Michigan Tech's Herrewig and Grand Valley State's Kimble Named GLIAC Women's Soccer Offensive and Defensive "Athletes of the Week"

Michigan Tech's Herrewig and Grand Valley State's Kimble Named GLIAC Women's Soccer Offensive and Defensive "Athletes of the Week"

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BAY CITY, Mich. - Michigan Technological University sophomore Lexi Herrewig (Fond du Lac, Wis./Winnebago Lutheran) and Grand Valley State University senior Kayla Kimble (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson) earned GLIAC Women's Soccer Offensive and Defensive "Athlete of the Week" awards, respectively.

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GLIAC Women's Soccer "Offensive Athlete of the Week":

Lexi Herrewig (So./F) -Michigan Tech  
Fond du Lac, Wis./Winnebago Lutheran

Michigan Tech sophomore forward Lexi Herrewig led the Huskies to a pair of wins over the weekend and extended her scoring streak to three games. Herrewig scored two goals and added an assist in Tech’s 3-1 win over Malone on Friday and scored her eighth of the season in the 3-1 win at Walsh on Sunday. She has four goals and two assists in the last three games and leads the Huskies in points with 19 on the season, tying her for eighth in the GLIAC.

GLIAC Women's Soccer Weekly Honor Roll:
Casey Shauman - FS, Kristin Fruchey - UF, Katie Klunder - GV, Paula Hafner - NM, Alyssa Tomassi - NU, Madison Baldwin - OD, Jennifer Goethals - SV.

2013 GLIAC Women's Soccer Athletes of the Week: (9/11) Lea Jalbert - Walsh; (9/16) Charlie Socia - GV; (9/23) Eryn Weber - UF, (9/30) Elizabeth Awuah - LE, (10/9) Maddy Smith - AU, (10/14) Paula Hafner - NM, (10/21) Nichole Boehnke - FS, (10/28) Charlie Socia - GV, (11/4) Lexi Herrewig - MT.

 

Kayla Kimble (Sr./D) - Grand Valley State
Livonia, Mich./Stevenson

Grand Valley State University senior defender Kayla Kimble scored her first goal of the season in the Lakers’ 1-0 victory over Lake Erie on Friday (Nov. 1). In the 76th minute, Kimble fired a penalty kick into the upper right corner of the goal to push GVSU past the Storm. The Livonia, Mich. product also helped the Laker backline hold Ferris State (Oct. 30) and Lake Erie to a combined two shots.

GLIAC Women's Soccer Weekly Honor Roll: 
Rachel McCollum - FS, Samantha Trimboli - UF, Jenna Phelps - MT, Alexandra Simmons - NM, Julie Shields - NU, Laura Clark - OD, Kailey Naumcheff - SV.

2013 GLIAC Women's Soccer Athletes of the Week: (9/11) Rebecca Plescia - Ashland; (9/16) Laura Clark - OD; (9/23) Abbey Miller - GV, (9/30) Sarah Stroope - LE, (10/9) Savanna Wojtanowski - FS, (10/14) Katy Woolley - GV, (10/21) Samantha Cook - NU, (10/28) Abbey Miller - GV, (11/4) Kayla Kimble - GV.