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Soccer: TCU Horned Frogs take home Big 12 Conference honors

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Bella Diorio was named Forward of the Year, while Oli Pena was named Midfielder of the Year and Eric Bell was named Head Coach of the Year.

TCU soccer clinched the Big 12 Conference regular season championship with a 2-0 win over Oklahoma State on Friday evening. With the Horned Frogs gearing up for the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, several TCU student-athletes took home All-Conference honors for their efforts this fall. Among the winners were Bella Diorio, who was named the Big 12 Forward of the Year, as well as Oli Pena, who was named the Big 12 Midfielder of the Year. Head coach Eric Bell was also named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the third time at TCU.

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Six TCU student-athletes including forwards Bella Diorio, Seven Castain and Caroline Kelly, along with midfielders Oli Pena, Morgan Brown and defender Maddie Mooney, received All-Big 12 First Team recognition this season. Castain and Diorio have each scored a team-high 11 goals, with Castain adding five assists and Diorio dishing out four assists. Kelly has 10 goals and two assists in her first season with the Horned Frogs, while Pena has two goals and a team-high nine assists. The freshman standout Brown has four goals and two assists. Mooney ranks second on the team with 1,301 minutes played over 18 matches this season. I

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Three TCU student-athletes including midfielder Lauren Memoly, defender Jennie Immethun and goalkeeper Megan Plaschko earned All-Big 12 Second Team recognition this season. Memoly has two goals and Immethun has played 1,193 minutes in 15 starts over 17 matches played. Plaschko has recorded 35 saves and owns a 10-1-1 record over 12 matches started.

TCU defender Cameron Patton and midfielder Morgan Brown were each named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team this season. Patton, who has one goal and three assists, leads the Horned Frogs with 1,497 minutes played. The Horned Frogs, who are ranked No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll rankings, are currently 14-2-2 overall and 9-0-2 in the Big 12.