ORU's Brannan, NDSU's Stratton Earn Weekly Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. - Oral Roberts' Whitney Brannan and North Dakota
State's Abbey Stratton were named The Summit League's Offensive and
Defensive Women's Soccer Players of the Week for their performances
Sept. 7-12.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Whitney Brannan, Oral Roberts
Fr., M (Bixby, Okla./Victory Christian)
Brannan was named Offensive Player of the Week after
collecting her first two collegiate goals in a 3-1 victory over
Lamar last week, that helped snap the Golden Eagles' two-match
losing streak. The freshman tallied the first goal of the match in
the eighth minute before providing ORU with an insurance goal in
the 79th minute to secure the win.
Also nominated: Candace Rushing, Centenary; Alaina Jones,
IPFW; Megan Hock, IUPUI; Taylor Bare, UMKC; Abigail Haelewyn,
Oakland; Cori Bonte, South Dakota State; Amber Davis, Western
Illinois.
Previous Winners: Sept. 7 - Danni Healy, SDSU; Aug. 30 -
Riley Bassett, SUU; Aug. 23 - Lorena Soto, ORU.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Abbey Stratton, North Dakota State
Jr., D (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park)
Stratton collects her third straight Defensive
Player of the Week honor, a Summit League record, after being named
the Defensive MVP of the Miami Hurricane Cup last week. The junior
held Florida Atlantic's top two scorers to one shot combined in the
2-1 win and anchored a defense that surrendered just one goal
against 16 Miami shots. Stratton also assisted on the game-winner
against FAU and registered an assist in the 2-2 draw at
Creighton.
Also nominated: Kalyn Harris, Centenary; Erin Nayler, IPFW;
Kristin Haseley, IUPUI; Jami Finnell, UMKC; Shannon Coley, Oakland;
Elisa Stamatakis, South Dakota State; Laura Atkinson, Western
Illinois.
Previous Winners: Sept. 7 - Abbey Stratton, NDSU; Aug. 30 -
Charly Booth, SUU/Abbey Stratton, NDSU; Aug. 23 - Amanda Wheeler,
ORU.
