Women's Soccer | 9/14/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 2 PAC Honors (for events between Sept. 7-13)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 2 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Emma Koller • Saint Vincent • Senior forward • Baltimore, Md./Eastern Tech
Koller scored five goals and picked up an assist for a total of 11 points over the course of the Bearcats' 2-0 week ... Koller recorded a hat trick, while picking an assist, all in the first 21 minutes of the Bearcats' win against Mount Aloysius on Wednesday ... She followed that up with two more goals in SVC's 3-1 win against Penn College on Sunday afternoon.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior midfielder Katherine Surdykowski (Chesterfield, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional); Chatham freshman midfielder Sarah Vescio (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley); Franciscan senior midfielder Elise Winogradoff (Stormville, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes); Hiram senior midfielder Kali Baker (North Ridgeville, Ohio/North Ridgeville); Saint Francis senior midfielder Mercedez Paino (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy); Thiel junior forward Imogen deBlois (Hubbard, Ohio/Howland); W&J sophomore defender Natalie Faingnaert (McMurray, Pa./Peters Township); Waynesburg senior forward Julz Mohrbacher (Freedom, Pa./Freedom)
PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week
Abby Ngugi • Waynesburg • Junior defender • Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson
Ngugi showcased all of her skills during a 2-0 week for Waynesburg ... She led a Jacket defensive effort that allowed just two shots, neither on goal, during a 4-0 win over La Roche on Tuesday ... Ngugi recorded her first collegiate goal during the 41st minute of Waynesburg's 3-1 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Friday ... Ngugi and the Yellow Jacket defense limited BW to six shots in the second half as Waynesburg protected their two-goal lead.
PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll
Allegheny junior defender Emma Tikey (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville); Chatham freshman goalkeeper Gianna Trunzo (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe); Franciscan sophomore goalkeeper Callie Giguere (Piqua, Ohio/Lehman Catholic); Geneva sophomore goalkeeper Natalie Foster (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg); Grove City senior goalkeeper Maddie Mills (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna); Hiram junior goalkeeper Madie Kennedy (Superior, Col./Monarch); Saint Francis freshman defender Morgan Schlegel (Cranberry Twp., Pa./North Catholic); Saint Vincent junior goalkeeper Rilyn Warner (Granville, Ohio/Watkins Memorial); Thiel freshman goalkeeper Brynn Houser (Harmony, Pa./Seneca Valley)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Ava Soley • Grove City • Freshman midfielder • Butler, Pa./Butler
Soley scored both Grove City goals Saturday in a 2-0 victory at No. 11 Case Western Reserve … She opened the scoring at 30:59, then added an insurance goal at 79:13 as the Wolverines improved to 3-0-1 and earned their first win over Case Western Reserve in five career meetings.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman goalkeeper Addison Ayres (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional); Chatham freshman defender Alaina Gould (Anthem, Ariz./Boulder Creek); Hiram freshman forward Sydney Kates (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Darby); Saint Francis freshman forward Molly Baker (Wexford, Pa./Pine Richland); Thiel freshman midfielder Julia Fallon (Geneva, Ohio/Geneva); Westminster freshman forward Madeline Barr (Grove City, Pa./Grove City)
Records & Milestones
Franciscan's Callie Giguere recorded seven saves in her second shutout of the season in the Barons' 1-0 victory over Oberlin, their first ever against the Yeowomen ... Geneva's Natalie Foster made 19 saves across two matches, including seven in a 0-0 draw with Kenyon for her first shutout of the year ... Hiram's Kali Baker had a career-high four points (1g/2a) in a 5-0 win over Pitt-Bradford ... In a 4-0 victory over Penn State-Altoona, Saint Francis' Mercedez Paino notched her first career two-goal game and Molly Baker collected her first collegiate goal ... Thiel's Imogen deBlois had game-winning goals in wins over Pitt-Bradford and Hilbert, including the only tally in the 86th minute of the 1-0 victory over Pitt-Bradford, which also featured Brynn Houser making three saves for her first career shutout ... W&J's Natalie Faingnaert scored her first career goal, which was the game winner in a 3-0 victory over La Roche ... Julz Mohrbacher powered Waynesburg to a 2-0 week with wins over La Roche and Baldwin Wallace with two goals in each match ... Madeline Barr helped Westminster secure a 1-0 win at Buffalo State Saturday when she scored the first goal of her collegiate career in the 74th minute.