Women's Team of The Week: November 8

by TopDrawerSoccer

November 8, 2022

Notre Dame wasn’t really in the ACC semi final. Florida State had controlled the game for too long, too precisely, to give the Irish any chance of getting anything from the contest.

Enter Korbin Albert.

The attacking midfielder drifted between the midfield and defensive lines, running at the Seminoles’ defense and creating chances. She took 10 shots, of which five came from outside the box. And she scored on three of them. It was a dominant performance from Albert, one enough to make a game of the ACC semi final. And although the Irish eventually lost on penalties, Albert was the best player on the pitch for all 110 minutes.

Player of The Week: Korbin Albert, Notre Dame

🤯@Korbinalbert2 with back-to-back goals in 27 seconds!

ND 3 - FSU 2 | 26 min left#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/IeodT6jlta
— ND Women's Soccer (@NDSoccer) November 4, 2022

Women's Team of the Week: October 31-November 6

GK Heather Hinz, South Carolina - Hinz played hero twice in the SEC Tournament. First, she saved three penalties in the Gamecocks’ shootout win over Georgia. Then, she made five stops in the final, including one dramatic double save to hang on to a 1-0 lead with five minutes remaining.

D Kendall Kloza, UTSA - Kloza scored the winner in UTSA’s semi final win over North Texas and also played every minute in the roadrunners’ C-USA Tournament win.

D Jada Wilson, San Jose State - San José State’s Mountain West win was built off a solid defense, and Wilson was central to that effort, playing every minute as the Spartans won back-to-back penalty shootouts.

D Zoe Burns, USC - Burns scored in USC’s 1-0 win over UCLA, bagging the Trojans’ second with a well taken penalty.

D Jordan Brewster, West Virginia - Brewster lead a resilient West Virginia back four that kept back-to-back clean sheets in the Big 12 tournament. She also scored the winning goal in the championship.

M Amber Huff, UC Irvine - 3 assists across two games to help the Anteaters to a tourney title.

M Hannah Larson, Saint Louis - Larson was central to St. Louis(w)’ A-10 Championsop win, scoring and assisting in a 4-0 win.

M Korbin Albert, Notre Dame - Albert scored a hat-trick in a thrilling 3-3 tie with Florida State. She also finished her penalty calmly in the eventual shootout.

F Carla Morich, Old Dominion - Morich scored three of Old Dominion’s four goals to win a thrilling Sun Belt title match.

F Ally Schlegel, Penn State - Schlegel came alive in the Big Ten tournament final, scoring twice to lead the Nittany Lions to a conference championship.

F Rebecca Cooke, Quinnipiac - Cooke’s brace carried Quinnipiac to the MAAC tournament title — and with it, a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Honorable mentions:

GK Christina Roque (Florida State), F Jody Brown (Florida State), F Maja Lardner (Georgetown), F Krista Agostinello (Hofstra), F Christine Kitaru (Lamar), F Izzy D'Aquila (Santa Clara), F McKenzie Weinert (Washington), M Shae Taylor (Memphis), M Megan Guarente (New Hampshire), D Kaylin Martin (USC)