Jaguar Soccer Sweep Weekly Conference Awards
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- Haywood earner her first SBC weekly honor as she was named the Offensive Player of the Week on September 9, 2014. She posted her first career hat-trick as the Jaguars won back-to-back shutouts over Southern Miss 6-0 and Southern University 7-0. Photo: usajaguars.com
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- Rabsatt-Smith, a junior, earner her first SBC weekly honor as she was named the Defensive Player of the Week on September 9, 2014. She helped the Jaguars to back-to-back shutouts over the previous weekend to defeat Southern Miss 6-0 and Southern University 7-0. Photo: usajaguars.com
After sweeping the weekend with a pair of shutouts, the South Alabama Jaguar soccer team also swept the weekly Sun Belt Conference awards as junior Nini Rabsatt-Smith and freshman Sophie Haywood were named SBC Players of the Week on Tuesday.
Rabsatt-Smith, originally from Montgomery, Alabama, earned the conference’s weekly defensive award. She scored her first goal of the season and added two assists in a four-point week. But she also played a key role in the two shutouts and the team’s fourth overall. She started the scoring against Southern Miss after intercepting a pass at midfield. She assisted on back-to-back goals against Southern as well.
Haywood, a native of Hull, England, earned the offensive award as she helped lead the Jags to back-to-back shutouts over the weekend. She posted her first career hat-trick and an assist against Southern Miss. Then, against Southern, she got the assist on the second goal of the match to tie her for second on the team with three assists this season.
In the two matches South Alabama only allowed seven shots total and have won four of their last five matches with all four wins coming via shutout.
This is the first time that Rabsatt-Smith or Haywood have earned Sun Belt honors. The last time the school swept the conference player of the week awards was on August 27, 2013.
The Jags travel to Mississippi State to face the Bulldogs on Friday, September 12 with the match getting underway at 7pm.