This Week in PAC Women's Soccer

October 7-13

10/14/2024 3:00:00 PM

Offensive Honors / Defensive, Goalkeeper Honors / Newcomer Honors / Records & Milestones

Week 7 PAC Honors (for events between October 7-13)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 7 of the 2024 season.
 
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Monica Bird • Bethany • Junior forward • McKinnon, Antigua/St. Anthony's Secondary
Bird scored four goals to account for all the scoring during Bethany's 2-0 homecoming week ... She scored both goals, including the tie-breaking score in the 78th minute, to give the Bison a 2-1 win over Franciscan Wednesday ... Bird also had a brace in Bethany's 2-0 win at Geneva Saturday, scoring in the 53rd and 61st minutes ... Bird now has 14 points and three game-winning goals on the year.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior forward Emma Miller (Elyria, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy); Grove City senior forward Natalie Merrick (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Eden Christian); Saint Vincent sophomore forward Jordan Kirkwood (New Kensington, Pa./Valley); Thiel freshman forward Imogen deBlois (Hubbard, Ohio/Hubbard); W&J junior forward Audrey Chapman (Elkins Park, Pa./Phil-Mont Christian Academy); Waynesburg junior midfielder Reagan Mittendorf (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton); Westminster senior forward Lydia Ohm (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills)
 
PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week
Madison Lemanski • Allegheny • Junior goalkeeper • Bear, Del./Delaware Military Academy
Lemanski posted her second clean sheet of the season in a 5-0 win over W&J … She made 12 saves, three shy of her season- and career-high, with eight coming in the second half … It's the most saves by a Gator goalie in a shutout since Beth Van Parys '06 had 12 in a 0-0 double-overtime draw against Carnegie Mellon on September 27, 2005.
PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll
Bethany sophomore goalkeeper Hope Fair (Dunnville, Ontario/Lakeshore Catholic); Grove City senior goalkeeper Courtney Lisman (Mars, Pa./Mars); Westminster junior goalkeeper Morgan Murphy (Yardley, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Eva Dexter • Franciscan • Freshman forward • Troy, Ohio/Lehman Catholic
Dexter paced the Barons in a 9-0 victory over Thiel by recording her second career hat trick and totaling seven points ... She scored three of the team's first four goals in the match, including the initial tally in the fifth minute, with follow-up goals in the 12th and 53rd minutes ... Dexter also assisted on Franciscan's fifth goal for her final point of the day ... The outburst puts Dexter third in the PAC with 10 goals and tied for fourth with 21 points.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman defender Emma Tikey (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville); Grove City freshman midfielder Kiara White (Perkiomenville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley); Thiel freshman midfielder Ashley Ross (Springdale, Pa./Springdale); Waynesburg freshman forward Amanda Pepe (Mantua, N.J./Gloucester County Institute of Technology)
 
Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Emma Miller had five points (2g/1a) in the Gators' 5-0 win at W&J, her fourth match with at least five points this year, and now ranks fourth in D-III with 16 goals, fifth with 37 points, as well as tied for sixth in team history with 30 goals ... Saint Vincent's Jordan Kirkwood broke a 2-all tie with her goal in the 81st minute, lifting the Bearcats to a 3-2 win over Franciscan and extending their unbeaten streak to 10 games and winning streak to seven games, both program records ... Waynesburg's Reagan Mittendorf scored in both matches of a 1-1 week, highlighted by a four-point effort (1g/2a) in victory over Thiel ... Westminster's Lydia Ohm scored both goals in the Titans' 2-1 win over Chatham and added a single goal in a 2-2 draw with fellow co-PAC leader Grove City, her fifth in the last five Westminster matches.