The player of the week is Jordan Nytes, a sophomore goalkeeper who helped Colorado to a clean sheet upset of #16 Michigan State amid seven saves, zero conceded, and two wins on the week. It was the kind of performance validating why she was the Big 12 Co-Goalkeeper of the Year as a freshman before transferring ahead of the 2023 season.

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Player of the Week: Jordan Nytes, Colorado

Women’s Team of the Week: August 21-27

GK Jordan Nytes, Colorado – Nytes kept two clean sheets as Colorado won both games.

D Rammie Noel, LSU – The 5th year senior was outstanding as LSU upset #12 Texas away from home, contributing to slowing one of the most potent offenses in the country while contributing an assist on the other end.

D Elise Evans, Stanford – Stanford is off to a dominant start on both sides of the ball, and the reigning TDS Freshman of the Year has had a hand in it all. That dominant start continued this week as the team won both games, scoring seven and conceding one.

D Makenna Morris, Clemson – The do-it-all defender was back at it this week, helping Clemson to two clean sheets and a goal.

D Savannah King, North Carolina – UNC conceded just two shots on goal on the week, and King was a significant aspect, playing 178 out of 180 minutes as the freshman has had an ideal start to her collegiate career.

M Josephine Aulicino, Northwestern – In a 7-0 demolition of Oakland, Aulicino recorded a hat trick of goals and a hattrick of assists for an incredible six-goal contributions of the day. She followed that with two assists against Toledo, giving her a hand in eight goals in two games.

M Hannah Larson, Saint Louis – Larson was a dominant force as SLU stormed to a 4-1 win against Creighton and an 8-0 crushing of UMKC. The midfielder recorded three-goal contributions on the week as she and her teammates made it three wins in a row.

M Joy Okonye, Brown – Through her first week of collegiate soccer, Okonye has already looked like a midfield specialist guiding the Brown attack. Her best moment came against Central Connecticut as she capped a two-goal comeback with a game-winning assist.

F Gianna Gourley, Grand Canyon – One of the best scorers in the country, Gourley hit form this week, scoring four in two games, emphasized by a hat trick in just 50 minutes of playing time against Bakersfield.

F Kaitlyn MacBean, Penn State – MacBean was the definition of clutch this week, scoring two game-winners, with the best coming on Sunday against No. 15 TCU.

F Ashleigh Williams, Texas Tech – Texas Tech scored six on the week in their two wins, and Williams tucked away five of them to take her total to seven goals on the year.

Honorable Mentions: GK Camielle Day (Missouri State), D Tamia Tolbert (Michigan), D Alexa Goldberg (Florida), D Kendell Petersen (BYU), M Hallie Klanke (Kansas), M Shae Harvey (Stanford), M Annie Karich (Santa Clara) F Taylor Dobles (LSU), F Ally Cook (UCLA), F Hannah Chance (Oklahoma State), F Suzuka Yosue (Arizona State), M Lexi Missimo (Texas)