Women’s Soccer
                                                Clarion’s Melissa Alonzo Named First Team PSAC-West

        Clarion University’s Melissa Alonzo was named today as a First Team PSAC-West selection as a defensive player on the 2005 team as selected by the PSAC-West coaches.
 

        The honor marks the second straight year that Alonzo was chosen as a PSAC-West first team selection. In 2005 Alonzo was an integral part of the Golden Eagle defense while also contributing a goal and an assist.
 

        “I am extremely proud of her accomplishments here at Clarion,” said Clarion head coach Nina Alaonzo, who is also her sister. “She is very deserving of this honor. With Melissa receiving this award two years in a row, it shows how she has grown as a player.”
 

        In Alonzo’s four year career at Clarion she played in more than 70 games netting a total of four goals and one assist.
Coach Alonzo concluded by saying, “I’m very proud of Melissa and she is going to be missed.”
 

CLARION NOTES: Alonzo is the daughter of Tommy and Mary Alonzo of Wichita Falls, Texas and is a senior Liberal Studies major ... Clarion finished the season with an overall record of 4-15-1 and 0-10 in the PSAC-West.

By: Ryan Smith