ORU’s Lawrence, DU’s Rey Named #SummitWSOC Players of the Week
ORU’s Lawrence, DU’s Rey Named #SummitWSOC Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Oral Roberts forward Brittney Lawrence was named Summit League Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and Denver goalkeeper Cassidy Rey earned the league's Defensive Player of the Week award for their performances Oct. 19-25.
BRITTNEY LAWRENCE, ORAL ROBERTS
Jr. // F // Scarborough, Ontario
- Earned first career Player of the Week award
- Totaled five points on two goals and an assist while leading ORU to a pair of victories
- Assisted on golden goal in 3-2 victory over then-league co-leader South Dakota State
- Scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Omaha that propelled ORU into second place in Summit League standings
Also nominated: Karina Fredette, Denver; Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI; Britney Monteon, North Dakota State; Corey Strang, South Dakota; Diana Potterveld, South Dakota State; Kayla Kirkwood, Western Illinois
Previous recipients: Aug. 24 – Tori Minnich, IUPUI; Aug. 31 – Lauren Miller, North Dakota State; Sept. 8 – Sammie Villwock, South Dakota; Sept. 14 – Brittney Lawrence, Oral Roberts; Sept. 21 – Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI; Sept. 28 – Tori Minnich, IUPUI; Oct. 5 – Rachel Good, Fort Wayne / Lauren Miller, North Dakota State; Oct. 12 – Lauren Miller, North Dakota State; Oct. 19 – Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI
CASSIDY REY, DENVER
Jr. // GK // Arcadia, Calif.
- Collected her sixth career Player of the Week award and her first this season
- Posted her third shutout of the season, and 12th of her career, while making four saves in 1-0 victory over IUPUI
- Went 2-0 with a 0.50 GAA with six saves and an .857 save percentage during the week
- Moved into a second-place tie for most Defensive Player of the Week awards in league history
Also nominated: Catherine Schmidt, IUPUI; Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State; Maddie Rhodes, Oral Roberts; Kasha Meyer, South Dakota
Previous Recipients: Aug. 24 – Catherine Schmidt, IUPUI; Aug. 31 – Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl, Oral Roberts; Sept. 8 – Katlyn Schochenmaier, Omaha; Sept. 14 – Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State; Sept. 21 – Katlyn Schochenmaier, Omaha; Sept. 28 – Kiley Dunning, Fort Wayne; Oct. 5 – Sierra Bonham, North Dakota State; Oct. 12 – Delaney Ratcliffe, South Dakota State; Oct. 19 – Nicole Inskeep, South Dakota State
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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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