Milwaukee's Forbes Collects Women's Soccer Player of the Week Honors

INDIANAPOLIS -- Milwaukee junior goalkeeper Jamie Forbes (St. Charles, Ill.) has been named Horizon League Women’s Soccer Player of the Week, for the week beginning Aug. 29.  The honor is the first of Forbes’ career.

The keeper led the Panthers to its best start since going 6-0 to begin 2003, posting back-to-back shutouts at the Minnesota Gold Classic. Sitting at No. 22 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll entering the week, the Panthers blanked Iowa State, 2-0, and host Minnesota, 1-0, to collect runner-up honors (goal differential) in the tournament.

Against the Cyclones, Forbes turned away four shots to record her third shutout of 2011. Sunday would see the junior record the second-most saves by keeper in the Horizon League this season, as Forbes stopped 11 Minnesota shots on goal to collect the shutout.

Forbes’ four shutouts in the first six matches of 2011 leads the Horizon League. With 26 saves, Forbes is third among the League’s keepers.

The Panthers return home for a pivotal week of rivalry games. They host No. 11 Marquette Wednesday at Engelmann Stadium in a game that will be televised live on Fox Soccer Channel as the NSCAA Game of the Week. Next Sunday, Milwaukee hosts Wisconsin.

Top Performers for the Week:

• Jackie Hafele, Butler (So., F) - Hafele helped lift the Bulldogs to a pair of wins over the weekend, netting the game-winning goal with 45 seconds to play in Butler’s 2-1 win over Eastern Michigan. Helping lead the comeback from an early 2-0 deficit at Eastern Illinois, the sophomore assisted on the game-winner in the 69th minute to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 road victory.
• Natalie Daniels, Cleveland State (Sr., M) - Leading the Vikings to a 3-0 blanking of Ohio, Daniels played a roll in all three goals, collecting a goal and two assists in the match. Tied for the team lead with six points, Daniels leads Cleveland State with four helpers in five matches. 
• Alyssa Riley, Detroit (Fr., M) - Riley stuffed the box score in Detroit’s 10-0 rout of Marygrove, collecting the first goals, assist and points of her career. The freshman netted a hat trick in the contest, making her seven-point outburst the highest single-game total in the Horizon League this season. 
• Hekla Palmadottir, Green Bay (So., F) - Palmadottir had a hand in all three Green Bay goals in the team’s 3-1 defeat of North Dakota, potting her third goal of the season and collecting assists on the other two tallies in the match. On the year, the Icelander leads the Phoenix with eight points in seven matches. 
• Brooke McCurdy, Wright State (So., GK) - McCurdy made nine saves on the weekend, allowing just one goal as Wright State went 0-1-1 at the Auburn Tournament. In a scoreless draw with Mississippi, the sophomore tallied three saves; in a 1-0 setback to Auburn, McCurdy turned in six saves.
• Ali Viola, Youngstown State (So., GK) - Viola had six saves on the week, helping the Penguins go 1-1. The sophomore posted her second career shutout in a 4-0 blanking of Ursuline before denying five shots in a 1-0 defeat at Canisius.