CANTON, Ga. – Monaghan and Penders take week four athlete of the week honors for women's soccer.
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Athletes of the Week:
Offense:
Kylene Monaghan | Sewanee | SR | Blacksburg, VA – Monaghan posted two goals and two assists in two victories for the Tigers, at Covenant and at home versus Greenville. She scored twice at Covenant on Tuesday, deflecting in a Stella Martin shot in the 27th minute (game-winner). She was tackled in the box and converted the PK in the 33rd minute and then started the play for an assist on the final goal of the match in the 48th minute. Monaghan added an assist to Mia Ramirez in the 66th minute for the final goal versus Greenville. She has three goals and three assists in six outings this season.
Defense:
Matti Penders | Southwestern | SO | Houston, TX – Penders anchored the defense in a huge 2-0 week for the Pirates, beating Our Lady of the Lake 3-1 and University of Dallas 3-0. Penders played all 90 minutes on Friday and scored a highlight reel goal to extend the lead. Penders sent a free kick from half field into the back of the net over the Saints keeper as the crowd erupted. On Sunday, she played 78 minutes as the Pirates back line held the shut out with only one shot on goal allowed all day.
Notable Performances:
Offense
- Adalee Christenson | Berry | FR | Ellerslie, GA – A freshman from Ellerslie, GA Christenson helped led the Viking to two big wins as the Vikings stretched their winning streak to four games starting the season with one of their best records in school history. In the first game against Huntingdon Ellerslie had one shot in a 4-1 win. She then scored two goals her first for the Vikings in a 5-0 shutout win over Johnson & Wales.
- Riley Givens | Centre | SR | Louisville, KY – Riley Givens tallied 2 goals and an assist in 2 games last week, leading Centre to wins in both to improve the team's record to 8-0-1 on the year. She tallied 2 goals, including the game-winner against North Central on Friday and assisted on the game winner at Roanoke on Sunday.
- Maddie Carter | Rhodes | SO | Cordova, TN – Maddie Carter powered the Lynx offense in their 3-0 win over DePauw University on Saturday. Carter scored twice in just 45 minutes of play, proving relentless on the attack with four shots—all on target. She opened the scoring less than three minutes into the match and struck again shortly after, extending the Lynx led to 2-0. With her performance, Carter is now tied for first on the team in goals this season with four.
- Jackie Powell | Southwestern | JR | Dallas, TX – Powell has been on an offensive terror for three matches now. Powell has turned around the Pirate offense as they won two matches this week. Southwestern was down a goal at halftime on Friday, before she made a move in the box and tied the match with her left foot. Powell also scored the second goal, which proved to be the winning goal. Powell intercepted a pass at midfield, drove down the field and shot a 30-yard curling shot into the top corner. The junior scored the first and winning goal on Sunday to beat University of Dallas 3-0. Powell has an impressive three goals on the week and six in her past three matches.
- Madisyn Barganski | Trinity | JR | Corpus Christi, TX – Barganski led the Tiger women's soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Concordia University (TX) in its only game last week, improving to 5-1-1 overall this season. Barganski broke up a scoreless tie with a pair of second half goals on Sunday night, scoring the eventual game-winner in the 52nd minute of play. She followed that up with her second goal just under 11 minutes later to give Trinity a 2-0 cushion with less than 30 minutes to go in the game. Barganski leads the team with six goals scored in seven games and Sunday was her second game-winner of the season.
Defense
- Claire Mullen | Centre | JR | Charleston, WV – Claire Mullen scored a goal and had an assist in Centre's win over North Central on Friday. On Sunday at Roanoke, she helped locked down a strong Roanoke offense, leading to a shutout as the Colonels improved to 8-0-1 on the year. Overall, Mullen led a defense that only allowed 1 goal in open play in 2 games.
- Laney Kalsu | Sewanee | SO | Austin, TX – Kalsu anchored a backline that allowed just 13 total shots and five in goal over two matches, both shutout victories for the Tigers. Covenant posted nine shots, five on goal, in a 3-0 road win Tuesday and Greenville collected four total shots, one on goal, in another 3-0 triumph. Sewanee has not allowed a goal in 470 consecutive minutes of action.
- Ilsa Newland | Trinity | SR| St. Louis, MO – Newland led Trinity's women's soccer team to its third shutout of the season with a 4-0 win over Concordia University (TX) in its only game of the week on Sunday night. Newland scored her second goal of the season in the 75th minute of Sunday's win, putting the Tigers up 3-0 at the time. She also helped limit Concordia to just one-off target shot across 90 minutes.
2025 Women’s Soccer Report Archive (AOW)
Week One (Sept. 2) – Bri Werner/Isla Newland
Week Two (Sept. 8) – Alex Doran/Kate Hill
Week Three (Sept. 15) – Alex Doran/Grace Culver
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