HONOLULU—The Big West Conference unveiled its 2021 soccer preseason coaches poll and preseason all-conference team on Thursday, appointing the University of Hawai'i to the No. 6 spot, along with two all-conference selections.
Senior forward Kayla Ryan and junior midfielder Eliza Ammendolia were appointed to the preseason all-conference squad. Ryan returns as the team's leading scorer from 2019, where she tallied seven goals, including a .542 shot on goal percentage. Ammendolia joins Ryan as one of the top returners, as she led the team in assists with four and is the top returnee in minutes played at 1,083.
The Rainbow Wahine received 65 points in the coaches' poll for the sixth-place position, while Long Beach State sits atop the poll with 106 points but only one first-place vote. UC Irvine received the most first-place votes with four but was placed at No. 3 overall.
The 'Bows will return to the pitch on Tuesday, August 17th, with a scrimmage against visiting Tusculum University on lower campus at the grass practice fields at 4:30 pm HT.
2021 BIG WEST WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL
No. School Points (1st Place Votes)
1. Long Beach State 106 (1)
2. Cal State Fullerton 104 (2)
3. UC Irvine 94 (4)
UC Santa Barbara 94 (2)
5. CSUN 75
6. Hawai'i 65
7. Cal Poly 59 (1)
8. UC Davis 51 (1)
9. UC San Diego 34
10. UC Riverside 32
11. CSU Bakersfield 12
2021 WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Name School Position Year
Eliza Ammendolia Hawai'i Midfielder Junior
Haley Brown Cal State Fullerton Midfielder Senior
Scarlett Camberos UC Irvine Midfielder Junior
Gianna Creighton UC Irvine Midfielder Sophomore
Megan Day Cal State Fullerton Defender Sophomore
Amanda Delgado CSUN Goalkeeper Junior
Leslie Fregoso UC Davis Midfielder Sophomore
Kaitlin Fregulia Long Beach State Defender/Forward Senior
Claire Grouwinkel UC Santa Barbara Forward Junior
Camille Lafaix Cal Poly Midfielder Sophomore
Kayla Ryan Hawai'i Forward Senior
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