Final 2011 Women's Soccer Weekly Awards Announced
MAAC Sports
Offensive Player of the Week
Nichole Schiro, Loyola, Jr., F, 5-9, Okemos, Mich./Okemos
Schiro totaled four goals and eight points, helping the Greyhounds to a 2-0-0 week and a berth in the 2011 Chick-fil-A MAAC Championship. She tallied a natural hat trick, scoring the first three goals of the game in the first half of a 6-1 win over Manhattan on Friday night. It was the first hat trick for a Greyhound since 2005, and it gave the junior 34 for her career, breaking the Loyola program record for goals in a career. Schiro followed that performance by scoring a goal in the first overtime of a 1-0 win over Saint Peter's that sent the Greyhounds to make their 17th MAAC Championship appearance. She totaled two game-winning goals, giving her three on the season while her 11 total goals are the fourth-most in a single-season in Loyola history.
Co-Defensive Players of the Week
Kelly Boudreau, Fairfield, Sr., GK, 5-8, Farmington, Conn./Farmington
Boudreau recorded two shutouts in the Stags' Western New York trip, helping her squad earn the fourth seed in the 2011 Chick-fil-A MAAC Women's Soccer Championship. On Friday at Canisius, she registered six saves in Fairfield's 1-0 win. On Sunday at Niagara, Boudreau made eight saves on the day and held her opponent scoreless for the fourth consecutive game and 10th time this season. The senior also recorded her 80th save of the year, bringing her career total to 393, which shattered the Fairfield record. The previous standard of 388 career saves was set by Anne Lyons who served as the Stags' keeper from 1997-2000.
Gabrielle Wilson, Niagara, Sr., GK, 5-6, Tonawanda, N.Y./Holy Angels Academy
Wilson came up big for the Purple Eagles, notching two shutouts this weekend to help Niagara advance to the 2011 Chick-fil-A MAAC Championship. She made four saves during the 4-0 win of Iona for her fourth shutout of the season, and then made eight more saves to shutout Fairfield. Wilson made 12 saves on the weekend, with a 0.00 GAA and a 1.000 save percentage.
Rookie of the Week
Amanda Epstein, Marist, Fr., Forward, 5-5, Jericho, N.Y./Jericho
Epstein was back to her goal scoring ways for the Red Foxes this past weekend. In Marist's lone game of the weekend, a road matchup at Siena on Saturday, the freshman forward notched a goal and an assist. Her assist came in the 46th minute on Rycke Guiney's goal, while her goal was scored in the third minute of overtime at 92:12 to give the Red Foxes their program-best 12th win of the season. This tally was Epstein's seventh game-winning goal of 2011.