Sarah Dailey, Pitt-Bradford, Women's Soccer - Defensive
Dailey earned her fourth clean sheet of the season on Tuesday in the team's 1-0 OT win. At the time of the game, she was the stand-alone leader in the AMCC with four shutouts. On Saturday, she saved five shots and held Penn State-Altoona to one goal to help Pitt-Bradford to a 1-0 start in conference play. For the week, Dailey earned two wins, including a shutout and nine saves.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Pitt-Bradford GK Sarah Dailey earned her fourth clean sheet of the season on Tuesday in the team's 1-0 OT win. At the time of the game, she was the stand-alone leader in the AMCC with four shutouts. On Saturday, she saved five shots and held Penn State-Altoona to one goal to help Pitt-Bradford to a 1-0 start in conference play. For the week, Dailey earned two wins, including a shutout and nine saves.
BEST OF THE REST: Mount Aloysius D Summer Schell spearheaded a defense that allowed only a single shot in 180 minutes of action for the week while recording two shutouts and adding the game-winning goal off of a penalty kick in the Mounties' conference opener against Medaille on Saturday...D'Youville GK Megan Dulniak played a major part in D'Youville's first conference win of the season over La Roche, as she made nine saves earlier in the week in a loss to Buffalo State but came back to make 10 saves in the team's 2-1 win over the Redhawks for their first conference victory...PS-Behrend D Sami Lowry led the Lions to their first conference win over Pitt-Greensburg, helping the defense hold the Bobcats to a pair of shots for Behrend's second shutout of the season...PS-Altoona D Jenna Mickel had a strong week in the back line for the Lady Lions, as she helped limit the Bethany Bison to one goal, eight shots, and five shots on goal, and then recorded her team-leading third assist of the season in a 3-1 loss to UPB...Franciscan D Sarah Rooney helped the Lady Barons to a 1-0 start in conference play, as the Lady Baron defense allowed just one shot on goal (with 42 seconds left in the second) against Hilbert, holding the Hawks to just seven shots total and three corner kicks...Medaille GK Deejah Burgess continues to shine in net for the Mavericks, finishing the week with 17 saves, including 14 against the Thiel Tomcats...La Roche GK Isabelle Orange made seven saves and allowed just two goals in a loss at D'Youville...Hilbert D Lauren Lepovich anchored the backline for the Hawks and consistently broke up Franciscan's attack in the opening match in league play.