UMBC's Jessica Young (Waldorf, Md./Sir Thomas Stone) earns America East Player of the Week honors for women's soccer, while Stony Brook's Marisa Viola (Mattituck, N.Y./Mattituck) has garnered America East Rookie of the Week accolades in week two. The awards were announced on Monday (September 11).
Young, the league-leader in goals (four) and goals per game (0.67 gpg), lifted the Retrievers to a 2-0-0 record this week. She scored the insurance goal in a 2-0 win over Atlantic-10 foe Temple and registered a goal and an assist in UMBC's 4-1 win over Radford. The junior forward has scored in four of the last five games.
Viola, the league-leader in saves per game (7.83 spg), led the Seawolves to a 1-0-1 record allowing just one goal in 200 minutes in net this past week. She turned away eight saves in a 2-1 win over Towson and stopped a career-high 15 shots, including three breakaways, in a scoreless double-overtime tie with Big East-foe Providence College.