INDIANAPOLIS – The final set of Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Players of the Week honors were handed out on Monday afternoon with the postseason tournament officially coming to a close.
 
Ohio Valley retained bragging rights as a repeat Great Midwest tournament champion with a 1-0 win vs. Walsh in Saturday’s final.
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Fernanda Araya
Ohio Valley
Forward
Sophomore
Santiago, Chile (University Andres Bello)
  
Araya kicked off her impressive weekend with a hat trick in Thursday's G-MAC championship semifinal game against No. 4 seed Findlay.
 
The sophomore first team all-conference performer provided the assist to Jennifer Medina to open the scoring in the seventh minute. Araya added her own goals in the 14th, 47th and 60th minutes, to give the Fighting Scots a 4-0 win.
 
In Saturday's title game, Araya sank the only goal of the game in the 82nd minute to give Ohio Valley the 1-0 victory and the Great Midwest tournament title for the second consecutive year. During the game, Araya took nine total shots, two of which were on frame.
 
Araya will go into the national tournament as the Great Midwest league leader in goals (16), tied for third in assists (6) and is tied for second in both game-winning goals (4) and shots (90).
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Kim Mora
Ohio Valley
Goalkeeper
Senior
San Carlos, Costa Rica (The Citadel)
 
After posting two shutouts over the weekend, Mora helped the Fighting Scots to claim their second consecutive Great Midwest Championship title. Mora has been in net for all of the exciting moments, including last year’s PK shootout vs. Ohio Dominican at Muskingum University.
 
This time, Mora notched three saves in the semifinal game against Findlay on Thursday with no goals allowed.
 
Mora held Walsh, the second-highest scoring offense in the league, scoreless in the title game while making three saves.