Program-Record Four Soccer Players Named All-Region

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State had four players named to the United Soccer Coaches Association Division I Women's All-Midwest Region teams.

The Cardinals set a school record for most all-region selections. The program previously had three players honored three times – 2006, 2015 and 2016.

Nicky Potts, Tatiana Mason and Lexy Smith earned second-team all-region honors, while Emily Simmons was named to the third team. The quartet helped Ball State to the MAC West Division championship and a spot in the league's title game.

Potts, an all-region midfielder for the second year in a row, led the Cardinals with four assists and also added a goal in this shortened spring season. The redshirt junior from Nuneaton, England, ran her career totals to 10 goals and seven assists.

Mason led Ball State with four goals in 10 games and also added a pair of assists for a team-best 10 points. The junior forward from Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the Cardinals' active leader in both goals and assists with 12 each for her career.

Smith and Simmons helped to anchor a Ball State back line that surrendered only nine goals in 10 games and limited opponents to an average of 3.5 shots on goal per game.

Smith, a junior from Rochester Hills, Michigan, started all 10 games and played every minute while also adding three assists. Simmons, a senior from New Hamburg, Ontario, started the first six games before her season was cut short by injury.

Ball State finished the season with a record of 6-3-1 after winning five of its final six regular season contests to secure its spot in the MAC Championship game for the second time in the past three seasons.

Program-Record Four Soccer Players Named All-Region

Players Mentioned

Tatiana Mason

Nicky Potts

Emily Simmons

Lexy Smith

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