CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The Big South Conference office announced the 2008 women's soccer winners on Wednesday night, one day before the start of league playoffs. Five Lady Bucs earned conference honors.

Earning First-Team All-Conference was senior forward Emma Mattsson, who leads the Lady Bucs with 19 points on the season, despite missing three games due to an injury. Mattsson also leads the team this season in shots (46) and assists (5), and is tied for second on the team in goals with seven. In her four years at Charleston Southern, Mattsson has also made her mark on the program in various categories where she ranks among the best players who have come through the program. Mattsson ranks among the Top 10 in shots taken and goals made in a single season (2007 season), with 56 and 10 respectively. She also tallied a total 24 points in 2007 placing her 7th in program history for points occurred in a single season. Mattsson continues to rank among the program's best in shots taken over a career with 196, and goals in a career with 29. Mattsson earned her second honor of the season being named to the Academic All-Conference Team. In addition to outstanding performance on the field, the academic team honors players who perform well in the classroom. Mattsson was named to the Academic team with a 3.58 cumulative GPA and will graduate with a degree in Psychology.

Three Lady Bucs earned Second-Team All-Conference Honors; senior defender Brittany Bolick, redshirt-sophomore midfielder/forward Caitlin Wesnesky, and redshirt-senior forward Briana Murphy.

Brittany Bolick has proven to be a vital player on the Lady Buc defense, starting in all 76 games so far in her career which ties her for first place in program history, and with at least one game left in the Lady Buc season, she may surpass all. Bolick is a consistent force in the backfield and has been named to an All-Conference team two years in a row.

Caitlin Wesnesky has been a dominate ball-handing presence for the Lady Bucs this season starting in all 18 games so far. She has tallied a total of 5 goals which ties her for third on the team this season and has recorded a total of 44 shots so far, placing her second on the team, only two shots behind team leader Emma Mattsson. Wesnesky played a vital role in CSU win over High Point earlier this season when she hit the game tying goal in the 89th minute of regulation to send the game into overtime where the Lady Bucs were able to pull out a victory in the second overtime.

Redshirt-senior Briana Murphy has proven to be a dominating force for the Lady Buc offense this season with seven goals which ties her for second on the team, two of which have been game winning goals. Murphy scored two goals in CSU's 5-0 win over South Carolina State. She has also shown to be consistent in scoring in consecutive games when she scored goals in CSU's victory over Georgia Sothern then scored again in the following game in the victory over the Citadel. She did it again later in the season when she scored against Coastal Carolina, then followed in the next game with a goal against Radford.

CSU also saw one Lady Buc make it onto the All-Freshman team with midfielder Casey Bolduc. Bolduc has played in 17 games for the Lady Bucs starting in 13 so far this season. As a true freshman, Bolduc has taken 6 shots and scored one goal for the Lady Bucs, along with tallying one assist. Bolduc came to the Lady Bucs with strong credentials in both high school and club play, and has made the transition to the fast-paced collegiate level smoothly.

Coastal Carolina and VMI both tallied several honors this season with CCU player Ashleigh Gunning being named Player of the Year for the second year in a row, taking the award from Lady Buc Emma Mattsson who was voted in second place. The Chantileer's Emily McColl was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. VMI's Coach Bryan Williams was named Coach of the Year after his team tied for second in regular season play after being picked to finish last in pre-season polls, and VMI Keydet Olivia Moore was named Freshman of the Year, an honor that went to CSU's Michelle Dennis last year.

The entire list of honors can be found on the Big South website at: www.BigSouthSports.com.