Wallenborn, Atkinson Collect Women's Soccer Weekly Awards
Wallenborn, Atkinson Collect Women's Soccer Weekly Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State's Jordyn Wallenborn and Western Illinois' Laura Atkinson were named The Summit League's Women's Soccer Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for their performances Sept. 24-30.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jordyn Wallenborn, North Dakota State
Sr. // M // Camas, Wash.
Wallenborn earns her first career Offensive Player of the Week nod after leading the Bison to a 2-1 league win over South Dakota State in double overtime. The senior midfielder tallied both NDSU goals with her first, the equalizer, coming in the 81st minute to force overtime. She netted the match-winner with just 40 seconds remaining in the second overtime period for the win. For the week, Wallenborn had four points (two goals) on three shots and a match-winner.
Also nominated: Hannah Chadick, Kansas City; Abigail Haelewyn, Oakland; Danielle Archuleta, Omaha; Katie Condon, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 8/20 – Kyla Kellermann, OU; 8/27 – Miranda Graham, WIU; 9/4 – Taylor Bare, UMKC/Meghan Reynolds, OU; 9/10 – Sydney Hoareau, IPFW; 9/17 – Abigail Haelewyn, OU; 9/24 – Hannah Chadick, UMKC.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Laura Atkinson, Western Illinois
Jr. // GK // Oregon, Wis.
Atkinson collects her fourth career Defensive Player of the Week honor and second this season. The junior helped the Fighting Leathernecks record a pair of league wins last week over Kansas City (4-1) and South Dakota (2-0). In the win over the Kangaroos, the Oregon, Wis., native made eight stops against nine shots on goal and then tallied four saves in the shutout win vs. the Coyotes. For the week, Atkinson made 12 saves and registered a 0.50 GAA and .923 save percentage. She also has a perfect 5-0 record this season and leads the league in GAA (0.41), save percentage (.900), wins (5) and goals against (2).
Also nominated: Giselle Guzman, IUPUI; Megan Goetzinger, Kansas City; Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State; Shannon Coley, Oakland; Jordyn Braun, Omaha.
Previous honorees: 8/20 – Jami Finnell, UMKC; 8/27 – Jami Finnell, UMKC; 9/4 – Laura Atkinson, WIU/Giselle Guzman, IUPUI; 9/10 – Shannon Coley, OU; 9/17 – Sam Pavlika, IPFW/Shannon Coley, OU; 9/24 – Sam Pavlika, IPFW.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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