Wade Picks Up Second Consecutive TSWA Player of the Week Award
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – For the second consecutive week, Carson-Newman junior forward Lauren Wade (Coleraine, Northern Ireland) has been recognized as the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – For the second consecutive week, Carson-Newman junior forward Lauren Wade (Coleraine, Northern Ireland) has been recognized as the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week. Over the course of two games during the period of September 12th-18th, Wade racked up six goals and two assists, a total of 14 points, helping her team win both games.
"It's been a brilliant start so far," Wade said. "I'm very excited to have won this award for the second week in row. This start to the season has been better than I expected. Hopefully it continues throughout the conference season."
Wade started the week with an extraordinary performance against USC-Aiken on Monday. She piled up five goals and added two assists in a 9-0 Eagles win. Her five goals are the most by a player in Division II this season, with only two players in Division III able to match that total. Her 12 points in one match are the most by a player across all three divisions in the NCAA. Both totals were the most by a C-N player since Liz Jallo in 2002.
Five days later, Wade was at it again, scoring her 11th goal of 2016 in the Eagles 4-1 win at Newberry. She received a pass from Holly Talbut-Smith (Crawley, England) at the top of the 18-yard box and sent a shot past the keeper and inside the left post. That goal kept up her streak of scoring in every game this season.
Wade's 11 goals and 28 points currently lead the NCAA and her six assists are tied for the most in Division II. Her excellent start has helped the Eagles begin the year 5-1 and win their last three-in-a-row. Last week, she was named Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week.
The junior is the first C-N player to win SAC Player of the Week this season.
Wade and the rest of the Eagles will look to continue their current three-game win streak on Wednesday night, when they host Mars Hill at 5pm. You can catch the game live on cneagles.com/live, where there will be complete coverage of the match, including live stats. Mark Inserra will have the call and there will be a full recap posted on cneagles.com.
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