Dash & Deschenes Named to All-New England Squad

BOSTON, Mass. - The United Soccer Coaches All-Region honors have been announced and Emmanuel College seniors Natalie Dash (East Hampton, Conn.) and Kaylin Deschenes (Lynn, Mass.) has earned Third Team All-New England accolades. It marks just the second time in program history that two Saints have landed on the All-Region during the same season, with the other occurring during the 2009 campaign.

Dash earns All-Region honors after earning GNAC First Team All-Conference honors for the second straight year after capping her career with a 21 point campaign on nine goals and three assists. Her nine goals ranked seventh in the GNAC while 21 point effort ranked tied for 11^th. The Connecticut native scored four game-winning goals to rank second in the GNAC despite missing two weeks (four games) in the middle of the year due to injury.

Deschenes becomes just the second player in program history to earn back-to-back All-Region honors after already making history in the GNAC when she became the first player in the GNAC to earn back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year honors after finishing her career strong with EC. The senior played in and started 18 games for Emmanuel and helped the Saints post a 1.03 goals against average in games she was healthy including four shutouts. She added 11 points on four goals and three assists on the GNAC First Team.

This marks just the sixth and seventh times, respectively, in the program's history that an Emmanuel player has earned All-New England honors. Deschenes earned USC Second Team honors a year ago. Kate [McKenna] Pelaggi '10 earned Third Team d3kicks.com All-Region honors in 2007, 1^st Team All-NEWISA honors in 2008 and 4^th Team NSCAA honors in 2009 while Amber [DiNucci] Slone '11 also earned 4^th Team NSCAA honors in 2009.

The duo made up two of eight players from the GNAC to garner All-New England honors. Saint Joseph's (ME) junior midfielder McKenzie Murphy (West Baldwin, Maine) and Johnson & Wales junior forward Olivia Cairrao (Bristol, R.I.) earned First Team honors. Monks sophomore keeper Adia Grogan (Kennebunk, Maine) and senior midfielder Jade Jordan (Baldwin, Maine) and JWU sophomore forward Jordan Restivo (Utica, N.Y.) garnered Second Team honors  while JWU senior midfielder Cat Nolan (Center Moriches, N.Y.) joined Dash & Deschenes on the All-New England Third Team.

Dash will graduate among the all-time leaders at Emmanuel in several offensive categories. Her 61 career points rank tied for 12^th in EC annals while her 23 goals are tied for 10^th. Dash ranks tied for 11^th in career assists with 15 and over her career appeared in 74 contests, starting 51.

Over her career, Deschenes appeared in 75 games earning 64 starts and started every game from her sophomore campaign on. She made the transition from forward to defender following her sophomore season and the change helped the Saints defense post 14 shutouts over her final two seasons. She closed her career with 42 points on 15 goals and 12 assists.

Emmanuel ended the 2019 campaign with an overall record of 10-9-1, posting an 8-3-1 mark in GNAC play to earn the No. 3 seed in the GNAC postseason tournament. The Saints advanced to the GNAC Semifinals for the second straight season before falling to the No. 2 seed Saint Joseph's College (ME), 2-1.

2019 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Women's All-New England Region