Women's Team of the Week: October 14

by TopDrawerSoccer

October 15, 2024

Two sensational performances to ensure Duke survived a gruesome cross-country road trip at No. 5 Stanford and No. 10 California means Maggie Graham is the latest Player of the Week.

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Heading into Stanford, Duke knew it would need its best players firing on all cylinders to defeat a team that had not lost at home in three years. Insert Graham, a graduate senior who responded by producing an assist and her first-ever collegiate hat trick in the 4-1 victory. The Georgia native would then play the full 90 just three days later as Duke defeated No. 10 California 2-1 and cemented its ranking as the best team in the nation.

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Player of the Week: Maggie Graham, Duke

Women’s Team of the Week: October 7-October 13

GK: Erynn Floyd, Louisville - The Connecticut native produced one of the top goalkeeping showings of the season, saving ten shots in a 0-0 draw with a No. 8 Notre Dame team that had scored in 25 straight matches.

D: Alex Morris, Oklahoma State - One of the best wing-backs in college soccer proved so once again, with a goal each in clean-sheet victories over Houston and Cincinnati.

D: Aneta Sovakova, Stony Brook - Sovakova pulled the strings against Hampton, assisting half of the team’s goals in the 6-0 win before putting in a solid 78 minutes to earn another victory versus Delaware.

D: Erin Morgan, Stephen F. Austin - A sophomore defender, Morgan assisted twice and played all but 25 minutes in a week where the Jacks earned clean sheet victories over Southeastern Louisiana and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

M: Maggie Graham, Duke - The Graduate senior delivered two distinctively impressive performances to help Duke earn road victories at No. 5 Stanford and No. 10 California.

M: Lainey Higgins, Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Higgins was responsible for half of the team’s goals with three scored in clean sheet defeats of Youngstown State and Purdue Fort Wayne.

M: Maria Alagoa, USC - The senior midfielder did it all for the Trojans, scoring twice and assisting once as the team earned massive Big Ten road wins at Illinois and Northwestern.

M: Mya Ulloa, Texas State - A fifth-year senior leading a surging team, Ulloa provided two goals and an assist to push the team past Troy and Louisiana-Monroe.

F: Ioanna Papatheodorou, Washington - The Greek forward doubled up, scoring twice against Michigan, then repeating the performance against Michigan State as the Huskies picked up two conference victories.

F: Joyelle Washington, Detroit Mercy - A clutch performer, after scoring a hat trick to lead a 4-3 comeback defeat of Wright State, Washington would then assist the game-winner in a 2-1 victory over Cleveland State.

F: Julia Kristensen, Missouri State - After recording an assist against Murray State, Kristensen reached another level versus UIC with one goal and another three assists in just 39 minutes of soccer.

Honorable Mention: GK Kayla Kalbaugh (Iona University), D Zara Siassi (North Florida), D Danielle Casey (Le Moyne), D Jordan Yang (James Madison), M Tabitha LaParl (Pepperdine), M Susanna Soderman (Villanova), M Hannah Anselmo (Stonehill), M Alexis Vanderlinden (James Madison), F McKenzie Carle (Bellarmine), F Callie Cunningham (Western Michigan), F Luciana Setteducate (Stony Brook)