FRISCO, Texas – The Southland Conference announced the 2018 Soccer Preseason All-Conference Teams on Wednesday. Lamar University led the way with four total selections, including three spots on the First Team.
 
The Cards earned three automatic first team selections in senior defender Amelia Fullmer, senior forward Kelso Peskin, and sophomore forward Lucy Ashworth.
 
Peskin led LU in scoring in 2017 with 27 points on eight goals and a school-record 11 assists. She was a 2017 first-team All-Southland Conference selection and a member of the 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-Region team.
 
Fullmer led all LU field players with over 2,000 minutes played. She was a second team All-SLC selection in 2017 and a third team member of the 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-Region.
 
Ashworth, a member of the 2017 All-SLC first team as a freshman, was second on the Cardinals in scoring with four goals and eight assists for 16 points. Ashworth joined Fullmer on the USC All-Region third team.
 
Making the All-SLC Preseason Second Team for the first time was senior midfielder Julie Ocampo. The Bogota, Colombia, native appeared in all 23 games, making 22 starts. She had career highs of 13 points, including a career best five goals, in 2017 and tied for the team lead with three game-winning goals.
 
Returning players from the 2017 All-Conference First and Second teams are automatically named to the 2018 Preseason All-Conference teams at their same positions. Second team players are elevated to first team if the first team slot is vacated by a non-returning player at their same position. Vacant positions are nominated and voted upon by the conference's head coaches. Voting for one's own player is not permitted.

Preseason All-Conference First Team

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Hometown
D	Baylii Bieke*	Houston Baptist	Sr.	Little Elm, Texas
D	Amelia Fullmer*	Lamar	Sr.	Pleasant Grove, Utah
D	Kristen Ricks	Central Arkansas	Sr.	Keller, Texas
MF	Christina Arteaga*	Abilene Christian	So.	Pflugerville, Texas
MF	Nola Prickett*	McNeese	Sr.	Hemet, Calif.
MF	Shay Johnson	Abilene Christian	Jr.	Coppell, Texas
F	Dylan Owens*	Abilene Christian	Sr.	Willard, Mo.
F	Kelso Peskin*	Lamar	Sr.	Cape Town, South Africa
F	Carlota Suarez Crespo*	Sam Houston State	Jr.	Madrid, Spain
GK	Emma Roccaforte*	McNeese	So.	Nederland, Texas
AL	Lucy Ashworth*	Lamar	So.	Wigan, England

 
Preseason All-Conference Second Team

Pos.	Name	School	Class	Hometown
D	Carli Arthurs	Stephen F. Austin	Jr.	Lewisville, Texas
D	Carly English	Sam Houston State	Sr.	Red Oak, Texas
D	Michelle Mulrooney	Abilene Christian	Jr.	Lodi, Calif.
MF	Sophia Fondren	Stephen F. Austin	So.	Frisco, Texas
MF	Juliana Ocampo	Lamar	Sr.	Bogotá, Colombia
MF	Taylor Pritchard	Sam Houston State	Jr.	Helotes, Texas
F	Brittany Caserma*	Northwestern State	Sr.	Murrieta, Calif.
F	Autumn Wildung*	Houston Baptist	Sr.	Cedar Park, Texas
F	Camille Bassett	Central Arkansas	Sr.	Vista, Calif.
GK	Alanis Guevara	Houston Baptist	Sr.	Cedar Park, Texas
AL	Megan Rickert	Houston Baptist	So.	Round Rock, Texas

 
* Automatic selection – Returning 2017 all-conference member
 
The 2018 season unofficially gets underway Wednesday night in an exhibition match against Rice University at 7 p.m. in the LU Soccer Complex. The regular season will open just nine days later on August 17 against Grambling State, also at 7 p.m. in the LU Soccer Complex.
 
Season tickets and individual game tickets are available for sale now online by clicking here, on the phone at 409-880-1715, or at the Lamar Cardinals ticket office located in the Montagne Center.