PRINCETON, N.J. -- Brown junior goalkeeper
Kayla Thompson and Harvard freshman midfielder
Gabby DelPico led their teams to winning weeks en route to receiving Ivy League women’s soccer weekly awards.
The Ivy League posted another winning week, with a mark of 11-5 last week to improve its overall non-conference record to 31-12-4. The League’s winning percentage of .702 ranks third nationally behind only the Pac 12 (.811) and ACC (.772). All eight Ivy teams have at least two wins on the year, with seven of the eight at .500 or above.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kayla Thompson, Brown (Jr., GK – Austin, Texas)
- Thompson posted a pair of shutouts in a pair of 1-0 wins over Hartford and Providence
- She recorded her third- and fourth-straight shutouts to improve her record to 3-0-1
- Thompson finished with six saves on the week while helping Brown move to 5-0-1, its best start since 2000, when it opened the year with nine-consecutive wins
- She receives her second-straight Player of the Week honor, the first Bear to take home two Player of the Week honors in the same season since Steffi Yellin in 2007
- Thompson is a Cognitive Neuroscience concentrator and plans to become a neurologist
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Gabby DelPico, Harvard (Fr., M – Brockton, Mass.)
- DelPico finished with five points on the week to lead the Crimson to a 2-1 record
- She assisted on Harvard’s goal against San Francisco
- She then scored twice – her first career goals – in the Crimson’s 3-1 win over UConn, just the sixth victory in program history for Harvard over the Huskies
- DelPico is the second-straight Crimson to earn Rookie of the Week, joining teammate Angela Caloia
- As a senior in high school, DelPico reached the final four with the Boston Breakers in the US Soccer Development Academy
HONOR ROLL
Angela Caloia, Harvard (Fr., F – Washington)
Mia Grillo, Yale (Jr., F – Orinda, Calif.)
Chloe Laureano, Yale (Fr., M – Pembroke Pines, Fla.)
Mollie McGorisk, Dartmouth (F – Wixom, Mich.)
Emily Sands, Penn (Sr., F – West Chester, Pa.)
Ava Seelenfreund, Brown (Fr., F – Truckee, Calif.)
Grace Sherman, Princeton (Fr., M – Potomac, Md.)
Allie Winstanley, Dartmouth (Fr., F – Concord, Mass.)
2019 WOMEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY AWARDS
Player of the Week
Sept. 2 – Tracey Mills, Dartmouth (So., M – Vienna, Va.)
Sept. 9 – Kayla Thompson, Brown (Jr., GK – Austin, Texas)
Natalie Grossi, Princeton (Sr., GK – Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada)
Sept. 16 – Kayla Thompson, Brown (Jr., GK – Austin, Texas)
Rookie of the Week
Sept. 2 – Ellery Winkler, Yale (Fr., F – Concord, Mass.)
Sept. 9 – Angela Caloia, Harvard (Fr., F – Washington)
Sept. 16 – Gabby DelPico, Harvard (Fr., M – Brockton, Mass.)