Previous 2011 Primetime Performer Releases (D-I Women)
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..... CLICK HERE for 2010 CS360 Primetime Performer Archive ... CLICK HERE for 2009 archive
St. Mary's 'keeper Doug Herrick earns D-I Men's Primetime Honor
to Chico's Briann Furner & Millersville's Brad Benzig
D-3 Primetime HonorsD-2 Primetime Honors to Wheaton's Kaitlyn Le Baudour & Oneanta's Ray Fitzpatrick
Previous Primetime Performers (D-I Men): 9/13 .. 10/5 .. 10/10 .. 10/18 .. 10/24 .. 11/1 .. 11/16 .. 11/23
Full listing of D-1/2/3 men's & women's Primetime Honors for weeks of Oct. 3-9 and Oct. 10-16
Release: Nov. 22, 2011 Contact: Pete LaFleur (editor@collegesoccer360.com)
CS360 WEEK-14 PRIMETIME PLAYER OF THE WEEK: UCF sophomore F/M Kristina Trujic
Central Florida super-sub Kristina ("Tina") Trujic (Venice, Fla.) – who scored in both of UCF's games during the past week, vs. nationally-seeded teams – headlines the most-recent Primetime Performers of the Week for Division I women's soccer, as selected by CollegeSoccer360.com for NCAA Tournament second-round and round-of-16 games during the weekend Nov 18-20, 2011 (seven total honorees, listed below). Trujic (pictured, at right), the week-14 CS360 Primetime Player of the Week, sparked unseeded UCF to a 3-2 win at Florida (a #2 national seed) and then helped the Knights advanced past 3rd-seed North Crolina (1-1; 5-4 PKs).
Trujic matched her season total with the pair of goals in Gainesville, despite playing limited minutes as team's top reserve (39 vs. Gators, 49 in OT battle with UNC). The clutch goalscorer gave her team the confidence of 2-1 halftime lead at Florida, after taking a feed from Bianca Joswiak, spinning to her left and blasting a 20-yard, arching far-post shot that sailed over 'keeper Taylor Burke and clanged off the upper-left post (that sequence was set up by Katie Jackson's dribble through defense on left side).
Two days later, Trujic again inspired her team's underdog spirit, taking leftside pass from Joswiak and rocketing shot past UNC leaping 'keeper Anne Sieloff into upper-right corner (72'). The sophomore sparkplug has played a key role in UCF reaching the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time since 1987 (third in program history).
Player info. on all seven week-14 Primetime Performer honorees is included below (as are action photos, with headshots located in right-sidebar). The seven honorees include three multi-positional players (a D/M, and two F/M), plus a pair of high-scoring forwards, one midfielder and a goalkeeper ... four seniors and three sophomore. The seven Primetime Performers hail from five different home states, led by three with California hometowns (plus two each from Florida, one from Germany and a New Jersey native).
The other six Primetime honorees include Penn State sophomore forward Maya Hayes (West Orange, N.J.), Long Beach State senior F/M Nicole Hubbard (Lakewood, Calif.), Stanford senior D/M/F Camille Levin (Newport Coast, Calif.), Oklahoma State 6th-year senior midfielder Annika Niemeier (Willingen-Ussein, Germany), San Diego senior goalkeeper Courtney Parsons (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Wake Forest sophomore forward Katie Stengel (Melbourne, Fla.).
... Selection for the Division I women's CS360 weekly awards is based on any/all of the following "primetime" criteria (i.e. not solely based on raw stats):
• Must have performed at a high level in a game that is key to the team's postseason advancement.
• In general, preference is given based on the quality of the opponent, contribution to team success and situational factors involved in the player's accomplishments.
• Exhibited strong leadership and/or involved in clutch performances, such as gamewinning goals, noteworthy comebacks, late scores, momentum-shifting play, all-around performance, team spirit, etc.
• Overcame adversity or extreme circumstances (for the team and/or individual).
• Bonus consideration is given for key performances away from team's home field and/or against a traditional rival, and for accomplishments that are significant nationally on a historic level.
CS360 Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll #14 (Division I women)
(presented by CollegeSoccer360.com ... for NCAA 2nd-round & rd-of-16; Nov. 18-20, 2011)
"It's not so much what your do, as it is when you do it."
MAYA HAYES
(Penn State ... F ... So. ... West Orange, NJ ... #5)
... Nation's leading goalscorer who sent home pair of late goals to seal dominating 2nd-round win over Marquette (4-1; breakaway off Christine Nairen long thru-ball, then cashed in Lexi Morton pass after defensive misplay) and scored twice more in battle vs. one of the #1 seeds, homestanding Wake Forest (4-2 loss): opened scoring on turnover breakaway 10' and added late header (set up Morton's free kick and flick from Carly Niness); her season goal total (31) is tied for 11h in the NCAA record book and is thirrd-most since the turn of the century; reached 70-point plateau for 2011 season (31G-8A); product of Newark Academy and the Montclair Associates club program.
NICOLE HUBBARD
(Long Beach ... F/M ... Sr. ... Lakewood, CA ... #22)
... Versatile talent and 4th-year starter who played mostly in defense during the 2008-10 seasons, shifted to forward for most of 2011 and most recently was stellar in her first career midfield start – playing lead role in slowing down San Diego offense (1-0 rd-of-16 win, played at UCLA); helped Long Beach post its fifth straight shutout (spanning all of postseason) and 12th of season; key member of team defensive effort that limited USD to a pair of shots-on-goal; two days earlier, had primary assist on Kelsey Wilson's clutch late goal (81') that beat Miami in 2nd-rd (8G-5A for season); has helped Long Beach advance past NCAA rd-of-32 for first time in program's history (first Big West team to reach quarterfinals since start of Big West women's soccer in 1996; Carin Jennings-led UCSB made several deep runs in the 1980s); set Mayfair High School record with 144 career goals; product of CRSC Infinity club program; grandfather Dick Hoerner played for the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams, from 1947-52.
CAMILLE LEVIN
(Stanford ... D/M/F ... Sr. ... Newport Coast, CA ... #2)
... Valuable veteran who has started all over the field in her career, including key stints at defense, midfield and forward spanning past two seasons; starting right back for most of season, on defense that has allowed only eight goals (0.34 GAA) while yielding a lowly 3.5 shots-on-goal per game; helped shut down SEC regular-season champion South Carolina in 2-0 rd-of-32 win (5 shots allowed, 1 SOG, no corners); also made patented run down flank and providing centering pass to assist on recently subbed-in Taylor McCann's goal (67'), adding cushion in what still was a tense 1-0 battle at that time; was shifted to attacking midfield two days later (helping negate absence of classmate Kristy Zurmuhlen), in 2-0 win over familiar postseason for Boston College (a #4 national seed); minutes after making that in-game position shift, took pass from fellow senior Teresa Noyola and calmly opened scoring on 20-yd chip that beat veteran 'keeper Killian Mastroianni to the upper-right corner (64'); went on to draw a foul that led to yet another senior goal, on Lindsay Taylor's free-kick strike; has totaled 4G-6A while starting all 23 games this season for unbeaten Cardinal (14G-21A in 96 career games played/79 starts); has trained and competed with various U.S. youth national teams; earn NSCAA youth All-America honors, as product of Torbat V'Torah Community Day School and the elite Slammers FC club program.
ANNIKA NIEMEIER
(Oklahoma St. ... M ... 6th-Yr-Sr. ... Willingen-Ussein, Germany ... #9)
... Inspiring story of perseverance, as 6th-year member of Cowgirls program after earning medical-hardship exemption for 2011 season (missed '06 season due to torn ACL; later named to 2010 Hermann Trophy watch list before seeing another season wiped out, due to ACL injury in second game); sidelined 10 games this season and was rusty in her return at Big 12 Tournament, but has scored all four of her 2011 goals during the NCAAs (15 GP, missed 10 due to injury) – including pair of clutch strikes in 1-0 wins over Big Ten tournament champ Illinois and surging Maryland from talent-rich ACC (started both games, on deep OSU team); completed passing sequence for 8-yd goal to near-post vs. Illini (25'; ast-Krista Lopez/Megan Marchesano); struck early vs. Terps (4'), taking pass from Colleen Dougherty and scoring on 12-yd strike to far-post; played all 90 minutes and was key part of Cowgirls getting better of the possession battle vs. Maryland, which managed only two shots-on-goal and three corner kicks; her return has taken on greater significance following first team all-Big 12 center back Carson Michalowski's season-ending injury in Illinois game; first team all-Big 12 performer in 2009; ranked in top-10 on Oklahoma State carer lists for points, goals and assists (24G-18A, in 85 GP/70 GS); earned her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at end of 2010 fall semester and now is pursuing master's in mechanical and aerospace engineering; former member of Germany's Under-19 National Team and product of TSV Jahn Calden club program; her mother Manferd Niemeier competed in the 1976 Olympic cross country skiing competition.
COURTNEY PARSONS
(San Diego ... G ... Sr. ... Santa Rosa, CA ... #24)
... Battle-tested 'keeper who rose to the challenge in a big way during second-round game at UCLA (a #2 national seed), making six saves during the run-of-play and then stopping four of the Bruin's six tries in penalty-kick shootout – as Toreros advanced in thriller (1-1; 3-2 in 6 PK rds); shut out UCLA for first 79' before tying goal, and then through 20 OT minutes; busy day included defensing 10 corner kicks while keeping tabs on 17 total shots; saved UCLAs first two PKs (by Chelsea Cline and Courtney Proctor), then made game-saving stop in rd-5 vs. Caprice Dydasco (followed by clutch conversion from USD's Stephanie Ochs); her save vs. Chelsea Stewart set up Elissa Magracia's clinching PK; helped keep USD close two days later, in 1-0 rd-of-16 loss vs. fellow upstart Long Beach State; made 61 starters in her USD career (71 GP) while logging 6,296 minutes, with 229 career saves, 37 wins and six ties; product of Ursuline Academy and Santa Rosa club program.
KATIE STENGEL
(Wake Forest ... F ... So. ... Melbourne, FL ... #12)
... Elite offensive player who delivered in both games during the past week, totaling 3G-2A as #1 seed Demon Deacons beat American East powerhosue Boston University (2-0) and then outscored Maya Hayes-led, 4th-seeded Penn State (4-2); already owns the top scoring season in WFU history (16G-5A in '10; 18G-8A in '11); her thru-ball assist on Jackie Logue's far-post goal ended tense stalemate vs. BU ('75), adding breakaway goal via Rachel Nuzzolese's thru-ball for late insurance ('83); two days later, pushed down right side and dropped pass back to Ally Berry for 30-yd strike and 1-0 lead in rd-of-16 vs. PSU (26'); extended lead with pair of goals: dribbled past defender for 14-yd, sharp-angle strike (51'), then cashed in Nuzzolese's long thru-ball (80'); on verge of becoming first player since UNC legend Mia Hamm to lead ACC in goals during consecutive seasons (her 18G are followed by players from a couple other quarterfinalist teams: FSU's Tiffany McCarty, 17, and UVa's Caroline Miller, 15); scored in ACC title game vs. FSU and has followed up with goals in all three NCAA games (4G-3A); her 34G-13A (81 pts) leave her on the verge of breaking the WFU records for career goals (36; Jill Hutchinson, '06-'09) and points (86; Sarah Kozey, '02-'05); leader of team seeking to reach NCAA semifinals for first time in program's history (only previous quarterfinal trip in '09); 2010 All-American who has trained with U.S. Under-18 National Team; Florida's prep player of the year (170 career goals at Viera HS; also starred for Space Coast United club program).
*KRISTINA (TINA) TRUJIC pictured at top of page
(Central Florida/UCF ... M/F ... So. ... Venice, FL ... #6)
... Sparkplug off the bench for unseeded UCF team that went on the road to Florida (a #2 national seed) and claimed 3-2 win, followed by thriller in round-of-16 battle vs. a #3 seed, North Carolina (1-1; 5-4 PKs); scored clutch goals in both games (matching her season goal total), despite playing limited minutes as team's top reserve (39 vs. Gators, 49 in OT battle with UNC); gave team confidence of 2-1 halftime lead at Florida, after taking feed from Bianca Joswiak, spinning to her left and blasting 20-yd, arching far-post shot that sailed over 'keeper Taylor Burke and clanged off the upper-left post (sequence was set up by Katie Jackson's dribble through defense on left side); again inspired her team's underdog spirit two days later, taking leftside pass from Joswiak and rocketing shot past UNC leaping 'keeper Anne Sieloff into upper-right corner (72'); played key role in UCF reaching NCAA quarterfinals for first time since 1987 (third in program history); had 3G-3A as freshman (23 GP/9 GS); moved from New Jersey during her high school years, before starring for Venice High School and FC Sarasota.
* – CS360 Primetime Player of the Week
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