Three Kentucky women’s soccer players were named to the 2018 Southeastern Conference 2018 Preseason Watch List, it was announced by the league office on Wednesday.
Redshirt senior Tanya Samarzich, junior Gina Crosetti and redshirt sophomore Marissa Bosco were all named to the honorary preseason list representing Kentucky. The names were voted upon by the coaches in the league.
After tearing her ACL at Florida State last season, Samarzich returns for her redshirt senior season in a Wildcat uniform as one of the best strikers in the conference. She scored three goals and had one assist last season in just five games of action before her season-ending injury. The Californian was UK’s leading goal scorer in 2016.
Crosetti, also a native of the Golden State, scored one goal and had one assist last season for the Wildcats. She is one of the hardest-working midfielders in the conference with a workrate that is unmatched around the country.
Bosco, a native of Illinois, is back healthy for the first time since the end of her freshman campaign in 2016 and eager to return to the field. A lightning rod in the Kentucky attack, Bosco scored multiple crucial and skilled goals in her freshman season before suffering an offseason injury that sidelined her for the entirety of the 2017 team. Bosco was so influential that even though she never played a minute last season, she was still a captain on Ian Carry’s first team at UK in 2017.
UK opens the season on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. ET vs. SIUE live on the SEC Network+. The game is at the Bell Soccer Complex and tickets are available now through the UK Ticket Office.
2018 SEC Watch List
Alabama
Abbie Boswell – Forward
Christina Maartensson – Midfielder
Taylor Morgan – Midfielder
Emma Welch – Midfielder
Casey Wertz – Forward
Arkansas
Stefani Doyle – Midfielder
Parker Goins – Forward
Taylor Malham – Forward
Haley VanFossen – Defender
Auburn
Bri Folds – Forward/Midfielder
Sarah Le Beau – Goalkeeper
Alyssa Malonson – Forward/Midfielder
Florida
Parker Roberts – Midfielder
Deanne Rose – Forward
Rachelle Smith – Defender
Georgia
Kayla Bruster – Defender
Caroline Chipman – Defender
Reagan Glisson – Forward
Sydney Shultis – Forward/Midfielder
Kentucky
Marissa Bosco – Forward
Gina Crosetti – Midfielder
Tanya Samarzich – Forward
LSU
Tinaya Alexander – Forward
Caroline Brockmeier – Goalkeeper
Lucy Parker – Defender
Chiara Ritchie-Williams – Defender
Alex Thomas – Forward
Ole Miss
Channing Foster – Forward/Midfielder
CeCe Kizer – Forward/Midfielder
Marnie Merritt – Goalkeeper
Mary Kate Smith – Defender
Mississippi State
Carly Mauldin – Midfielder
Brooke McKee – Forward
Courtney Robicheaux – Defender
MaKayla Waldner – Forward
Missouri
Bethany Coons – Forward/Midfielder
Anna Frick – Defender
Sarah Luebbert – Forward
South Carolina
Elexa Bahr – Forward
Grace Fisk – Defender
Mikayla Krzeczowski – Goalkeeper
Jackie Schaefer – Defender
Luciana Zullo – Forward
Tennessee
Anna Bialczak – Midfielder/Forward
Katie Cousins – Midfielder
Erin Gilroy – Forward/Midfielder
Maya Neal – Defender/Forward
Rylie O’Keefe – Midfielder/Defender
Khadija Shaw – Forward/Midfielder
Shae Yanez – Goalkeeper
Texas A&M
Emily Bates – Forward/Midfielder
Cosette Morché – Goalkeeper
Grace Piper – Midfielder
Kendall Ritchie – Defender
Ally Watt – Forward
Vanderbilt
Leila Azari – Forward
Grace Jackson – Midfielder
Myra Konte – Defender
Jackie Welch – Defender
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