Big South Announces Women's Soccer Players of the Week - Oct. 27

Big South Announces Women's Soccer Players of the Week - Oct. 27

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Radford’s Paige Olson (Roanoke, Va.) has been named the Big South Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, while High Point’s Aubrey McKessy (Canyon Country, Calif.) is the Defensive Player of the Week for matches played Oct. 20-26, it was announced today. In addition, USC Upstate’s Maddie Smith (Garnett Valley, Pa.) has been selected as the Freshman of the Week.
 
Olson scored a goal in Radford’s 2-0 win over Charleston Southern to help the Highlanders clinch the No. 1 seed in this year’s Big South Tournament. She also drew a foul in the attacking half that led to Radford’s first goal of the afternoon. Leading by one in the 60th minute, the senior converted her own rebound off a penalty shot to seal the win and secure at least a share of the Big South regular-season championship. Olson placed two of her three shots on target in 71 minutes of action.
 
McKessy recorded four saves and a shutout in High Point’s win over Gardner-Webb, finishing with a 1.000 save percentage on nine shots faced. The graduate student saw eight shots in the first half, stopping all three that went on goal, before adding her final save in the 62nd minute on GWU’s lone shot of the second half. McKessy played the full 90 minutes in net.
 
Smith assisted on two of USC Upstate’s goals in a 4-0 win against South Carolina State. It marked the first time in her career with multiple assists in a match. The freshman set up a pair of Spartan goals less than a minute apart the second half, with the first coming at the 74:06 mark followed by the second at 75:01. She totaled 43 minutes on the pitch in total. 
 
Also nominated for Offensive Player of the Week: Bella Burr (High Point), Alex Murphy (High Point), Taylor Hoag (Longwood) and Riley O’Bryan (USC Upstate).
 
Also nominated for Defensive Player of the Week: Sara Curtis (Longwood), Lexi Radvanyi (Radford) and Adrianna Pepe (USC Upstate). 
 
Also nominated for Freshman of the Week: Ryane Devlin (Radford) and Maddie Smith (USC Upstate).