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Iowa, Northwestern and Ohio State Collect Weekly Field Hockey Honors
ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Offensive, Defensive and Freshman of the Week Award recipients for matches played Sept. 1-4.
Offensive Player of the Week
Makenna Webster, Ohio State
Sr. – F – St. Louis, Mo. – Shattuck St. Mary’s
Compiled five goals and two assists as Ohio State won both games of the Buckeye Invitational and finished 3-0 on the week
Factored in seven of OSU’s 11 goals, scoring a pair of game-winners
Extended goal-scoring streak to four contests while helping Ohio State (5-0) to its best start since 2006
The two-sport athlete (ice hockey) receives her first Big Ten weekly award
Last Ohio State Offensive Player of the Week: Sarah Charley (Oct. 10, 2022)
Defensive Player of the Week
Annabel Skubisz, Northwestern
Sr. – GK – Houston, Texas – The Kinkaid School
Led Northwestern to a pair of wins against ranked opponents at the ACC/Big Ten Cup in College Park, Md.
Shutout No. 17 Boston College for 70 minutes in Northwestern’s 1-0 overtime win on Sept. 1
Made six saves against No. 20 Duke in a 3-2 victory on Sept. 3, finishing the week with an .846 save percentage (11-for-13)
The Academic All-Big Ten recipient earns her third Big Ten weekly award
Last Northwestern Defensive Player of the Week: Annabel Skubisz (Sept. 6, 2023)
Freshman of the Week
Dionne van Aalsum, Iowa
Fr. – M – Castricum, Netherlands – Bonhoeffer College
Registered two-goal performances in wins over Fairfield (Sept. 1) and No. 19 UAlbany (Sept. 3) in Albany, N.Y.
Needed just three minutes and 27 seconds to score twice against UAlbany
Has scored two goals in four-straight games and ranks second nationally in goals (8)
Honored with the Big Ten Freshman award for the second-straight week
Last Iowa Freshman of the Week Winner: Dionne van Aalsum (Aug. 29, 2023)
2023 Big Ten Field Hockey Weekly Awards
Aug. 29
O: Emma O’Neill, Sr., MSU
D: Mia Magnotta, So., IOWA
F: Dionne van Aalsum, Fr., IOWA
Sept. 5
O: Makenna Webster, Sr., OSU
D: Annabel Skubisz, Sr., NU
F: Dionne van Aalsum, Fr., IOWA