Saints Sports Awards 2013: Female Team of the Year Nominees

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  • Made its second consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament.
  • Won its ninth straight UMAC Regular Season title and second consecutive tournament championship.
  • Finished with an overall record of 17-5-1 and 13-1-0 in conference play.
  • Went unbeaten vs. regional rivals Macalester and Concordia-Moorhead for the first time in program history.
  • Kelsey Kehtel and Andrea Beatt became the program's first players to earn first team NCAA All-Region accolades in 2012.
  • Had four players in total named All-Region.
  • Finished sixth in NCAA Division III in scoring offense (3.91 goals per game).
  • Kelsey Kehtel was named the UMAC Offensive Player of the Year.
  • Had six players named First Team All-Conference.
  • Andrea Beatt became the first player in program history to earn Capital One Academic All-American accolades.
  • Beatt became the second player in program history to earn NSCAA First Team Scholar All-Region Accolades.
  • Received the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 13th straight year.
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  • Made its First-ever NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.
  • Won its second-ever UMAC Tournament Championship. (Was the No. 4 seed entering the tournament).
  • Prior to this season, the Saints had not won a UMAC Tournament game since 2004.
  • Finished with an overall record of 13-15 and a conference mark of 8-6.
  • Was the only team in either the men’s or women’s NCAA Division III Tournament with a sub .500 record.
  • Erin Frase was a First Team All-UMAC selection.
  • Qualified an individual for the NCAA Division III Championships
  • Chelsea Johnson became the program’s second NCAA Division III All-American.
  • Finished 10th at the NCAA Central Region Championship for its second-best finish ever at the region meet. (2nd-1982)
  • Won its 12th consecutive UMAC Championship.
  • Won the UMAC Championship with 22 points, its lowest point total since the 2005 championships.
  • Had seven runners finish in the top 11 as they all earned All-Conference accolades.
  • Finished in the top 10 in six of the eight meets this season.
  • Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the sixth straight season.
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  • Qualified four individuals for the NCAA Division III Championships (One Indoor and Three Outdoor).
  • Qualifying three for the outdoor championships was the first time the program had multiple members competing at Nationals.
  • Swept the UMAC Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
  • Won the UMAC Indoor Championship with an all-time meet best of 334 points, which was also the most points scored in a conference meet in all of the NCAA.
  • The team swept the conference awards for the indoor meet with the Coach of the Year, Track Athlete of the Meet and Field Athlete of the Meet.
  • Had five athletes rank in the top 50 in NCAA Division III during the indoor season.
  • Won the UMAC Outdoor Championship with 337 points, outscoring the other four teams combined by 81 points.
  • 19 Saints earned All-UMAC honors during the indoor season and 18 during the outdoor season.
  • Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the fifth straight year.
  • Alec Seeley and Rachel Miller were named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team as individuals.