School first and sports second right? When priorities are right it is exciting to see the teams win academic awards.

At Cedarcrest High School, the girls soccer team has won on multiple occasions the:

Her team a 3-peat Winner of the 2A WIAA Girls Soccer State Academic Award (’18, ’19, ‘20/’21)!

This morning as I checked the SEU Fire website, I noticed they were awarding the NAIA Scholar Team award to teams that maintained a collective 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale and noticed that the Fire Women’s Soccer made the list with a collective grade of 3.41 GPA. Way to go team and congratulations!

Our kids need to remember they are academic athletes and by putting their schooling in such a high priority it will materialize into wins on and off the field. Excited to see the girls continue to succeed on and off the field.

Close game to wrap up a great season.

As I write this the Southeastern University Women’s Soccer season for 2022 has come to an end. The season ends with a record of 14-4-2, finishing the SunConference as runner-ups to the #1 ranked in the nation Keiser, and then after getting to host NAIA‘s first and second rounds of the national playoffs on home field, lost 1-0 to Westmont College. What an incredible season for Madelyn in her freshman season at SEU and getting to play in 17 of the 20 games with 2 goals and 2 assists along with 15 shots, 6 shots on goal, and a total of 634 mins of play time for an average of 37 mins per game.

Davidson, Madelyn - Game By Game StatisticsDate Opponent G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% MIN8/24/2022 Olivet Nazarene 0 0 0 1 0.000 1 1.000 388/27/2022 Trinity Christian 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 209/3/2022 William Carey 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 289/8/2022 Middle Georgia State 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 569/17/2022 Campbellsville 1 0 2 2 0.500 2 1.000 510/4/2022 Georgia Gwinnett 0 0 0 1 0.000 0 0.000 3410/6/2022 Florida Memorial 1 0 2 4 0.250 2 0.500 1610/8/2022 St. Thomas 0 2 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 3510/13/2022 Webber International 0 0 0 1 0.000 1 1.000 6610/22/2022 Keiser 0 0 0 2 0.000 0 0.000 5910/27/2022 Warner 0 0 0 1 0.000 0 0.000 5210/29/2022 SCAD Savannah 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 1811/1/2022 Thomas 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 2411/8/2022 SCAD Savannah 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 4211/12/2022 Keiser 0 0 0 3 0.000 0 0.000 5011/17/2022 Georgia Gwinnett 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 5111/19/2022 Westmont 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 40
Table of stats – game by game

Now back to classes to finish out the year and then a new set of classes to close out her freshman year. CONGRATULATIONS on a great 2022 season.

To check out more on the season you can visit the SEU Women’s Soccer page.

Latest updates from the soccer pitch…

It’s been a while since I last posted and so wanted to bring you the updates since then. The last update provided details on where the regular season ended and today’s will continue with the post season with updates from the Sun Conference as well as the National NAIA front.

Let’s start with the Sun Conference where SEU received a bye because they finished in the second position and then went on to play in the semi-finals against SCAD-Savannah.

In the semi-finals, Madelyn had 42 minutes of playing time as the SEU girls took an early lead and closed out the game with a 2-1 victory to make it to the Sun Conference finals.

With the victory, the SEU girls remained in 9th position in the National Coaches poll. Northwest University happened to jump into the top 25 with their play too.

What a hard-fought game in the Sun Conference finals as the SEU girls possessed the ball for what felt like most of the first half and yet Keiser got the one goal of the game early into the second half. Madelyn got 3 shots in the game during her 50 minutes of playing time.

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | 11/12/2022 4:45:00 PM | Donnie SmithWomen’s Soccer a Goal Short in SUN FinalFirst RoundNext Game:First Round11/17/2022 | 3:30 p.m.FULL SCHEDULEROSTERMATCHUP HISTORYWEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Southeastern generated a majority of the scoring chances in The Sun Conference Women's Soccer Tournament Championship, but a fastbreak by Keiser down the right sideline resulted in the lone tally of the game and kept the Seahawks unbeaten. Lauren Riley served a ball from the right wing to the top of the box where Maja Henriksson made one defender miss and placed the ball in the back left corner of the net with 24:42 to play to give Keiser (19-0-1) the 1-0 win. Henriksson has scored all three Keiser goals against the Fire this season. Southeastern (13-3-2) was denied a third-straight tournament title despite holding a 15-14 advantage in shots and a 5-3 advantage in corner kicks. The Fire were the aggressor in the first half, holding a 9-5 edge in shots and forced Grace McClellan to make three of her season-high eight saves in the first half. Two of SEU's best chances didn't result in saves as a shot from in the box in the 26th minute cleared the crossbar and a header off a cornerkick in the 33rd went off the crossbar. Southeastern kept the pressure up through the first 15 minutes of the second half as well, firing off two more shots that were saved. It was right after a save by McClellan the Seahawks ran the fastbreak down the sideline with a serve by the keeper that deflected off a defender in the midfield to set up Riley. McClellan made two more saves in the final 21 minutes to record her 11th shutout of the season. Holly Eddins made seven saves in goal for Southeastern. The Fire will return to action on Thursday in the first round of the NAIA National Tournament in Lakeland. Pairings will be announced Monday at noon.

Although this brought the Sun Conference regular and post-season to an end, it’s not the end for the girls from SEU soccer as they are now heading to the National arena where they will get to host 2 games on their home field. NAIA announced that they will get to host first and second rounds Nov 3rd. They get to play their first game this coming Thursday with more details to be announced tomorrow (Monday).

Our local reporter Rhett Workman from the SnoValley Sports Journal provided the following updates over this time:

NAIA Southeastern University of Florida closed out the regular season with a 2-0 road win yesterday afternoon over Thomas University down in Thomasville, GA. This game was a makeup from a game that had been postponed earlier in the season due to Hurricane Ian. Freshman Madelyn “Mad Dog” Davidson, who graduated from CHS back in June, came off the bench in this one for the Fire. Davidson, from Carnation, played 24 minutes with no stats of note reported, as Southeastern finished the 2022 fall regular season at 12-2-2, 6-1-1 in Sun Conference play. They will host a playoff game next Tuesday at their home field in Lakeland, FL, which is between Tampa and Orlando in the central part of the state.
Soccer: Cedarcrest HS girls advance in playoffs, to face arch-rival next with season on line – Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal (wordpress.com)
With Northwest already having clinched a spot as previously mentioned, CoI got the conference’s tournament title-winner berth, so both teams will be advancing to nationals, which start next weekend. Northwest is likely to be assigned to the regional site in Prescott, AZ, with CoI’s site to be determined. Among the other regional sites is in Lakeland, FL, which will be hosted by Southeastern University, which features another Valley athlete, Madelyn Davidson, a freshman – and CHS alum – from Carnation. So we will see what happens. Tournament announcements will be made on Monday and we will have those for you on our Twitter feed @snovalleysports as soon as we get word.
News on a Saturday….. – Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal (wordpress.com)
Keiser 1, Southeastern (FL) women 0: The Fire were denied a three-peat as SUN Conference (NAIA) Tournament champs, falling to the unbeaten in-state rivals. Freshman Madelyn Davidson, from Carnation and a 2022 Cedarcrest HS alum, came off the bench and logged 50 minutes, recording three shots, none on goal with no goals scored. Southeastern advances to the NAIA’s national tournament as a host school for regionals next weekend. They will find out their next opponent tomorrow.
Also on this Sunday…. – Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal (wordpress.com)

November News to close out the regular season…

Since our last update on October 22nd, the season has come to a close with some pretty exciting news.

SEU finished the season strong with 2 victories:

Which allowed them to close out the season in position #2 within the Sun Conference and #9 in the national rankings in NAIA.

Sun Conference: Southeastern University finishes the season in second place.
2022-23 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll Nine (November 2, 2022)
Southeastern University finishes the season in ninth place nationally.
Southeastern Receives Women’s Soccer First and Second Round Host Site
Southeastern Receives Women’s Soccer First and Second Round Host Site
Bracket Overview for the Sun Conference

To close out the regular season, the individual team stats look like this:

Sorting by total points, we see:

To close out the regular season, the team stats look like this:

Scanning through pictures from the games, I found the following:

To close out the post I am going to share a couple of posts from the SnoValleySportsJournal:

Keiser 2, Southeastern (FL) women 0: A pair of first-half goals were the difference as the Fire were blanked at home in Lakeland, FL, by the top-ranked team in NAIA. Freshman Madelyn Davidson, she of Carnation and a 2022 Cedarcrest HS grad, came off the bench for Southeastern and logged 59 minutes with two shots, neither on goal with no goals scored.
Mount Si girls’ soccer is back in the playoffs for a second year in a row after shutout of Bothell – Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal (wordpress.com)
Southeastern (FL) women 4, Savannah College of Art & Design 0: The Fire scored a big home win in Lakeland, FL, over the conference rival – and nationally-ranked – squad from Georgia. Freshman Madelyn Davidson started in midfield for Southeastern, but only logged 18 minutes of work with no stats of note reported. She is from Carnation and graduated from Cedarcrest HS back in June.
College scores….. – Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal (wordpress.com)

A few more pics to close out the regular season…

Tough top 10 loss – #1 Keiser vs #10 Southeastern

Close game with Keiser getting 14 shots vs Southeastern 10. The final score was 2-0 for Keiser as they got 2 goals in the first half and the second half was scoreless.

LAKELAND, Fla.- In an NAIA Top 10 showdown, the No. 10 Southeastern University Fire fell to the top ranked team in the NAIA, Keiser University, by a score of 2-0 to move to 9-2-2 and 3-1-1 in the Sun Conference.Maja Henrikkson was responsible for both of the Seahawk's goals, posting one in the 19th minute and one in the 27th minute off of a Maja Lundman assist.Keiser managed 14 shots including six on goal while the Fire got off 10 shots, unable to convert any of their three shots on goal. Naira Lopez was responsible for two of the three shots on goal.Holly Eddins ended the contest with four saves.The Fire's next competition will be Warner University on Thursday on their home pitch at 7 p.m.https://fire.seu.edu/news/2022/10/22/womens-soccer-falls-to-no-1-seahawks.aspx

Game Stats:

Team StatisticsTeam StatisticsGame Stats KEISER SEUGoals 2 0Shots 14 10Shots on Goal 6 3Saves 3 4Corners 6 6Offsides 3 0Fouls 15 11Scoring Summary19:35KEISER Maja Henriksson*long run put into left corner27:36KEISER Maja HenrikssonAssisted By: Maja Lundman*off deflection into top right

Game Leaders:

Game LeadersChoose a category:LOPEZ,NAIRA#11 Naira LopezSHOTS 3SOG 2GOALS 0ASSISTS 0DAVIDSON,MADELYN#8 Madelyn DavidsonSHOTS 2SOG 0GOALS 0ASSISTS 0GARCIA,CHANEL#10 Chanel GarciaSHOTS 1SOG 0GOALS 0ASSISTS 0MATTHEWS,HANNAH#12 Hannah MatthewsSHOTS 1SOG 1GOALS 0ASSISTS 0

Rhett wrote up the details of the game as follows:

Keiser 2, Southeastern (FL) women 0: A pair of first-half goals were the difference as the Fire were blanked at home in Lakeland, FL, by the top-ranked team in NAIA. Freshman Madelyn Davidson, she of Carnation and a 2022 Cedarcrest HS grad, came off the bench for Southeastern and logged 59 minutes with two shots, neither on goal with no goals scored.
Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal – Mount Si girls’ soccer is back in the playoffs for a second year in a row after shutout of Bothell – Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal (wordpress.com)

Have you caught up on the sporting news?

I realized today that I haven’t put out any updates in about a month and with Hurricane Ian and such having impacted schedules and lives, I wanted to circle back and capture the updates regarding the SEU Fire Women’s Soccer team. I will use two sources for this post: Women’s Soccer – Southeastern University Athletics (seu.edu) page, the 2022 NAIA Women’s Soccer Ratings Calendar – NAIA page, and the Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal – Bringing you the best coverage of Snoqualmie Valley sports (wordpress.com).

It’s been fun getting to watch the Top 25 team ranking throughout the year and how in week 5 the team is in 9th place.

Top 25

PreseasonWed., August 10
No. 1Wed., September 7
No. 2Wed., September 14
No. 3Wed., September 21
No. 4Wed., September 28
No. 5Wed., October 5
2022 NAIA Women’s Soccer Ratings Calendar

Snapshot of the top 10 from week No. 5:

2022-23 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll Five (October 5, 2022)RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] RECORD FINAL POINTS1 1 Keiser (Fla.) [18] 9-0-1 4982 3 Marian (Ind.) 10-0-1 4823 2 Spring Arbor (Mich.) 7-1-2 4604 4 Cumberlands (Ky.) 8-0-3 4525 5 William Carey (Miss.) 7-2-1 4336 6 Tennessee Southern 7-2-1 4187 7 Oklahoma Wesleyan 10-0 4068 8 Central Methodist (Mo.) 9-2-1 3889 9 Southeastern (Fla.) 5-1-1 36510 10 Indiana Wesleyan 10-0-1 358
2022-23 NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll Five (October 5, 2022)

Checking out the SEU Fire Women’s Soccer site, we find 3 articles that call out Madelyn’s play:

Big Second Half Helps Women’s Soccer Down CampbellsvilleGeorgia Gwinnett CollegeNext Game:Georgia Gwinnett College10/4/2022 | 7 p.m.RECAPLIVE STATSWATCH LIVEFULL SCHEDULEROSTERMATCHUP HISTORYCAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky.—Southeastern scored three goals in the second 45 minutes to come away with its second Top 25 win of the season on Saturday. A dominant offensive effort helped the Fire outshoot the 24th-ranked Tigers 8-2 and come away with a 4-1 victory to improve to 5-1-1 on the year. The Fire held a 1-0 lead at halftime thanks to Mashell Rodriguez's second goal in as many games coming in the 39th minute of play, finishing a pass from Katie Carnes. Karissa King made it 2-0 in the 59th minute of play, scoring on a pass from Ramsey Watkins, who also assisted on Mason Schilling's goal in the 84th minute to make it 3-0. Just 73 seconds later, Campbellsville got on the board but the Fire answered in the 87th minute on Madelyn Davidson's first goal of the season. The Fire will host Georgia Gwinnett on Thursday at 7 p.m. for their final non-conference contest of the season.
Big Second Half Helps Women’s Soccer Down Campbellsville
Women’s Soccer Records First Sun Conference WinStory LinksPHOTO GALLERYSt. Thomas UniversityNext Game:St. Thomas University10/8/2022 | 3 p.m.RECAPLIVE STATSWATCH LIVEFULL SCHEDULEROSTERMATCHUP HISTORYPEMBROKE PINES, Fla.—Eleven different players found the back of the net in a 14-0 win over Florida Memorial for Southeastern in its Sun Conference Opener. The win brought the Fire to 7-1-1 on the season. Senior Naira Lopez helped get SEU to a 4-0 lead in the first 16 minutes of the game, chipping a ball from 30 yards out just 10 second into the match, then found Chanel Garcia for a header off a corner kick, then did the same for Jennifer Luna. Lopez then scored her ninth goal of the season, finishing a ball from Karissa King. Makayla Peddycoart scored her first goal of the season, lobbing in a shot from well outside the box just nine seconds into her shift. Katie Carnes made it 6-0 in the 25th minute on her first goal of the season. Ariadna Lozano set up Madelyn Davidson's second goal of the season in the 33rd minute, and Fiona Baran picked up her first collegiate goal on a penalty kick in the 37th minute. Peyton Fitzherbert recorded her first collegiate goal just over three minutes into the second half, finishing a deflection during a corner kick. Mason Schilling scored her first of two goals on the night in the 53rd minute finishing a pass from Mashell Rodriguez. Ellie Unzueta picked up her first collegiate goal in the 55th minute and Schilling picked up her second goal of the night in the 58th minute. Fitzherbert added her second goal of the game in the 67th, finishing a pass from Schilling to complete her five-point night. Victoria Moran's first goal of the season finished out the scoring in the 76th minute. The Fire racked up 25 shots on goal and held the Lions without a shot. Southeastern returns to action on Saturday in a rematch of last year's conference championship game against St. Thomas.
Women’s Soccer Records First Sun Conference Win
Women's Soccer Takes Down Bobcats in Come-From-Behind FashionWebber International UniversityNext Game:at Webber International University10/13/2022 | 4 p.m.LIVE STATSWATCH LIVEFULL SCHEDULEROSTERMATCHUP HISTORYLAKELAND, Fla.- In the Fire's first home Sun Conference contest of the season, the No. 9 ranked Southeastern University Fire defeated the receiving votes St. Thomas University Bobcats by a score of 2-1 to move to 8-1-1 on the season. The Bobcats got on the board first after Sarolta Oppelland converted a corner kick by Anna-Lena Stein in the 14th minute of play. Despite outshooting the Bobcats eight to one, the Fire would need 40 minutes to grab their first goal when Ariadna Lozano took a cross from Madelyn Davidson and put it into the bottom right corner to tie the contest just five minutes before the end of the half. Just 10 minutes after subbing onto the pitch, Hanna Ryberg took yet another assist from Davidson and put it into the upper left portion of the goal, claiming the 2-1 Fire lead in the 77th minute. The 2-1 lead would hold for the entirety of the contest, earning the Fire's eighth win of the season. The Fire will be back in action on October 13th in Babson Park to take on Webber International at 4 p.m.
Women’s Soccer Takes Down Bobcats in Come-From-Behind Fashion

The final source of updates can be found in the local SnoValley Sports Journal sports blog produced by Rhett Workman.

A special accomplishment for the “Mad Dog,” plus the rest of the soccer and volleyball…..To soccer on this Sunday and we start with a special moment on the pitch in Campbellsville, KY, yesterday for the lower Valley’s “Mad Dog.” Cedarcrest HS alum Madelyn Davidson scored her first collegiate goal yesterday, for the Southeastern University of Florida women’s soccer squad. Davidson, a freshman this fall with Southeastern, intercepted an errant Campbellsville pass in the 87th minute and proceeded to roll back towards the Tiger goal untouched, firing a mid-range shot which went past the Campbellsville keeper and into the goal. The tally capped off a fantastic 4-1 win for the Fire which moved them to 5-1-1 on the season.Davidson, from Carnation, only played the final five minutes of the game, but as her dad noted to us, she made those minutes count. She ended up with a total of two shots, both on goal, with the one goal scored, as Southeastern finished off a weekend road swing into Bluegrass Country with the big road win.The Fire are off for the next week and a half but are back home next Thursday,
A special accomplishment for the “Mad Dog,” plus the rest of the soccer and volleyball…..
Colleges: “Mad Dog” makes her minutes count in Southeastern U. women’s winThe Southeastern University women’s soccer team in Florida recorded their first win of the Sun Conference (NAIA) schedule last night, and did so in very dominating fashion with the help of a Valleyite.Carnation’s Madelyn “Mad Dog” Davidson scored a goal for the Fire as they turned on the heat in a big way. How about 14-0 big? Yup, that is not a misprint, but was the actual score as Southeastern blasted winless Florida Memorial in the conference contest, which took place down in Fort Lauderdale in the southern part of the state last night.Davidson, a freshman, scored the goal in the 33rd minute and was assisted by teammate Ariadna Lozadno, who finished with two assists in the contest. Davidson came off the bench and logged just 16 minutes of action for SEU, but the Cedarcrest HS grad made the most of the limited work, recording four shots, two on goal including the goal she scored, which was the second of her college career. She scored her first college goal in a game back on September 17 against Campbellsville of Kentucky in a 4-1 Fire win.They will be back home tomorrow in Lakeland, FL, hosting St. Thomas.
Soccer games smoked out…..plus news from the colleges
Soccer: Mad Dog’s two helpers aid Southeastern (FL) ladies to come-from-behind winCarnation’s Madelyn “Mad Dog” Davidson assisted on both of Southeastern University’s goals, as their women’s squad rallied from an early 1-0 hole to best St. Thomas of Florida last night 2-1 on home turf down in Lakeland, FL.The freshman, a Cedarcrest HS grad from this past June, aided goals by teammates Ariadna Lozano in the 40th minute which tied the game going into halftime, and Hanna Ryberg in the 78th minute for the game-winner. The win moves Southeastern to 8-1-1 on the season. They are back in action on Wednesday.
Sunday smorgasbord…..

Summary Snapshot from the Women’s Soccer Roster tabs for Madelyn:

Madelyn’s Profile Page – Related Articles where she is referenced.
Madelyn’s Profile Page – Season Stats