Week 2 - September 13, 2021

NE10 Player/Goalkeeper of the Week

Katie Escobedo, Saint Michael's
Junior | Goalkeeper | New Rochelle, N.Y.

Escobedo made 13 saves while posting a pair of shutouts during a 2-0 week. She tied her career-high with eight stops in a 1-0 overtime win against Dominican on Wednesday before making five more saves in a 1-0 triumph at regionally-ranked Pace on Saturday.

NE10 Defensive Player of the Week

Peyton Nickerson, Stonehill
Junior | Back/Midfield | York, Me.

Led the Skyhawks on both ends of the pitch in a 2-0 week. Led a defensive effort that yielded just one goal while allowing eight shots, averaging just four on target for the week, with a shutout. Netted a pair of goals, including the opening goal in Sunday's 2-0 victory over Queens, while also spearheading a defensive unit that limited the Knights to nine shots, including four on target, in the clean sheet while playing the last 30 minutes a player down. Nickerson also scored the opening goal in Friday night's eventual 2-1 overtime win against New Haven to open the NE10 season.

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Julia Walsh, Assumption
Freshman | Goalkeeper | San Diego, Calif.

Walsh finished the week with 13 total saves. In Assumption's 1-1 week she made six saves in a 2-1 double OT setback at Saint Anselm and seven saves in a 1-0 OT win at AIC. She finished the week with a .750 save percentage.

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll

Julia Sferlazza, Assumption (Jr., M - Norwalk, Conn.)
Sferlazza scored Assumption's game-winning goal in a 1-0 overtime victory over AIC in NE10 action on Saturday. Four minutes into overtime, Sferlazza received the ball at the top left side of the 18-yard box, and fired a shot into the bottom right corner for the win. 

Dana Goulet, Bentley (Sr, M - Wilmington, Mass.)
Goulet scored two goals for the Falcons last week in a pair of 1-1 draws. She scored in the seventh minute against Wilmington (Delaware) after finishing off a nice team move to set up the goal. She then scored in the 19th minute at Holy Family on Friday night after taking a cross from senior Maeli Cherry. 

Anna Crapanzano, Franklin Pierce (So., M/F - Milano, Italy)
Scored twice in FPU's only game last week, when she netted the game-winning goal and later added another in a 6-0 win at Nyack on Saturday. Attempted four shots in the game. 

Viridiana Vazquez Kloss, Franklin Pierce (Jr., B - Veracruz, Mexico)
Helped key a defensive effort which surrendered only four shots (three on goal) in a 6-0 win at Nyack on Saturday. Contributed a goal at the other end of the field as well.

Olivia Gotobed, Saint Anselm (So, F - North Andover, Mass.)
Gotobed registered seven shots with three on goal, including the double-overtime game-winning goal in the season opener against Assumption. That was the first of her career. She pressured Saint Rose in the second game of the week and earned two shots on goal for her efforts.

Elani Gikas, Saint Michael's (Fr., B - Peabody, Mass.)
Gikas scored in overtime on Wednesday while helping the Purple Knight defense post a pair of shutouts during a 2-0 week. Gikas tallied on a free kick in the 92nd minute of a 1-0 victory against Dominican on Wednesday before helping Saint Michael's blank regionally-ranked Pace, 1-0, on Saturday.

Kaelyn Britt, Saint Rose (Jr, F - Bronx, N.Y.)
Scored the game-winner 45 seconds into the second overtime to propel the Golden Knights to Sunday's 3-2 win at conference rival Saint Anselm.

Victoria Vera, Southern Conn. St. (Fr, F - Plainview, N.Y.)
Vera came off the bench, chipped in three shots, and scored her first two collegiate goals in the Owls' 5-0 victory over Staten Island.

Ai Inoue, Southern N.H. (Gr., B - Tokyo, Japan)
Inoue anchored a Penmen back line that allowed just three shots on goal in Sunday's 1-0 blanking of Adelphi - the lone game of the week for SNHU. Inoue also chimed in, offensively, collecting an assist on the 68th-minute game winner. 

Allyson Patterson, Southern N.H. (Gr., M - Seekonk, Mass.)
Patterson scored the game winner in the 68th minute Sunday, as the Penmen won their lone match of the week with a 1-0 victory over Adelphi.

NE10 Weekly Winners

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