ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The
Missouri Valley Conference has announced that Drake juniors Brittany Schuling (Bondurant,
Iowa/Bondurant-Farrar) and Kalena Litch
(Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) have been named the league's Women's Soccer Defensive
Player of the Week and Goalkeeper of the Week, respectively.
Schuling is being honored for the first time in her Drake career, while
Litch garnered a weekly league award for the second-consecutive week and fourth
time as a Bulldog.
Schuling helped Drake extend its winning
streak to four straight registering team highs in goals (1), points (2), shots
(7) and shots on goal (3) in two games last week, while helping the Bulldogs
notch their second shutout of the season from her defensive midfield slot.
In Drake's 2-1 win over South Dakota last
Friday (Sept. 7), Schuling posted three shots, while helping limit the Coyotes
to four second-half shots.
She recorded a game-high four shots in
the Bulldogs' 2-0 victory past Nebraska Omaha on Sunday (Sept. 9), including a
goal in the 86th minute (85:44). Her biggest play didn't go down in the
stats as she helped deliver a through ball to senior Laura Moklestad (Des Moines, Iowa/Roosevelt), who shot a ball that
was knocked in by the Maverick defender for an own goal.
On the season, Schuling leads Drake in
assists (2), while chipping in two goals and six points on 16 shots, including
six on goal.
Litch recorded six saves, while owning a
0.50 goals against average last week.
In Drake's 2-1 win over South Dakota last
Friday (Sept. 7), she pulled in four saves, of which three came in the second
half.
She added two saves en route to her
second shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory past Nebraska Omaha on Sunday
(Sept. 9) moving her to within one save of equaling the school record for saves
(258) set by Jenny Schroeder (2006-08).
On the season, Litch has registered 34
saves, while sporting a 0.87 goals against average and two shutouts.
The Bulldogs (6-2) enter action this week seeking to extend their four-game winning streak hosting Northern Colorado and Eastern Illinois. First on the docket will be a meeting
with the Bears on Friday (Sept. 14) at the Cownie Soccer Complex, before
battling the Panthers on Sunday (Sept. 16). Game times are slated for 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.,
respectively.
