St. John's University Athletics
Daly, Kearney-Perry, Whipp Among Nation's Best
10/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
QUEENS, N.Y. - In the midst of one of the finest season's in program history, a pair of St. John's Women's Soccer standouts has been ranked among the nation's best, finding spots in the Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Top 100.
Rachel Daly has cracked the top 10, checking in at no. 9 in the country, while Georgia Kearney-Perry also finds herself inside the top 20, moving up to no. 19.
In addition Lucy Whipp has been recognized as one of the NCAA's best rookies, checking in at no. 28 in the Freshmen Top 100.
Daly, who was ranked 36 in the website's preseason rankings, has shot up the standings as a result of her recent offensive explosion. In 14 games this season, Daly has 15 goals, good enough for second in the nation overall. The senior forward has recorded a goal in six of her last seven games, five of which have been multi-goal efforts.
Earlier this season, Daly became the leading career goal scorer in St. John's history despite playing just three seasons in Queens. She continues to build upon that lead with 46 tallies in a Red Storm uniform and is currently tied for second among the NCAA's active career leaders in goals per game (0.85).
Kearney-Perry, who checked in at no. 20 in the preseason, has risen in the rankings thanks to her role in leading one of the nation's most stifling defensive units. Sporting a goals against average of just 0.50, the Red Storm ranks second in the BIG EAST and 15th in the nation in that category. Kearney-Perry has been an integral part of the Red Storm's 10 clean sheet victories this season, tying the record for the most shutouts during any one campaign in program history. The reigning BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year was named the conference's defensive player of the week on Sept. 28 and has found a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll one time this season.
Whipp has lived up to high expectations so far in her freshman season, ranking third on the team with seven points on two goals and three assists. The Ormskirk, England, native has played in all 14 matches for the Red Storm, making 13 starts. For her efforts against Fairleigh Dickinson (one goal, one assist), she was named the BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on Sept. 21. That match marked the first of three straight with a point for the Everton product.
The Red Storm has a critical road match this weekend, traveling to The Windy City for a Sunday contest with DePaul that could have series postseason seeding implications.
