Five members of the Case Western Reserve University women's soccer team were named to United Soccer Coaches All-Region VII Teams, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Seniors Ceci Dapino and Jamie Goldfarb received First Team honors, senior Maggie Farra was selected to the Second Team, sophomore Ellie Palaian earned Third Team honors, and senior Alexis Sassower was named to the Fourth Team. All-America selections will be released on Wednesday, December 3.
Sassower was honored for the second consecutive season, while the other four players received their first career All-Region honors.
Dapino led the squad with eight points in conference play, scoring four goals in seven contests. She scored twice in a 3-1 win over Rochester and added goals in ties with Chicago and Carnegie Mellon. Overall, Dapino scored 11 goals and added five assists for 27 points in 20 games, all starts, ranking second on the team in scoring and tying for first in points. She was named to the All-University Athletic Association First Team for the first time in her career. Dapino finished her career with 20 goals and 14 assists in 75 games (67 starts) across four seasons.
Goldfarb received her third career All-UAA honors this season, earning First Team recognition after back-to-back Second Team honors in 2023 and 2024. She finished the campaign with eight goals and two assists in 18 games (all starts), including a hat trick against Franciscan to begin the year and two goals against Ohio Northern on September 14. In 71 career games (61 starts), Goldfarb scored 16 times with six assists.
Farra led the Spartans in scoring in 2025, netting 12 goals in 20 games, all starts. She added three assists to tie for the team lead with 27 points. Farra became the first player in program history to record multiple hat tricks in a single season or in a career, scoring three goals against Franciscan on August 29 and against John Carroll on September 3. She finished the season with 65 shots (28 on goal) and scored two game-winning goals. In 74 career games, Farra scored 20 times with eight assists.
Palaian played every minute in front of the net for CWRU during the season, setting a program record with 12 shutouts in 20 games. During league play, she allowed seven goals (one per game), and saved 22 shots, blanking opponents in two of the seven contests. Palaian allowed just 10 goals in 2025 for a goals against average of 0.49, totaling 46 saves and a save percentage of .821. She received All-UAA Second Team honors this season.
Sassower, who was an All-UAA Second Team selection this season and honorable mention in 2023, started every game for CWRU this season on the wing. In league play, she scored during a 2-0 win over NYU and played 484 out of a possible 630 minutes (77%). In 20 games, Sassower had six goals and eight assists, ranking second on the team in helpers, totaling 20 points. She scored in both postseason games and added an assist in the First Round victory over Rose-Hulman. In 58 career games, Sassower scored 15 goals and added 15 assists, starting 56 contests.
Case Western Reserve reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive season in 2025, finishing the year with an overall record of 14-2-4.
