Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sweeps Southland Soccer Player of the Week Awards
Week 10 Notes (PDF)
FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Samantha Palomino, Emma Crump and Emily Levy are the Southland women’s soccer players of the week, the league announced Tuesday. Weekly awards are presented by
GEICO.
Palomino and Crump registered the game-winning goals in each of the Islanders’ road wins over the weekend, a 2-1 victory over Nicholls on Friday and a 1-0 decision versus Southeastern on Sunday, to pick up Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors, respectively.
Levy is the Goalkeeper of the Week after saving six shots and allowing just one goal, helping A&M-Corpus Christi vault itself into fourth place heading into the final match. The Islanders (7-9-1, 5-5-1 SLC) host third-place UIW at 7 p.m. CT Friday in a crucial seeding battle on the final day of the regular season.
Offensive Player of the Week: Samantha Palomino, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Junior – Midfielder – Helotes, Texas
Level with Nicholls at 1-1 in the 62
nd minute, Palomino scored the game-winning goal for her second of the season and team-high sixth goal on the year. This marks her second Offensive Player of the Week Award of the season.
Honorable Mention: Koryn Barrett, Nicholls; Sierra Wannamaker, UIW.
Defensive Player of the Week: Emma Crump, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Freshman – Defender – Wylie, Texas
Crump anchored an Islander back line that surrendered just one goal on the weekend and recorded a shutout of Southeastern. In the 1-0 victory over the Lady Lions, she scored the lone goal, heading in a corner kick into the upper right-hand corner just before the end of the first half. This is her first career weekly honor.
Honorable Mention: Madison McComasky, UIW.
Goalkeeper of the Week: Emily Levy, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Freshman – Las Vegas, Nev.
Earning her second Goalkeeper of the Week nod of the season, Levy allowed just one goal in two wins, including her third clean sheet of the season against Southeastern. She was required to make five of her six saves against the Lady Lions, including two in the opening eight minutes.
Honorable Mention: Makenzie Hall, UIW.
2021 Southland Women’s Soccer Players of the Week
| Date |
Offensive |
Defensive |
Goalkeeper |
| Oct. 26 |
Samantha Palomino, AMCC |
Emma Crump, AMCC |
Emily Levy, AMCC |
| Oct. 19 |
Katie Marker, HBU |
Natalee Henry, NSU |
Acelya Aydogmus, NSU |
| Oct. 12 |
Olivia Draguicevich, NSU |
Delaney Wells, NSU |
Acelya Aydogmus, NSU |
| Oct. 5 |
Ryan Ford, HBU |
Haylii Roe, SLU |
Nadine Maher, SLU |
| Sept. 28 |
Rachel Young, MCN |
Keely Morrow, MCN |
Jackie Kelly, MCN |
| Sept. 21 |
Olivia Draguicevich, NSU |
Darby Gillette, SLU |
Acelya Aydogmus, NSU |
| Sept. 14 |
Olivia Draguicevich, NSU |
Natalee Henry, NSU |
Acelya Aydogmus, NSU |
| Sept. 7 |
Havana Johnson, MCN |
Martine Ellefsen, MCN |
Kennedy Stelling, AMCC |
| Aug. 31 |
Makenzie Maher, SLU |
Morgan Schooley, MCN |
Emma Roccaforte, MCN |
| Aug. 24 |
Samantha Palomino, AMCC |
Keely Morrow, MCN |
Emily Levy, AMCC |
Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.