Asbury's Valentine nabs RSC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
FLORENCE, Ky. -- Asbury (Ky.) University defender Mallory Valentine was a big part of two shutouts to earn River States Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 10-16.
A native of Independence, Ky., Valentine keyed the Eagles to win of 7-0 versus Brescia (Ky.) and 2-0 versus Midway (Ky.), both of which were in conference play.
She has stepped into a starting role on defense as a freshman. Valentine has played in all 14 games with 13 starts for Asbury, which is tied for the conference lead in goals against per game at 1.00.
Asbury is 9-4-1 overall and leads the RSC in conference wins at 4-1 RSC. The Eagles play at Ohio Christian for their next game Oct. 22.