ATLANTA (October 25, 2023) – The University of North Alabama women's soccer team earned seven postseason awards from the Atlantic Sun Conference, including ASUN Goalkeeper of the Year, five All-ASUN selections and an all-freshman team selection, the league office announced on Wednesday. 
 
North Alabama goalkeeper Adriana Wright took home the ASUN Goalkeeper of the Year award for the 2023 season. Wright led the Atlantic Sun Conference in goals against average (0.579), shutouts (11) and ranked third in save percentage (0.847). Wright torched the record books in her first season with UNA, reaching new marks for most shutouts in a season, setting the record for consecutive scoreless minutes in UNA's Division I era twice this season and helped set the program Division I record for a consecutive unbeaten streak at eight. Wright finished the regular season ranked second in shutouts in the NCAA. The senior was also a first team All-ASUN Selection. 
 
UNA senior Alice Bussey joined Wright on the first team All-ASUN squad, earning All-ASUN honors for the second consecutive season. Bussey was selected to the All-ASUN third team last season and wrapped up 2023 as one of the three best forwards in the conference, as voted on by the coaches. Bussey rounded out her senior campaign with a team-leading seven goals and 17 points. Bussey also added three assists and an ASUN-leading 26 shots on goal. Bussey was nationally ranked in game-winning goals with five, good enough for the seventh-best mark in all of Division I soccer. 
 
Graduate defender Hannah Guthrie was the lone Lion tabbed to the All-ASUN second team. Guthrie tied for the UNA lead with four assists and was second on the team in points following career best point production in 2023. Her four assists also ranked third in the ASUN. The Gulf Shores native has contributed in all five of her seasons at North Alabama, appearing in 79 matches with 75 starts. 
 
Briana Eads also took home honors for the Lions, as she was a third team All-ASUN selection at defender. Eads started in all 19 matches for the Lions in 2023, playing in all but 21 regular season minutes during her first season with the program. Eads was a key part of a North Alabama defense that allowed just 11 goals and 72 shots on goal this season — both marks that rank first in the conference. The defensive anchor netted her first goal as a member of the UNA soccer program earlier this season against Southern Illinois. 
 
Freshman Giada Aldini also picked up a pair of awards as she was a third team All-ASUN selection and was also named to the ASUN All-Freshman team. The Italian midfielder racked up four assists her freshman season, which ties Guthrie for the team lead and the third most in the ASUN. Aldini ranked second on the team with 34 shots and third with four points. Aldini is one of five North Alabama players to start all 19 matches and is the only UNA freshman to appear in all 19 regular season games this season. 
 
North Alabama enters the ASUN Championship as a No. 4 seed and will host the first round and quarterfinals of the tournament. The Lions are set to square off with the winner of No. 8 Queens and No. 5 EKU on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. at the Bill Jones Athletic Complex.
 
 
ASUN Awards and Honors
 
Player of the Year: Kelli Beiler, Lipscomb
Defensive Player of the Year: Logan McFadden, Lipscomb
Midfielder of the Year: Kelly Van Gundy, Central Arkansas
Goalkeeper of the Year: Adriana Wright, North Alabama
Freshman of the Year: Bella Carapazza, Lipscomb
Coach of the Year: Kevin O'Brien, Lipscomb
 
First Team All-ASUN
Name                           Pos      School
Adriana Wright            GK       North Alabama 
Reese Mendenhall       D          FGCU 
Katia Hanger                D          Lipscomb 
Logan McFadden         D          Lipscomb 
Kelly Van Gundy          M         Central Arkansas 
Ashley Labbe               M         FGCU 
Erika Zschuppe            M         FGCU 
Shelby Craft                 M         Lipscomb 
Kendal Gargiula           F          FGCU 
Kelli Beiler                    F          Lipscomb 
Alice Bussey              F          North Alabama           
 
Second Team All-ASUN
Name                           Pos      School
Sara Kile                      GK       Lipscomb 
Gabby Thies                D          Central Arkansas 
Hannah Guthrie          D          North Alabama 
Zara Siassi                   D          North Florida 
Emma Nicholson          M         Bellarmine 
Sydney Brough            M         Central Arkansas 
Lucy Ream                   M         Lipscomb 
Aniyah Mack                F          Austin Peay 
Trace Pavatt                F          Central Arkansas 
Marcella Cash              F          Lipscomb 
Paige McSwain            F          North Florida
 
Third Team All-ASUN
Name                           Pos      School
Erica Turner                 GK       Queens
Lindsey McMahon        D          Austin Peay
Ciana Miller                  D          EKU
Briana Eads                D          North Alabama
Hilda Svensson            D          Queens
Nerea de Diego            M         EKU
Giada Aldini                M         North Alabama
Chloe Lynch                 M         North Florida
Katharina Oelschlaeger     F          FGCU
Tianna Rivera               F          Kennesaw State
Kiara Pralle                  F          Lipscomb
 
All-Freshman Team
Name                           Pos      School
Bella Carapazza           M         Lipscomb 
Aniyah Mack                F          Austin Peay 
Megan Moudy              M         Central Arkansas 
Sydni Whitehead          M         Bellarmine 
Paula Herranz              F          EKU 
Olivia Molina                 GK       FGCU 
Lillian Young                M         Jacksonville 
Anabel Orozco             M         Kennesaw State 
Giada Aldini                M         North Alabama 
Paige McSwigan          F          North Florida 
Lucie Platt                    M         Queens
 
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