Bloomington, Minn. – Gustavus women’s soccer junior Brittany Chase (Victoria, Minn.) was named to the MIAC Women’s Soccer All-Conference Honorable Mention team on Wednesday. It is the third straight season that the Gusties have had a player named to the honorable mention squad after landing two last season and three in 2012.
“Brittany is one of our best all around players on the team,” said head coach Laura Burnett-Kurie. “Her skill combined with work rate and leadership certainly makes her deserving of this honor and we are proud she received this recognition. Over the past three years in the program, Britt has adapted to her new position of forward with the utmost enthusiasm and energy and has embraced her role on the team strongly and has become our most consistent forward.”
Chase has indeed been a model of consistency for the Gusties, having started in 34 of a possible 35 games the past two seasons and playing in all 17 games her first year. In three years, Chase has racked up totals of six goals and two assists to combine for 14 points.
“Britt is really a multidimensional player that does so many great things that help our team,” said Burnett-Kurie. “She has the uncanny ability to play with her back to the goal, which is rare in the women’s game, she has the speed and competitiveness to get behind oppositions’ backlines and her recognition of when to play quickly compared to when to hold onto the ball is also notable.”
As part of a conference-wide sportsmanship initiative, the MIAC announced the ninth-annual All-MIAC Sportsmanship team for women’s soccer. Members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition. For the second straight season, Gustavus’s representative on the All-MIAC Sportsmanship team was senior forward Valerie Belanger (Zimmerman, Minn.).