NDSU's Miller and Bonham Sweep #SummitWSOC Awards

9/2/2014 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State's Lauren Miller and Sierra Bonham were named The Summit League's Women's Soccer Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for their performances Aug. 25 – Sept. 1.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Lauren Miller, North Dakota State
So. // MF // St. Louis Park, Minn.
Miller captures her fourth career Offensive Player of the Week award after scoring all four of North Dakota State's goals in a pair of victories last week. In Friday's win at Air Force, the sophomore netted the game-winner in the third minute of the second overtime period to seal the 2-1 win. She added the first goal of the game for the Bison in the fourth minute of the match. In NDSU's 2-1 triumph at Northern Colorado Sunday, she scored the game-winner in the 79^th minute after tallying the opening goal of the contest in the 65^th minute. On the year, Miller has scored a league-high seven goals in four matches and needs just three more to equal her total from last season.

Also nominated: Taylor Ivins, Denver; Kallianne Mogler, Fort Wayne; Alyssa Fox, IUPUI; Madison Valenzuela, Oral Roberts; Danielle Anderson, South Dakota.

Previous honorees: Aug. 25 – Lizzie Lukas, NDSU/Rebecca Sparkman, USD.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State
Jr. // GK // Red Deer, Alberta
Bonham earns the first Defensive Player of the Week honor of her career after posting a pair of 2-1 wins for North Dakota State. In Friday's double overtime win at Air Force, the junior recorded 11 saves, with 10 being in the first half, and a .917 save percentage. She added four more saves in Sunday's victory at Northern Colorado. For the week, Bonham had 15 saves with a 0.93 GAA with an .882 save percentage to improve to 4-0-0 on the season.

Also nominated: Catherine Schmidt, IUPUI; Sydney Hardin, South Dakota.

Previous honoree: Aug. 25 – Victoria Kappel, WIU.

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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