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 Senior sensation Kim Warner was named to the Atlantic 10 first-team All-Conference. |
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Women's Soccer Earns Four All-Conference Honors in 2003
Nov. 5, 2003
WASHINGTON, DC - Four Colonials women's soccer players were honored with All-Conference awards the Atlantic 10 has announced. Senior sensation Kim Warner (North York, Ontario/St. Joseph's) earned first-team All-Conference honors while defender Lindsay Bruno (Kensington, CT/The Loomis Chaffee School) and goalkeeper Anna Handzlik (Palos Verdes, CA/Palos Verdes Peninsula) were named to the second-team. Freshman standout Sarah Sample (Annapolis, MD/St. Mary's) was named to the All-Rookie team.
Warner, Last year's Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year tied for the conference lead in goals with 13 in the regular season. She led the league last year with 15 and finished her GW career with 41 goals, good for third-place all-time and just three behind second and four behind first. Of her 41 career goals, 15 were game-winners including a league-high tying six this season. Warner had 27 points this season tied for second in the A-10 and finishes her college career with 91 points which is third all-time at GW just five behind second place. Warner, GW's most prolific scorer in recent history, also notched nine assists in her career.
Junior defender Bruno helped lead the Colonials to a record tying 17 goals-allowed in one season. By allowing an average of only 0.87 goals per game over 19 games, GW matched their 1988 mark to tie their lowest-ever total. Bruno, who started in all 18 games she played in, had three shots and made several outstanding goal-saving stops in defense.
Transfer-sophomore Handzlik earned a starting role and an impressive 8-4-2 record. Her five shutouts were a key factor in GW's record-setting defensive season. Handzlik earned four of the Colonials-record five consecutive shutouts. She also started eight games during a GW-record nine-game unbeaten-streak. She was twice named the Soccer Buzz Elite Feet National Goalkeeper of the Week while also earning an A-10 Player of the Week award.
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Sample, an A-10 Pre-Season All-Rookie team member, finished her GW freshman campaign tied for first with three assists, second in points with 11 and tied for second with four goals.
With a winning-percentage of .647, the Colonials (11-6-2 overall, 5-5-1 A-10 7th) completed their fourth-best season in the program's 24-year history and best since 1997. The Colonials also had their best-ever start with a 9-3-2 record through 15 games.
