2016 NSCAA DIVISION III ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College's
Emily Gregg (SR, River Falls, Wis.) was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division III All-America Team as a second-team defender, it was announced on Thursday.
Earlier this season, Gregg was named as a first-team honoree on the
NSCAA All-North Region squad, and to theÂ
All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team. Gregg was also named as an All-MIAC honorable-mention selection in 2015.Â
It's the third year in a row that Augsburg has had a women's soccer player earn NSCAA All-America honors;
Marie Fitzgerald was a third-team honoree in 2015 and
Molly Allen was a third-team honoree in 2014.
Gregg developed a reputation as one of the best defensive sweepers in the MIAC – the last line of defense between the opponent's offense and the goalkeeper. She was part of a defense that helped produce 15 team shutouts, while allowing just 10 goals and a 0.44 team goals against-average – all three totals second-best
among MIAC teams in overall statistics this season. Augsburg's team GAA is 18th-best
among NCAA Division III teams nationally, and its 14 shutouts are tied for 13th-most in Division III.
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Gregg's 1,884 minutes played (85.6 minutes per-game) led the team, and she finished with two goals and one assist for five points, including a game-winning goal, this season. In her 81 career games (79 starts), she finished her career with three goals and seven assists for 13 points, and was a part of 45 team shutouts and a 0.70 team goals-against-average.
A team co-captain this season, Gregg was a leader for an Augsburg squad that went 18-5-0 overall and 8-3-0 in MIAC play, winning the MIAC's postseason playoff championship and advancing to the NCAA Division III national tournament, both accomplishments for the second time in a three-year span. Under 18th-year head coach
Mike Navarre, the Auggies reached the second round of the NCAA tournament, and the team's 18 victories were the most in a single season in school history.
(NOTE: Information in this story taken from Augsburg's 2016 All-Region release.)
