JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The United Athletic Conference (UAC) has announced its weekly award winners for Women’s Soccer for Monday, August 24.

WOMEN’S SOCCER
Player of the Week: Anna Fugarino, North Alabama
Fugarino earned a brace after scoring both goals in North Alabama’s 2-0 victory against Tennessee Tech on Sunday. The junior forward totaled four points with a perfect 1.000 percent hit rate. While she carried the Lions to a win on Sunday, she helped add precision passing on Wednesday as she helped lead the Lions to a 6-1 win over Union and tallied an assist.

Defensive Player of the Week: Avery Smith, North Alabama
Smith totaled 164 of the 180 minutes of matches played this week. The right back led the team to two wins and helped the defense to push off 10 total shots between the matches while allowing only nine on target. She was a major proponent of stalling opposing offenses while helping the Lions earn two goals as she tallied one assist in each game this week.

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About the United Athletic Conference

The newly rebranded United Athletic Conference (UAC) is a competitive NCAA Division I conference sponsoring sixteen (16) sports and championships with nine (9) full member institutions including Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Little Rock, Ark.), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), the University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas), and the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.) with the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.) as an affiliate member in football.