FOREST, Va. –The Guilford College women's soccer team was represented by Kylee Berry (Kernersville, N.C.) and Lily Brown (Boone, N.C.), who were each named Third Team All-ODAC for the 2025 season by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC), as announced by the conference offices on Wednesday afternoon.

In a brilliantly competitive season conference-wide, one that saw the league place a trio of teams in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2022, the Quakers did end up seeing themselves on the outside-looking-in come the conference tournament despite finishing their fifth-straight winning season, good for their longest stretch in program history. The 39 total all-conference selections were distributed across nine separate programs this season, with GC finishing as one-of-eight squads to feature multiple honorees. Bridgewater College and Washington & Lee University paced the ODAC with eight selections apiece this season. This is also the fourth-straight year in which Guilford has had multiple All-ODAC picks, the second-longest streak in program history behind a 12-year stretch from 1997 through 2008.

With a see-saw between a pair of freshmen in net for the Quakers this season, back-end stability was more-crucial than ever and Berry provided that this fall for Guilford. The anchor in the middle held down a GC backline through a season that saw them post a 1.28 goals against average and seven shutouts, ranking sixth and tied for eighth in a single-season in program history. Entering the start of the national tournament, the squad ranked sixth in the league and 191^st in the nation out of 412 teams for scoring allowed, while rising to 174^th nationally with a .389 shutout percentage. All this while the junior stepped up to be more-involved in the Quaker attack, finishing third on the team in points and second in goals with 13 and five respectively, with both marks ranking within the top-30 in the ODAC. The Kernersville native made her goals count, too, with one game-winner and one equalizer for GC, while three of her tallies came in matches that finished within a one-goal margin. Berry buried both of her PK attempts this fall, while in league action she contributed a goal and two helpers. Berry becomes the 13^th Quaker to be a multi-time All-ODAC honoree, and just the third to do so while playing defense.

Guilford's top offensive threat, Brown bounced-back after a quiet 2024 season to bring balance and finishing ability to the Quaker attack this fall, pacing the team's national top-100 scoring offense in points and goals while finishing tied for second in assists. As a collective, GC stands 99^th in the nation and seventh in the ODAC by netting 2.06 goals per game entering the start of NCAA Tournament play, while rising to 87^th and sixth respectively in points per contest with 5.89. Standing within the national leaders and tied for 14^th in total assists, Brown set up five goals but did most of her damage herself this fall. Netting a team-leading six tallies, the native of Boone ranked tied for 15^th in the conference while a majority of her production this season came in league play, with five goals and two assists, more-than doubling any other Quakers' goal output in league action and nearly duplicating the feat with her total 12 points produced. Both of Brown's game-winning goals came in ODAC play this fall, placing her tied for 13^th overall and tied for fifth when only considering conference contests. Brown is a first-time All-ODAC honoree herself, however this does mark the fifth-straight season in which GC has placed a forward on the all-conference team.

As a collective, Guilford women's soccer finished the fall 9-7-2, good for their fifth-straight season with a winning record. However, as the only team in the league to matchup with all-eight ODAC Tournament squads, they faced a brutal schedule in league play and thus missed out on the conference tournament with their 3-7-0 mark making them the first team out of the field.

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