Dee Dee Abbott, Penn State Altoona, Women's Soccer (Defensive)
Abbott had a great week for the Lions in a pair of AMCC wins. In Penn State Altoona's final regular season game on Tuesday night at home, a 4-0 victory over La Roche, the freshman netted her first collegiate goal, assisted on another, and was part of a defensive unit that shut out the Redhawks. Abbott followed that up by helping the Lions to another shutout win, this time a 7-0 blanking of Hilbert in the first round of the AMCC Tournament on Saturday at home. On the week, Abbott scored one goal, added one assist, and registered four shot attempts with one shot on goal, while helping the Lions post back-to-back shutouts.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: PS-Altoona FR D Dee Dee Abbott had a great week for the Lions in a pair of AMCC wins. In Penn State Altoona's final regular season game on Tuesday night at home, a 4-0 victory over La Roche, the freshman netted her first collegiate goal, assisted on another, and was part of a defensive unit that shut out the Redhawks. Abbott followed that up by helping the Lions to another shutout win, this time a 7-0 blanking of Hilbert in the first round of the AMCC Tournament on Saturday at home. On the week, Abbott scored one goal, added one assist, and registered four shot attempts with one shot on goal, while helping the Lions post back-to-back shutouts.
BEST OF THE REST: Mount Aloysius GK Heidi Patten helped to get the Mounties into the semi-final round of the AMCC Tournament, as the 2-0 win over ASC was Patten's first career college shutout and win for the freshman. She stopped three shots with her performance, giving the Mounties their sixth straight semi-final appearance.