HAMBURG, N.Y. – Hilbert College's
Ja'Lynn Sanders and
Keira McFarland were named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Women's Soccer Players of the Week today. Sanders took home her third career Offensive Player of the Week honors while McFarland was named Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in her career.
Ja'Lynn Sanders (Bradenton, Fl/Palmetto) led the Hawks offensively with six goals in a perfect 2-0 week. She scored both goals in a 2-1 non-conference victory over Alfred State on Tuesday before finding the back of the net four times in Saturday's 5-1 conference win over Mount Aloysius. Sanders' four-goal, eight-point performance against the Mounties saw her set new program single-game goal and point records.
Keira McFarland (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) backstopped a perfect 2-0 week for the Hawks, allowing just one goal a game. She started the week making 12 stops, including a penalty-kick save, in a 2-1 win over Alfred State before recording a two-save victory against Mount Aloysius on Saturday. McFarland recorded a .875 save percentage across the two contests.