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Pac-12 Women's Soccer Weekly Awards - Sept. 6, 2021

Sep 6, 2021

Offensive Player of the Week: Reilyn Turner, So., UCLA (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) 
1 match, 3 goals, 6 points

  • The sophomore forward recorded her first hat trick for the season, netting three goals in a 30-minute span to account for all the scoring in UCLA's 3-0 win at Loyola Marymount on Sunday. 
  • Turner’s hat trick was UCLA's first since Hailie Mace in 2017.
  • The Pac-12's reigning goals (11) and points (27) leader as a freshman in 2020, Turner currently leads UCLA with four goals and is tied for the Pac-12 lead in goals per game (1.00). 

Defensive Player of the Week: Bridget Rieken, Jr., WASHINGTON STATE (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho)
2 matches, 2 goals, 173 minutes

  • The junior defender scored her first two career goals and helped Washington State extend its shutout streak to 364 minutes in a 2-0-0 week.
  • Scored goals in the 11th and 81st minutes during a 7-0 rout of Hawai'i on Sunday.
  • Both goals came off corner kicks for her first career multi-goal game.
  • Went the full 90 minutes in the Cougars' 3-0 victory at San Diego State on Thursday.
  • Helped WSU allow just six total shots, including only two on goal, in the two victories.

Goalkeeper of the Week: Anna Smith, Sr., USC (Sammamish, Wash.)
2 matches, 13 saves, 0.00 GAA, 183 minutes

  • The senior goalkeeper posted a pair of shutouts on the road against then-No. 24 Michigan and Western Michigan.
  • Made a career-high 11 saves in a 1-0 overtime victory against Michigan on Friday, highlighted by a penalty-kick save in the first half.
  • Added two more saves, including a near point-blank shot in front of the net, in Sunday's 5-0 rout at WMU.
  • Smith has played every minute and amassed a league-leading 27 saves in goal so far this season for USC.

ALSO NOMINATED:

Offensive Player of the Week: Jill Aguilera, ARIZ; Nicole Douglas, ASU; Karlie Lema, CAL; Shyra James, COLO; McKenna Martinez, OSU; Andrea Kitahata, STAN; Penelope Hocking, USC; Taliana Kaufusi, UTAH; Grayson Lynch, WSU.

Defensive Player of the Week: Sabrina Enciso, ARIZ; Emily Smith, CAL; Hannah Sharts, COLO; Kaillen Fried, OSU; Naomi Girma, STAN; Lilly Reale, UCLA; Aaliyah Farmer, USC.

Goalkeeper of the Week: Hope Hisey, ARIZ; Angelina Anderson, CAL; Dani Hansen, COLO; Bridgette Skiba, OSU; Katie Meyer, STAN; Hannah Mitchell, UCLA.

2021 Pac-12 Women's Soccer Players of the Week

Date Offensive Defensive Goalkeeper
Aug. 24 Nicole Douglas, ASU Madelyn Desiano, UCLA Makena Smith, CAL
Aug. 30 Maya Doms, STAN Lieske Carleer, ASU Birta Gudlaugs, ASU
Sept. 6 Reilyn Turner, UCLA Bridget Rieken, WSU Anna Smith, USC