ORU’s Jones, USD’s Ptacek Named #SummitWSOC Players of the Week

10/17/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oral Roberts midfielder Lexi Jones earned The Summit League Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honor and South Dakota defender Katlin Ptacek garnered the league's Defensive Player of the Week award following their performances Oct. 10-16.

LEXI JONES, ORAL ROBERTS
So. // M // Oklahoma City, Okla.

Earned her first career Player of the Week award
Notched the first intraleague hat trick of the season with three goals in victory over Fort Wayne
Her three goals against the Mastodons came within a 14:35 span during the first half
Scored a pair of goals in win over IUPUI
Totaled 10 points on five goals to take over league lead in goals (9)

Also nominated: Lydia Holtmann, Omaha; Taryn LeBree, South Dakota; Tori Poole, South Dakota State; Ashley Kuhlmann, Western Illinois

Previous recipients: Aug. 22 – Chloee Foor, Fort Wayne; Aug. 29 – Hayley Shelton, IUPUI/Carlie Cook, Omaha; Sept. 6 – Kallianne Mogler, Fort Wayne / Holly Enderle, North Dakota State; Sept. 12 – Catherine Raster, IUPUI; Sept. 19 – Holly Enderle, North Dakota State / Nicole Hatcher, South Dakota State; Sept. 26 – Emily Bollman, Western Illinois; Oct. 3 – Amy Yang, North Dakota State; Oct. 10 – Nicole Hatcher, South Dakota State

KATLIN PTACEK, SOUTH DAKOTA
Jr. // D // Owatonna, Minn.

Received her first career Player of the Week accolade
Scored her first career goal for the first tally in team's 2-1 victory over South Dakota State
Anchored a backline that yielded 10 shots, including just two over the final 20 minutes
Helped lead South Dakota to its first win over intrastate rival since 2003 and first of the schools' Division I eras

Also nominated: Brittany Wilson, Denver; Leia Pterman, IUPUI; Haley Shelton, Omaha; Maria Stordahl, Oral Roberts; Lindsee Larson, South Dakota State

Previous Recipients: Aug. 22 - Haley Shelton, Omaha; Aug. 29 - Monica Polgar, North Dakota State; Sept. 6 – Maggie Smither, South Dakota State; Sept. 12 – Lindsee Larson, South Dakota State; Sept. 19 – Sophia Lipka, IUPUI; Sept. 26 – Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl, Oral Roberts; Oct. 3 – Monica Polgar, North Dakota State; Oct. 10 – Haley Shelton, Omaha

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Celebrating its 35^th season 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 80 Academic All-Americans, 75 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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