University of North Carolina Athletics
Scarpa Named To Preseason Best XI Team by Top Drawer Soccer
August 14, 2017 | Women's Soccer
Wubben-Moy named to freshman preseason squad.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – University of North Carolina junior forward Jessie Scarpa has been named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's Division I preseason Best XI team announced by the magazine on Monday.
In addition, freshman defender Lotte Wubben-Moy, a native of England, who will join the Tar Heels on August 23 and is projected as UNC's starter at center back this year, was tapped for Top Drawer Soccer's Freshman Best XI.
The return of last fall's U.S. U20 Women's World Cup team is significant in this year's Preseason Best XI for women's Division I soccer. Scarpa was one of many preseason Best XI selections who played in last year's U20 FIFA World Cup in Papua, New Guinea and sat out the 2016 collegiate season in the process. Wubben-Moy was a member of the English Team that played at the 2016 U17 Women's World Cup. She is currently a member of the English side at the U19 level.
First Team TopDrawerSoccer.com Preseason Best XI
GK – Casey Murphy, Rutgers; D – Kaleigh Riehl, Penn State; Taylor Campbell Isom, BYU; Rebecca Quinn, Duke; MF – Rachel Corboz, Georgetown; Jesse Fleming, UCLA; Andi Sullivan, Stanford; Emily Ogle, Penn State; F – Savannah McCaskill, South Carolina; Jessie Scarpa, North Carolina; Michaela Abam, West Virginia.
TopDrawerSoccer.com Preseason Freshman Best XI
GK – Laurel Ivory, Virginia; D – Lotte Wubben-Moy, North Carolina; Emily Smith, California; Kennedy Faulknor, UCLA; MF – Gloriana Villalobos, Florida State; Savannah DeMelo, USC; Sarah Stratigakis, Michigan; Addison McCain, Texas A&M; F – Ashley Sanchez, UCLA; Catarina Macario, Stanford; Parker Goins, Arkansas
