NDSU’s Bonham and Miller, IPFW’s Good Collect #SummitWSOC Player of the Week Awards

10/5/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State forward Lauren Miller and Fort Wayne forward Rachel Good were named Summit League Women's Soccer Offensive Players of the Week and NDSU goalkeeper Sierra Bonham earned the league's Defensive Player of the Week award for their performances Sept. 28-Oct. 4.

RACHEL GOOD, FORT WAYNE
Sr. // F // Walled Lake, Mich.

Collected her first career Offensive Player of the Week award
Tallied game-winning goal against Western Illinois in 63^rd minute of 1-0 league-opening victory
Scored unassisted equalizer in 76^th minute in 2-2 double-overtime tie vs. IUPUI
Led Mastodons to first undefeated opening weekend of Summit League play since 2009

LAUREN MILLER, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // F // St. Louis Park, Minn.

Garnered sixth career Offensive Player of Week award, tying for second-most in league history, and second of the season
Scored game-winning goal in each of NDSU's 1-0 Summit League victories
Tallied winner in 60^th minute in league opener against Omaha and decisive goal in 19^th minute against Oral Roberts
Leads The Summit League with nine goals and 22 points this season

Also nominated: Krissy Kirkhoff, IUPUI; Ashley Marting, Oral Roberts; Corey Strang, South Dakota; Nicole Hatcher, South Dakota State; Skyler Jessop, 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

SIERRA BONHAM, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Sr. // GK // Red Deer, Alberta

Collected third career Defensive Player of the Week award and second of the season
Recorded consecutive shutouts in back-to-back 1-0 league wins, making 10 saves over two matches
Had four saves, including three in the final six minutes, in league-opening win over Omaha
Made six saves, including a key stop in the 86^th minute, in win over Oral Roberts

Also nominated: Kiley Dunning, Fort Wayne; Leia Peterman, IUPUI; Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl, Oral Roberts; Sydney Hardin, South Dakota; Nicole Inskeep, South Dakota State; Victoria Kappel, Western Illinois

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

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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