INDIANAPOLIS -- Milwaukee junior midfielder Vienna Behnke (Neenah, Wis.) is the Horizon League Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, while Milwaukee freshman goalkeeper Paige Lincicum (Cary, Ill.) has been named Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3.
Needing a win to secure the regular season title, Behnke and Lincicum led the Panthers to a hard-fought, 1-0 win at Oakland on Friday night. The win clinched the Panthers’ 14-straight straight regular season crown.
Behnke scored the game’s lone goal in the 13th minute. The junior forced a turnover near the Oakland end line, beat her defender and fired a shot that beat the keeper. It was her first goal of the season.
After Behnke’s goal, the Panther’s locked down an Oakland team that had won five straight matches entering the contest. Lincicum posted five saves in shutout, her third clean sheet of the season. No save was bigger than Behnke’s third stop of the game. In the 73rd minute, Joan Sieja’s fired a shot from point-blank range but the freshman keeper came up with a remarkable save.
The win secured the number one overall seed in the Horizon League Women’s Soccer Championship. The Panthers host the Championship and take on the lowest remaining seed Friday, Nov. 8. Full coverage available on www.HorizonLeague.com
Top Offensive Performers for the Week:
Jennifer Borawski, Detroit (So., MF) - Recorded the game-winner against Youngstown State in the 37th minute. The win helped the Titans clinch the four seed in the Horizon League Women’s Soccer Championship.
April Cronin, Valparaiso (Fr., F) - Scored the game-tying goal against Green Bay. The match ended in a 1-1 (2ot) draw. The goal marked the first of her career.
Top Defensive Performers for the Week:
Martha Dunbar, Detroit (So., GK) - Posted three saves and a shutout, 1-0 win over Youngstown State, her seventh shutout of the season.
Sarah Wood, Cleveland State (So., GK) - Made six saves in a 1-0 loss to Wright State. Ended her season with 120 saves, fourth most in school history.
Women’s Soccer Offensive Players of the Week:
Aug. 19: Emilie Fillion, Wright State
Aug. 26: Hekla Palmadottir, Green Bay
Sept. 2: Krissy Dorre, Milwaukee
Sept. 9: Sarah Kaiser, Cleveland State
Sept. 16: Kelly Lewers, Milwaukee
Sept. 23: Krissy Dorre, Milwaukee
Sept. 30: Chelsey Haney, Youngstown State
Oct. 7: Kyla Kellermann, Oakland
Oct. 14: Jennifer Borawski, Detroit
Oct. 21: Kelly Lewers, Milwaukee
Oct. 28: Vienna Behnke, Milwaukee
Women’s Soccer Defensive Players of the Week:
Aug. 19: Sarah Wood, Cleveland State
Aug. 26: Martha Dunbar, Detroit
Sept. 2: Kristen Manski, Valparaiso
Sept. 9: Sarah Wood, Cleveland State
Sept. 16: Alyssa Riley, Detroit
Sept. 23: Brooke McCurdy, Wright State
Sept. 30: Brooke McCurdy, Wright State
Oct. 7: Payj O’Shea, Oakland
Oct. 14: Kristen Manski, Valparaiso
Oct. 21: Sarah Reynolds, Oakland
Oct. 28: Paige Lincicum, Milwaukee
