Senior forward Brittany Cressman (Duxbury, MA),
junior forward Erika Eisenhut (Mohawk, NY), senior defender Briana
Bailey (Easthampton, MA) and junior goaltender Julie Gawronski
(Dunkirk, NY) were all named to the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic
Association All-State soccer team.
The quartet, who led the Dutchwomen to a final record of
19-2-1, helped the Dutchwomen capture their first-ever first Eastern College
Athletic Association Upstate New York championship.
Cressman, who earned the Liberty League's “Most Valuable
Player” award, was also named the MVP of the ECAC tournament. She finished her
outstanding career second on Union's all-time scoring list with 49 goals, 43
assists and 141 points. Her 43 career assists are also a team record as
is the 18 helpers she had this season. Cressman finished this year as the
Dutchwomen's leading scorer with 16 goals and 50 points.
Eisenhut, who is also a starter
for the basketball and softball teams, finished third on the Dutchwomen's 2004
scoring list with 9-8-26 and was a Liberty League second-team selection. She enters her final season fourth on the
Garnet's all-time scoring list with 35-20-90 and is just five points away from
taking third place away from Katie Smith, who finished with 90 career
points.
Eisenhut, a standout guard for the
basketball team and a two-year Liberty League All-Conference selection, entered
the 2004-05 campaign third on the Dutchwomen's all time list for three-point
field goals (76), was sixth in steals (145), and eighth in assists (125). Last year she helped the Dutchwomen to a
24-4 overall record, their first Liberty League championship and the first NCAA
berth in the program's 29 year history while setting a single-season standard
with her 76 steals. She came into the
year with 570 points and a 10.5 career scoring average.
Bailey, a four-year starter on
defense, was an All-Conference second team selection this year. She also finished second on the Dutchwomen's
all-time scoring list with five goals, 14 assists and 24 points.
Gawronski, who is also a softball
standout, has already smashed most of Union's all-time goaltending
records. She is first in career wins
(44), first in wins in a season (19…in both 2003 and 2004), first in shutout
(25), first in shutouts in a season (15), and first in career goals allowed
with 19. She was named to the Liberty
League's All-Conference first team this season after earning second-team honors
last year.
As for her softball prowess,
Gawronski, who still has TWO seasons remaining, is fifth with her 29 career
hits, 11th in doubles (13), 11th in triples (5), second
in home runs (11…Jill Ring finished with 14), 22nd in hits (70),
eighth in career batting average (.350), 17th in RBIs, (46), and 19th
in runs scored (47).