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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

2023 Women's Soccer Roster

5 Ria Acton

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Leicester, England
  • Highschool Laughborogh College

Biography

2023 D2CCA First Team All-American 
2023 D2CCA First Team All-Region
2023 SAC Defensive Player of the Year
2023 All-SAC First Team Selection
2023 Preseason All-SAC First Team
2022 All-SAC First Team Selection
2021 D2CCA Second Team All-American
2021 D2CCA First Team All-Region
2021 USC Second Team All-Region
2021 All-SAC First Team Selection
2020-21 All-SAC First Team Selection
SAC Offensive Player of the Week Winner (X2)
SAC Defensive Player of the Week Winner (X2)


Graduate Student (2023): 2x SAC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 12 & Oct. 3)

Senior (2022): Recorded 1232 minutes in 17 appearances for the Bears...Tallied 12 points with four goals and four assists...Scored the game-winning goal against Limestone in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

Junior (2021):  Played in 14 games for the Bears..scoring nine goals while adding six assists for the Bears..had two game-winning goals in her junior year and had four multi-goal games including a hat trick against Lincoln Memorial on Oct. 2

Sophomore (2020-21): Played and started in 10 of 11 games for the Bears, helping them win a SAC Tournament Championship in shortened spring season... tied for the SAC lead in goals (7) and had four game-winning goals. Third on the team with 907 minutes logged. Earned First-Team All-Conference recognition.

Freshman (2019):  Played and started all 19 games for the Bears... played all but 26 minutes on the season (1684 total minutes) ...  Big part of the defense that only allowed 15 goals on the season.  Finished with 1 goal and 1 assist on 15 shots.  Scored her only goal in her first collegiate game on Sept. 5 against Lees-McRae.

Personal: Daughter of Paul Acton.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    2020Sophomore

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    2021Junior

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    2022Senior

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    2023Graduate Student

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