also earned a spot on the First Team, while Head Coach Nancy Feldman was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year.
In addition to Feldman, eight Terrier student-athletes were named to All-Patriot League teams, the most in the league. BU had representation on all three teams.
Sophomore Abigail McNulty joined Oldham on the First Team. Junior Julianna Stureman and sophomore Lily Matthews garnered Second Team honors. BU had four Terriers on the Third Team: seniors Amy Thompson and Elle Conlin, and juniors Geovanna Pereira and Ashley Buck.
JENNA OLDHAM
- Oldham becomes the seventh Terrier in program history to be named the Defensive Player of the Year. Overall, a Terrier has earned the honor 11 times now.
- She is the third to win the award in the Patriot League, and the first since Rachel Bloznalis in 2017.
- This is Oldham's second First Team selection as well after she was picked for the 2020-21 squad.
- The Lithia, Florida, native leads BU with seven assists and 15 points, and is tied for the team lead with four goals while starting all 18 games this fall.
- Oldham has also helped guide a Terrier defense that has allowed just six goals in nine Patriot League matches, registering three shutouts. BU has allowed more than one goal in just one league contest.
- Feldman collects her third-career Patriot League Coach of the Year honor, and her 12th total Coach of the Year award as BU's head coach.
- In her 27th season, Feldman guided the Terriers to their fourth Patriot League regular season title and 14th regular season championship in program history.
- BU went 6-1-2 against league foes in the regular season and went 10-5-3 overall for its first double-digit win season since 2018.
- After the Terriers' win over Yale earlier this month, Feldman moved into 12th place all-time in NCAA history in career wins at the Division I level. She enters the Patriot League Tournament on an eight-game unbeaten streak with 417 wins at BU under her belt.
- Oldham and McNulty earn First Team honors to become the first duo represented since Anna Heilferty and Dorrie Varley-Barrett in 2018.
- Oldham also becomes the first Terrier since Bloznalis to snag a spot on the First Team in consecutive years.
- McNulty, who earns her first-career All-League award, is second on the team with six assists and 10 points, and has scored two goals.
- All six of her assists as well as one goal came against conference foes, including two helpers at Army on Wednesday.
- Stureman and Matthews each record their first All-League spots in their respective careers.
- After starting six of her first 23 games in two seasons, Stureman started 15 games for the Terriers in the regular season, playing over 1,150 minutes.
- She also earned an assist in BU's 2-1 victory over New Hampshire on Sept. 12.
- Matthews tallied a goal and an assist while playing in all 18 games, making 13 starts.
- She picked up her first collegiate point in the 3-1 triumph over Navy, then scored her first-career goal with less than three minutes left in regulation in BU's 2-2 draw at Bucknell.
- BU's four selections on the Third Team were the most for any Patriot League program.
- Thompson earns a spot during her first season at BU, a year where she has totaled four goals and an assist to this point.
- Conlin totaled 1,416 minutes during the regular season, most on the team. She has started every game since her sophomore year.
- Buck also played major minutes on BU's back line, compiling 1,340 minutes while aiding in the Terriers' six shutouts on the year.
- Pereira has notched three goals and two assists so far in her junior year, including her brace on Wednesday to beat Army and seal the regular season championship.
- BU, the No. 1 seed in the 2021 Patriot League Tournament, hosts a semifinal match at Nickerson Field on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.
- The Terriers will face the lowest remaining seed following Sunday's quarterfinal matches.
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