KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Four goals and nine points in Missouri Western’s first two soccer games of the 2017 season was good enough to earn Cassidy Menke MIAA Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week honors.

The junior scored two goals in each of the Griffons’ first two games over the weekend. The four goals moved her into a tie for the program’s career goals record with 16 more games to play in her junior season. Menke also added an assist and led the team with 20 shots taken through the first two games, with 12 of her shots on goal. She put MWSU up 1-0 on Harding Sunday with a penalty kick before adding the last goal of a 3-0 win. On Friday, Menke scored two of the Griffons’ record breaking eight goals against Ouachita Baptist.

Menke wasn’t the only star of the weekend as the Griffons outscored opponents 11-1 during the Stoney Creek MIAA/GAC Crossover. Freshman Taylor Schwartzkopf broke the MWSU goals in a game record with a hat trick in her first-ever game as a Griffon. Sydney Cluck scored a goal in each game, and the back line limited opponents to just 14 total shots all weekend.

Missouri Western hits the road this week to take on Northern State on Sept. 8 and Sioux Falls on Sept. 10.

— MWSU Athletics —