SDSU’s Potterveld, IUPUI’s Schmidt Earn #SummitWSOC Weekly Awards
SDSU’s Potterveld, IUPUI’s Schmidt Earn #SummitWSOC Weekly Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State's Diana Potterveld was named The Summit League's Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week while IUPUI's Catherine Schmidt was named the Defensive Player of the Week for their performances Oct. 6-12.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Diana Potterveld, South Dakota State
Jr. // F // Fort Collins, Colo.
Potterveld earned her third career Offensive Player of the Week honor, and second in as many weeks, after totaling seven points to help South Dakota State to an unbeaten week that kept her team in sole possession of first place. Against Fort Wayne, Potterveld had an assist and netted the tying goal in a 3-3 draw. Two days later, Potterveld factored into all three Jackrabbit scores with a goal and two assists in a 3-0 victory over Oral Roberts. Potterveld's efforts moved her atop The Summit leaderboard in league goals, assists and points.
Also nominated: Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI; Amy Yang, North Dakota State; Colleen Reeves, South Dakota
Previous honorees: Aug. 25 – Lizzie Lukas, NDSU/Rebecca Sparkman, USD; Sept. 2 – Lauren Miller, NDSU; Sept. 8 – Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI/Shelby Raper, SDSU; Sept. 15 – Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI; Sept. 22 – Tori Minnich, IUPUI; Sept. 29 – Corey Strang, USD; Oct. 6 – Chelsi Rohloff, Omaha / Diana Potterveld, South Dakota State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Catherine Schmidt, IUPUI
Fr. // GK // Zionsville, Ind.
Schmidt earned his first career Defensive Player of the Week accolade after a pair of league victories during the week. Against defending champion Denver, Schmidt recorded her first career shutout while matching her season-high with nine saves in a 2-0 triumph. Two days later against Fort Wayne, Schmidt made three saves and yielded just one goal, which came on a first half penalty kick, in a 3-1 victory. Her performance led IUPUI to its first set of back-to-back Summit League victories since October 2011 and lowered her season goals against average to 1.40.
Also nominated: Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State; Mackenzie Viktor, South Dakota; Victoria Kappel, Western Illinois
Previous honorees: Aug. 25 – Victoria Kappel, WIU; Sept. 2 – Sierra Bonham, NDSU; Sept. 8 – Kaily Cox, ORU; Sept. 15 – Mackenzie Bothner, DU; Sept. 22 – Cassidy Rey, DU; Sept. 29 – Lauren Bennett, USD; Oct.6 – Mackenzie Viktor, South Dakota
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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