Anna Grossheim of UNC Pembroke and Samantha Montgomery of North Greenville Named Women’s Soccer Players of the Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Anna Grossheim of UNC Pembroke and Samantha Montgomery of North Greenville have earned the weekly honors in Conference Carolinas women’s soccer for the week ending Oct. 3.
Grossheim earned Offensive Player of the Week honors while Montgomery took home Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
A 5-foot-6 midfielder, Grossheim scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Braves to a pair of wins and its best 11-match start in program history at 10-1. She opened the week with the game-winner in a 2-0 win at Chowan then was involved in all three goals in a 3-1 win at Emmanuel as she scored twice and assisted on the game-winner. She tallied seven points on the week and put 11 of 15 shots on goal. The junior from Garner, North Carolina currently leads the league in shots (63), shots on goal (31), goals (8), assists (5), points (21) and game-winning goals (4).
A native of Georgetown, Texas, Montgomery tallied a pair of shutouts in league play as she made 10 saves on 23 shots in a pair of wins. The 5-foot-9 freshman goalkeeper opened the week with two saves in a 2-0 win at Converse and then collected eight saves in a 2-0 home win over Mount Olive. The wins kept NGU undefeated in conference play at 7-0 and has the Crusaders tied with UNC Pembroke for first-place. Montgomery is currently leading the league with six shutouts and is second in goals against average (1.00) and save percentage (.811).
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2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Soccer Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Aug. 30, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Taylor Barrineau, Lees-McRae
Defensive Player of the Week: Chiara Coppin, UNC Pembroke
Week 2 (Sept. 6, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Emily Hein, Mount Olive
Defensive Player of the Week: Makayla Willets, Francis Marion
Week 3 (Sept. 13, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Mercy Bell, UNC Pembroke
Defensive Player of the Week: Freya Lodge Whitham, UNC Pembroke
Week 4 (Sept. 20, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Mercy Bell, UNC Pembroke
Defensive Player of the Week: Haile Desmarais, Lees-McRae
Week 5 (Sept. 27, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Delia Allwood, Mount Olive
Defensive Player of the Week: Ansley Robinson, North Greenville
Week 6 (Oct. 4, 2022)
Offensive Player of the Week: Anna Grossheim, UNC Pembroke
Defensive Player of the Week: Samantha Montgomery, North Greenville