Roundup: Wilbraham native Brochu named ECAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year

Date: 1/8/2015

DANBURY, Conn. – Southern Connecticut State women’s soccer senior defender Sarah Brochu of Wilbraham was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

She was also named an ECAC First Team All-Star. This is the second player of the year award Brochu has received for this season, as she was previously named the Northeast-10 (NE-10) Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year.

This is the latest in a series of honors for Brochu this season, who was previously named All-New England by the New England Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer Association.

She was also selected to the Daktronics/Division II Conference Commissioner's Association All-America and All-Region teams, and is a NEWISA Senior Bowl selection.

In December, she was tabbed an All-Region selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, as voted on by the region's coaches.

For her work in the classroom, she was named Academic All-Region by the NSCAA.

In addition, she was named the Northeast-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year, First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-Conference earlier this fall. Brochu anchored an Owls' defense that merited just 0.90 goals per game and finished 11-6-2 en route to the ECAC Tournament title.

SPRINGFIELD – Senior Krista Ferrentino of East Longmeadow led all scorers with a season-high 25 points and added 7 rebounds. American International College (AIC) women’s basketball team defended their home court this weekend and came away winning the AIC Marriott Holiday Classic as they defeated New York Institute of Technology 88-62 on Dec. 22.

Ferrentino also had a double-double as the Yellow Jackets dominated from start to finish over the Post Eagles, winning 68-46 in the first contest of their holiday tournament.

She followed up the tournament with a pair of double-doubles, recording 10 points and 13 points on Jan. 3 as AIC topped Saint Rose 58-50, then draining 18 points and 12 boards, seven of them off the offensive glass Jan. 5 in the Yellow Jackets’ fourth straight victory, 76-50 over Saint Anselm.

WESTFIELD – Gabby Felix of Springfield was reinserted into the starting lineup less than a year off ACL surgery, and came up with eight points, six rebounds and three steals as Westfield State engineered a 75-43 win over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dec. 29 in the Westfield State Holiday Tournament.

“Gabby provides such a physical presence inside, and our team can feed off of her intensity,” Westfield State head coach Andrea Bertini said.