Alyssa Simien Named SCAC Offensive Player of the Week
SEGUIN, Texas -- Alyssa Simien (San Antonio/Warren) has been named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Offensive Player of the Week after she totaled six goals and two assists last week. The Bulldog went 2-0 with a road win at Ozarks (AR) and a home win against Centenary.
Simien netted her first hat trick of the season and of the weekend against Ozarks scoring three goals and adding an assist within the first 52 minutes of action against the Eagles. She led the Bulldogs with five shots in the contest.
Simien recorded her second consecutive hat trick and seven point match on Sunday in the Bulldogs 6-0 win. Simien scored in the sixth, 17th, and 51st minutes while adding an assist. Simien scored the game's first goal unassisted in the sixth minute which acted as the match's game-winner. The game-winner is Simien's 13th in her career, tying her with Kelli Layden for third in program history. On Sunday, Simien also passed Angie Valencia (2001-04) to move into sole possession of fourth on TLU's all-time goals scored list bringing her career tally to 39.
Simien now has three hat tricks in her career. Simien is the first Bulldog in program history to record two hat tricks in the same weekend and her three career hat tricks tie Kelli Layden, Sioned Kirkpatrick, and Angie Valencia for the second most in program history - only trailing Casey Rheman's five.
Simien leads the SCAC in goals (12) and points (31) and is third in assists with seven. This is Simien's fifth career SCAC weekly honor.
Texas Lutheran continues their final homestand of the regular season on Friday, Nov. 1, against McMurry at 7 PM with the fan theme of a Gold Out as they make the final push towards the 2024 SCAC Tournament. The match will be streamed on TLU+. All streaming and live stats links can be found on tlubulldogs.com.
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