After winning a pair of NCAA Tournament games last weekend,
Emory University women’s soccer team members Meghan
McMahon, Ashley Kaiser, Lauren
Drosick and Lauren Gorodetsky were all
named University Athletic Association (UAA) Athletes of the
Week.
McMahon scored the ‘golden goal’ during the
seventh-ranked Eagles’ 1-0 double-overtime victory over
19th-ranked Lynchburg College in the second round of the
NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championships. McMahon
broke a scoreless tie in the 104th minute, scoring off a
shot from outside the box after a cross from Lauren Drosick.
The goal was the first of the season for the midfielder, and the
team’s fifth ‘golden goal’ of the year, a program
record.
Meanwhile, the Eagles’ starting backfield of Kaiser, Drosick
and Gorodetsky allowed just eight shots, including just four on
goal, during the two wins. Facing the fifth-ranked Division
III offense in Lynchburg, the trio held the Hornets to their
season-lows with just four shots, including two on goal, during a
1-0 double-overtime win. Drosick also assisted on the
‘golden goal’ to win the game. The previous day,
Kaiser, Gorodetsky and Drosick also allowed just four shots, two on
target, to Maryville College, in the Eagles’ 2-0 first round
victory. It was the first time in the program’s history
that the Eagles have recorded multiple shutouts during one NCAA
Tournament run. This season, the three have helped Emory
record 10 shutouts, while holding opponents to three shots on goal
or less in 11 of 20 games this season.
Seventh-ranked Emory, the only remaining University Athletic
Association (UAA) team in the NCAA Championships, will play Wheaton
College (Ill.) in the third round of the tournament.
Four Eagles Earn UAA Women’s Soccer Athlete of the Week Honors
Posted: Nov 17, 2010