Cobb named Midfield MVP, while Yost receives MVP honor among
league’s defenders
In one of its better seasons in recent years, finishing
runner-up in the Tri-County Athletic League with a 10-1-1 record,
the San Benito girls’ soccer team was awarded generously when the
TCAL recently announced its all-league awards as it received 11
distinctions, including four first-team selections, four
second-team selections, MVP honors at midfield and defense, as well
as the top honor for the sophomore class.
Cobb named Midfield MVP, while Yost receives MVP honor among league’s defenders
In one of its better seasons in recent years, finishing runner-up in the Tri-County Athletic League with a 10-1-1 record, the San Benito girls’ soccer team was awarded generously when the TCAL recently announced its all-league awards as it received 11 distinctions, including four first-team selections, four second-team selections, MVP honors at midfield and defense, as well as the top honor for the sophomore class.
With a total of nine MVP awards handed out — including the overall Most Valuable Player of the TCAL, which was awarded to Gilroy’s Taylor Slattery — San Benito corralled three of the league’s highest distinctions when Hannah Cobb was named Midfield MVP, Nicole Yost garnered Defensive MVP, and second-year player Victoria Perez, also a defender for the Balers this season, collected the award for Sophomore MVP.
Meanwhile, both Cobb and Yost were named to the 18-member first team as well, joining teammates in senior midfielder Sara Yamasaki and senior forward Daniela Ocampo.
On the offensive end, Yamasaki and Cobb were second and third in scoring for the Balers this past season, respectively, with Yamasaki depositing 10 goals and Cobb adding seven.
Karly Leon, who received a second-team selection this year, led San Benito offensively with a team-high 14 goals this past winter. She was joined on the second team by junior keeper Anissa Stanton, senior defender Marissa Adame and junior forward Kelly Gottron.
Sophomore keeper Marissa Espino and freshman forward Kristen Callanta were given honorable mention in the TCAL this year, while Cobb was named to the Pursuing Victory with Honor team.
