DALLAS – Liberty’s Ivy Garner, LA Tech’s Mary Helen Burford and Delaware’s Sophia Hall earned Conference USA Women’s Soccer Player of the Week honors.
 
Offensive Player of the Week – Ivy Garner, Liberty – Senior – Hillsborough, N.C.
Garner becomes the first Flame this season to take home Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading her squad to a pair of home wins over Kennesaw State and Jax State. The senior forward totaled six points with a goal and four assists as she was involved in five of the team’s seven goals. Garner opened the scoring in a 5-0 triumph over the Gamecocks while adding two assists later in the match. She ranks 11^th in the nation in shot accuracy (.646) and leads CUSA in goals (8), assists (6) and points (22). Liberty (9-3-4, 4-0-2 CUSA) has won three matches in six days and now sits atop the league standings with two weekends to go in the season.
 
Defensive Player of the Week – Mary Helen Burford, LA Tech – Sophomore – Shreveport, La.
Burford claims Defensive Player of the Week after playing a crucial role on the back line in LA Tech’s (3-11-1, 2-3 CUSA) tight win over NM State. Outside of a goal that was scored away from her defending area, Burford collected a series of headers, tackles and deflections to keep the Aggie offense at bay for the remaining 51 minutes. The sophomore defender has played at least 85 minutes in 12 of her 15 starts this season including a stretch of seven-straight contests recording 90 minutes. 
 
Goalkeeper of the Week – Sophia Hall, Delaware – Freshman – Malvern, Pa.
Hall garners her league-best third CUSA weekly award this season after pitching back-to-back shutouts over Jax State (2-0) and Kennesaw State (4-0). The freshman keeper helped the Blue Hens (10-1-4, 3-1-2 CUSA) secure six points to move into third place in the standings. In Thursday’s victory, the Malvern, Pa., native racked up six saves in 90 minutes of action. On Sunday, Hall was pulled after collecting one save in 71 minutes as fellow goalkeeper Leah Rhinehart closed out the second shutout of the week.
 
2025 CUSA Offensive Players of the Week
A19      Maggie Groh, Delaware
A26      Chinatsu Kaio, FIU
S2        Lilli Lubic, Delaware
S9        Ellie Morgan, Sam Houston
S16       Amelia Jacobs, Jax State
S23      Georgia Liapis, WKU
S30      Jayden Boelter, FIU
O7       Makenna Egan, WKU
O14      Ivy Garner, Liberty
 
2025 CUSA Defensive Players of the Week
A19      Lauren Littleton, Liberty
A26      Abby Wiedermann, WKU
S2        Ashlynn Neireiter, UTEP
S9        Raegan Whitaker, Jax State
S16       Raegan Whitaker, Jax State
S23      Madeline Gray, LA Tech
S30      Cadence Sanders, Sam Houston
O7       Abby Wiedermann, WKU
O14      Mary Helen Burford, LA Tech
 
2025 CUSA Goalkeepers of the Week
A19      Valerie Guha, NM State
A26      Sophia Hall, Delaware
S2        Ainsley Leja, Liberty
S9        Savanah Finley, UTEP
S16       Sophia Hall, Delaware
S23      Ella Becker, Missouri State
S30      Valery Restrepo, FIU
O7       Maddie Davis, WKU
O14      Sophia Hall, Delaware