2021 Brevard Women's Soccer News
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Mascaro adds Sallie Riggan to Women’s Soccer Coaching Staff
July 13, 2022Brevard College women’s soccer alumna Sallie Riggan ’21 has been added to the BC women’s soccer coaching staff as Volunteer Assistant Coach, announced Head Coach Juan Mascaro. “We are thrilled to welcome Sallie back to Brevard in this new role,” commented Coach Mascaro. “She was a leader for us on the field during her playing career, and will be a valuable asset to the program as a coach mentoring our team.” -
Brevard College Places Record 167 Student-Athletes on USA South Academic All-Conference List
June 09, 2022Brevard College placed a school-record 167 student-athletes on the USA South Academic All-Conference Team for the 2021-22 academic year. BC’s 167 academic all-conference selections shatters the previous record of 129 set in 2020-21. Brevard is among the top-five schools in the USA South in total number of honorees, joining Piedmont University (215 honorees), Huntingdon College (199 honorees), Southern Virginia University (197 honorees), and Methodist University (158 honorees) in the top-five of USA South Conference institutions.
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BC Student-Athletes Collect Plethora of Academic and Campus Life Awards
May 05, 2022Over 80 academic and campus life awards for the 2021-22 academic year were handed out to Brevard College student-athletes at the college’s annual Honors and Awards celebration. See below for a compilation of academic and campus life awards garnered this year by Brevard College student-athletes.
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Brevard College Tornado Student-Athletes Honored at 2021-22 BESPYs
April 29, 2022The Brevard College Department of Athletics hosted the 2021-22 BESPYs, the college’s annual Athletic Awards ceremony on Monday, April 25 at the Boshamer Gymnasium. It marked the first in-person BESPYs awards banquet since the Spring of 2019.
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Women’s Soccer Sets 2022 Schedule
March 01, 2022The Brevard College women’s soccer team, under the direction of Head Coach Juan Mascaro Sr., Associate Head Coach Juan Mascaro Jr., and Volunteer Assistant Coach Rebeccah Rojas, has set its schedule for the upcoming 2022 season of competition.
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BC Women’s Soccer Announces Coaching Staff Additions
February 10, 2022The Brevard College Women’s Soccer team has added Juan Mascaro Jr. as Associate Head Coach and Rebeccah Rojas as Volunteer Assistant Coach, announced Head Coach Juan Mascaro Sr. Mascaro Jr. and Rojas will begin their new duties with the women’s soccer program immediately.
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Worsencroft Earns First-Team All-State Honor from NCCSIA
January 24, 2022Sophomore defender Abbie Worsencroft was honored by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA), garnering a selection onto the All-State First Team.
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Riggan Earns Divisional Honor, Hatter Selected to Sportsmanship Team
October 29, 2021Senior midfielder Sallie Riggan and sophomore defender Lena Hatter were honored by the USA South in the conference’s postseason awards. Riggan took home West Division Second Team honors, while Lena Hatter was picked as Brevard College’s representative on the All-Sportsmanship Team.
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Women’s Soccer Concludes Season with 1-0 Defeat in USA South Conference Tournament
October 26, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (9-7-3) hosted the first round of the 2021 USA South Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament, falling by a final of 1-0 to visiting Huntingdon College (9-8-1) on Tuesday afternoon at Ives-Lemel Family Field.
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Postseason Preview: Tornados Set to Host First Round of USA South Tournament vs. Huntingdon
October 25, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (9-6-3, 5-2-1 USAS) hosts the first round of the USA South Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Ives-Lemel Family Field as five-seed Huntingdon College (8-8-1, 4-3-1 USAS) makes the trip up to Brevard for postseason action.
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Tornados Cruise to Clinch Second Straight Postseason Berth
October 23, 2021For the second consecutive season the Brevard College women’s soccer team (9-6-3, 5-2-1 USAS) is postseason bound in the USA South, as the Tornados clinched a berth into the 2021 USA South Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament with a 4-1 triumph over Berea College (5-13-0, 2-6-0 USAS) on Saturday afternoon. The Tornados, who will host a postseason contest for the second season in a row, will match up against five-seed Huntingdon College on Tuesday, October 26 at 4 p.m. at Ives-Lemel Family Field.
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Tornados Take 1-0 Win in Home Finale
October 20, 2021
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Brevard Scores Three First Half Goals in Victory at Warren Wilson
October 18, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (7-6-3) completed a season sweep over Warren Wilson College (0-9-0), using three goals in the first half to propel itself to a 3-0 triumph on Monday afternoon. Ashley Royster tallied a goal and assist to help lead the Tornado offense, while Taylor Richardson and Aliyah Vaughan each found the score sheet as well. The goal marked the first of Vaughan’s collegiate career. In addition to Royster, Sallie Riggan and Abbie Worsencroft also logged assists in the contest.
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Women’s Soccer Explodes for DIII-Era Record Eight Goals in Senior Day Win
October 16, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (6-6-3, 4-2-1 USAS) scored a DIII-era record eight goals in Saturday afternoon’s 8-0 triumph over Agnes Scott College (0-11-2, 0-5-1 USAS) on Senior Day.
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Rojas Matches Career-High Save Total in Setback to Maryville
October 13, 2021
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Tornados and Scots Draw in 110-Minute Battle of Two Top Teams
October 09, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (5-5-3, 3-1-1 USAS) battled it out through a 110-minute double-overtime draw against Covenant College (7-4-2, 3-0-1 USAS) on Saturday evening in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Graduate goalkeeper Rebeccah Rojas (4-4-3) made three saves in the shutout performance – the sixth total of her Fall 2021 campaign.
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Offensive Surge Carries Tornados Past Owls, 4-0
October 07, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (5-5-2) used a season-high four goals to surge past Warren Wilson College (0-8), 4-0, on a rain-soaked Thursday evening at Ives-Lemel Family Field. Abbie Worsencroft scored her first two goals of the 2021 season, tallying the first brace of her collegiate career. Senior midfielder Sallie Riggan dished out a pair of assists, while sophomore forward Taylor Richardson logged a goal and an assist. Fellow sophomore Grace Black dished out her first career assist on Richardson’s goal, while freshman midfielder Maddie Edwards scored her first collegiate goal on Richardson’s assist.
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Tornados Blank Wolves for Third Straight Conference Win
October 02, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (4-5-2, 3-1-0 USAS) won its third consecutive USA South Conference match with a 2-0 shutout victory over visiting Wesleyan College (0-7-1, 0-2-0 USAS) on Saturday afternoon at Ives-Lemel Family Field.
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Women’s Soccer Shuts Out Piedmont to Claim Conference Victory, 1-0
September 29, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (3-5-2, 2-1 USAS) scored in the first four minutes of action before shutting out the visiting Piedmont University Lions (4-3-3, 1-1 USAS) over the final 86 minutes of action to pull out a big USA South Conference victory on Wednesday evening at Ives-Lemel Family Field. Junior forward Ashley Royster scored her third goal of the Fall 2021 season, tapping in a Tae Brown pass in just the fourth minute of play. Brown, a native of Mooresville, North Carolina, dished out here third assist of the season on the pass.
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Royster Finds Double-OT Winner for BC’s First Conference Win
September 26, 2021Junior forward Ashley Royster found the back of the net in the 107th minute on Justine St. Louis’ first career assist, as the Brevard College women’s soccer team (2-5-2, 1-1-0 USAS) claimed its first USA South Conference victory of Fall 2021, 2-1, over LaGrange College (1-4, 0-2 USAS).
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BC Drops Conference Opener in Montgomery
September 25, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (1-5-2, 0-1 USAS) fell 1-0 to host Huntingdon College (6-2-0, 2-0-0 USAS) in BC’s USA South Conference opener on Saturday afternoon in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Tornados Drop 1-0 Match to Bruins
September 22, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (1-4-2) dropped a tight contest, 1-0, to Bob Jones University (7-1-0) on a cool Wednesday evening at Ives-Lemel Family Field. Bob Jones scored the game’s lone goal as Gabriela Gonzalez scored in the 16th minute to take a 1-0 lead. Off a corner kick, Gonzalez was able to fire off two consecutive shots, the second of which off a rebound found the back of the net. It marked the first goal allowed by the Brevard College defense and goalkeeper Rebeccah Rojas in over five halves of soccer and a total of 263 minutes dating back to the first half of the match vs. Berry College on September 11.
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Scoreless Draw for Tornados in Winston-Salem as BC Defense Rides Shutout Streak
September 18, 2021The Brevard College women's soccer team (1-3-2) played to a scoreless 0-0 draw vs. NC Wesleyan (2-4-1) in a neutral-site, non-conference affair on Saturday afternoon at Truist Sports Park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Tornados and Pacers Draw at Ives-Lemel Family Field
September 15, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (1-3-1) drew, 0-0, with the visiting William Peace Pacers (2-2-1) on a rainy Wednesday evening at Ives-Lemel Family Field. The two sides played two scoreless halves in a 90-minute non-conference affair.
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Women’s Soccer Blanked by Berry
September 11, 2021The Brevard College women's soccer team (1-3) hosted Berry College (2-2) on Saturday evening at Ives-Lemel Family Field, falling by a final of 2-0.
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Knights Blank Tornados at Home
September 07, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (1-2) was held in check on Tuesday afternoon at Ives-Lemel Family Field, as the visiting Southern Virginia University Knights (1-1) shut out Brevard in a 2-0 non-conference decision by the two cross-divisional foes.
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Brown Dishes Two Assists in BC’s First Win of Season
September 04, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (1-1) picked up its first victory of the new season on Saturday evening, defeating Carolina University (0-2) by a final of 3-1. Tae Brown, a sophomore forward from Mooresville, North Carolina, distributed two assists in the contest, while Alyssa Hetherington, Taylor Richardson, and Ashley Royster all found the back of the net for the Tornados. Olivia Grisewood dished out the first assist of her collegiate career on Hetherington’s score.
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Emory & Henry Edges Brevard in Season-Opener
September 02, 2021The Brevard College women’s soccer team (0-1) opened its Fall 2021 season on the road Thursday, falling 1-0 to non-conference opponent Emory & Henry College (1-0) in Emory, Virginia.
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Spectator Guidelines & Parking/Ticket Info for Fall 2021 Brevard College Sports
August 30, 2021Due to the ever-changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brevard College has established revised spectator guidelines for Fall 2021 home athletic events. In addition, Brevard College has announced its ticketing and parking options for the Fall 2021 Football season
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Athletics Field House Officially Opens with Ceremonial Ribbon Cutting
August 28, 2021The new Athletics Field House on the campus of Brevard College officially opened its doors with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Friday, August 27. The 10,375 square foot Field House will provide locker room, offices, storage and meeting space for six Brevard College sports as well as classrooms and a laboratory for the college's Exercise Science program.
