Hoareau, Coley Named Women's Soccer Players of the Week
Hoareau, Coley Named Women's Soccer Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Sydney
Hoareau and Oakland's Shannon Coley were
named The Summit League's Offensive and Defensive Women's Soccer
Players of the Week for their performances Sept. 4-9.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sydney Hoareau, Fort Wayne
So. // F // Brampton, Ontario
Hoareau earns her first career Offensive Player of the Week honor
after scoring both Mastodon goals in a 2-1 win over Evansville
Sunday. Her first tally came in the 58th minute as she
headed in a Tylar Allison corner kick to tie the match 1-1. The
match-winner came in the 77th minute as she beat the
Purple Aces goalie to the far post. It was Hoareau's first two-goal
match of her career and the first for Fort Wayne this season.
Also nominated: Ashley Gann, Kansas City; Anisha
Kinnarath, North Dakota State; Kyla Kellermann, Oakland; Stacy
Guijarro, South Dakota State; Kellie Julius, Western
Illinois.
Previous honorees: 8/20 – Kyla Kellermann, OU; 8/27 –
Miranda Graham, WIU; 9/4 – Taylor Bare, UMKC/Meghan Reynolds,
OU.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Shannon Coley, Oakland
Sr. // GK // Auburn Hills, Mich.
Coley collects her second career Defensive Player of the Week
award after recording a shutout of Michigan State and holding
Michigan to just one goal. The senior made seven stops in the 0-0
draw with the Spartans, giving Oakland its first-ever tie against
Michigan State. In the 1-0 loss to Michigan Sunday, Coley made five
saves. In the two matches, Coley surrendered one goal, made 12
saves with a 0.45 goals against average and .923 save
percentage.
Also nominated: Victoria Pepper, Fort Wayne; Grace Perkowitz,
IUPUI; Nina Tzianos, Kansas City; Sierra Bonham, North Dakota
State; Victoria Kappel, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 8/20 – Jami Finnell, UMKC; 8/27
– Jami Finnell, UMKC; 9/4 – Laura Atkinson, WIU/Giselle
Guzman, IUPUI.
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