Celtic Storm Alumni News

Fellows name MWC Tournament MVP
In the MWC Championship game, Katie Fellows had her best game of the year, scoring a goal and creating an own goal to give BYU a 2-1 win over UNLV. It was Katie Larkin's three goals in three tournament games which again carried the Cougars. Larkin added two game-winning-goals to her national lead (12). Kassidy Christensen assisted both of Larkins goals in their semifinal win over San Diego State.

In the United Soccer Conference tournament played at Utah Valley, Adrienne Schneider carried the Wolverines into the final with a goal and two assists in the semifinals.

Clark named WAC All-Tournament
In the WAC tournament Candice Clark was named All-Tournament for her two goal effort against San Jose State. Heather Pond also scored in the game.

In other college action, Alex Phillips had 4 saves in her first start in goal for Washington while Hailee DeYoung registered her 3rd shutout for Portland.

Photo: Katie Fellows (center) gets a hug from fellow Storm Alum Nicole Urry (#25) after scoring in the Mtn West Tournament Final

Wilson named Conference Offensive Player of the Year
Named to SoccerBuzz Elite team of the week

Tamika Wilson's list of accomplishments at the University of Wyoming continues to grow as she was named the MWC Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Wilson led the conference in goals scored during league play with 5 as well as in points with 11 in 7 conference games. She finished the regular season with Wyoming's all-time leading single sesaon record of 11 goals. She is currently 2nd all-time with 19 career goals. Wilson is the first Wyoming player to be named conference player of the year. Following her 2 goal, 1 assist performance in Wyoming's 4-1 victory over Utah last weekend, Wilson was also named MWC offensive player of the week and became Wyomings first player ever to be named to the SoccerBuzz team of the week Congratulations Tamika!

Celtic Storm Alumni News through Nov 4
Wilson becomes Wyoming all-time single season scoring leader
Takes MWC Player of the Week honors
With 2 goals and 2 assist in Wyomings 4-1 win over Utah on Saturday, Tamika Wilson (left) became Wyomings all-time single season scoring leader with 11 goals. Wilson also leads Wyoming with 5 game-winning-goals, another UW single season record. Wilsons clutch play in the last three weeks have lifted Wyoming from the bottom of the MWC table into a tie for third with BYU heading into the conference tournament. Saturdays two goal performance followed up her gwg to give Wyoming a 1-0 win over conference champion UNLV last week.

At the end of the college regular season, several Storm Alum lead their teams in goals and assists. Katie Larkin not only leads BYU but also leads the nation with 10 game-winning-goals. She leads BYU with 12 goals. Mikala Wilkes (16) leads Dixie State and PacWest Conference, Tamika Wilson (11) leads Wyoming, Katy Reineke (9) is 2nd at Utah, Jana Davis (6) leads Idaho State and Shantae Adams (5) leasds Utah Valley. Kelly Isleib's 12 assists at Utah lead the conference and is good for 2nd Nationally. Larkin, Jessica Thompson and Wilkes all lead their teams with 5 assists apiece. Thompson is also Nevadas all-time leader in career assists.

Celtic Storm Alumni News through Oct 29
Kassidy Christensen (right) continues to make an impact for BYU. Once teams started double and triple teaming BYU's Katie Larkin, someone had to pick up the slack. After BYU lost two straight to Utah and SDSU, BYU finally started Christensen who had been the 2nd most productive player despite only getting 20 to 30 minutes of playing time a game. Christensen has thrived as a starter scoring four goals in the last three games, getting the game-winner in each of those games. The freshman now has 7 goals and 4 gwg's on the year. This week she was named SoccerBuzz Elite Team of the Week and MWC Offensive Player of the Week

Tamika Wilson gets Wyoming to the MWC Conference tournament. In a do or die game for Wyoming, Wilson made the clutch play, dribbling through UNLV's defense and powering through the game-winner. The goal assured Wyoming a spot in the conference tournament. Wilson now has 9 goals and 5 gwg's on the year.

Other alumni who scored over the weekend include: Jessica Thompson at Nevada, Candice Clark scored in each of Utah State's two wins and Kelly Isleib got her first goal of the season, an emphatic game-winner for Utah.

College News through Oct 22
Tamika Wilson gets game-winner for Wyoming. Adrienne Schneider tallied three goals over the weekend and Shantae Adams (left) scored twice for UVSC. Jessica Thompson got her first goal of the season for Nevada. Candice Clark also scored for Utah State. In her first start, Kassidy Christensen scored twice for BYU in their win at Air Force. Katie Fellows also scored. In goal, Hailee DeYoung earned her 2nd shutout against St Mary’s while Lynzee Lee earned her 5th shut out for Utah.

Storm players continue to lead MWC
Katie Larkin (BYU), Tamika Wilson (Wyoming) and Katy Reineke (Utah) are in the Top 5 in goals scored in the Mountain West Conference

Mikala Wilkes sets Record, named PacWest Conference Player of the Week

On Wednesday, October 10th, Storm Alum Mikala Wilkes, a sophomore at Dixie State College set a conference record by scoring four goals against Hawaii Pacific. Wilkes (right in red) upped her team lead to 14 goals and is now tied for 11th in NCAA Division II in goals per game. Wilkes leads the PacWest Conference in points (32), goals (14), and is tied for third in assists (4). Wilkes also led the Rebels in goals a year ago as a freshman with 8 from the center mid position. Wilkes was a member of both Celtic Storm's 88 and 87 Premier teams over the years.

Katy Reineke named Soccerbuzz and MWC Offensive Player of the Week

Jana Davis Boehler, Katie Larkin, Mikala Wilkes and Tamika Wilson each added to their team lead in goals by scoring last weekend. Larkin also added to her national lead in game-winning-goals getting her 10th of the year against TCU. Its was her first less dramatic game-winner as the nine previous came in one point contests or in the form of late game heroics. For Dixie, Wilkes poured in four goals in one game while Jessica Nelson tallied her first goal of the year in an important equalizer. Jessica Thompson (left) became Nevadas all-time leader in assists in their game against San Jose St. Hailee DeYoung went the full 90 in goal for Portland. Lynzee Lee earned her sixth shutout of the year in Utah’s win over BYU.

Katie Larkin named Soccerbuzz and MWC Offensive Player of the Week

Goal of the Year
Over the weekend Storms Katie Larkin (right) scored quite possibly the goal of the year in college soccer.
In the 88th minute, Larkin hit a perfectly placed chip shot from the right corner of the penalty box into the upper left corner of the net to give BYU a 2-1 win over Utah State. It was Larkins 8th game-winner of the year. She leads the MWC and the entire country in game-winning goals.

Lynzee Lee Nets Conference Defensive Player of the Week Honors

Karissa Henage also got her 2nd goal of the year while Jana Davis Boehler got her 5th for Idaho State. Deborah Benson tallied her 3rd of the year for Mesa State. Mikala Wilkes got her team-leading 10th of the year for Dixie State in their win over Utah Valley.

College News week 5
Another game, another game-winner for Larkin
Katie Larkin now has 7 game-winners from 8 goals on the year.

Center back Karissa Henage scored a late game tying goal for Idaho State at Gonzaga. Kilee Quigley (left) sent in the corner which found the head of Henage for the dramatic scores in the 86th minute. In the next game it was Jana Davis Boehler who scored the equalizer
(4th of the year) for the Bengals at Washington State.

Shantae Adams (UVSC) and Kassidy Christensen (BYU) each notched their 3rd goals of the year. Katy Reineke (right) scored her 6th of the year against Boise St.

Goalkeeper Hailee DeYoung got her first start at Portland

Larkin, Reineke and Tamika Wilson all remain in the Top 5 scoring leaders in the Mountain West Conference

Getting Defensive; Storm Alumni Shine in Defensive Rolls
Several Storm players are making a huge impact defensively for their college teams.
At BYU, Hermann Trophy candidate Jessica Harmon leads the back line which has yet to allow a goal in the run of play through nine games. Even with a strong start, BYU’s defense got even better in the third week as freshman Nicole Urry was put in the lineup as a side back. Despite her youth, Urry brings added speed and skills to the Cougars back four.
Idaho State made an important transformation last weekend as freshman Karissa Henage (left)was inserted to the starting line up as a center back where she immediately organized and improved the Bengals back four. After leading the back line which only allowed one goal at the Idaho State Classic, Henage was named to the All-Tournament Team. Although a freshman, Henage has shown just how valuable her tactical intelligence, leadership and tenacity are to her team
At Utah, another freshman has made an impact in the Utes defense. After allowing 9 goals over three prior games, Nicole Cardon got her first start against Oregon. With Cardon as a starter the Utes earned two straight shutouts as the back line helped Lynzee Lee in goal. Cardon also got her first assist on the weekend.

College Week 4 Update
Offensively, Tamika Wilson (left) scored four goals over the weekend leading Wyoming to two victories. Wilson had a hat-trick against Jacksonville then tallied another goal against Akron. After her hat trick, Coach Anne Moore said"Tamika was just amazing today," Moore said. "She did a great job finishing today which she had worked on all week. She showed today how strong she is and making the most of her opportunities."

After Katie Larkin (BYU) scored four game-winners for the Cougars in seven days. She tallied both goals in last nights 2-1 win. Larkin now has 7 goals (6 game-winning goals on the season). On Saturday, Katy Reineke took over the game by scoring two goals in four minutes to bring Utah back after 2-0 deficit to Washington. On Friday, Jana Davis Boehler and Kilee Quigley notched goals for Idaho State in their 2-1 win. On Thursday, Amber Nordhagen (right) scored BYU-Hawaii's gwg in their win over Dixie State. Mikala Wilkes scored twice for Dixie on the weekend.