PITMAN --- The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced its women's soccer weekly honors for the week ending Oct. 18.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JENNY WARD • The College of New Jersey
Junior • Forward • Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township
Ward earned NJAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after totaling four goals and an assist in two wins for ninth-ranked TCNJ. She recorded her first collegiate hat trick and added an assist in just 35 minutes of a 5-0 win over William Paterson. She then scored the opening goal in a 4-2 victory over New Paltz. Ward put 7 of her 9 shots on goal for the week. Through six conference games, she leads the NJAC in goals (7) and points (17) and is tied for third in assists (3).
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
TORI VLIET • Stockton University
Senior • Goalkeeper • Marmora, NJ/Ocean City
Vliet has been named NJAC Defensive Player of the Week after posting two more shutouts in a 2-0 week for Stockton. She made four saves in each game, a 1-0 win over Kean and a 3-0 win over William Paterson. Vliet leads the NJAC with eight shutouts this season. She also leads all NJAC keepers in conference-only goals against average (0.33) and save percentage (.905).
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
SOFIA CASCIO • Ramapo College
Freshman • Midfielder • Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany
Cascio claims NJAC Rookie of the Week after scoring in both of Ramapo’s conference games. She found the net in a 2-1 setback at Rutgers-Camden. She then scored again in a 2-2 draw with Montclair State. The tie was only the fifth against the Red Hawks in program history and snapped a 15-game losing streak in the series. It was also the first time Ramapo scored twice against Montclair State since 1994. Cascio currently has seven points on three goals and one assist in her first season in Mahwah.