INDIANAPOLIS - With the regular season in the books and the playoff semifinals coming up this week, Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Players of the Week were selected for the ninth time of the year.
Top seeded Ohio Valley won its quarterfinal matchup, which sets up Fighting Scots to host the semifinals and finals for home field advantage in Vienna, WV. Joining them will be Ohio Dominican, Walsh, and Ursuline, all winners of their respective quarterfinal games over the weekend.
Student-athletes from Ohio Dominican and Ursuline turned in some noteworthy performances to earn player of the week selections from the league.
Great Midwest Offensive Player of the Week
Becca Gordon
Ohio Dominican
Forward
RS Sophomore
Johnstown, OH (Johnstown-Monroe/University of Akron)
Gordon played two games this week and forms part of a feared offensive trio with Alli Pavlik and Lauren Bates on the Panthers’ front line. She earned her first career Great Midwest weekly offensive honor.
In the first game against Findlay, Gordon put up a hat trick as well as an assist for seven points. She started off the scoring less than two minutes into the game and assisted a goal in the 10th minute to Susan D’Isidoro to beat the Oilers’ defense.
Less than 30 seconds later, she put in a goal unassisted to put the Panthers up 3-0. She rounded out her day in the 48
th minute completing her hat trick in the 48
th minute, with this one also being unassisted.
The quarterfinal conference tournament matchup also featured a goal from Gordon. With the second-seeded Panthers already up 1-0 on No. 7 Kentucky Wesleyan, Gordon put the finishing touches on the victory by putting up a goal in the 87th minute to send ODU into the semis.
Gordon’s eight goals have her tied for ninth in the conference among the league leaders.
Great Midwest Defensive Player of the Week
Gina Cerny
Ursuline
Goalkeeper
Freshman
Rochester, MI (Stoney Creek HS)
Cerny was kept busy during her two contests this week and ultimately was a decisive factor in helping the Arrows turn in a postseason upset against No. 4 Cedarville.
Her final regular season game came in the form of a double overtime victory against Lake Erie. In 110 minutes in goal, Cerny recorded 12 saves, including three in the overtime periods.
She also put up an impressive performance in the quarterfinal matchup against Cedarville on the road. She helped lead her team to victory with an impressive nine saves in regulation to keep the score knotted at zero.
With the score remaining tied 0-0 after the second overtime period, the game went into penalty kicks, where Cerny helped send Ursuline to the conference semifinals against Ohio Valley.