Moss, Cabana, Beckett headline list of four Polar Bears named All-Region by United Soccer Coaches

By Wes Mayberry 

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ADA — Ohio Northern senior Becky Moss (Lebanon/Mount Notre Dame), juniors Kylie Cabana (Dexter, Mich.) and Jill Roberts (Bellbrook/Carroll) and sophomore Alyssa Beckett (Monroe) earned NCAA Division III All-Region VII accolades for 2022 by United Soccer Coaches.

Moss, Cabana and Beckett were named to the All-Region First Team, and Roberts was a Second Team selection.

This marks the first All-Region accolades for Moss, Cabana and Roberts. Beckett was named to the All-Region Second Team as a freshman last season.

Moss put together an outstanding senior season in 2022, earning First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors as the conference's Goalkeeper of the Year. She played all 1,910 minutes of ONU's 21 games, recording a program single-season record 15 shutouts, including a stretch of nine straight from Oct. 12 to Nov. 12. A member of the OAC All-Tournament Team and a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree, Moss finished the season with 48 saves, a 0.42 GAA and .842 save percentage. She led the OAC in GAA and ranked second in save percentage.

Moss' 15 career shutouts rank ninth all-time at ONU, and her 0.42 GAA is second-lowest for a single season in program history.

Cabana was a key member of the ONU defense that limited opponents to 5.6 shots, including just 2.6 on goal, per game in 2022 and was selected to the All-OAC First Team as Co-Defender of the Year in the conference. An All-OAC Third Team and Academic All-OAC selection as a sophomore, she finished tied for the team lead with 18 points on the season. She started all 21 games, tallying six goals and six assists en route to earning CSC Academic All-District honors. Her assist total ranked tied for fourth in the OAC.

Cabana has started 42 of her 44 career games and will enter her senior season with 29 points on nine goals and 11 assists.

Beckett joined Moss and Cabana in receiving conference superlative honors this season, as she earned her second straight All-OAC First Team selection as the conference's Midfielder of the Year. She started 17 games this season, finishing with a team-high eight goals and matching Cabana with 18 points to go with two assists. The point total ranked tied for ninth in the OAC, and she ranked tied for eighth in the conference in goals.

Through two seasons, Beckett has 28 points on 12 goals and four assists in 40 games, including 39 starts.

Roberts, a forward, was an All-OAC First Team and OAC All-Tournament Team selection this season. She tallied 15 points on six goals and three assists and scored the game-winning goal in the OAC Tournament championship game. The three-time All-OAC selection joined Moss and Cabana as a CSC Academic All-District honoree for 2022.

Roberts has started in all 54 games in her ONU career and has 31 points on 12 goals and seven assists to her credit.

The Polar Bears finished the 2022 season 14-2-5 overall and were OAC regular season co-champions with Capital, posting a 7-0-2 mark in conference play. They won their second straight OAC Tournament championship to clinch an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to the second round for the second consecutive year.