2001 NWC Women's Soccer Student-Athletes of the Week
Oct. 28
Player of the Week: Buffy Morris (Willamette, Sr., MF, Bellevue, Wash.) scored two match-winning goals and added an assist, including the conference-deciding, match-winner vs. UPS with just over 10 minutes to play in the game.
Honorable Mention: Megan McKenzie (Whitman, MF) scored a match-winning goal and a match-tying goal; Kim Reeves (Linfield, MF) scored two goals as the Wildcats went 1-0-1; Joni Kaitoku (Pacific, F) finished with a goal and two assists as the Boxers tied twice.
Oct. 21
Player of the Week: Anne Merten (Willamette, So., F, Corvallis, Ore.) scored four goals and added an assist to lead the Bearcats to a 3-0 week.
Honorable Mention: Bryn Devlin (Linfield, F) scored three goals to lead the Wildcats to a 3-0 week; Tera Anderson (UPS, M) scored a goal and added two assists to lead the Loggers to a 3-0 week; Kim Bosley (PLU, GK) allowed only one goal and stopped 16 shots in 197 minutes of play as the Lutes went 1-1-1; Julia Makowski (Whitman, F) scored a pair of goals in the win over Whitworth.
Oct. 14
Player of the Week: Buffy Morris (Willamette, Sr., F, Bellevue, Wash.) led the Bearcats to a pair of wins over the weekend by scoring three goals and assisting on two others.
Honorable Mention: Bryn Devlin (Linfield, F) led the Wildcats to a pair of wins by scoring two goals last week, including the game-winner at George Fox; Tricia Buck (Whitworth, GK) allowed one goal and made ten saves as the Pirates went 1-1; Abby Hunt (Pacific, F) scored a goal and added an assist in two Boxer losses; Kaitlin Verady (Whitman) scored a goal and added an assist in the win over PLU.
Oct. 7
Player of the Week: Karen Ecklebe (UPS, Sr., GK, Gig Harbor, Wash.) recorded two shutout wins, stopping three shots vs. Willamette and five shots vs. Linfield, raising her season shutout total to five.
Honorable Mention: Jessie Butte (Whitworth, MF) scored the game winning goal vs. George Fox and the goal that sparked a comeback win over Pacific; Sarah Weihmann (Whitman, D) scored a goal and added a pair of assists in two matches; Bryn Devlin (Linfield, F) scored two goals at PLU; Abby Hunt (Pacific, F) had a goal and an assist in two matches; Leah Anderson (PLU, M) scored both goals in a 4-2 loss to Linfield.
Sept. 30
Player of the Week: Anne Merten (Willamette, So., F, Corvallis, Ore.) scored three goals and added three assists in a pair of wins last week. All three of the goals came as part of a hat trick in the 8-0 win over Pacific.
Honorable Mention: Dusty Marcell (UPS, F) scored both game-winning goals against Whitworth and Whitman; Erica Crossman (Linfield, M) scored the game-winning goal vs. Pacific and added an assist vs. George Fox; Heather Sale (Whitworth, F) scored two goals, both at PLU, in two matches; Heidi Lyman (PLU, F) totaled a goal and an assist, both vs. Whitman, over the weekend.
Sept. 23
Player of the Week: Karen Ecklebe (UPS, Sr., GK, Gig Harbor, Wash.) recorded three shutouts this week to lead the Loggers to a 3-0 conference start.
Honorable Mention: Anne Merten (Willamette, F) scored four goals in three matches, including a hat trick at Whitman; Meaghan Whalen (Linfield, F) scored the game-winning goal at Whitman and assisted on the game-winner at Whitworth; Kelly Hendrickson (PLU, MF) scored the game-winning goal vs. Pacific; Maureen Wilson (Pacific, GK) recorded 16 saves in two losses.
Sept. 16
Player of the Week: Erin Bray (Whitman, Jr., MF, Canon, Colo.) scored a goal and added two assists to lead the Missionaries to a pair of victories last week and a 4-0 start to the 2001 season.
Honorable Mention: Bryn Devlin (Linfield, MF) scored two goals and added an assist in the Wildcats' 5-0 rout of Cascade; Claire Reinhard (Willamette, D) led a Bearcat defense that limited Western Baptist to four second half shots in a comeback win and limited UC-Santa Cruz to only six total shots; Abby Hunt (Pacific, F) scored a goal and added two assists in the Boxers' 4-0 win; Laura Stewart (PLU, G) kept the Lutes tied in their 0-0 match with Evergreen St.
Sept. 9
Player of the Week: Brooke Pitner (George Fox, So., MF, Vancouver, Wash.) scored the game winning goal in both Bruin wins last week.
Honorable Mention: Nanette Langston (Whitman, F) scored a goal in each of Whitman's wins last week; Buffy Morris (Willamette, F) had a goal and an assist in Willamette's 3-0 win over UC-Santa Cruz.