RedStorm's Vera picks up RSC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
FLORENCE, Ky. -- University of Rio Grande goalkeeper Andrea Vera earned River States Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week with her role in two games Sept. 26-Oct. 2.
A sophomore from Quito, Ecuador, Vera made seven saves in 0-0 tie versus Midway (Ky.) in RSC action. That game went 110 minutes with Vera in goal keeping things at a stalemate.
Earlier in the week, she made one save in one half of action in a 7-0 win over Brescia. Those two games brought Rio Grande's record to 2-6-2 overall, 1-0-1 RSC.
Vera has started all nine games for the RedStorm, and she has a goals-against average of 1.37. Rio Grande has its next game Oct. 6 at Ohio Christian.