Women's Soccer Trio Garners Soccer Buzz Honors
Dec. 16, 1999
Coral Gables, FL – University of Miami defenders Deidre Bass and Lisa Gomez were named to the Soccer Buzz 1999 All-Southeast Region Second Team. IN addition, Gomez and forward Allison McWhinney were named to the All-Southeast Freshman Team.
The postseason awards are the third for the UM defensive duo, as each were also named to the NSCAA/Adidas All-Southeast Third Team and All-BIG EAST Second Team. Additionally, Gomez was also selected to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team.
Bass, a sophomore from Coral Springs (Stoneman-Douglas HS), is the lone player on the UM roster to have started in all 39 games during the program’s first two seasons of varsity competition. This past season, she finished tied for third on the team with 18 points off of seven goals and four assists. Three of her goals were game winners, in addition to recording one game winning assist. As a freshman, Bass was selected to Soccer Buzz website All-National Second Team for first-year programs.
Gomez, a freshman from Boca Raton (Spanish River HS), started all 20 games in 1999. She also finished with 18 points off of a team-best 10 assists and four goals. Most recently, she had the second-best offensive day by a UM player as she recorded three goals and two assists in UM’s 7-0 shut out win over Boise State in the ’99 regular season finale.
McWhinney, a freshman from Danvers, MA, started each of the 19 games she appeared in at forward. She led the team with 26 points off of a team-best 10 goals with six assists. Three of her goals were game-winners, while also recording two game winning assists. Her final goal of the 1999 regular season was the deciding one in a 3-2 victory over cross-town Florida International on Oct. 27.
The 1999 season was the first season of competition in the BIG EAST Conference for the Hurricanes (12-8-0, 2-3 BIG EAST). In its second season of varsity competition, Miami won more games than its 1998 overall total (11-7-1) and qualified for the eight-team post season BIG EAST Championships. UM finished fourth in the six-team BIG EAST Northeast Division and played at No. 6 Notre Dame (L, 5-0) in a quarterfinal match-up.
