ORU's Abernathy, NDSU's Stratton Earn Women's Soccer Weekly Honors

ORU's Abernathy, NDSU's Stratton Earn Women's Soccer Weekly Honors

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OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jennifer Abernathy, Oral Roberts
Fr., M (Broken Arrow, Okla./Union)
Abernathy records her first career Offensive Player of the Week award after leading Oral Roberts to a win and tie in Summit League action last week. In the victory over IPFW, Abernathy scored two of the Golden Eagles' three goals, including the game-winner. The freshman tallied the game-tying goal at the 58:40 mark of the match and collected the game-winner just 65 seconds later. For the week, Abernathy had two goals and four points and now has four goals and nine points on the season.

Also nominated: Arianne Mason, IPFW; Sarah Colby, IUPUI; Michelle Gaffaney, North Dakota State; Nicole DeLuca, Oakland; Kaitlin Justice, South Dakota State; McKenzie Hadley, Southern Utah; Jordan Spaciel, Western Illinois.

Previous Winners: Oct. 4 - Sarah Colby, IUPUI; Sept. 27 - Kayla Braffet, SDSU; Sept. 20 - Sarah Lynch, OU; Sept. 13 - Whitney Brannan, ORU; Sept. 7 - Danni Healy, SDSU; Aug. 30 - Riley Bassett, SUU; Aug. 23 - Lorena Soto, ORU.


DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Abbey Stratton, North Dakota State
Jr., D (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park)
Stratton earns her fourth Defensive Player of the Week honor this season after helping the Bison to a perfect 2-0 league record last week, including a shutout over Western Illinois. The junior anchored a backline that held WIU to only four shots, limiting the Leathernecks' leading scorer Jenny Green to just one shot in the match. She tallied her first goal of the season, a game-tying one, against IUPUI off a corner kick and assisted on Michelle Gaffaney's game-winner in a 2-1 win over the Jaguars.

Also nominated: Payj O'Shea, Oakland; Amanda Wheeler, Oral Roberts; Elisa Stamatakis, South Dakota State; Charly Booth, Southern Utah; Jenny Green, Western Illinois.

Previous Winners: Oct. 4 - Laura Atkinson, Western Illinois; Sept. 27 - Kara Weber, OU; Sept. 20 - Erin Nayler, IPFW; Sept. 13 - Abbey Stratton, NDSU; Sept. 7 - Abbey Stratton, NDSU; Aug. 30 - Charly Booth, SUU/Abbey Stratton, NDSU; Aug. 23 - Amanda Wheeler, ORU.