The South Atlantic Conference Announces AstroTurf SAC Women’s Soccer Player of the Week, Oct. 17

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Tusculum goalkeeper Miriah Martin has been named the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Week for games played Oct. 10 – Oct. 16, the League announced today.

Martin, a senior from Roanoke, VA, led Tusculum to victories over South Atlantic Conference rivals Mars Hill and Coker. She recorded three saves in each game and helped move Tusculum to 7-0-1. Martin is the first women's soccer player in Tusculum program history to record six consecutive shutout wins. Martin has not allowed a goal in exactly 595 minutes dating back to mid-September, totaling 18 saves in those six shutout victories. The award is her first Player of the Week plaudit of the season.

2016 AstroTurf SAC Women's Soccer Players of the Week

Sept. 4 – Aliana Gay, Anderson 
Sept. 11 – Andrea Leano, Lenoir-Rhyne

Sept. 18 – Lauren Wade, Carson-Newman
Sept. 26 – Julianne Herrity, Carson-Newman
Oct. 3 – Andrea Leano, Lenoir-Rhyne & Becky Frost, Catawba
Oct. 10 - Kathy Fisher, Queens 
Oct. 17 – Miriah Martin, Tusculum