Maryland, Minnesota and Rutgers Earn Weekly Women’s Soccer Awards
Maryland’s Mikayla Dayes, Minnesota’s Sydney Squires and Rutgers’ Casey Murphy
are this week’s honorees
Offensive Player of the Week
Sydney Squires, Minnesota
F – Sr. – Hudson, Wis. – Hudson
• Registered 11 points with five goals and one assist as the Gophers picked up two wins and a tie last week
• Factored into five of Minnesota’s six goals against Iowa State on Sunday, scoring a school record-tying four goals (three on headers) in a span of 17:12 early in the second half while adding a first-half assist
• Also scored a goal in mid-week victory over North Dakota State
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2016
• Earns her first career Offensive Player of the Week award
• Last Minnesota Offensive Player of the Week: Simone Kolander (Sept. 20, 2016)
Defensive Player of the Week
Casey Murphy, Rutgers
GK – Jr. – Bridgewater, N.J. – Bridgewater-Raritan
• Made five saves to help No. 15/20 Rutgers to a 2-0 win at home over No. 21 UConn on Sunday afternoon
• Recorded her third shutout in as many matches this season
• Received Academic All-Big Ten accolades in 2015
• Earns her sixth career Defensive Player of the Week honor
• Last Rutgers Defensive Player of the Week: Casey Murphy (Oct. 29, 2015)
Freshman of the Week
Mikayla Dayes, Maryland
F – Brampton, Ontario – Saint Thomas Aquinas Secondary
• Collected two goals and one assist last weekend, helping Maryland to a double-overtime win at Gardner-Webb and a tie at Furman
• Scored both of the Terrapins’ goals last Friday at Gardner-Webb, including the game-winning goal in the 104th minute
• Earns her first career Freshman of the Week citation and the first by a Maryland student since the school joined the Big Ten in 2014
• Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: N/A
2017 Big Ten Players of the Week
Aug. 22
O: Marissa Sheva, Jr., PSU
D: Brooke Cilley, So., MICH
F: Sarah Stratigakis, MICH
F: Madi Kennel, NU
Aug. 29
O: Sydney Squires, Sr., MINN
D: Casey Murphy, Jr., RU
F: Mikayla Dayes, MD