OFFICIAL CCAA RELEASE

CHICO, Calif. – Cal Poly Pomona head women's soccer coach Jay Mason has been voted as the 2019 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Women's Soccer Coach of the Year, headlining the annual CCAA All-Conference Team that the conference announced Thursday morning.
 
Nine Broncos were also featured on this year's All-CCAA Team, including two First Team selections in senior Ambria Pogue and junior Taylor Scott.  Senior Cassidy Overstreet and sophomore Sydney Williams captured Second Team honors while five others earned a Honorable Mention --  juniors Alyssa Carthan, Jessica Llamas, Amanda Faber and Taylor Rasmussen, and sophomore Allyssa Larkin.
 
The nine All-CCAA award winners in 2019 match the program record for most in one season, and the most since 2001.  All nine Broncos on this year's All-CCAA Team are also first-time selections.
 
Mason has engineered a 13-win season by Cal Poly Pomona in 2019, nearly tripling the total number of wins from last season and has the Broncos in position to qualify for the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship Tournament for just the fifth time in program history, and for the first time since 2014.  The most recent NCAA West Region poll had CPP at No. 4 ahead of Monday's NCAA selection show that will unveil seven qualifying teams from the West to compete for the National Championship.
 
Ambria Pogue, from Simi Valley, is the team's second-leading scorer this season with four goals, adding three assists in 19 matches.  Taylor Scott, a native of Santa Clarita, is the CCAA leader in goals (12), points (28) and game-winning goals (7).
 
Allyssa Larkin, a native of Las Vegas, Nev., is the conference leader in assists with nine, adding two goals to her name in 15 matches played.
 
Cassidy Overstreet, from Glendora, is part of a defense that has dominated opposing offenses in 2019.  Along with Amanda Faber (Tustin), Taylor Rasmussen (Orange), Alyssa Carthan (Chino) and Jessica Llamas (San Diego), in front of goalkeeper Sydney Williams (Inglewood), the Broncos have only allowed two goals in 12 conference matches, a goals against average of 0.16, posting 10 shutouts, all of which lead the CCAA this season.  In fact, Williams is ranked fifth in the nation in both goals against average (0.35) and save percentage (.903), both CCAA-bests.
 
Cal Poly Pomona, the No. 3 seed in the CCAA Tournament, will face No. 2 seed UC San Diego Friday night at 7:00 pm in the CCAA semifinals in La Jolla for the right to play in Sunday's CCAA title match.
 

2019 CCAA Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams
Offensive Player of the Year	Alexis Espitia, Sonoma State
Defensive Player of the Year	Natalie Saddic, UC San Diego
Goalkeeper of the Year	Angelica Ramos, UC San Diego
Newcomer of the Year	Riley Spitzer, Cal State East Bay
Freshman of the Year	Mika Celeste, UC San Diego
Coach of the Year	Jay Mason, Cal Poly Pomona
All-CCAA First Team
Name	Yr.	Pos.	School	Hometown
Mika Celeste	Fr.	M	UC San Diego	Pasadena
Alexis Espitia	Jr.	F	Sonoma State	Concord
Kelsey Kimball	R-Sr.	D	UC San Diego	Thousand Oaks
Sadie Ortiz	Sr.	F	Stanislaus State	Atwater
Irma Pinzon	Jr.	M	Cal State LA	Inglewood
Ambria Pogue	Sr.	M	Cal Poly Pomona	Simi Valley
Angelica Ramos	R-Sr.	GK	UC San Diego	San Clemente
Ilena Rivera	Jr.	M	Stanislaus State	Manteca
Natalie Saddic	R-Sr.	D	UC San Diego	San Diego
Taylor Scott	Jr.	F	Cal Poly Pomona	Santa Clarita
Riley West	Sr.	D	Sonoma State	Fair Oaks
All-CCAA Second Team
Name	Yr.	Pos.	School	Hometown
Michelle Baddour	Jr.	F	UC San Diego	San Diego
Sophia Bruno	R-Fr.	M	UC San Diego	Los Alamitos
Paulina Chaidez	Jr.	F	Cal State LA	Tijuana, Mexico
Sarah Emigh	Jr.	M	Chico State	Martinez
Holly Kaemerle	Jr.	F	Cal State Dominguez Hills	Torrance
Jocelyn Lopez	Fr.	D	Stanislaus State	Ceres
Lauren McDougal	Jr.	M	Cal State East Bay	Sacramento
Cassidy Overstreet	Sr.	D	Cal Poly Pomona	Glendora
Julia Pritchard	So.	M	Sonoma State	Buelton
Adyson Willett	Sr.	D	Cal State LA	Goleta
Sydney Williams	So.	GK	Cal Poly Pomona	Inglewood
Honorable Mention
GK – Alyssa Herrman (STAN), Carly Luna (CSUSB), Ashley Morton (SSU), Jordan Smith (CSUEB); F – Vidalia Abarca (CSUSB), Susanna Garcia (CHICO), Kameryn Hoban (UCSD), Allyssa Larkin (CPP), Selia Torres (STAN), Raina Wristen (SSU); M –Alyssa Carthan (CPP), Briana Daoust (CSUSM), Pikake Hix (HSU), Abbie Jones (CHICO), Camille Lidster (CHICO), Sarah Lindborg (SSU), Jessica Llamas (CPP), Caitlin McCarthy (UCSD), Jasmine Safarians (CSUMB), Sarah Savella (CSUSB), Alyssa Silva (SSU), Riley Spitzer (CSUEB), Mary Swisher (HSU), Jenna Zuniga (STAN); D – Natalie Day (CSUSB), Jordan Doukakis (CHICO), Nicolette Elliott (CSULA), Amanda Faber (CPP), Daesha Harper (SFSU), Jordan Lemieux (CSUEB), Haley McDevitt (CSUDH), Taylor Rasmussen (CPP), Lindsey Stoner (HSU).