MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University seniors and Canadian Olympians Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence were named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Preseason Best XI First Team this morning.
The duo, hopefuls for the 2016 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy and 2015 NSCAA All-America First Team honorees, are the lone Big 12 Conference representatives listed on one of the site’s four preseason squads.
Buchanan, a defender, and Lawrence, a midfielder, were unanimous selections to the Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team one week ago. Currently starting on the backline for Canada at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, the duo will play Germany in a semifinal match today at 3 p.