The Big East reigned supreme among the Aussies this week. Three of the conference’s Aussies made noteworthy contributions to their teams’ performances, with Renée Pountney and Katie Godden notching career milestones in the process.
Renée Pountney has made a considerable leap this season, making her first career start and already vastly outstripping her efforts from the spring campaign. However, there was still one thing missing from the former Newcastle Jet’s résumé: a collegiate goal. However, that all changed as Creighton took on South Dakota State this week. Fresh off a 0-0 draw with South Dakota, the Bluejays clearly saved their goals for the second game of the weekend, winning 3-0 as Pountney tallied Creighton’s second of the game. Charging forward on the counter-attack, Pountney out-sprinted a Jackrabbits defender to chase down a through-ball and place it across the goalkeeper and into the side-netting to all but wrap up the three points with 16 minutes to play. Having played just four games in spring, Pountney has now played six this season and made the first two starts of her career as her progression continues at a rapid rate.
Staying in the Big East, Claire Farrington continues to be a rock at the back for Butler as the Bulldogs maintain their solid start to the season. Taking on IUPUI and Utah this week, Butler had the chance to move to 4-1, and promptly did just that. Facing local rivals IUPUI, the Bulldogs kept a clean sheet, with Farrington playing 75 minutes in a 1-0 win as Butler held their opponents to just five shots whilst rattling off 32 of their own. Utah proved a tougher battle as Butler were held to just 12 shots, but once again Farrington and the Bulldogs defence shut down their opponents, keeping the Utes to just 6 shots in a 2-1 win as they picked up a third non-conference victory over a Power 5 opponent.
Meanwhile, conference rival DePaul took on Milwaukee and Michigan this week in games that saw Katie Godden make her first career starts. Having come off the bench in three previous fixtures, the freshman was elevated to the starting lineup against Milwaukee, and played 71 minutes in a 1-0 defeat to the Panthers, rattling off two shots. That performance earned Godden another start, and again the forward played 71 minutes, but unfortunately the result was again a 1-0 defeat for the Blue Demons. However, things appear to be boding well for the former Arsenal Academy player.
Moving away from the Big East and to the Ohio Valley Conference, Kiarnie Latham only saw brief playing time this week, but the sophomore only needed limited minutes to make an impact against North Alabama. The former Emerging Jet tallied an assist just 34 seconds after coming onto the pitch late in the first half, helping Tennessee-Martin to a 3-0 halftime lead. Latham would go on to play 23 minutes in the 4-1 win, the most playing time the sophomore has received in any one game this season. Hopefully, the versatile defender’s impact against North Alabama can lead to more playing time in the future after starting in 6 of 11 games in the spring campaign.
Complete Results
Alabama State (Madison Chambers, Grace Norbury)
This week: defeated South Carolina State 3-0; lost to Gardner-Webb 1-0
Grace Norbury started both games for Alabama State this week, playing 76 minutes against South Carolina State as the Hornets picked up their first win of the season, and 64 minutes against Gardner-Webb. Madison Chambers did not feature for the Hornets in either game this week.
Butler (Claire Farrington)
This week: defeated IUPUI 1-0; defeated Utah 2-1
Claire Farrington started both games for Butler this weekend, playing 75 minutes against IUPUI and 71 minutes in the win over Utah.
Creighton (Ayana Aoyagi, Renee Pountney)
This week: drew with South Dakota 0-0; defeated South Dakota State 3-0
Renée Pountney started for Creighton against South Dakota, tallying two shots in 27 minutes before coming off the bench to net her first collegiate goal during a 32-minute outing against South Dakota State. Ayana Aoyagi did not feature for the Bluejays this week.
DePaul (Katie Godden)
This week: lost to Milwaukee 1-0; lost to Michigan 1-0
Katie Godden started and played 71 minutes in both matches this week, registering a shot on target against Milwaukee in the process.
East Tennessee State (D’arne Boato)
This week: lost to Radford 1-0
D’arne Boato came off the bench for East Tennessee State in their loss to Radford, playing 8 minutes.
Eastern Illinois (Ashleigh Harvie)
This week: defeated Chicago State 1-0; lost to Cincinnati 5-0
Ash Harvie did not feature in either game for Eastern Illinois this week.
Grand Canyon (Sandra Hill)
This week: defeated Northern Arizona 3-0; defeated UNLV 2-1
Sandra Hill came off the bench for Grand Canyon in both games this week, playing 6 minutes against Northern Arizona and 19 minutes in the win over UNLV.
Hawaii (Eliza Ammendolia)
This week: lost to Gonzaga 5-0; lost to Washington State 7-0
Eliza Ammendolia started for Hawaii against Gonzaga, playing 57 minutes before coming off the bench to play 34 minutes in the loss to Washington State.
Hofstra (Grace Watson-Carr)
This week: defeated Columbia 3-0; defeated Pennsylvania 3-1
Grace Watson-Carr did not feature for Hofstra in either game this week.
Illinois (Ashleigh Lefevre)
This week: lost to Xavier 2-1
Ashleigh Lefevre came off the bench for Illinois in their loss to Xavier, tallying a shot in her 16 minutes on the pitch.
Illinois State (Indianna Asimus)
This week: lost to Utah 1-0; lost to Milwaukee 2-0
Indianna Asimus came off the bench in both games this week, tallying a shot in 29 minutes against Utah and playing 20 minutes against Milwaukee.
Incarnate Word (Madison McComasky)
This week: lost to UTEP 1-0; lost to New Mexico State 2-0
Madison McComasky started both games this week, playing 72 minutes against UTEP and registering a shot in a 90-minute performance against New Mexico State.
La Salle (Alyssa Van Heurck)
This week: drew with Drexel 0-0; lost to Rutgers 5-0
Alyssa Van Heurck started both games for La Salle this week, playing the full 110 minutes against Drexel and 77 minutes in the loss to Rutgers.
Long Beach State (Aimee Medwin)
This week: lost to San Diego 1-2; defeated San Diego State 2-1
Aimee Medwin started both games for Long Beach State this week, playing 57 minutes in the loss to San Diego and registering a shot on target in 71 minutes against San Diego State.
Louisiana Tech (Caitlin Le Roux)
This week: lost to Missouri State 1-0
Caitlin Le Roux came off the bench for Louisiana Tech against Missouri State, playing 57 minutes.
Louisiana-Monroe (Brianna Edwards, Siobhan Edwards)
This week: game v Nicholls State cancelled due to Hurricane Ida; match abandoned v Northwestern State due to lightning
Brianna and Siobhan Edwards were left without a game this week as their contest against Nicholls State was cancelled before lightning forced the abandonment of the game against Northwestern State, resulting in a no-contest.
Massachusetts (Hannah Peric)
This week: defeated Bryant 2-1 (OT) drew with Merrimack 1-1
Hannah Peric did not feature for Massachusetts in either game this week.
Oregon (Lara Kirkby)
This week: drew with UC Santa Barbara 2-2
Lara Kirkby did not feature for Oregon in their draw with UC Santa Barbara.
Rhode Island (Teresa Morrissey)
This week: lost to Brown 3-1; lost to Boston University 1-0
Teresa Morrissey did not feature for Rhode Island in either game this week.
San Francisco (Ashley Jordan)
This week: lost to California 1-0; defeated UC San Diego 1-0
Ashley Jordan did not feature for San Francisco in either game this week.
Stanford (Amy Sayer)
This week: lost to Duke 2-1; lost to North Carolina 2-1 (OT)
Amy Sayer came off the bench for Stanford in both games this week, tallying a shot in 30 minutes against Duke and 28 minutes against North Carolina.
Tennessee-Martin (Kiarnie Latham)
This week: defeated North Alabama 4-1; defeated Wright State 4-1
Kiarnie Latham registered an assist in 23 minutes off the bench against North Alabama before playing a 5-minute cameo off the bench in the win over Wright State.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Molly Arens)
This week: lost to Prairie View A&M 1-0; defeated UTRGV 1-0
Molly Arens did not feature for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in either game this week.
UMBC (Isobel Davy, Annaliese Grove, Abi Jordan)
This week: lost to Delaware 2-0; defeated VMI 2-1
Annie Grove started both games for UMBC this week, playing 70 minutes against Delaware and 47 minutes in the win over VMI. Isobel Davy and Abi Jordan did not feature for the Retrievers this week.
UNC Asheville (Jasmine Barry)
This week: lost to Elon 3-0; drew with Indiana State 1-1
Jasmine Barry started both games for UNC Asheville this week, playing 86 minutes against Elon and 82 minutes in the overtime draw with Indiana State.
USC (Talia Grossman)
This week: defeated Michigan 1-0; defeated Western Michigan 5-0
Talia Grossman did not feature for USC in either game this week.
VCU (Greta Kraszula)
This week: defeated Old Dominion 2-0; lost to East Carolina 2-0
Greta Kraszula did not feature for VCU in either game this week.
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