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S-47-05-06
Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Six Members of Elizabethtown College Women’s Soccer Team on All-Commonwealth Conference Teams; Brooke Dotterer Rookie of the Year; Barry Dohner Coach of the Year 

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Six members of the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team have been named All-Commonwealth Conference honorees, with four members making the all-conference first team and two making the second team. Additionally, Etown first-year student Brooke Dotterer (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) has been named the conference’s Rookie of the Year, and Blue Jay head coach Barry Dohner has been named the Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year. It is the fifth time Dohner has received conference Coach of the Year honors.

The Etown players on the All-Commonwealth First Team include junior forward Keeley Trumbo (Chester Springs, PA/Great Valley), midfielder Dotterer, junior defender Dana Moyer (Harleysville, PA/North Penn) and senior defender Lindsay Brown (Myerstown, PA/ELCO). Making the All-Commonwealth Second Team for Etown are first-year forward Jenna Russo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) and senior midfielder Heather Newswanger (Pine Grove, PA/Pine Grove Area).

Trumbo makes her first appearance on an all-conference team this year after a breakthrough season where she is leading Etown in goals with 10 and in points with 24. She also has four assists and a team-high total of three game-winning goals in 2005. In 2004, she scored three goals and had two assists for eight points, and she tallied five goals and one assist for 11 points in 2003.

Dotterer has earned conference first team and Rookie of the Year honors after leading Etown in assists with six and placing third on the team in goals scored with eight and in a tie for second in points with 22. She has totaled two game-winning goals in 2005.

Moyer has been an all-conference player every season of her collegiate career thus far, as she was also a first team honoree in 2004 and a second team member in her rookie year of 2003. She was also an NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team honoree in 2004. In 2005, she has scored three goals and tallied three assists for nine points from the backfield. In her career, she has six goals, five assists and 17 points.

Brown has earned all-conference recognition for the first time in her collegiate career this season. The senior has tallied three goals, three assists, nine points and one game winning goal from the backfield in 2005. In her career, she has totaled eight goals, five assists and 21 points.

Russo has earned all-conference second team recognition as a first-year student in 2005 after placing second on the team in goals with nine and placing in a tie for second on the team in points with 22. She also has four assists and two game-winning goals this year.

Newswanger has been named to the All-Commonwealth Second Team for the first time in her career this year as well. The Etown senior has five goals, four assists, 14 points and two game-winning goals in 2005. In her career, she has totaled 10 goals, 10 assists and 30 points.