Offensive Player of the Week
Lexi Fraley, Ball State, Forward
Junior, Lafayette, Ind. (Harrison)
Ball State junior forward Lexi Fraley led all MAC players with eight points last week, scoring braces in a 3-1 win over Kent State (Oct. 5) and in a 5-0 win at Buffalo (Oct. 8). The effort helped the Cardinals improve to 4-0-2 in league play. She registered five shots on goal over the two matches, with four reaching the back of the net.
Fraley scored in the 14th minute and added an insurance goal in the 87th minute in the win over the Golden Flashes. She scored the game’s second goal in the 27th minute at Buffalo and set the tone early in the second half with a 54th minute goal.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Sadie McGill, Northern Illinois, Goalkeeper
Redshirt Senior, Fort Worth, Texas (L.D. Bell)
Northern Illinois goalkeeper Sadie McGill posted two clean sheets to help Ball State post a perfect 2-0 week.
McGill made seven saves over 180 minutes in goal and lowered her goal-against-average to .94 for the season.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Brielle Young, Toledo, Goalkeeper
Redshirt Freshman, Marysville, Ohi (Marysville)
Brielle Young earned her third-consecutive shutout over the weekend in Toledo's 1-0 win vs Ohio and 3-0 win vs. Akron last week.
Young stopped 10 shots between the Bobcats and Zips to earn both wins - one solo shutout and one combined shutout. The Rockets have five shutouts this year, three consecutive, to improve to a 6-5-2, 3-2-1 MAC record.
2023 MAC Women's Soccer Players of the Week
Week 1: Jen Blitchok, Western Michigan (Offensive); Emily Lazenby, Buffalo (Co-Defensive),
Maia Soulis, Ohio, Defender (Co-Defensive)
Week 2: Izzi Boyd, Ohio (Offensive); Sarah Melén, Kent State (Defensive)
Week 3: Madison Medalle, Toledo (Offensive); McKenna Schultz, Toledo (Co-Defensive),
Ellie Simmons, Buffalo (Co-Defensive)
Week 4: Abby Werthman, Western Michigan (Offensive); Bethany Moser, Ball State (Defensive)
Week 5: Emma King, Akron (Offensive); Sara Bower, Akron (Defensive)
Week 6: Alisa Arthur, Kent State (Offensive); Kelsey Salopek, Kent State (Defensive)
Week 7: Katie Krohn, Buffalo (Offensive); Isabelle Gilmore, Bowling Green (Defensive)
Week 8: Lexi Fraley, Ball State (Offensive); Sadie McGill, Northern Illinois (Co-Defensive)
Brielle Young, Toledo (Co-Defensive)
