RRAC Women's Soccer Players of the Week for October 22-28

WACO, Texas – Lena Candia of the University of Texas-Brownsville continued her consistent play and was named the Red River Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week following UTB’s conference tournament victory. Joining her teammate is Jessica Hamer with her selection as the RRAC defensive player of the week for the dates of Oct. 22-28.

Candia, a junior midfielder from Malmo, Sweden, led the third-seeded Scorpions to a 7-0 quarterfinal victory over Huston-Tillotson University (Texas) with a pair of goals and an assist. In their semifinal match-up with Texas Wesleyan University, she assisted on one of UTB’s goals en route to a 2-0 win. Candia capped it by knocking in the only goal of the championship game to secure a 1-0 victory over Bacone College (Okla.). Named the RRAC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, Candia has 25 goals in 19 games heading into the NAIA Region VI Championship.

Hamer, a freshman goalkeeper from Sao Paulo, Brazil, was critical to UTB’s three consecutive shutouts in the conference tournament. She was in goal for 65 minutes of the match with HTU and played for the duration of the other two matches. Supported by a strong defense, she made eight saves for the week. The Scorpions now have five consecutive shutouts, and Hamer was in goal for 85% of the 450 minutes. UTB is 13-6 in its first season of play.

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