TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Soccer Players of the Week Announced
DENVER – Grand Canyon's Dani Babb and UT Rio Grande Valley's Macie Blohowiak were selected as the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for March 22 through March 28, respectively.
Babb, a sophomore forward from Centennial, Colo., posted six points in just 71 minutes of action to help the Lopes sweep Chicago State last week. In Thursday's matchup, Babb recorded goals in the 14th and 86th minutes to bookend GCU's scoring while also adding an assist in the 70th minute of a 6-1 victory. Babb then made the most of her 21 minutes of playing time on Saturday as she set up Brenna Alderson for the game-winner for the Lopes.
Blohowiak, a freshman from Granbury, Texas, helped the Vaqueros pick up a win against California Baptist last week as she made her first-career start. On Thursday, Blohowiak tallied six saves and allowed zero goals against a Lancer offense that leads the WAC in scoring, averaging 2.50 goals per match. She also smothered a ball in the box in the final seconds to secure the Vaqueros eighth win of the season.
Other offensive nominees: California Baptist's Ari Coronado notched the game-winner for the Lancers in their 1-0 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley on Saturday… Chicago State's Gisselle Sahagun tallied her first goal of the season as the Cougars hosted GCU on Thursday… NM State's Hannah Leitner scored two goals last week in her first action since returning from injury… UT Rio Grande Valley's Mari Liis Lillemae posted her first-career goal to help the Vaqueros to a 1-0 win over CBU on Thursday… Utah Valley's Heather Stainbrook recorded a brace and an assist to help the Wolverines defeat preseason favorite Seattle U on Saturday.
Other defensive nominees: California Baptist's Romy Salvador collected eight saves and gave up only one goal in 180 minutes against the Lancers last week… Grand Canyon's Jordan Ferguson allowed only one goal in two games against Chicago State while earning her second shutout of the season… NM State's Dmitri Fong notched her first shutout of the year and added three saves in the Aggies' 1-0 win over Dixie State… Utah Valley's Jenna Shepherd was outstanding on both ends of the field, scoring three goals of her own while also anchoring a backline that held Seattle U to just three goals in two matches.