Women's Soccer | 9/7/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 1 PAC Honors (for events between August 31-Sept. 6)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 1 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Tori Stevenson • Grove City • Senior midfielder • Butler Pa./Butler
Stevenson scored seven goals and added two assists for a 16-point week, which helped Grove City to a 2-0-1 start … She had a hat trick and an assist Tuesday night in a 4-4 draw at Penn State Behrend … Stevenson then scored twice each in home wins over Lycoming and Mount Aloysius … She is now tied for fourth in program history with 41 career goals and ranks sixth with 88 career points.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Bethany senior forward Jordan Palmer (East Liverpool, Ohio/Beaver Local); Chatham junior midfielder Helen Bossart (McDonald, Pa./Mercyhurst); Geneva senior forward Renae Singh (Freedom, Pa./Freedom); Thiel junior forward Imogen deBlois (Hubbard, Ohio/Howland); W&J junior forward Alexa Taylor (Aliquippa, Pa./OLSH); Waynesburg junior forward Amanda Pepe (Mantua, N.J./Gloucester County Institute of Technology); Westminster senior forward Jocelyn Gratchic (Connellsville, Pa./Connellsville)
PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week
Emily Codere • Westminster • Senior goalkeeper • Shelton, Conn./Shelton
Codere went 2-0-1 in goal for Westminster last week … She recorded her first career shutout with eight saves in a 0-0 draw against Oberlin on Tuesday … Codere notched her second shutout of her career with a 2-0 victory over Mount Aloysius on Friday where she made two saves … After making five saves in a 2-1 win over Lycoming on Saturday, Codere leads the PAC in goals against average (0.33) and is second in save percentage (.938).
PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore goalkeeper Alex Augustine (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern); Bethany senior goalkeeper Hope Fair (Dunnville, Ontario/Lakeshore Catholic); Chatham junior goalkeeper Kyanni Escudero (Gilbertsville, Pa./Pope John Paul II); Franciscan sophomore goalkeeper Callie Giguere (Piqua, Ohio/Lehman Catholic); Grove City senior defender Meghan Tischler (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park); Saint Francis sophomore goalkeeper Alyssa Walker (Summerhill, Pa./Forest Hills); Thiel freshman goalkeeper Brynn Houser (Harmony, Pa./Seneca Valley); Waynesburg senior goalkeeper Lex Greenlief (Chester, W.Va./Oak Glen);
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Liz Scheeff • Thiel • Freshman midfielder • Olmsted Falls, Ohio/Olmsted Falls
In Thiel's 1-1 week to start the season, Scheeff played a big role in the Tomcats' win ... She finished with two goals and four assists for eight points in a 12-0 victory over Penn State-Beaver ... Her four assists tied a Thiel and PAC single-game record ... All four assists set up goals by Imogen deBlois, who finished with a PAC and Thiel-record six goals in the victory.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman goalkeeper Addison Ayres (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional); Chatham freshman defender Alaina Gould (Anthem, Ariz./Boulder Creek); Franciscan freshman forward Lizzy Craig (Granger, Ind./St. Thomas More); Geneva freshman midfielder Hannah Hido (Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt); Grove City freshman midfielder Ava Soley (Butler, Pa./Butler); W&J freshman forward Zailey Tillar (Annapolis, Md./Key School); Waynesburg freshman midfielder Kennedy Prestidge (Hanover, Va./Hanover); Westminster freshman midfielder Quinn Arnold (Coroapolis, Pa./Moon)
Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Addison Ayres made 14 saves against SUNY Geneseo, the most by an Allegheny freshman in their first career start in at least 25 years ... Bethany's Hope Fair stopped nine shots in both matches last week, including in a 1-1 draw with Pitt-Bradford Sunday ... With four saves in a 0-0 draw with Alfred, Chatham's Kyanni Escudero recorded her 10th career shutout ... Franciscan's Callie Giguere set a program-record with 22 saves in a 5-1 victory over Otterbein ... Renae Singh recorded a goal and two assists in Geneva's 2-1 week, tallying what proved to be the game-winner in the GT's 3-2 season-opening victory over Muskingum on Tuesday, and assisting on both goals in Geneva's 2-1 victory at Elmira on Friday ... Saint Francis' Alyssa Walker made 26 saves in two matches last week, including nine stops in a 1-1 tie at Ohio Wesleyan ... Thiel's Imogen deBlois broke a PAC record originally set in 2012 and equaled twice in 2014 when she scored six goals in a 12-0 blowout over Penn State-Beaver ... In addition to setting a Thiel single-game record, deBlois broke the PAC mark of five goals held by W&J's Holly Shipley (at PSU-Altoona, 9/23/12), Bethany's Michaela Hinerman (at PSU-Beaver, 9/16/14) and Thomas More's Julia Flagge Echols (vs. Bethany, 10/4/14) ... W&J's Alexa Taylor netted a pair of goals, including the game-winner, in a 4-0 victory over Carlow ... Waynesburg's Lex Greenlief had a busy first week in between the pipes, as she piled up 23 saves over 270 minutes during three games while posting an .821 save percentage.