SAN ANTONIO (June 5, 2023) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) women's soccer team has four players representing the university with the San Antonio Athenians Soccer Club this summer. Rachel Dziuba, Madison Herrera, Tess Pitcher and Jaylin Seto will be playing for the Athenians in three matches over the next month.

The club will face the San Antonio Runners on June 24 and finish up play with a match against Luxoria on July 1. The squad fell to ATX Blues 1-0 on June 2 in the season opener. OLLU's Interim Head Coach Max Cruz is on the Athenians staff as an assistant coach. The group is an elite women's soccer team that develops players and showcases local talent. They compete in the United Women's Soccer (UWS) League and host home games and international friendlies at Soccer Central. The UWS is a second-division pro-am women's soccer league.

Cruz commented, "Coaching with the Athenians team has been a great experience in terms of professional development and educational purposes. Seeing our OLLU players compete at this level is not only beneficial to the program but to our players. It is providing our players a professional environment along with competition level that is challenging them. Dziuba, Herrera, Pitcher and Seto are putting OLLU on the map, and I am proud of how they have been performing and competing versus NCAA D1 athletes and professional soccer players."

Dziuba is a senior central midfielder for the Saints and started in 19 games last season. Herrera graduated in May and plays defender. Both players earned spots on the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) All-Conference Team this past season. Herrera was named to the Second Team while Dziuba earned an Honorable Mention. Pitcher started all but three games in net and made 56 saves. She had a .789 save percentage and totaled four shutouts. Seto missed the season due to injury but excelled in her first four seasons. She ranks first in program history with 24 assists.