FRISCO, Texas — SFA's Taylor Dodson, HCU's Katya Alexis and McNeese's Celeste Marijnissen have won this week's Jersey Mike's Southland Conference weekly soccer awards, the conference office announced Tuesday. All three players are first-time winners this season. 

Offensive Player of the Week: Taylor Dodson, SFA – Fr. – F/M – Midlothian, Va. (James River High School)
Dodson recorded 154 total minutes, with four total shots on goal in two matches. Against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Dodson netted two goals on two shots with a 100% shooting percentage, with her first-ever game-winning goal in the 3-1 victory for SFA. This is the first match Dodson recorded a multiple-goal performance in her career, with a career-high four points in a match. Dodson is now leading SFA in scoring, as those two goals accounted for her fourth and fifth goals of her freshman season at SFA.

Defensive Player of the Week: Katya Alexis, HCU – Fr. – D – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Paul-Desmarais High School)
Katya played all 180 minutes for the Huskies on an unbeaten week and scored goals in both matches. The freshman scored her first 2 collegiate goals off corner kicks with the first pulling HCU level in a 1-1 draw at Nicholls. She then gave the Huskies a 1-0 lead off a corner in Sunday's 2-1 win over UIW.

Goalkeeper of the Week: Celeste Marijnissen, McNeese – So. – GK – Zaandam, Netherlands (Hogeschool van Amsterdam) 
Marijnissen was a standout presence in goal this week, playing all 180 minutes and helping lead the Cowgirls to back-to-back wins. She opened the week with a 1-0 shutout victory over UTRGV—her first career shutout—before following it up with a solid performance in a 2-1 win over Lamar. Across both matches, Celeste faced 28 shots and recorded 13 saves, conceding just one goal. 
 
2025 Southland Women's Soccer Players of the Week

Date	Offensive	Defensive	Goalkeeper
Aug. 19	Emily Senatore, Northwestern State	Alexia Murillo, HCU	Kennedy Rist, Northwestern State
Aug. 26	Cilia Leal, A&M-Corpus Christi	Abbie Bailey, UTRGV	Kennedy Rist, Northwestern State
Sept. 2	Emily Gundin, Northwestern State	Kate Bouck, Northwestern State	Veronica Pacione, East Texas A&M
Sept. 9	Emily Senatore, Northwestern State	Sydney Williams, SFA	Sierra McCluer, SFA
Sept. 16	Lauren Smith, Lamar	Ella Quinlan, SLU	Emmy McKeon, HCU
Sept. 23	Alana Lawless-Felarca, ETAMU	Bryn Geppert, SFA	Kennedy Rist, Northwestern State
Sept. 30	Alexi Pitt, McNeese	Bryn Geppert, SFA	Emmy McKeon, HCU
Oct. 7	Emily Senatore, Northwestern State & Isabella Burtini, UTRGV	Abbie Bailey, UTRGV	Emilia Compian, UTRGV
Oct. 14	Taylor Dodson, SFA	Alexis Katya, HCU	Celeste Marijnissen, McNeese

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.