BUFFALO — Freshman Gretta Dry of the Canisius College women’s soccer team was named to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Rookie Team, as announced by the conference office on Thursday evening.
Dry in her freshman season made 17 appearances, while making 14 starts and was one of nine Griffs to appear in every match this season. She led the Griffs in goals (8), points (20), shots (34), shot percentage (.235), shots on goal (21), and game-winning goals (4).
This season, Dry earned her first MAAC Rookie of the Week honor for her performance against Fairfield during the weekend of Sept. 17-18. The forward recorded a three-point game with a goal and an assist in the Griffs 2-1 overtime win. With the victory, Canisius’ first against Fairfield since 2010, helped the Griffs start MAAC play with a win for the first time since 2011.
Dry would pick up another honor as she was honored with MAAC Offensive Player of the Week during the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2. In that week, the 5-foot-6 forward broke a scoreless tie in the 54th minute as the Golden Griffins defeated Niagara 4-0 in a Battle of the Bridge contest Sept. 28. Next game, at home versus Manhattan, Dry’s penalty kick in the 57th minute was the difference as the Griffs won 1-0. Dry would also add an assist in the Griff’s two MAAC wins and they would move to 3-1 in the conference for the first time since 2011 and only the third time in program history.
Earlier this week, Dry was chosen for her third award of the season as she garnered MAAC Rookie of the Week credits for the second time for the week of Oct. 24-31. In Canisius’ 1-0 win versus Siena on Oct. 26, Dry scored in the 54th minute, her eighth of the year. The win helped the Griffs secure a MAAC Playoff berth, their first appearance in the conference’s post-season since 2014. Also, with the win, the Blue and Gold finished finished with eight victories, its most sine 2011 when Canisius finished 8-7-4.
Among the conference statistics leaders, Dry finished fifth in both points (20) and goals (8), and first in game-winning goals (4).
The MAAC Women’s Soccer All-Academic Team was also announced Thursday evening and 11 members of the Golden Griffins were honored.
Seniors Hannah Chesney,Sabrina Fitzgerald, Callie Good and Kathleen Lawver; juniors Shawna Adams, Taylor Kugler, Maddie Good and Julia Mullican; and sophomores Emily Czechowski, Emily Kuta and Melanie Linsamair were all honored by the conference for their academic achievements.
In order to be eligible for the MAAC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must complete two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale.
Canisius ended the regular season with an overall record of 8-8-0 and 6-4-0 in the conference. The Blue and Gold’s season came to end last Saturday, Oct. 29, with a 3-0 loss to Quinnipiac in the MAAC quarterfinals.
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