Rock Hill, S.C.----The South Atlantic Conference announced the women's soccer regular season award winners Wednesday morning, with six Wingate University Bulldogs picking up all-conference accolades. Audur Halldorsdottir and Katie Ensalaco are first team selections, while Tilde Wahrenberg is a second team honoree. Amelia Forsling, Avery Brown and Sydnee Barndt pick up third team recognition.

Ensalaco has started all 18 games for the Bulldogs, playing over 1500 minutes. The senior has four goals and three assists, ranking second on the team in goals, assists and points. She has a pair of game-winning goals. Ensalaco handed out an assist in back-to-back games against Coker and Mars Hill. She scored a pair of goals in the Tusculum win, while striking again in the Anderson victory. She scored another goal against Newberry in the regular season finale, while notching an assist in the SAC Tourney quarterfinal victory against LMU.

Halldorsdottir has also started all 18 games for the Bulldogs, piling up six goals and four assists. The junior leads the team in goals, assists and points. Halldorsdottir had an assist against Belmont Abbey, while scoring a goal against USC Aiken. She had a goal and two assists in the Mars Hill victory, while scoring in back-to-back games against nationally-ranked opponents in North Georgia and Catawba. Halldorsdottir added a goal in the Catawba game, while registering a goal and an assist in the SAC Tourney win over LMU.

Wahrenberg has started all 15 games she has appeared in this year, playing over 1200 minutes. She has three goals on the season, adding an assist. Two of her goals went for game winners. Wahrenberg scored in the season-opening win against Barton. She had a goal and an assist in the Tusculum victory, while also scoring in the SAC Tournament win against LMU.

Forsling has started all 15 games she has appeared in this season, playing over 1250 minutes in goal for the Bulldogs. She has piled up 55 saves on the year, posting a 0.86 goals-against average and .821 save percentage. Forsling has five shutouts on the season. She ranks third in the SAC in goals-against average and shutout percentage, while ranking fourth in save percentage.

Brown has started all 18 games this season, leading the team with 1575 minutes played. The senior has played a huge role in a Wingate defense that has allowed just 1.06 goals per game. The 'Dogs have piled up eight shutouts on the season, allowing just one goal over their last four games.

Barndt has also started all 18 games this year, ranking second on the team with 1571 minutes played. Another key factor in the league's fourth-ranked defense, Barndt also has a goal on the year, taking 6 shots including six shots on goal. Barndt scored a goal in the SAC contest at Coker.

Wingate is back in action Friday, taking on Catawba in the semifinals of the SAC Tournament at 5 p.m. at the Matthews SportsPlex. The winner of that contest will advance to the SAC title match Sunday at 4 p.m. in Matthews.

2026 Women's Soccer All-SAC

First Team
F – Bree Ehmer, Catawba
F – Cadence Setzer, Catawba
F – Leah Krugh, Mars Hill
F – Audur Halldorsdottir, Wingate
MF – Ella Matthews, Catawba
MF – Mya Rivera, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Isabella Rychel, Coker
MF – Katie Ensalaco, Wingate
D – Ali Skinner, Catawba
D – Lucy Hack, Catawba
D – Donna van der Zalm, Lincoln Memorial
D – Lauren Monday, Anderson
GK – Rhyan Parkin, Coker

Second Team
F – Olivia Shannon, Carson-Newman
F – Paige Branam, Lincoln Memorial
F – Kalyssa Carter, Emory & Henry
F – Kaitlyn Gregory, Anderson
MF – Ava Hartman, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Ella Wilke, Coker
MF – Tilde Wahrenberg, Wingate
MF – Grace Sykes, Coker
D – Rosa Gonzalez, Lenoir-Rhyne
D – Alayna Corbitt, Carson-Newman
D – Emma Rainey, Carson-Newman
D – Skylar Noll, Lenoir-Rhyne
GK – Lexie Guy, Mars Hill

Third Team
F – Kennedy McGuire, Catawba
F – Sifa Morgan, Carson-Newman
F – Lucia Hidalgo, Lenoir-Rhyne
F – Elizabeth Butler, Lincoln Memorial
MF – Malia Kim, Carson-Newman
MF – Alexis Cagno, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Kennedy Flowers, Lenoir-Rhyne
MF – Edie Wilds, Lincoln Memorial
D – Avery Brown, Wingate
D – Sydnee Barndt, Wingate
D – Reese Robinson, Catawba
D – Mary Eunice, Lincoln Memorial
GK – Amelia Forsling, Wingate

Offensive Player of the Year – Bree Ehmer, Catawba
Defensive Player of the Year – Ali Skinner, Catawba
Freshman of the Year – Olivia Shannon, Carson-Newman
Coach of the Year – Nick Brown, Catawba

All-SAC Selections by School

Catawba – 7
Lenoir-Rhyne – 7
Wingate – 6
Carson-Newman – 5
Lincoln Memorial – 5
Coker – 4
Anderson – 2
Mars Hill – 2
Emory & Henry – 1