{"id":211881,"date":"2025-10-14T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/211881\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:19:07","slug":"womens-team-of-the-week-oct-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/211881\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Team of the Week: Oct. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The latest Player of the Week is Ai Kitagawa, a sophomore who ensured Memphis(w) remained undefeated on the season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topdrawersoccer.com\/college-soccer\/college-scoreboard\/women\/divisionid-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Women\u2019s Division I Scoreboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The first match of the period was straightforward as the Japanese standout netted one goal and played 60 minutes in a 4-1 win over North Texas. The reigning AAC Freshman of the Year then elevated her performance against Florida Atlantic, scoring twice, including a dramatic 89th-minute winner to secure another victory for the 12-0-2 Panthers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" dir=\"ltr\">Please send any future Team of the Week nominations to college@topdrawersoccer.com<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Player of the Week: Ai Kitagawa, Memphis(w)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Women\u2019s Team of the Week: October 6-October 12<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">GK: Izzy Lee, Illinois(w) &#8211; The junior goalkeeper excelled, tallying 17 saves in shutout wins over Rutgers and Purdue.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">D: Kiara Gilmore, Wisconsin(w) &#8211; Gilmore continued her strong freshman campaign with an assist in the 1-0 upset of No. 7 UCLA and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 shutout of USC.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">D: Joellie Giquinto, High Point(w) &#8211; The standout freshman played 90 minutes and scored in a 3-0 win over Presbyterian.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">D: Emma Warren, Vermont(w) &#8211; Ensuring the team won a crucial conference clash, Warren played the full match and assisted the goal that defeated Maine 1-0.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">M: Ai Kitagawa, Memphis(w) \u2013 As she has all season, the sophomore led the Tigers to two wins with three goals, including a dramatic 89th-minute game-winner versus FAU.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">M: Tyler Isgrig, Baylor(w) \u2013 The Bears played once, and Isgrig capitalized, logging a double and an assist to secure the win over BYU.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">M: Brooke Vogel, Delaware(w) &#8211; Returning to her goal-scoring ways, the New Jersey native paced two victories with a goal against Jacksonville State\u00a0 and a double against Kennesaw State.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">M: Georgia Liapis, Western Kentucky(w) \u2013 Missouri State had no answer for Liapis as her two goals and her assist on the game-winning goal made the difference in a 4-3 thriller.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">F: Tess Werts, Utah State(w) &#8211; Werts scored four in Utah State&#8217;s 7-1 win over Fresno State.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">F: Ginny Lackey, James Madison(w) &#8211; The England native&#8217;s hat trick led to a 3\u20132 win over Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">F: Alexis Garcia, La Salle(w) &#8211; A substitute role was no problem for Garcia as she managed a hat trick and an assist to lead a 5-1 victory over George Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mention: GK Jillian Medvecky (Pepperdine(w)), D Grace Maddox (Louisville(w)), D Quinn Urquhart (Indiana State(w)), D Sabrina Araujo-Elorza (Northeastern(w)), M Shae Harvey (Stanford(w)), M Ava Trethewey (Robert Morris(w)), M Delfina Zolesio Fernandez Blanco (Kansas City(w)), M Marla Gaudlitz (Seattle(w)), F Samantha De Luca (Samford(w)), F Maddy Theriault (Fairfield(w)), F Maria Schuller (Little Rock(w)), F Lailah Stewart (UAB(w))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Player of the Week is Ai Kitagawa, a sophomore who ensured Memphis(w) remained undefeated on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-211881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}