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Another Northwest Missouri State newcomer has pulled down MIAA Women's Soccer Player of the Week Honors.
This week's recipient is sophomore transfer Victoria Von Mende who was responsible for four of the team's seven goals against Friends University (5-1 win) and Newman (2-2 tie).
Von Mende and last week's MIAA Player of the Week honoree Tammie Eiberger, a senior transfer from Saginaw Valley State, have combined for nine of the team's 12 goals this year.
Eiberger scored her team-leading fifth goal in the win over Friends.
"We knew when we recruited them they were going to be big players for us in the scoring department," said Northwest women's soccer coach Tracy Hoza. "They're doing a great job. You see those goals, but they're great workers defending as well. Not just attacking. The defensive play is tremendous."
Von Mende and Eiberger are on pace to shatter the program's single-season record of eight goals held by Andrea Tritz and Rory Okey.
But maintaining their current goal-scoring clip will be made tougher by the increased defensive attention both are sure to see now that conference play is about to begin.
"Let's be real, the conference is going to get very tough, but what we have seen is potential," said Hoza. "They have the technical ability. They have the tactical ability. And what both of them have is that mental ability. They want to score. They're definitely going to be tracked and watched when we play against other teams."
Northwest (2-1-1) plays its first MIAA opponent today when it visits Truman State at 1 p.m.. The match won't count in the conference race. Northwest's first official MIAA match is Saturday at home against Southwest Baptist.
Women's Golf
The future of Northwest women's golf looks bright and the present is shaping up quite nicely as well.
With a roster consisting of six freshmen, two sophomores and a junior, the Bearcats shot a program-record score of 666 and rallied to win the William Jewell Invitational by eight strokes over Lindenwood last weekend.
In her first collegiate tournament, Northwest freshman Ashley Powers finished second overall, six shots out of first place.
Her second round score of 78 tied the program record set last year by sophomore Cassie Lowell who finished fourth.
Freshman Steph Charteris and junior Tess Edwards also finished in the top 10.
"I knew on paper from a recruitment standpoint that the girls were really a bunch of talented young ladies," said Northwest head women's golf coach Pat McLaughlin. "But they have to take that talent and put it on the course and be able to apply that. I think it does give some validation that these girls, by working as hard as they've been working, are able to come out and shoot a program-record in their first tournament. It bodes well for the future of the program."
And the present.
Another Northwest Missouri State newcomer has pulled down MIAA Women's Soccer Player of the Week Honors.
This week's recipient is sophomore transfer Victoria Von Mende who was responsible for four of the team's seven goals against Friends University (5-1 win) and Newman (2-2 tie).
Von Mende and last week's MIAA Player of the Week honoree Tammie Eiberger, a senior transfer from Saginaw Valley State, have combined for nine of the team's 12 goals this year.
Eiberger scored her team-leading fifth goal in the win over Friends.
"We knew when we recruited them they were going to be big players for us in the scoring department," said Northwest women's soccer coach Tracy Hoza. "They're doing a great job. You see those goals, but they're great workers defending as well. Not just attacking. The defensive play is tremendous."
Von Mende and Eiberger are on pace to shatter the program's single-season record of eight goals held by Andrea Tritz and Rory Okey.
But maintaining their current goal-scoring clip will be made tougher by the increased defensive attention both are sure to see now that conference play is about to begin.
"Let's be real, the conference is going to get very tough, but what we have seen is potential," said Hoza. "They have the technical ability. They have the tactical ability. And what both of them have is that mental ability. They want to score. They're definitely going to be tracked and watched when we play against other teams."
Northwest (2-1-1) plays its first MIAA opponent today when it visits Truman State at 1 p.m.. The match won't count in the conference race. Northwest's first official MIAA match is Saturday at home against Southwest Baptist.
Women's Golf
The future of Northwest women's golf looks bright and the present is shaping up quite nicely as well.
With a roster consisting of six freshmen, two sophomores and a junior, the Bearcats shot a program-record score of 666 and rallied to win the William Jewell Invitational by eight strokes over Lindenwood last weekend.
In her first collegiate tournament, Northwest freshman Ashley Powers finished second overall, six shots out of first place.
Her second round score of 78 tied the program record set last year by sophomore Cassie Lowell who finished fourth.
Freshman Steph Charteris and junior Tess Edwards also finished in the top 10.
"I knew on paper from a recruitment standpoint that the girls were really a bunch of talented young ladies," said Northwest head women's golf coach Pat McLaughlin. "But they have to take that talent and put it on the course and be able to apply that. I think it does give some validation that these girls, by working as hard as they've been working, are able to come out and shoot a program-record in their first tournament. It bodes well for the future of the program."
And the present.
