Five Lady Jackets Named All-Conference (11/5/06)
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BILLINGS, MT –Montana State-Billings placed five players on the 15-member Heartland Conference women’s soccer team that was announced Sunday.  League champion St. Edward’s and the runner-up Yellowjackets accounted for 10 of the 15 spots on the all-conference team, and the Hilltoppers swept the individual awards.

The Yellowjackets posted a school-record 13-6-1 record in 2006 and finished second in the Heartland Conference.  MSUB was represented on the HLC All-Conference team by forward Ally Stroup (Sr., Ojai, CA), midfielder Brittney Sandau (Jr., Billings, MT), defenders Abby Bennett (Jr., Livingston, MT) and Samantha Boehm (Fr., Wilsonville, OR), and goalkeeper Megan Plank (Sr., Phoenix, AZ).  Stroup, Sandau and Plank are repeat selections from last season.

Stroup	Sandau	Bennett	Boehm	Plank

Stroup finished her career at MSU Billings as the best offensive player in school history.  She holds career school records for goals, assists, and points.  This season Stroup scored 16 goals and had seven assists to lead the Heartland Conference in points, points per game, goals, and goals per game.  She was also second in the league for game winning goals and fourth for assists and assists per game.

Sandau had 10 assists to rank second in the Heartland Conference for assists and assists per game.  After three seasons her 17 career assists rank second in school history.  Sandau also scored eight goals this year, tied for seventh in the conference, to total 26 points.  She ranked fourth in the league for points and will enter her senior season fourth in school history for career points with 57.

Plank holds every goalkeeping record at MSU Billings, including career wins, shutouts, saves, and goals against average.  This season she led the Heartland Conference in shutouts and ranked second for goals against average, save percentage, and saves.  Plank set school single season records this year for wins, shutouts, and goals against average.

Bennett and Boehm anchored the Jackets’ back line that was statistically the best defene in school history.  The Jacket defense was second in the league behind St. Edward’s for goals allowed and goals against average.  They led the conference in shutouts.  MSUB set single season school records this season for goals allowed, goals against average, shutouts, and consecutive shutouts.