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LSU’S CALLOWAY AWARDED NATIONAL HONOR BY SOCCER AMERICA
BATON ROUGE – After
being recognized as the SEC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday,
LSU’s redshirt freshman defender Jodi Calloway added yet another honor
following her MVP performance at the LSU Invitational last weekend as a
member of the Soccer America Women’s National Team of the Week.
A
native of Denton, Texas, Calloway becomes the sixth LSU Tiger in
program history to be selected for a spot on the Soccer America Women’s
National Team of the Week. She is the first Tiger to be honored by
Soccer America since Rachel Yepez on Sept. 28, 2009.
Calloway
led a tremendous defensive effort that surrendered just one goal in two
matches in a 1-0 shutout of Oregon on Friday night and a 1-1 draw with
No. 13-ranked Pepperdine on Sunday afternoon.
While also
helping the Tigers secure a 2-1 victory at Houston on Tuesday night in
the last match of a five-game road swing to start the season,
Calloway’s performance helped lead the Tigers to an unbeaten week with
a 2-0-1 mark while allowing just two goals in 290 minutes of action for
a 0.62 goals against average.
For the week, LSU also
limited opponents to an average of 8.6 shots, 3.3 shots on goal and
just 1.0 corner kick per match in three matches to limit their number
of scoring opportunities.
Calloway’s defense was
especially impressive against Pepperdine’s potent offensive attack that
scored 15 in seven previous matches on the year entering Sunday’s
contest for an average of 2.2 goals per game. The Waves were held in
check for much of the afternoon while scoring just one goal and being
outshot by the Tigers 14-11 in total shots, 5-4 in shots on goal and
8-0 in corner kicks.
Soccer America Women’s National Team of the Week (Sept. 5-11)
F – Kelly Cobb, Duke, Fr.
F – Shea Groom, Texas A&M, Fr.
F – Maegan Kelly, Marquette, So.
F – Tiffany McCarty, Florida State, Jr.
F – Nicolette Radovcic, Central Florida, Jr.
F – Lindsay Taylor, Stanford, Sr.
F – Becca Wann, Richmond, So.
M – Lisa Kemp, UC-Davis, Sr.
D – Leslie Barkmann, Cal Poly, Jr.
D – Jodi Calloway, LSU, Fr.
GK – McKenzie Sauerwein, Missouri, Fr.
Soccer America National Player of the Week
F – Kelly Cobb, Duke, Fr.
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