DiNardo and Parker Share Women's Soccer Weekly Awards
MAC Defensive Player of the Week
Lauren Parker, Miami University
Goalkeeper, Freshman, Loveland, Ohio (Loveland)
Making her first collegiate starts due to an injury to senior Patricia Koutoulas, Lauren Parker proved her mettle with a pair of strong performances in Miami's net. In her first career start at Western Michigan on Thursday, Parker almost single handedly kept the RedHawks within striking distance with a busy afternoon where she set Miami's school record with 18 saves. That total was three more than the previous school record and five more than the next best performance by a MAC keeper this season. While seeing less action against Northern Illinois, Parker ended up stopping both shots she faced to earn both her first career win and first career solo shutout as Miami picked up its first MAC win of the year. Her .818 save percentage would rank second among MAC keepers once she plays enough minutes to qualify for the leader board.
MAC Offensive Player of the Week
Dominique DiNardo, Kent State
Forward, Senior, Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville)
Kent State senior forward Dominique DiNardo turned in a career weekend, scoring a pair of goals, including a game-winner in double-overtime, as part of a two-win week for the Golden Flashes. DiNardo scored the third goal in Kent State's, 5-2, win over Buffalo in the 27th minute. She received a pass roughly eight yards in front of the goal and found the back of the net for her first career score. Kent State became the first team to score five goals against Buffalo since then #3 Virginia Tech in 2014.
The Strongsville, Ohio product capped off her career week with the game-winner in double-overtime against Akron in the 102nd minute for the 1-0 victory. She scored from 30 yards out and beat the keeper in the top right shelf for Kent State's eighth straight win over the Zips. The Golden Flashes earned their second golden goal victory the season after beating Syracuse, 2-1, in double-overtime on Sept. 13. With the two wins, Kent State has won four straight matches and outscored the opposition, 11-3, during the stretch.
Other Nominees
Paige Culver, Kent State
Defender, Senior, Oakville, Ontario (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Kent State senior defender Paige Culver led another strong defensive week for the Golden Flashes as they won their fourth straight match and improve to 4-2 in the MAC. Culver, a Third Team All-American last season, helped Kent State only allow 15 total shots in wins over Buffalo and Akron. The Bulls entered the week in second place in the Mid-American Conference standings, Kent State earned a 5-2 victory, with the two Buffalo goals coming late in the second half after the Flashes jumped out to a 5-0 lead before halftime. It's the first time the Bulls have allowed five goals since 2014 to then #3 Virginia Tech.
Culver and the defense recorded its third clean sheet of the year with a double-overtime, 1-0, win over Akron on Sunday. The Zips were limited to four shots on goal on nine total shots and were held without a shot in both overtime periods. Kent State beat its rival Akron for the eighth consecutive time. Kent State has won four consecutive matches and outscored the opposition, 11-3, during the stretch.
Madison Perrin, Toledo
GoalkeeperSophomorePleasant Lake, Mich.
Sophomore goalkeeper Madison Perrin earned her third-straight win when the Rockets won 4-3 in overtime over Eastern Michigan on Thursday and shutout Central Michigan 2-0 on Sunday. Perrin made five saves in 92 minutes against the Eagles. On Sunday, Perrin earned her third shutout of the season, recording three saves (all in the second half) to lift UT past the Chippewas. With the weekend decisions, Perrin has the seventh-best goals-against-average in the conference and is tied for fifth for most shutouts on the year.
Tristin Stuteville, Ball State
Goalkeeper, Senior, Kansas City, Mo. (Platte County)
Tristin Stuteville continues to be a force in goal for Ball State as she led the Cardinals to a critical 2-0 record this week in conference play. Stuteville directed a defense against Northern Illinois that allowed only one shot on goal in a 2-1 victory on Thursday. On Sunday, the Kansas City native collected her fourth shutout of the season as the Cardinals took down a good Western Michigan squad, 3-0. Stuteville collected five saves through the week while adding two more wins to her record. The senior has been a constant for Ball State all year as she has played all but nine minutes through the entirety of the 2018 season.
Sydney Malham, Ohio
Goalkeeper, Sophomore, Nashville, Tenn. (Franklin Road Academy)
Sophomore goalkeeper Sydney Malham helped lead the Bobcats to another 1-0-1 weekend of Mid-American Conference play, helping the Bobcats extend their unbeaten streak to five games. Overall, Malham registered two starts, playing in a total of 207:10 in the Bobcats’ two overtime games. In total, she allowed one goal for a 0.43 goals against average while making six saves for a .857 save percentage. Malham’s weekend started on Thursday, Oct. 4 against Akron on a rainy afternoon in Athens. Malham helped lead Ohio to a 0-0 overtime draw, recording her fourth shutout of the season. She did not allow a goal while making four saves in 110 minutes. Malham returned to the net on Sunday, Oct. 7 in Buffalo. Despite allowing an early Bulls’ goal, Malham battled back and helped lead her team to a 2-1 overtime victory. In total, she allowed one goal and made two saves in 97:10 minutes in net.
Kathleen Duwve, Bowling Green
Goalkeeper,Junior, Sylvania, Ohio (Northview)
Bowling Green junior goalkeeper Kathleen Duwve had two wins and a goals-against average of just 0.50 as the Falcons went 2-0 last week to improve to 6-0-0 in Mid-American Conference play for the first time in school history. Duwve had a pair of saves in the Falcons’ 3-1 win at Central Michigan. The Chippewas’ goal came with under four minutes remaining and the Falcons leading, 3-0, and broke Duwve’s personal shutout streak at a career-long 448:07, the third longest streak in program history. Then, on Sunday, Duwve made seven saves to earn a shutout in BG’s 1-0 victory over Eastern Michigan. The clean sheet was her fifth complete-match shutout of the season and the ninth of her career. She has a GAA of 0.55 this season, and a career GAA of just 0.95 in nearly 2500 minutes. In MAC matches this season, Duwve's GAA is a miniscule 0.18. She has allowed just one goal in 495 minutes, and has a saves percentage of .950 in conference contests in 2018.
Hannah Scafaria, Toledo
Forward, Senior, Kalamazoo, Mich
Senior captain Hannah Scafaria moved into second place for most goals in a single season at UT this weekend when she scored her 12th and 13th of the year against Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan, respectively. In the Rockets’ 4-3 OT win against EMU, Scafaria’s goal was the third of the day and saved UT from a regulation defeat. Toledo went on to score in overtime and win the match thanks to the save. Sunday saw Scafaria score the Rockets’ final goal of the day in UT’s 2-0 shutout of CMU. The senior scored in the final five seconds of the match on a run-in from the right side. Scafaria has now scored in five consecutive matches, putting 19 shots on goal in that time, and her efforts helped Toledo establish a three-match winning streak.
With the weekend outing, the captain leads the conference in scoring by five goals, and averages 0.93/game. She's also tied for first in shots (67), second in shots/game (4.79), first in points (27), and second for points per game (1.93). Nationally, Scafaria is ranked second for total goals, fourth for goals per game, and seventh for total points."
Sabrina McNeill, Eastern Michigan
Midfielder, Redshirt sophomore, Whitby, Ontario (Henry Street)
Redshirt sophomore Sabrina McNeill reached another milestone while leading Eastern Michigan's offense over the weekend, Oct. 4-7. McNeill tallied a goal and an assist against Toledo, pushing her career point total to 31. She is the second Eagle to join the 30-point club this season, while her and Kristin Nason are the first EMU teammates to do so since 2014. With her goal and helper versus Toledo, McNeill has now set career-highs in goals (5), assists (4), and points (14).
Lyda Bogdanovitch, Miami University
Midfielder/Forward, Freshman, Delaware, Ohio (Buckeye Valley)
Lyda Bogdanovitch ended play last weekend with a breakout performance against Northern Illinois. After firing four shots against Western Michigan on Thursday, Bogdanovitch blasted five more (four on goal) and netted two goals for her first career multi-goal performance. Her outing paced the RedHawks to a 4-0 win over the Huskies, their first in MAC play. The two goals upped her season total to five, the most by a Miami player since 2014.
Gianna Yurchak, Buffalo
Midfielder, Sophomore, Leola, PA (Conestoga Valley)
Sophomore midfielder Gianna Yurchak stepped up for the Bulls this week as they were without the services of their leading scorer. The Leola, PA native netted two goals on four shots on the weekend, netting goals in back-to-back games for the first time in her UB career. On Thursday, Yurchak netted the second goal of the match for the Bulls as she found a loose ball in the box and buried her second of the season. On Sunday, Yurchak netted the opening goal of the match after a nice pass from Marcy Barberic and she beat the keeper to the left corner. The goal stood as the go-ahead goal until late in the match. She tied a career-high with three goals on the season.
Amanda Shaw, Ball State
Forward , Senior , Carmel, Ind. (Carmel)
Amanda Shaw put together a fantastic week, leading Ball State to two critical wins in MAC play. Shaw saved the Cardinals in their match at Northern Illinois on Thursday as she scored the game winner in the 86th minute of play to lift BSU to a 2-1 victory. She collected a turnover and beat the keeper 1-on-1 to the bottom-left corner of the net to seal the win. The senior's big week was just getting started though as she was an offensive catalyst from the first whistle against the 4-1, second-place Western Michigan Broncos on Sunday. In the opening minutes of the game, Shaw fed a beautiful pass to her teammate, Peighton Cook, and Cook buried the shot in just the 2nd minute to give Ball State a 1-0 lead. Shaw was credited with an assist on the play. Not long after, the Carmel, Indiana native struck again as she found a loose ball at the top of the 18 in the attacking third, and drove it into the upper 90 near post to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead just 11:46 into the match. Ball State would go on to win 3-0. Overall, Shaw's stat line in a pair of wins for the week consisted of two shots on goal, two goals, one game-winning goal and an assist.
Alivia Milesky, Ohio
MF, Junior, Pain City, Ohio (Jonathan Alder High School)
Junior Alivia Milesky helped lead Ohio offensively to another 1-0-1 weekend in Mid-American Conference play, helping extend Ohio's unbeaten streak to five games. Overall, Milesky registered on game-winning goal on four shots, with one on goal in a total of 141 minutes on the pitch.
On Oct. 4 against Akron on a rainy day in Athens, Milesky played 64 minutes, registering two shots in the 0-0 double overtime tie. Milesky game back big on Sunday at Buffalo. Milesky registered two shots with one on goal. The one shot on goal would come in the form of the game-winning goal in overtime, when in the 97th minute, she would collect the ball after a UB turnover and fire it past the keeper, sealing the 2-1 victory for the Bobcats. It was her second game-winning goal this season. "
Erica Hubert, Bowling Green
Forward, Senior, Welland, Ontario, Canada (E.L. Crossley)
Bowling Green senior forward Erica Hubert had five points as the Falcons won two more games to improve to 6-0-0 in the Mid-American Conference for the first time in program history. On Thursday, Hubert scored two goals in the Falcons’ 3-1 win at Central Michigan, and she hit the post with an additional shot. She scored the first goal of the match midway through the first half, then gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead early in the second period. On Sunday, she had the primary assist on the lone goal of the game as BG downed Eastern Michigan, 1-0. On the season, Hubert leads the team in scoring, with eight goals and 22 points, and she is tied for the team assists lead, with six. She has 12 points in the Falcons’ six MAC matches. Hubert now has 35 goals and 81 points in her career, ranking second in BGSU history in both categories. She has a total of 12 points in the last five matches, all wins, and she has 19 points over the last eight contests, as BGSU is unbeaten (7-0-1) in that span.
