LANCASTER, PA – Johns Hopkins placed six players on the 2026 All-Centennial Conference Women's Soccer Team and head coach
Dan Weiler and his staff were named the league's Coaching Staff of the Year as the Centennial announced its end-of-season awards today. This is the 10
th consecutive year that Johns Hopkins has placed five or more players on the All-Centennial Women's Soccer Team and the 18
th time overall that six or more Blue Jays have been honored.
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Weiler and his staff of first-year assistants,
Justin Flack,
Kobe Crone and
Carly Wetzel, earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors after guiding the Blue Jays to their fifth consecutive conference title. Johns Hopkins went 9-1 in league play to earn the top seed in the Centennial Conference Tournament. There, the Blue Jays topped F&M (1-0) and Dickinson (1-0) to earn the program's 16
th Centennial Tournament title. This is the second time Weiler and his staff have earned Centennial Staff of the Year honors (2022).
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Junior forward
Gwen Rauvola and junior midfielder
Carolyn Johnson led the way for the Blue Jays on the All-Centennial Team as they both grabbed first team honors. Sophomore defender
Carolina Chao and freshman midfielders
Terren Davis and
Addi Dauler were both named to the second team, while sophomore goalie
Ella Kruntchev earned honorable mention status.
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In addition to Johns Hopkins' six All-Centennial honorees, senior co-captain
Ava Venuti was also named to the league's All-Sportsmanship Team.
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Johns Hopkins' only returning All-Centennial performer this season, Johnson is a repeat selection to the first team. She counts six goals and four assists to her credit this season to boost her career totals to 22 goals and 11 assists for 55 points. She is tied for second on the team in goals, tied for first in assists and ranks second in points as the Blue Jays prepare for the NCAA Tournament to open this weekend. Johnson is the 24
th midfielder in program history to earn First Team All-Centennial honors.
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Rauvola has emerged this season as a consistent scoring threat as she has scored six goals and added two assists for 14 points in 17 games played. All six of her goals and one of her assists came during league play this season and she assisted on the game-winning goal in the Centennial Conference title game. Her six goals in Centennial play this season led the league, while her 13 points in 10 conference games were tied for the league lead. Rauvola is the 28
th forward in program history to earn First Team All-Centennial honors.
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Chao missed the first six games of the season, but returned at the start of league play and has started the last 12 games as the anchor of a stingy Blue Jay defense. Since her return, the Blue Jays are 11-1 overall and have allowed just three goals in those 12 games with nine shutouts during that time. Chao has collected a pair of assists on the year and is the 20
th Johns Hopkins defender to be named Second Team All-Centennial.
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Davis and Dauler have made an immediate impact on the lineup as they are two of the five freshmen holding down a spot in the starting 11 for Weiler and his staff. They become the 22
nd and 23
rd freshmen in program history to be named to the All-Centennial Team and this is just the fourth time Johns Hopkins has had two or more freshmen earn All-Centennial honors in the same season (1996, 1997, 2013). They also become the seventh and eighth freshmen midfielders from Johns Hopkins to be named to the All-Centennial Team.
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Davis, controls the middle of the field for the Blue Jays and counts one goal and assist to her credit while also contributing to a defense that counts 12 shutouts in 18 games; she has played a team-high 1,440 minutes entering the NCAA Tournament.
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Dauler has contributed to a balanced Blue Jay offense as she has five goals and three assists for 13 points to her credit. She is tied for third on the team in goals, assists and points and scored the game-winning goal in 1-0 victory against F&M in the Centennial Semifinals.
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Kruntchev rounds out Hopkins' All-Centennial selections with her honorable mention nod. She has started 16 games and boasts a 0.33 goals against average and .886 save percentage on the year. She leads the Centennial in goals against average, ranks second in save percentage and counts nine solo shutouts to her credit. Kruntchev is the 18
th goalie in program history to be named to the All-Centennial Team.
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Johns Hopkins (15-1-2) will open play in the NCAAs on Saturday, November 14 when the Blue Jays host Rivier in the first round of the tournament at Homewood Field. The winner of that game will play the winner of the Christopher Newport-Hamilton game in the second round on Sunday, November 15 at Homewood with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line.
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