BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Cumberland’s (Tenn.) Sydney Eads and Uxia Varela are the Mid-South Conference Women’s Soccer Players of the Week, conference officials announced on Monday.
MSC Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
Sydney Eads – Cumberland (Tenn.) – Sr. - Goalkeeper – Blacklick, Ohio.
- Eads managed two wins and a tie in the week, while tacking on her second shutout in conference play on Friday.
- The Senior goalkeeper made an average of four saves per game, most importantly making 11 saves and allowing just two goals in a pair of very competitive games against West Virginia Tech and SCAD-Savannah (Ga.).
- Eads earns her first weekly honor of the season.
MSC Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week
Uxia Varela – Cumberland (Tenn.) – Sr. – Forward – A Coruna, Spain.
- Varela scored four goals in a three game match-week.
- Including a hat trick against Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) pushing the Phoenix MSC goal total to 18 in two games.
- Prior to that game Varela scored a late leveler to equalize and rescue a point from the West Virginia Tech 1-1 draw.
- Varela earns her first weekly honor of the season.
| Date |
Women’s Soccer Players of the Week - School |
| Offense |
Defense |
| Aug. 24 |
Grace Smith - Campbellsville (Ky.) |
Laura Bosca - Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Aug. 31 |
Ashiat Naluggwa - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
Samantha Sokolove - Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Sept. 7 |
Victoria Collins - Cumberland (Tenn.) |
Morgan White - Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Sept. 14 |
Ona Monserrat Baca - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
Sydney Hall - Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| Sept. 21 |
Uxia Varela - Cumberland (Tenn.) |
Sydney Eads - Cumberland (Tenn.) |