BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Concord University senior Sydney Tucker, the 2024 Mountain East Conference Women’s Soccer Player of the Year, earned the D2CCA Atlantic Region Player of the Year honors, it was announced Tuesday afternoon.
 
Tucker led the MEC with 16 goals in 19 contests – an average of .842 goals per game. She was joined on the All-Region first team by four other MEC student-athletes: sophomore forward Juliette Lucas and senior midfielder Lina Jaime, both of University of Charleston; senior forward Sandra Linares of West Virginia State; and senior defender Cat Smith of Frostburg State.
 
Smith previously earned MEC Defensive Player of the Year honors for 2024.
 
The MEC also had representatives on the second team: West Virginia State freshman Sara Paris Filter; Concord freshman Marika Svensson; Wheeling senior Mary DiFonzo; Frostburg State junior Carly Gillette; West Virginia State senior Maxima Bellscheidt; and Concord senior Leah Fleming.
 
2024 D2CCA Women’s Soccer Atlantic Region Awards
D2CCA Atlantic Region Player of the Year: Sydney Tucker, Senior, Concord University

D2CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team
Pos      Name                                       School                         YR       Hometown
F          Sydney Tucker                        Concord                      Sr.        Raleigh, N.C.
F          Brooklyn Respecki                    Gannon                        So.       McKean, Pa.
F          Juliette Lucas                          Charleston                  So.       Dunedin, New Zealand
F          Sandra Linares                        West Virginia State     Gr.        Madrid, Spain
M         Grace Emanuel                         Gannon                        So.       Erie, Pa.
M         Annabelle Wunderlich                Shepherd                     So.       Red Lion, Pa.
M         Lina Jaime                               Charleston                   Sr.        Bogota, Colombia
M         Sarah Peternel                          Shepherd                      Sr.        Wolfeboro, N.H.
D          Cat Smith                                 Frostburg State           Sr.        Parsonsburg, Md.
D          Delaney Bittner                         Shepherd                      Sr.        York, Pa.
D          Bridget Curtis                            Kutztown                      Sr.        Warrington, Pa.
D          Destinee Robertson                  Gannon                        Jr.        Lacey, Wash.
GK       Samantha Merklin                     Bloomsburg                  Jr.        Effort, Pa.
 
D2CCA All-Atlantic Region Second Team
Pos      Name                                       School                         Yr        Hometown
F          Faith Matter                              West Chester                Jr.        Middletown, Pa.
F          Lydia Gable                              Shepherd                      Jr.        Felton, Pa.
F          Hannah Scardina                      Indiana (Pa.)                 Gr.        Indiana, Pa.
F          Sara París Fílter                      West Virginia State      Fr.        Barcelona, Spain
M         Marika Svensson                     Concord                       Fr.        Jaegerspris, Denmark
M         Mary DiFonzo                           Wheeling                     Sr.        Oakville, Ontario Canada
M         Carly Gillette                            Frostburg State           Jr.        Gainesville, Va.
M         Gabby Boden                            Gannon                        Sr.        Butler, Pa.
D          Hannah Shepard                      Gannon                         So.       Erie, Pa.
D          Maxima Bellscheidt                West Virginia State      Sr.        Wuppertal, Germany
D          Leah Fleming                           Concord                       Sr.        Arbroath, Scotland
D          Erin Ranegan                            Bloomsburg                  Sr.        Wilmington, Del.
GK       Morgan Sinan                           Gannon                         Gr.        Cranberry Twp., Pa.