Season Review: 2022 Michigan Women's Soccer
5/26/2022 9:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
• Team Captains: Hillary Beall, Janiece Joyner, Raleigh Loughman, Alia Martin
• Record: 18-4-3, 6-2-2 Big Ten Conference (3rd Place)
• Big Ten Tournament: Champions
• NCAA Tournament: Quarterfinals
Guided by head coach Jennifer Klein, the University of Michigan women's soccer team had one of its best seasons in program history, highlighted by a Big Ten Tournament championship, an NCAA Elite Eight appearance and an 18-4-3 overall record.
Team Highlights
• Michigan's 18 wins tied for the most in program history, and its 12-1-1 home record tied for the best home mark in program history.
• Following a 12-3-3 regular season, U-M earned the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament with a 6-2-2 conference mark and defeated Penn State 3-1 at U-M Soccer Stadium. The Wolverines then knocked off Purdue 4-1 and top-seeded Rutgers 1-0 in Piscataway, N.J., for the teams first Big Ten Tournament championship since 1999.
• Michigan won its 300th match as a varsity program with a 2-1 win over Cincinnati on Sept. 12.
• U-M advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the third time in program history (2002, 2013).
• Heading into the NCAA Tournament, U-M had a 15-3-3 record and rattled off NCAA Tournament wins over Bowling Green (3-0), Wake Forest (2-0) and Tennessee (3-0). However, the Wolverines' season ended in the quarterfinals with a 1-0 defeat against Florida State, surrendering the lone goal of the match with less than a minute to play in overtime.
• In the final United Soccer Coaches Poll, U-M was ranked No. 7. Michigan began the season unranked in the poll, but was ranked in 10 of 12 iterations. In the NCAA RPI, the Wolverines were as high as No. 6 in match week seven and were ranked No. 5 heading into the NCAA Tournament.
• U-M scored 46 goals on the season, tied for second most in program history and boasted 12 clean sheets to tie for second most in program history.
Individual Highlights
• Senior defender Alia Martin became the second Wolverine in program history to earn first team All-America honors, joining Nkem Ezurike (2013). Martin also was named a MAC Hermann Award semifinalist, becoming the third player in program history to earn the distinction (Abby Crumpton, finalist 2002; Ezurike, semifinalist 2013)
• Five players earned United Soccer Coaches All-North Region honors, with Nicki Hernandez, Raleigh Loughman and Martin taking home first-team honors. Hillary Beall and Sarah Stratigakis earned second-team accolades. Michigan and Rutgers tied for the most honorees in the conference with five.
• Six Wolverines earned All-Big Ten recognition, with Loughman and Martin earning first-team spots. Stratigakis and Hernandez were named to the second team, while freshman Avery Kalitta was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman team and Skylar Anderson was U-M's sportsmanship award honoree. Martin earned her third All-Big Ten first-team honor.
Honors and Awards
Hillary
Beall
Meredith
Haakenson
Nicki
Hernandez
Avery
Kalitta
Raleigh
Loughman
Alia
Martin
Jayde
Riviere
Sarah
Stratigakis
United Soccer Coaches
All-America (First Team): Alia Martin
All-North Region (First Team): Nicki Hernandez, Raleigh Loughman, Alia Martin
All-North Region (Second Team): Hillary Beall, Sarah Stratigakis
Big Ten Conference
All-Big Ten (First Team): Alia Martin, Raleigh Loughman
All-Big Ten (Second Team): Nicki Hernandez, Sarah Stratigakis
All-Freshman Team: Avery Kalitta
Sportsmanship Award: Skylar Anderson
All-Tournament Team: Alia Martin (Defender of the Tournament), Raleigh Loughman (Offensive Player of the Tournament), Hillary Beall
Academic All-Big Ten (24)
Skylar Anderson, Sr., International Studies
Sammi Atterbury, Sr., Sociology
Hillary Beall, 5th Year, Communication and Media
Hannah Blake, Jr., Communication and Media
Lauren Bolte, So., LSA Undeclared
Lauren Brideau, Jr., Industrial & Operations Engineering
Sarah Bridenstine, So., LSA Undeclared
Claire Dawson, Jr., Industrial & Operations Engineering
Lily Farkas, Jr., International Studies
Abigail Finn, So., LSA Undeclared
Meredith Haakenson, Sr., Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience
Janiece Joyner, Sr., Computer Science
Kacey Lawrence, So., LSA Undeclared
Emily Leyson, Jr., Nursing BS
Raleigh Loughman, Sr., Business Administration BBA
Katherine McElroy, Jr., Business Administration BBA
Izzy Nino, 5th Year, Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience
Emilee Ray, So., LSA Undeclared
Jayde Riviere, Jr., Movement Science
Sydney Shepherd, Sr., Public Health
Stephanie Sparkowski, So., Civil Engineering
Sarah Stratigakis, 5th Year, Sport Management
Dani Wolfe, Jr., Elementary Education
Sammi Woods, So., LSA Undeclared
MAC Hermann Award
Alia Martin (Semifinalist)
