DALLAS – Rice midfielder Delaney Schultz, who scored the game-winning goal in overtime over UAB, Old Dominion defender Riley Kennett, who scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory over (RV) WKU, and ODU goalkeeper Kasey Perry, who earned a clean sheet on the road at (RV) WKU, earned the eighth 2021 Conference USA Women’s Soccer Player of the Week honors, presented by Surf & Turf Golf.
 
Schultz was selected as Offensive Player of the Week, Kennett earned Defensive Player of the Week honors and Perry was named C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week.
 
C-USA Offensive Player of the Week – Delaney Schultz, Rice, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri
Schultz scored the game-winning goal in overtime and added an assist in a 2-1 victory over C-USA foe UAB that propelled the Owls to the top of the C-USA West Division standings. She picked up as assist on Rice’s first goal by flicking the ball over her head to Izzy McBride, who broke a scoreless tie in the final minute of the first half. In overtime, the junior midfielder from St. Louis, Missouri scored the game-winner in the second minute of extra time as she headed in a corner kick into the left corner of the net. It was her third three-point game of the season, and she is tied for first in C-USA with 21 points.
 
C-USA Defensive Player of the Week – Riley Kennett, Old Dominion, Sr., Toms River, New Jersey
Kennett scored the game-winning goal that pushed Old Dominion to the top of the C-USA East Division standings in a 1-0 victory at (RV) WKU. She had a standout game on the ODU back line that allowed WKU only four shots overall, and just one on goal. The senior defender from Toms River, New Jersey scored the only goal of the game in the 40th minute of the first half when she volleyed a shot off a Monarchs corner kick into the top corner of the net. Kennett played the entire game and was instrumental in ODU’s fifth-consecutive shutout in conference action as the Monarchs improved to 5-0-0 in C-USA games.
 
C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week – Kasey Perry, Old Dominion, Sr., Dayton, Ohio
Perry earned her second C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week award after a 1-0 road shutout of (RV) WKU that moved the Monarchs into first place in the East Division and handed the Hilltoppers their first conference defeat. She organized the ODU back line that allowed only four shots overall, and the senior from Dayton, Ohio made one save to extend the Monarchs’ run of consecutive C-USA shutouts to five.
 
2021 C-USA Offensive Players of the Week
A24     Katie Erwin, WKU
A31      Brina Micheels, WKU
S7        Peyton DePriest, Middle Tennessee
S14       Allie Byrd, North Texas
S21       Sam Stiglmair, Southern Miss
S28      Carla Morich, Old Dominion
O5       Laura Zemberyova, UAB
O12      Delaney Schultz, Rice
 
2021 C-USA Defensive Players of the Week
A24     Caleigh Boeckx, Rice
A30     Avery Jacobsen, WKU
S7        Lyric Schmidt, WKU
S14       Josie Studer, Louisiana Tech
S21       Emily Roberts, Old Dominion
S28      Jori Foote, North Texas
            Madisyn Flammia, Southern Miss
O5       Kendall Kloza, UTSA
O12      Riley Kennett, Old Dominion
 
2021 C-USA Goalkeepers of the Week
A24     Bella Killgore, Rice
A30     Jil Schneider, UTSA
S7        Alex Helbling, Southern Miss
S14       Sarah Fuller, North Texas
S21       Kasey Perry, Old Dominion
S28      Kendell Mindnich, Southern Miss
O5       Alexis Bach, WKU
O12      Kasey Perry, Old Dominion