KJCCC Women's Soccer Athletes of the Week, Wk. 5

Rayssa Neres, the Jayhawk Conference leading attacker, piled up the numbers this week in leading Barton to three wins including a 5-1 victory at 15th ranked Cloud County on Saturday to move the Cougars into a first place tie atop the West Division. Matching a program fourth best single game effort of twelve points in Wednesday’s win over Pratt, Neres added seven more points against the 15th ranked T-birds. Knocking in the eventual game winner just 1:10 in second half action, Neres tacked on another goal twelve minutes later, then following a T-bird goal, distributed and scored the final two goals for a 5-1 lead in the 77th minute.
Leading the conference with twenty goals and forty-eight points, Neres ranks in the top six nationally and climbs into the program top ten list in both categories.

Reyna Gonzalez was a big part of Barton's success last week earning two of the three wins in net, turning back sixteen shots for a .941 save percentage. Collecting three saves in the first half against Garden City, Gonzalez nearly single handily protected a 1-0 lead until the Barton offense got rolling in a road upset win at 15th ranked Cloud County. Rejecting a career high tying thirteen saves, coincidentally occurring in last season's game at Cloud County, Gonzalez thwarted nine attempts in first half action with most coming on big time net protections. From full laid out horizontal stops, close range rejections, scrambling to turn away rebounded shots, and winning the battle of 1v1, Gonzalez kept the net clean until surrendering a lone second half goal coming on a redirected header from a free kick.

Other Player Nominations:
Paige Achey - Butler CC (4 goals)

Other Goalkeeper Nominations:
No other nominations