Kirkhoff, Bothner Earn #SummitWSOC Weekly Honors

9/15/2014 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Krissy Kirkhoff was named The Summit League's Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week while Denver's Mackenzie Bothner earned Defensive Player of the Week honors for their performances Sept. 8-14.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI
Fr. // F // Indianapolis, Ind.
Kirkhoff records her second-straight Offensive Player of the Week honor after collecting the game-tying goal in the loss at Butler Sunday. Her tally came from a shot on the right side in the 87^th minute of the match. She added five shots in the 0-0 double overtime draw with Evansville. For the week, Kirkhoff had a goal, two points and eight shots.

Previous honorees: Aug. 25 – Lizzie Lukas, NDSU/Rebecca Sparkman, USD; Sept. 2 – Lauren Miller, NDSU; Sept. 8 – Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI/Shelby Raper, SDSU.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mackenzie Bothner, Denver
Fr. // D // Park City, Utah
Bothner collects her first career Defensive Player of the Week award after helping lead Denver to a victory over Big 12 foe and regionally-ranked Iowa State. The freshman, playing in the outside back position, helped limit Colorado and Iowa State to just six shots on goal and 14 shots combined. Bothner also collected the game-winning goal vs. the Cyclones as her shot from the right side was deflected into the net.

Also nominated: Catherine Schmidt, IUPUI; Mackenzie Viktor, South Dakota.

Previous honoree: Aug. 25 – Victoria Kappel, WIU; Sept. 2 – Sierra Bonham, NDSU; Sept. 8 – Kaily Cox, ORU.

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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