Posted: Sep 21, 2020

Tartan Women’s Soccer Releases 2020 Roster

Carnegie Mellon women's soccer players in a huddle listening to head coach

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – While the 2020 season has been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carnegie Mellon University head women's soccer coach Yon Struble, in his 11th year at the helm of the Tartans, has released the roster for the 2020-2021 academic year.

View the 2020 Women's Soccer Roster

Below are a few facts about the makeup of the 33-member women's soccer team.

Class Years: Seniors (5); Juniors (9); Sophomores (10); Newcomers (9)

Natives Of: California (7); Florida (1); Georgia (1); Illinois (3); Maine (1); Maryland (1); Massachusetts (1); Michigan (1); Missouri (2); New Jersey (2); New York (2); North Carolina (1); Ohio (2); Pennsylvania (5); Virginia (3)

College of Study: College of Fine Arts (1); College of Engineering (13); Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences (13); Mellon College of Science (4); Tepper School of Business (2)

Notes:

The Tartans advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship, becoming the first women's team in Carnegie Mellon history to reach the semifinals of an NCAA tournament.
The 2019 appearance in the NCAA tournament marked the seventh in eight years for the program.
Camille Williams, 2020 graduate, was named a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American last season. It was the third time in program history a player has received the accolade and second for Williams, as she garnered the honor in 2017. It marked the fifth straight year that at least one member of the Tartans received All-District recognition as well.
Returner Alex Adams was named an All-American by United Soccer Coaches and D3soccer.com a year ago. Adams became the first Tartan freshman to receive the national award from United Soccer Coaches and seventh player in women's soccer history. She was also the only freshman on the 2019 D3soccer.com Team and just the third first-year player to appear on any D3soccer.com women's award list in the award's 10-year existence.
FUN FACT – Two of the three freshmen honored by D3Soccer.com have been Tartans with 2018 graduate Keely Jelinek earning the award in 2014.
Two returning players, Alex Adams and Rachel Legg, were named to the 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Great Lakes Region Team and to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Women's Soccer All-Star Team. Adams was also named ECAC Rookie of the Year.
Four players were named to the All-UAA Team last season with all of them on the current roster: Alex Adams, Rachel Legg, Taylor Cammarata and Lena Spencer
Head coach Yon Struble was named the ECAC Division III Women's Soccer Coach of the Year in 2019.

Thoughts from Head Coach Yon Struble:
"This fall is disappointing to the team for so many reasons, but with the biggest disappointment being the inability to work towards another Final Four appearance as a team. The team stayed connected throughout the summer through Zoom workouts, team meetings, book reading and more. Everyone on the team pushed one another to stay motivated in the event we would have some sort of game schedule this fall. The news that the fall season was cancelled due to COVID was obviously heartbreaking to say the least.

Since the announcement, the team has regrouped and started training twice per week under the Universities COVID protocol. Any regular fall and we're preparing for our next opponent. While challenging due to the inability to make physical contact, we're taking this opportunity to focus on individual player development. While player development is an essential part of any session, it's our ONLY focus this fall and I'm looking forward to how our team members develop.

It's our hope we have a spring season but regardless of that, our focus is on where we are as a team eleven and a half months from now."

note: The roster is as of September 21, 2020, and is subject to change.