Bucknell University Athletics
Two Bucknell Women's Soccer Players Earn All-Region Recognition
12/22/2007 7:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Dec. 22, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Two members of the Bucknell women's soccer team picked up all-region recognition from SoccerBuzz, it was announced recently. Junior forward Jennifer Dervarics (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) was named to the Mid-Atlantic region third team, while freshman midfielder Kelliann Doherty (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) earned a spot on the all-freshman squad.
This marks the third straight year that members of the Orange and Blue were honored by SoccerBuzz as Nicole Marotta (Bridgewater, N.J./Mount St. Mary Academy) and Lauren Stoller (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) collected third team and all-freshman accolades in 2006. In 2005, Jennifer Margolis '07 was selected to the Mid-Atlantic third team.
Dervarics, who was tabbed the Patriot League's Offensive Player of the Year this fall and was named to the all-league first team, finished the 2007 season with career-high totals in every offensive category, leading the Bison with 30 points on 12 goals and six assists over 20 contests.
In league matches, Dervarics recorded 12 points on five goals and two assists, which included a seven-point performance at Holy Cross where she netted her first career hat trick and dished an assist, to post the third-highest single game points total in program history. To help Bucknell to its first-ever road victory over Colgate on Oct. 20, Dervarics recorded two goals, including the game-winner. Then, in the final contest of the regular season at American, Dervarics assisted on the lone tally for the Orange and Blue in the 1-1 draw that secured the team's second consecutive regular season title.
During non-conference play, Dervarics posted the second-highest single-game assist total in program history with three in a 5-2 win over Saint Francis, Pa., on Sept. 12. The only other Bison to ever notch three or more assists in a match was Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame member Lisa Gibbons '95 as she totaled three against Scranton in 1994 and set the Bucknell record in the same season with four against Lycoming.
In her rookie campaign, Doherty played and started all 20 games, tallying six goals and three assists for 15 points on the way to an All-Patriot League first team accolade.
Doherty scored against Yale in her collegiate debut and posted a season-high four points in Bucknell's victory over Saint Francis (Pa.) with two goals in the contest. She netted the game-winner in overtime against Cornell and posted the deciding tally at Army to begin a streak of four straight matches with at least one point.
The Bison finished their 2007 campaign with a record of 11-8-1 and captured their second consecutive Patriot League regular season title.
