SPARTANBURG, S.C. – UNCG forward Caylin Prillaman has been named the Southern Conference women’s soccer player of the week for all competition Oct. 12-18. The selection is made by the league office.

Prillaman scored in both of UNCG’s games last week, running her season total to four goals.

The freshman from High Point, N.C., notched her second game-winner of the season in the Spartans’ 1-0 win over Mercer on Friday before adding another goal in UNCG’s 5-0 win over The Citadel on Sunday.

The weekly award is the first of Prillaman’s career.

UNCG (7-8-3, 5-2-1 SoCon) closes the regular season on Sunday when it hosts VMI (6-11-0, 2-6-0 SoCon) at 2 p.m. The Spartans enter the weekend tied for second in the league standings with Furman with 16 points.

Also nominated: Sarah Zadrazil (ETSU), Maggie Grisell (Furman), Maggie Cropp (Mercer), Taylor Borman (Samford), Kelly Pannell (Western Carolina) and Hayley Younginger (Wofford).

2015 SoCon Women’s Soccer Players of the Week
Aug. 25 Stephanie DeVita, Furman
Sept. 1 Malcanisha Kelley, Samford
Sept. 8 Maggie Cropp, Mercer
Sept. 15 Chloe Buehler, UNCG
Sept. 22 Samantha Hogan, Chattanooga
Sept. 29 Simona Koren, ETSU
Oct. 6 Taylor Borman, Samford
Oct. 13 Stephanie DeVita, Furman
Oct. 20 Caylin Prillaman, UNCG

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