WIU’s Bollman, ORU’s Bohnenstiehl Named #SummitWSOC Players of the Week

9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois forward Emily Bollman was named Summit League Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and Oral Roberts goalkeeper Ryliegh Bohnenstiehl received the league's Defensive Player of the Week award following their performances Sept. 20-25.

EMILY BOLLMAN, WESTERN ILLINOIS
Fr. // F // Coal Valley, Ill.

Received her first career Player of the Week award
Scored game-winning overtime goal against Missouri State
Two-point performance came in her only game played during the week

Also nominated: Catherine Raster, IUPUI; Alexia Herrara, Oral Roberts; Abby Meader, Neb.-Omaha; Malley O'Brien, North Dakota State

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

RYLIEGH BOHNENSTIEHL, ORAL ROBERTS
Fr. // GK // Corinth, Texas

Garnered her first career Player of the Week honor
Recorded career-high seven saves in 1-1 tie against Big 12 opponent Kansas State
Yielded a .875 save percentage in 110 minutes played

Also nominated: Catherine Schmidt, IUPUI; Haley, Shelton, Neb.-Omaha; Monica Polgar, North 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

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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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