Sydney Emershaw, Penn State Altoona, Women's Soccer - Defensive

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: PS-Altoona GK Sydney Emershaw helped Penn State Altoona go 2-1 last week, including 2-0 in the AMCC. She recorded her second career shutout last Tuesday in a 1-0 win over La Roche, making 11 saves to keep the Lady Redhawks off of the scoreboard. After making three saves in a loss at non-conference W&J on Thursday, she posted eight saves in a 2-1 win over AMCC foe Hilbert on Saturday. For the week, Emershaw made 22 saves in 225:00 in goal, compiling a 2-1 record, .815 save percentage, and 2.00 goals against average. Against the AMCC teams alone, she had a .950 save percentage, 2-0 record, and 0.50 GAA.

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