INDIANAPOLIS – Malone and Findlay shared honors for Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Players of the Week that was announced on Tuesday morning.
Offensive Player of the Week
Danielle Lung
Malone
Forward
Junior
Hinckley, OH (Brunswick HS)
Lung’s offensive exploits have been on display plenty this season.
Her second hat trick of the season in Malone’s lone game of the week has the Pioneers sitting well in third place in the conference standings at 4-1-0 (.800 win %).
The junior already had one hat trick against the same opponent as Malone has now outscored Alderson Broaddus by a combined score of 11-1 in the two meetings.
Lung has been nothing short of dynamic for Malone’s offense this year as she ranks second in the league in goals and points and is one of three players to have three game-winning strikes.
Lung has scored 10 of her team’s 22 goals this fall, a number that has Malone tied for the team lead among all conference teams. The Pioneers have pitched three straight shutouts in conference action while sitting a 7-1-0 overall.
Lung completed her hat trick on Saturday with all three goals coming in the first half. Her first strike found the net unassisted at the 6:07 mark. About nine minutes later, she scored again and gave Malone a 4-0 lead with 10 minutes until halftime.
Defensive Player of the Week
Anna Money
Findlay
Goalkeeper
Junior
Dayton, OH (Chaminade-Julienne HS)
Hailing from the high school where this year’s conference championship will be conducted in Dayton, Money could feel right at home if the Oilers can cement their status in the final of the eight-team bracket.
Findlay’s defense has been an impenetrable brick wall as the undefeated Oilers continue their winning ways, making it six straight victories.
UF has conceded only two goals in nine games all season on their way to an 8-0-1 record. Findlay is second in Division II only behind Nova Southeastern in the goals against average team category (.219).
Also ranking No. 2 in the nation, Findlay is among the best in save percentage with a .944 clip and 34 total saves on the season.
Six of those saves came from Money over the past week of competition as Findlay shut out Cedarville and Ohio Dominican. The all-conference keeper has been in somewhat of a timeshare with Nicole Burke, who deserves credit for the Oilers’ success as well.
Money made four saves against Ohio Dominican as the Oilers prevailed in OT. With only 12 shots combined between the Oilers and Yellow Jackets in a defensive struggle, Money made a pair of critical stops as Karleigh Clare scored right before halftime.