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Four Rainbow Wahine Earn All-Big West Honors

HONOLULU – Four Hawai'i women's soccer players received postseason recognition from The Big West Saturday, led by Eliza Ammendolia who earned first-team all-conference honors.
 
Ammedolia earned All-Big West recognition for the third time in her career, while earning first-team all-league honors for the second time after receiving the honor as a freshman. Jacey Jicha was named second-team All-Big West while Amber Gilbert earned all-freshman honors and Krista Peterson received all-conference honorable mention recognition.
 
It's the sixth straight year that the Rainbow Wahine have had multiple players make either first or second-team all-conference, while Ammendolia is the 11th first-team honoree for UH since joining The Big West. Additionally, Gilbert is the 10th different Rainbow Wahine to earn Big West All-Freshman recognition while Jicha is the fourth UH defender to make first or second-team all-conference.
 
Eliza Ammendolia – First-Team All-Big West
  • Three-time All-Big West selection (First Team – 2019, 2022; Second Team – 2021).
  • Finished with two goals and an assist while playing in all 15 matches with 13 starts.
  • Third on the team in both shots (28) and shots on goal (14).
  • Has six goals and seven assists in her career with 74 shot attempts.
Jacey Jicha – Second-Team All-Big West
  • Second on the team with 1,218 minutes played.
  • Anchored a Rainbow Wahine back line that recorded four shutouts and gave up just 21 goals all year.
  • Played all 90 minutes in eight of the last nine matches, missing just two minutes in the season finale at UC Irvine.
  • Appeared in all 15 matches, making 14 starts – the most of any UH defender this year.
Amber Gilbert – Big West All-Freshman Team
  • Tied for second among freshmen in the conference in both goals (4) and points (10).
  • One of two freshmen to win Big West Freshman of the Week twice this year, earning the honor on Sept. 12 and 26.
  • Scored a pair of game-winning goals, the first against Seattle U on Aug. 25 and the second against UC Riverside on Oct. 20.
  • One of two players on the team to start all 15 matches.   
Krista Peterson – Honorable Mention All-Big West
  • Led the team and finished tied for sixth in the conference in both goals (5) and points (14).
  • Ended the regular season tied for the lead in The Big West with three game-winning goals.
  • Registered a point in eight of her 14 matches played.
  • Also second on the team in shots (29) and shots on goal (15).
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