Women's Soccer Pair Earn All-Conference Nods

Women's Soccer Pair Earn All-Conference Nods

Two Suffolk University Women's Soccer players earned All-Conference selection by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) for the 2014 season.

Freshman Jessica Harmon (Huntington Beach, Calif.) was named a third team selection as a forward, while senior Hannah McNulty (Stowe, Vt.) was named a third team defender.

Harmon took home Rookie of the Year honors alongside her third team All-Conference nod as well. The freshman striker finished with team-high in goals scored (11) and points (24).  On the season, Harmon registered multi-goal games in five of 17 games she appeared in for a total of 11 on the year. She was named GNAC Rookie of the Week on two separate occasions; October 6 and October 13. For the week of October 6, Harmon was tabbed as the top first year player in New England earning Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Corvais Rookie of the Week honors following back to back games in which she scored a pair of goals, a 2-2 tie with St. Joseph's College of Maine, and a 3-3 tie with Mount Ida College. Harmon accounted for over 50-percent of Suffolk's goals scored on the season with 11 strikes and a pair of assists. She is tied for fifth among goal scorers in the GNAC and ranked seventh in total points.

McNulty returned to form in 2014 after missing the majority of the previous season with a broken collarbone. The senior backfielder registered a pair of goals on the year, which includes converting on a penalty kick on October 4 in Suffolk's 3-3 tie with Mount Ida College. McNulty started all 17 games on the season for Suffolk. She wraps up a four year career in which she appeared in 58 games for Suffolk. She also scored her first career goal early this season in Suffolk's 4-1 victory over Newbury College to start the year on September 1. McNutly's tally that game was Suffolk's first goal of the campaign.

Suffolk finished the season with a  5-9-3 overall record. The entered the 2014 GNAC Tournament as the number eight seed with a 4-4-3 conference mark. They were downed in the quarterfinals by Lasell College, 7-0 as the Lasers went on to win their fifth straight conference championship.