GNAC Women's Soccer Report: Week 2

(FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 2 - 8)

	PLAYER OF THE WEEK Katherine Raposo, Albertus Magnus (Jr., F - Warwick, R.I.) Raposo had a career performance in Albertus' 10-0 victory over Mitchell on Thursday, logging a season-best eight points on three goals and two assists. She dominated from the start of the match, contributing on five of the team's first seven goals, including each of the first three. Raposo needed just three shots to score her three goals against the Mariners, giving her a perfect 1.000 shot percentage.
	GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK Rachel Matloff, Anna Maria (So., GK - Grafton, Mass.) Matloff played all 90 minutes in the AMCATS two games last week, putting together two shutouts for the 'Cats. Matloff faced six shots and was able to turn away all six for a 1.00 0save percentage.
	ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Sydney Owen, Anna Maria (Fr., M - Haverhill, Mass.) Owen helped the AMCATS to their first win of the season during their home opener against Northern Vermont University-Johnson last Tuesday, racking up five points on two goals and one assist to help in the 5-0 victory.

WEEK 2 HONOR ROLL

Alexandra Rowland, Anna Maria (Fr., F - Leicester, Mass.) - Rowland ended the week with two goals, scoring one against NVU-Johnson in a 5-0 win before registering the game-winner against Mitchell on Saturday for the 1-0 win. 

Taylor Rathbun, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Sr, D - Sheffield, Mass.) - Rathbun netted her first collegiate goal late in the action against Castleton University, finding the back of the net on a set corner kick piece. The score came on her first shot attempt with the Saints. #alwaysrememberSO24

Kaylee Francis, Regis (Mass.) (So., F - Millis, Mass.) - Francis began to emerge as the offensive threat she became during her freshman season, completing a 1-1 week with one goal and four assists. At Framingham State Wednesday, she played a role in the first four Regis goals, scoring the second goal of the match on a chip shot inside the right post and assisting on the other three goals. She threatened to score several times against the Rams, as all four shots she took were on goal. Saturday, she seemingly was going to take a shot herself, but then found an open player down the right side and fed the ball there, earning another assist. After only three matches, she is already just one assist away from Regis' top-10 single-season assist list. 

Rylee Snow, St. Joseph (Conn.) (So., M/F - West Greenwich, R.I.) - Scored both goals in a 2-1 win vs. Eastern Nazarene, making it 3 goals on the season. USJ trailed 1-0 before Snow got the game-tying goal in the first half, and the game-winner in the 59th minute of the second half. Her 3 goals on the season is tied for 2nd in the GNAC, and she has led the Blue Jays to a 4-0 start (2-0 on the week) for the first time since 2010.