2017 Women's Soccer Players of the Week

  • Lauren Johnson, Shenandoah, Sr., Midfielder
    October 30, 2017
    Johnson, a senior from Greenlawn, N.Y., scored two big goals for Shenandoah last week to help them qualify for the ODAC Tournament as the seventh seed. Johnson opened her week by scoring the would-be game-winning goal in the 77th minute of a 3-2 win over Randolph-Macon. She then came thru with the first goal in the final regular season game of the ODAC, helping the Hornets win 3-0 at Emory & Henry and lock up their tournament position. For the season, Johnson has registered nine points on four goals and one assist.
  • Mia Meinhardt, Virginia Wesleyan, Fr., Forward
    October 23, 2017
    Meinhardt, a freshman from Midlothian, Va., helped Virginia Wesleyan maintain its tie atop the ODAC standings with Lynchburg with two more league victories last week. In a week in which the Marlins topped Emory & Henry ,4-0, Meinhardt made her presence felt with three points in a 2-1 victory over Bridgewater. Down 1-0 in the second half, she tucked in the game-tying goal in the 71st minute. The 1-1 score persisted thru regulation and to the 94th minute when Meinhardt picked the right time to register her first assist of the season with a feed to Zoe Traficante for the game-winning tally. The two wins give VWU 21 standings points and tied with Lynchburg with two conference games left to play for each squad. Meinhardt now has seven points on three goals and an assist.
  • Isabella Krider, Bridgewater, Jr., Midfielder
    October 16, 2017
    Krider, a junior from Arlington, Va., came thru in the clutch for Bridgewater as the Eagles rattled off a pair of ODAC wins to move into a six-way tie on standings points (15) at the top of the conference table. Against Shenandoah, Krider opened the game's scoring with a 10th minute tally that stood up thru more than 55 minutes of action before SU leveled the game in the 66th minute. Just a bit more than four minutes later, Krider returned a full three points to Bridgewater as she again beat the keeper for her second tally and a 2-1 triumph. The Eagles went on to defeat Guilford, 2-0, later in the week. For the season, Krider has registered nine points on three goals and three assists. The two goals were her first since scoring in the first game of the season against Wooster (1-1 draw).
  • Kennedy Jakubek, Lynchburg, Jr., Midfielder
    October 09, 2017
    Jakubek, a junior from Leesburg, Va., registered 10 points on five goals to help Lynchburgt to a 3-0 week that included a pair of ODAC victories. The Hornets are now 11-1 overall and 4-1 in ODAC play. Jakubek started her week by scoring both goals in a 2-1 victory at Catholic. She fired a shot inside the far post in the seventh minute and then dribbled thru the defense and beat the keeper 1-on-1 in the 33rd minute. Jakubek again found the net twice in a 9-0 victory at Randolph, registering the first just 23-seconds into the contest and notching her second in the 16th minute. She capped her week by scoring the first goal in a 3-0 win at Washington and Lee in the 54th minute. For the season, Jakubek is tied for fifth in the ODAC with 17 points on seven goals and three assists.
  • Rebecca Morris, Washington and Lee, Sr., Midfielder/Forward
    October 02, 2017
    Morris, a senior from Nashville, Tenn., helped the Generals pick up a pair of league wins with an 11-point week. Morris opened with three assists in a 10-0 victory over Hollins. She followed that with her first career hat trick to go with a pair of assists in a 7-0 victory at Randolph. The eight points are the most in a game by a Generals' player since the 2005 season. For the year, Morris is second in the ODAC with six assists, while the goals are her first the of the season to give her 12 points.
  • Alex Davidson, Virginia Wesleyan, So., Forward
    September 25, 2017
    Davidson, a sophomore form Virginia Beach, Va., put the Marlins on her back in a road win at Lynchburg for the second of two victories for Virginia Wesleyan last week. After peppering four shots on-goal in a 2-1 win at N.C. Wesleyan, VWU found itself in trouble down 2-0 at Lynchburg following the Hornets' second tally in the 58th minute. Davidson not only erased the deficit but put the Marlins ahead with three goals down the stretch. She registered her first goal in the 60th minute by burying a free kick and then leveled the score 2-all less than a minute later with a clinical finish. She hammered home the eventual game-winner in the 86th minute to secure a 3-2 comeback victory over the nationally 14th-ranked Hornets. For the season, Davidson is sixth in the ODAC with 13 points. She is seventh with five goals and fifth with three assists.
  • Anna Sobus, Bridgewater, Sr., Forward
    September 18, 2017
    Sobus, a senior from Spotsylanvia, Va., put together a nine-point week as she helped Bridgewater rack up three victories to move to 5-1-1 on the season. After the Eagles picked up a 1-0 win at St. Mary's (Md.), Sobus put BC ahead, 2-0, in the 17th minute on the way to a 3-0 triumph at N.C. Wesleyan. Sobus had a hand in four of BC's five goals in their third road win of the week, a 5-2 result at Methodist. She assisted on the Eagles' first-half tally and broke a 1-1 halftime stalemate with three goals in the 47th, 53rd, and 85th minutes for her first career hat trick. Sobus is currently second in the ODAC with 11 points and tied for second with five goals scored.
  • Delaney Doyle, Randolph, Sr., Forward
    September 11, 2017
    Doyle, a senior from Gloucester, Va., put together and eight-point week to help the WildCats to a 1-0-1 week in non-conference action. Doyle started her week by scoring the final two goals in a 4-0 triumph at William Peace, locking up the WildCats first win of the season. She then came to a rescue in a 2-2 draw with Marymount (Va.). After opening the game's scoring with a goal in the 22nd minute, she helped the WildCats avoid a 2-1 loss with the tying goal in the 70th minute. For the season, Doyle is tied for the ODAC lead with eight points and four goals scored.
  • Caitlin Mertens, Lynchburg, Jr., Forward
    September 05, 2017
    Mertens, a junior from Succasunna, N.J., started her season off on fire with four goals in a pair of wins for Lynchburg at Roanoke College Kick-Off. Mertens opened her account in game one with both goals in a 2-0 victory over SUNY-Brockport. She then had a direct effect on the outcome in a 3-1 win over St. John Fisher College, scoring the second and third goals of the contest.