Valpo’s Anderson Named MVC Offensive Player of the Week
Valpo soccer midfielder Allie Anderson (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South [Xavier]) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week after being involved in all three of the Beacons’ goals on opening weekend, helping Valpo earn a pair of victories.
Anderson opened the season on Thursday night versus Eastern Illinois by tallying an assist on Valpo’s opening goal, a slick give and go and give and go with Sam Gountounas late in the first half. Anderson then picked up her first collegiate goal less than four minutes into the second half, a header from the center of the box that became the match-winning goal in the Beacons’ 2-1 win. She capped her weekend on Sunday with a delivery on a corner kick which resulted in a Nicole Norfolk header for the lone goal in Valpo’s 1-0 victory over Northern Illinois.
Anderson was the lone MVC player with involvement in three goals over the course of the opening weekend of play, and one of just two Valley players with multiple assists on opening weekend. Her two assists give her 10 career helpers, nine of which have come at Valpo — just one shy of cracking the program’s career top-10 chart in the category.
For Anderson, who was a Second Team All-MVC honoree last season, it is the first weekly conference honor of her career. She joins a long list of Beacons who have earned weekly accolades from the MVC, as 10 players on this year’s roster have now combined for 22 Valley weekly awards.