Brewster Tabbed Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week

IRVING, Texas – Texas’ Lexi Missimo and West Virginia’s Jordan Brewster took the final Big 12 Soccer Offensive and Defensive weekly honors, respectively. Texas Tech’s Madison White obtained her second-straight Goalkeeper of the Week whereas Kansas’ Lexi Watts earned Freshman of the Week.

Missimo dished out two assists on Thursday as Texas defeated Oklahoma 3-1 to grow to be the outright 2022 Big 12 Soccer common season champion. The sophomore midfielder’s two assists had been her 11^th and 12^th of the season, placing her fifth in Texas’ all-time program historical past for assists in a single season. The weekly honor is her first offensive recognition and her fourth profession.

Brewster led the West Virginia protection to its seventh shutout of the 2022 season as the Mountaineers defeated Kansas State 1-0. West Virginia’s backline held Okay-State to 1 shot on purpose in 90 minutes. While serving to on the defensive finish, the senior assisted on the game-winning purpose that was scored in the 74^th minute. During Thursday’s sport, she began in her 96^th profession sport, which set a WVU program report for profession begins.

White recorded her ninth shutout of the season versus No. 15 TCU. White and the Red Raiders are the third crew and the solely Big 12 squad that shutout TCU this season. In the 0-0 draw, she recorded 4 saves. White leads the Conference in shutouts (9).

Watts scored two essential objectives that secured Kansas’ spot in the 2022 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship after defeating Iowa State 2-0 on Thursday night. The freshman recorded her first multi-goal efficiency and tied for the second-most objectives for KU this season with six. This is the second Freshman of the Week honor for Watts as she obtained the honor on October 4.

All 4 athletes are on groups that may play in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship. No. 1 seed Texas performs No. 8 Kansas State at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday earlier than No. 4 seed West Virginia faces No. 5 seed Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. No. 7 seed Kansas performs No. 2 seed TCU at 5:30 p.m. as No. 3 seed Texas Tech ends the evening in opposition to No. 6 Oklahoma at 8 p.m. All matches on Sunday will likely be streamed reside on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

All-Big 12 honors will likely be introduced on November 1.