St. John's University Athletics
Tara Mendoza Named To NSCAA All-Region Team
12/16/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Dec. 16, 2007
QUEENS, N.Y. - St. John's women's soccer player Tara Mendoza has named to the 2007 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Northeast Region Third Team.
"Tara has made a tremendous amount of improvement in her first two seasons at St. John's due to her diligence and hard work," head women's soccer coach Ian Stone said. She has really embraced the concept of working at her game on a year-round basis."
The sophomore played in all 19 games for St. John's this past season. The defender scored one goal, the first of her career, and tallied two points on the year. The goal was the game-winner over league foe Pittsburgh on Sept. 30, 2007. Anchoring a stingy back line, Mendoza helped lead a defensive unit that posted eight shutouts and a 0.85 goals against average.
This honor is the second of the season for the Valley Stream, N.Y., native, who was named to the All-BIG EAST third team.
The 2007 St. John's women's soccer team concluded its 2007 season setting program records with six BIG EAST wins and eight home victories. In addition, the team's 11 wins on the year is tied for the third-most in St. John's history. One of the Red Storm's biggest wins of the year was a 1-0 victory over then-No. 18 UConn. The win against the Huskies was the first for the Red Storm since 1994.
