Visnes, Fierro Garner ECC Weekly Honors
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Sept. 24, 2012) - LIU Post women's soccer freshman forward
Susanne Vistnes (Randaberg, Norway) was named the East Coast Conference women's soccer Offensive Player of the Week, and senior goalkeeper
Nicole Fierro (East Hampton, N.Y.) was selected as the Defensive Player of the Week as the conference released its awards earlier this evening.
Fierro posted a 2-0 record with a shutout. She played 193:31 minutes, making ten stops and allowed just one goal for a 0.47 goals against average and a .909 save percentage. Fierro made five stops apiece in both games, including a double-overtime contest against Dowling. The shutout came in a 3-0 blanking of Roberts Wesleyan.
Vistnes totaled five points, scoring two goals and one assist to add to her team-leading total of six goals on the season. She scored early against Dowling to put the Pioneers ahead, then assisted on the game-winner in overtime. She then added a goal in a 3-0 defeat of Roberts Wesleyan.
LIU Post women's soccer was ranked 24th in the most recent NSCAA National poll and third in the East Region rankings. The Pioneers posted two wins this week, starting with a 2-1 victory in double overtime against conference foe Dowling. The Pioneers took an early lead in the game on a goal by Vistnes, but the Golden Lions tied it in the second half, forcing overtime, where Vistnes assisted on
Alexa Niciforo's (East Islip, N.Y.) game-winner in the second OT stanza. The Pioneers continued their momentum with a 3-0 blanking on Roberts Wesleyan, getting another goal from Vistnes as well as
Prudence Rydstrom (Islip, N.Y.)
and
Hanna Westerling (Alvadalen, Sweden). Fierro had a strong week, making five saves in each game and allowing only one goal for a .909 save percentage. The Pioneers travel to both game this week, visiting Nyack for a non-conference affair on Wednesday then traveling to St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday.