Niners make All-Atlantic 10 lists

Six members of the defending Atlantic 10 champion Charlotte 49ers women’s soccer team have been voted preseason All-Atlantic 10 by the league's 14 head coaches.

Seniors forward Nikki Labuda (Climax, N.Y.) and midfielder Lindsey Ozimek (Charlotte) were named to the preseason All-Atlantic 10 team.

Four members of the 49ers nationally-ranked recruiting class were named to the preseason Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team. Named to the team were freshmen defenders Whitney Bryant (Marietta, Ga.), Katie Davies (Xenia, Ohio), Samantha Huecker (Crestwood, Ky.) and Ashley Roberto (Fairfield, Ohio).

Charlotte’s 2007 recruiting class was ranked among the nation’s Top 20 by Soccer Buzz, which is the highest ranking ever for the program. The 49ers' recruiting class was ranked 19th-best by Soccer Buzz. Four members of the highly touted recruiting class were named to the A-10 All-Rookie team.

Bryant, Davies, Huecker, Labuda, Roberto, Ozimek and the rest of the Charlotte 49ers women’s soccer team kickoff the 2007 season when they host The Citadel at Transamerica Field on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m.