LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Trinity junior midfielder Emily Jorgens and senior defender Jennifer White have been named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Players-of-the-Week for Week One of the SCAC Soccer season.
SCAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Games of August 30 – September 2
Jorgens led Trinity to wins over Luther and Puget
Sound to open the 2013 season, scoring a total of eight points for
the Tigers.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Junior forward Nicole Johnson of Dallas scored a goal and had two assists in a pair of losses. Junior midfielder Hayley Warriner of Southwestern took three shots, two on goal in this weekend's games in Washington. Senior midfielder Courtney Farmer of Texas Lutheran tallied three shots, all on goal, in the first two games of the season. Austin College, Centenary, and Schreiner did not nominate anyone for Offensive Player-of-the-Week.
SCAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Games of August 30 – September 2
White led the Tigers to a pair of wins to open
the season and also contributed a goal and an assist offensively
over the weekend.
Other outstanding
performances in the SCAC:
Freshman Erica Cooker of
Centenary recorded 11 saves in her Ladies debut. Freshman goalkeeper Mariah
Escajeda of Southwestern played all 180 minutes and recorded
16 saves in two games for a save percentage of .762. Freshman defender Tara Armstrong of
Texas Lutheran played in all 90 minutes in the season opener
against Mary Harden-Baylor as well as time against Concordia, took
one shot. Austin
College, Dallas and Schreiner did not nominate
anyone for Defensive Player-of-the-Week.
To view the entire SCAC Kicks Weekly for week one, click here.