GNAC Women's Soccer

2009 GNAC Women's Soccer Players-of-the-Week

Webb

Week of Aug. 24-30 and Aug. 31-Sept. 6: Jill Webb, Saint Martin's (F, 5-6, Jr., Puyallup, WA - Emerald Ridge) tallied five points as the Saints earned a split of two home contests during the Week of Aug. 24-30. She had both of SMU's goals in a 3-2 loss to San Francisco State, then had an assist on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Cal State Monterey Bay. . .During the Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6, Webb scored three goals in wins over Cal State East Bay and previously unbeaten Sonoma State. Her goal against Sonoma in the 69th minute snapped a 1-1 tie handing the Seawolves their first loss in four contests. It was the second straight Player-of-the-Week award for Webb, who has led her team to a seventh place West Regional ranking in the NSCAA Division II coaches poll.

Week of Sept. 7-13: Samantha Boehm, Montana State Billings (D, 5-7, Jr., Wilsonville, OR) anchored a back line which allowed just four shots on goal in a pair of contests at the University of Mary Invitational, including a 4-0 win over Minnesota Crookston and a 1-1 tie with the University of Mary. MSUB outshot its two opponents 30-17, including an 18-4 advantage in shots on goal as it improved to 3-2-1 on the season.


Sawyer	Yturbe

Week of Sept. 14-20: Taylor Sawyer, Seattle Pacific (D, 5-5, Fr., Gig Harbor, WA - North Mason) and Autumn Yturbe, Northwest Nazarene (F, 5-6, Fr., Buhl, ID). . .Sawyer and fellow freshman Taylor Lundquist (San Jose, CA) have anchored SPU's defense which has posted eight shutouts including a pair of 3-0 conference wins against Western Oregon and Saint Martin's Thursday and Saturday. "Taylor Sawyer and Taylor Lundquist have been absolutely outstanding as the centerbacks and anchors of our back line," SPU coach Chuck Sekyra said. "Game in and game out, they've come with a tremendous amount of determination and pride to keep our opponent out of our net." . .Yturbe, who had 166 goals in her prep career, scored a pair of goals rallying Northwest Nazarene from a 2-0 deficit in a 4-3 win over Montana State Billings as the Crusaders snapped a 16-game GNAC losing streak and an 18-game GNAC winless streak. NNU bettered its goal total for the entire 2008 conference season when it found the net just three times in 12 contests. "Autumn has been battling some injuries and we're excited to finally have her back at full strength," NNU coach Jamie Lindvall said.


Lundquist	Foreman

Week of Sept. 21-27: Taylor Lundquist, Seattle Pacific (D, 5-8, Fr., San Jose, CA - Willow Glen) and Kari Foreman, Montana State Billings (M, 5-5, Jr., Lakewood, CO - Bear Creek). . .Lundquist, who plays the center back position, led the Falcons to a 2-0 win over Central Washington as SPU did not allow a shot on goal in recording its 10 th straight shutout. "Taylor has been phenomenal this season and has been an absolute key to our success," SPU coach Chuck Sekyra said. "She was tremendous against Central Washington. She read the game well, was wonderful in the air, great with the ball and dominated defensively,". . .Foreman scored MSUB's game-winning goals in wins over Western Oregon and Saint Martin's and also added an assist against the Saints. Her goal in the 102 nd minute snapped a 1-1 tie against the Wolves. She played all 192 minutes in the two games and all five of her shots were "on goal."

Week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4: Emily Frankland, Western Washington (F, 5-4, Jr., Sammamish, WA - Skyline) had a pair of goals and an assist leading the Vikings to wins over Northwest Nazarene and Seattle Pacific. She scored a second-half goal to snap a scoreless tie in a 2-0 win at Northwest Nazarene. She then scored a goal in the fifth minute to end Seattle Pacific's 11-game shutout streak and later added an assist on a goal by Molly Shannon as the Vikings snapped SPU's 27-game unbeaten streak. "Emily really asserted herself," WWU coach Travis Connell said. "Her energy and execution were big factors in both of our victories."

Week of Oct. 5-11: Brittney Rigtrup, Western Oregon (GK, 5-7, Jr., Renton, WA - Hazen) had 10 saves in the Wolves' 2-0 road win at Central Washington. Rigtrup faced a total of 22 shots in recording her first shutout of the season. Her save total was also the second most in the conference this fall. She is only the seventh goalkeeper in GNAC history to record 10 or more saves while posting a shutout. That feat has been accomplished a total of 10 times. "Brittney had a couple of brilliant diving saves, one of which clearly got just enough of the ball to tip it into the crossbar," WOU coach Rod Fretz said. "She definitely came to play against Central and established that clearly from the start. She was one of the primary reasons we kept Central off the board."

Week of Oct. 12-18: Kelly Irving, Western Washington (M, 5-6, Sr., Gig Harbor, WA) had the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory at Grand Canyon, then earned assists on the GWGs in 2-0 and 1-0 wins at Central Washington and Western Oregon as the Vikings won three road contests. The assists were Irving's league-leading sixth and seventh of the season and the 24th and 25th of her career, moving her into a tie for seventh place on the GNAC all-time career assist list. She is also just one assist short of equaling the Western Washington school record of 26 set by Cindy Gordon between 1981 and 1984.

Week of Oct. 19-25: Jocelyn Charette, Seattle Pacific (F, 5-10, Sr., Lakewood, WA - Curtis) had a hat-trick - her second of the season and third of her career - in a 4-0 home win against Montana State Billings. She also had three of Seattle Pacific's eight shots on goal in Saturday's 2-0 loss at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Charette currently leads the conference in scoring with 26 points (11 goals, 4 assists). Prior to Saturday's contest, she had tallied 14 points (6 goals, 2 assists) in her last three contests.

Week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1: Amy Pate, Central Washington (F, 5-7, So., Federal Way, WA) scored the first two goals in a 3-1 win over Seattle Pacific as the Wildcats earned their first win over the Falcons since 2001. "Amy did a great job of being in position and finishing two good chances at two very critical moments in the game," CWU coach Michael Farrand said. The loss extended Seattle Pacific's winless streak to three games, its longest since the 2002 season, which was its second season of intercollegiate soccer.

Week of Nov. 2-8: Jocelyn Charette, Seattle Pacific (F, 5-10, Sr., Lakewood, WA - Curtis) scored four goals and also had a pair of assists as the Falcons won a pair of games to win their sixth GNAC title by a single point over Western Washington. Charette assisted on the equalizer and scored the game-winner eight minutes into overtime as SPU rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Montana State Billings 3-2 on Thursday. Then on Saturday, she recorded her third hat trick of the season and the fourth of her career in a 6-0 home win against Northwest Nazarene. "Both games were huge in helping us win the GNAC title and in determining our NCAA tournament seeding," SPU coach Chuck Sekyra said. "As a senior she wants to go out on top and she took over at times in both games and just had a great week."

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