NEW ORLEANS – App State Soccer junior forward
Ellie Garrison has been named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
Garrison scored two goals in App State's 3-0 victory over Troy in the regular season finale on Sunday, setting App State single-season records for goals (12) and points (26). It was Garrison's third brace of the season to go along with a hat trick.
Her first goal came in the 21
st minute to put the Mountaineers ahead 2-0 as she was able to slot home a cross from
Reagan Sturgill. Garrison then provided the exclamation mark in the second half with an upper-90 missile to push the advantage to 3-0 in the 67
th minute.
Garrison ranks among the Sun Belt leaders in goals (12 – tied for second), game-winning goals (five – second), shots (63 – third), shots on goal (30 – third) and points (26 – tied for fourth).
She has led the Mountaineers to their highest scoring season since 2013, as the team has tallied 31 goals in the regular season while allowing just 13. App State tied its program records for regular season wins (11) and Sun Belt wins (six).
The Trinity, N.C., native is the third Mountaineer to win a weekly Sun Belt honor this season, joining
Lucy Harrington, who earned Defensive Player of the Week honors on Aug. 25, and
Libby Bermingham, who won offensive honors on Sept. 8. It marks the third time Garrison has earned the honor in her career.
Third-seeded App State will open Sun Belt Tournament play on Monday, when the team faces sixth-seeded Louisiana at 12 p.m. ET in Foley, Ala., The Mountaineers will look to parlay their regular season success into its first Sun Belt Tournament victory since 2021.
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