McDonald Named CCAA Women's Soccer Player of Year
Rachele McDonald leads list of seven CSUDH player on All-CCAA teams
November 4, 2004

CARSON, Calif.--Forward Rachele McDonald (Ventura, CA/Buena HS) has been named the 2004 CCAA Women’s Soccer Most Valuable Player of the Year as selected by the league head coaches, heading a list of seven Cal State Dominguez Hills women’s soccer players chosen to the 2004 All-CCAA squads.

Forward Rachele McDonald has been named the 2004 CCAA Women’s Soccer Most Valuable Player of the Year. McDonald finished the regular season as the CCAA leader in goals scored, goals per game average, points and points per game. Photo by Michael Foo (CSUDH)

McDonald, a sophomore from Ventura, CA, led the Toros to a 12-5-3 overall and 8-3-3 CCAA regular season record and the team’s second-straight berth in the CCAA Championship Tournament, the sixth time the Toros have qualified for the CCAA Tournament over the past seven years. McDonald finished the regular season as the CCAA leader in goals scored (11), goals per game average (0.58), points (25) and points per game (1.32). Additionally, McDonald tied for the league lead in game winning goals with four.

“Rachele has been tremendous for us this year,” says Head Coach Joe Flanagan. “We had high expectations for her this year and she didn’t let us down. We are looking forward to a great weekend in the league championship tournament, as well as two more solid years.”

Senior midfielder Nikki Szlak (Long Beach, CA/Los Alamitos HS) and junior defender Elizabeth Arreola (Redondo Beach, CA/Redondo Union HS), along with freshman forward Corrie Hirokawa (Torrance, CA/North Torrance HS) and freshman defender Sandra Lloyd (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley HS) all were selected to the All-CCAA Second-Team. Szlak recorded a team-high 8 assists, which ties for the CCAA’s top mark, and currently is third on the team in total points (14), while Hirokawa tallied 8 goals and 19 points on the year, tying for the 3rd- and 5th-highest totals in conference, respectively. Arreola, who receives her second-consecutive Second-Team All-CCAA nod, and Lloyd anchored a stingy defense that notched seven shutouts on the season, including five just last month.

Senior midfielder Kristen Walsh (Lakewood, CA/Mayfair HS) was named to the All-CCAA Third-Team, marking the second-consecutive year Walsh has earned the all-conference honor, while freshman midfielder Amy Livergood (Torrance, CA/North Torrance HS), who along with Lloyd were the only two Toros to start all 20 games, receives her first career All-CCAA honor.