Cassie Brooks, D'Youville College, Women's Soccer - Defensive
Brooks had yet another impressive game at both ends of the field in Saturday's 2-1 victory over La Roche. Brooks tallied her second assist of the season on the team's first goal of the game in the win over the Redhawks. On the defensive end, Cassie helped limit La Roche to just eight shots, five of which were on goal. Her play at both ends of the field have been impressive this season as she is tied for the team lead in assists and is tied for second in goals with two ? all from her left back position.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: D'Youville F Cassie Brooks had yet another impressive game at both ends of the field in Saturday's 2-1 victory over La Roche. Brooks tallied her second assist of the season on the team's first goal of the game in the win over the Redhawks. On the defensive end, Cassie helped limit La Roche to just eight shots, five of which were on goal. Her play at both ends of the field have been impressive this season as she is tied for the team lead in assists and is tied for second in goals with two ? all from her left back position.
BEST OF THE REST: Mount Aloysius GK Lauren Davey picked up her fourth consecutive shutout, as she shutout Pitt-Bradford on Saturday 2-0, and has not allowed a goal against a conference opponent so far this season...Pitt-Greensburg D Tori Conroy started and played all 90 minutes in Pitt-Greensburg's games this past week at Waynesburg and Hilbert, as she also assisted on the offensive end against Hilbert with a shot attempt and helped anchor a defensive unit that did not allow a shot attempt by Hilbert in the second half and gave up just two for the game...Medaille GK Shae Messemer earned her second career win this weekend against conference match up Franciscan University, keeping the Barons down to only one goal...Alfred State D Annaliese Ziemann recorded a goal and an assist from her defensive position in the Pioneers contest vs. Penn State Altoona...La Roche D Jessica Nakamura did not show up on the stat sheet in Saturday's match against D'Youville, but without her efforts on the defensive front, La Roche would have never scored their lone goal in the contest, as she intercepted a ball in La Roche's defensive zone and then pushed the ball upfield to a Redhawk forward resulting in the corner kick that would bring La Roche within one score. ...Hilbert GK Brianna Stegmeier earned 26 saves in 167 minutes of play due to her proper angling techniques and intensity between the pipes, finishing the week with a .765 save percentage to lead the hawks defensively