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	November 12, 2002 LHU Women's Soccer's Brooke Rangi Named PSAC Athlete of the Year Five Lady Eagles Named to All-PSAC Teams

	(l-r) Naomi Clarke, Becky Nichols, Brooke Rangi, Danielle Smith, Katie Taylor
	(Lock Haven, Pa.) - Brooke Rangi (Kawerau, New Zealand/Kawerau College), a sophomore forward on the Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania women’s soccer team, was voted the 2002 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women’s Soccer Athlete of the Year. In addition, four other Lady Eagle soccer players earned All-PSAC team honors. Shippensburg University’s Meredith Markle was the Rookie of the Year and the Raiders’ Head Coach Guy Furfaro was named the PSAC Coach of the Year. Rangi, a sophomore forward, earned Athlete of the Year accolades and also received her first selection to the All-PSAC First Team. She leads LHU and is second in the conference with 36 points – a total that ranks third on the school single-season chart. She is the PSAC leader with 12 assists (.63/gm) and is also among league leaders in goals with 12 on the season. Rangi scored a team-best five game-winners this season, including both goals of a 2-0 win over NCAA tournament team Adelphi University and the last minute score in a regular season 1-0 win over PSAC runner-up Millersville University. In addition to Rangi, Naomi Clarke (Cambridge, New Zealand/St. Peter’s School) and Rebecca Nichols (Wind Gap/Nazareth) were selected to the First Team All-PSAC. Katie Taylor (Hammonton, N.J./Edgewood) and Danielle Smith (Johnson, N.Y./Minisink Valley) earned Second Team all-conference honors. Clarke, a junior midfielder who earns her third all-conference selection, was third in the conference in scoring with 34 points (13 goals, 8 assists). Her 13 goals is a team high and also ranks her in a tie for third on the school’s single-season list. On the year, Clarke recorded three game-winners and posted a career-best four goals against Concordia College. She is currently second on the LHU career goals list (35) and third on the all-time points list (89). Senior midfielder Rebecca Nichols makes her fourth appearance on the all-conference team, this year earning first team honors. A force to be reckoned with in the midfield, Nichols is fourth on the team in scoring with six goals and an assist. She has posted two game-winning scores, including a 2-0 win over Slippery Rock University and a 1-0 win against Shippensburg University. This year’s second team honors mark the second appearance for Katie Taylor on the All-PSAC list. Taylor, a senior forward, is third on the team in scoring having collected six goals and four assists. She is currently fourth on the Haven’s all-time points list with 85 career points. Danielle Smith earned her inaugural selection as an all-conference player, receiving second team honors. Smith anchored the backfield, helping allow just 12 goals along with posting 13 shutout wins. The second-year defender also came forward for one goal and four assists this season. The Lady Eagle soccer team is 16-2-1 and earned its fourth-straight berth into the NCAA Division II National Championships. Lock Haven went 11-0-0 during the regular conference season, and finished as a semifinalist in the PSAC Tournament. The Lady Eagles are the top seeded team from the Northeast Region, and will host regional finals against the winner of the regional first round contest between Adelphi University and Bloomsburg University (11/13) on Sunday, November 17, at 1:30 p.m. at McCollum Field.
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