SLIAC Players of the Week - Oct. 28th
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has announced the Players of the Week for October 28th. The following student-athletes earned this week's honors Jess Edwards, Sarah Koestner, Gabriela Martin, Rachel Perea, Tess Rountree, Jamie Schollenbruch, Alex Vargas and Jeff Wallner.
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OFFENSIVE Alex Vargas (Eureka College) Vargas, a junior from East Peoria, Ill., scored in two of his team's three goals last week; recording the first collegiate goals of his career. Vargas found the back of the net against MacMurray for his first career goal and added a goal and an assist in his team's win over Lincoln Christian. Vargas finished the week with two goals and one assist for five total points. |
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DEFENSIVE Jeff Wallner (Webster University) Wallner, a junior from Eureka, Mo., helped his team record a pair of wins last week over conference foes including a shutout victory. Wlalner and his teammates limited the opposition to just fives shots on goal in two games last week. Against Spalding Wallner led a defense that limited the league's top shooting team to almost half their season average. Wallner and Webster followed that game with a shutout win over MacMurray. |
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DEFENSIVE Rachel Perea (Principia College) Perea, a freshman from St. Louis, Mo., helped her team's defense shutdown their opponents in a pair of shutout wins. Playing at centerback Perea and the defense was able to limit Fontbonne's top three scorers to just one shot. They followed that performance by holding Eureka to just two shots in a shutout victory to end the week. This marks the second time this season Perea has won the weekly award. |
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SPECIAL MENTIONS
- Lexi Collier, Westminster College (Volleyball) Collier recorded double digit kills in three of four matches last week and hit .446 on the week with 45 kills and just five errors. She also added 12 total blocks on the week.
- David Flores, Eureka College (Men's Soccer) Flores finished with 16 saves against Principia, one save short of his career high and also picked up second career win against Lincoln Christian.
- Sierra Sprague, Principia College (Volleyball) Sprague averaged 5.38 digs per set last week including a 31 dig outing against Iowa Wesleyan, the fourth most in Principia's history for a five set match.