CENTER VALLEY, Pa. — The second week of Patriot League women’s soccer concluded Sunday. Lafayette, Lehigh and Loyola each grabbed thrilling overtime victories while Navy posted two shutouts.
Navy’s defense, led by sophomore Alex Jackson and sophomore goalkeeper Sydney Fortson, limited the potent UNCW offense, which averaged 14.4 shots per game in 2016, to only 10 shots with four on target. Offensively, junior forward Ash Fairow netted both game-winners for the Mids as they improved to 2-2-0.
Lehigh remains unbeaten after the second week of play with a record of 2-0-1. Sophomore goalkeeper Sam Miller continued to add to her career shutout count which currently sits at 14 in just 20 career games. She posted 12 saves on the weekend, making a career high of nine saves against Temple, one coming in the final minutes of the first half to keep the game scoreless going into halftime.
Holy Cross picked up its first win of the season against Hartford. Megan Lawlor (Jr., D/M) found the back of the net in the 60th minute of play off a corner kick from Emily George (Sr., M/F).
Lafayette senior forward Alex Stanford posted the game-winner for the Leopards while freshman forward Rebecca Schreiner picked up her first collegiate career goal in the 2-1 overtime victory against NJIT.
Weekend Results
Wednesday, August 23
NJIT 1 Lafayette 2 OT
Thursday, August 24
VMI 1 American 2
Seton Hall 0 Loyola Maryland 1 OT
Hartford 0 Holy Cross 1
Northeastern 1 Boston 2
Syracuse 3 Army West Point 2
Friday, August 25
Bucknell 0 Duke 2
Colgate 1 New Hampshire 2
Navy 2 Delaware State 0
Lehigh 1 Penn 0
Sunday, August 27
UNC-Wilmington 0 Navy 1
Loyola Maryland 0 Georgetown 5
Colgate 1 Boston College 5
Army West Point 0 Quinnipiac 2
Bucknell 1 William & Mary 3
American o VCU 5
Hofstra 2 Boston 1
Lehigh 2 Temple 1 2OT
The women’s soccer weekly awards for Aug. 21-27 went to Ash Fairow (Navy), Annika Jansa (Lehigh), Alyssa Riporti (Lehigh), Sam Miller (Lehigh), and Lizzie Harper (Army West Point).
Corvias Patriot League Women’s Soccer Weekly Awards
CORVIAS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ASH FAIROW, NAVY Jr., F, Jacksonville, N.C..
Fairow scored both game-winning goals for the Midshipmen to help improve their record to 2-2-0. An accurate shooter, the junior placed all five of her shots on target last weekend.
CORVIAS MIDFIELDER OF THE WEEK
ANNIKA JANSA, LEHIGH So., M, Potomac, Md.
Jansa rocketed a shot into the upper-left corner of the goal in the 40th minute of play against Ivy League opponent Penn in the 1-0 victory. The tally marks Jansa’s game-winning and career goal.
CORVIAS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ALYSSA RIPORTI, LEHIGH Sr., D, Scotch Plains, N.J.
Riporti posed as a key anchor in the Mountain Hawk defense last week. The backline allowed only one goal in 196 minutes and 30 second over the weekend. Riporti and the Lehigh defense continue to hold opponents to one or fewer goals in 17-of-21 games since the beginning of the 2016 season.
CORVIAS GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK
SAM MILLER, LEHIGH So., GK, Commack, N.Y.
Miller earns her second-straight weekly honor after stopping 12-of-13 shots last week. She added to her career shutout record which currently sits at 14 in 20 career games. The sophomore goalkeeper now owns a 0.29 goals against average and a 0.941 save percentage.
CORVIAS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
LIZZIE HARPER, ARMY WEST POINT Fr., F, Monroeville, Pa.
In the 34th minute, Harper received a pass from Clare Shea, dribbled past a pair of Syracuse defenders and buried the ball in the back of the net to even the score 2 apiece against opponent Syracuse. The tally marked her first-collegiate goal; however, the Orange defeated the Black Knights 3-2.
HONORABLE MENTION
JULIANNA CHEN, BOSTON U., Jr., M, Milton, Mass.
In the 33rd minute of play, Chen scored the game-winning goal over Northeastern for the final score of 2-1.
CLARE SHEA, ARMY WEST POINT Sr., M, Allendale, N.J.
Shea tallied a goal and an assist against Syracuse.
ALEX JACKSON So., D, Centennial, Colo.
Jackson played all 180 minutes for the Midshipmen contributing in both of their shutout victories.
MAGGIE WADSWORTH, LEHIGH So., F, Weddington, N.C.
Wadsworth netted the game-winning goal in double-overtime against Temple. The victory marked Wadsworth’s first game-winning goal and Lehigh’s third double-overtime victory against Temple in the past three seasons.
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