Laila El Behery Award Offensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/4/2023 Sport Women's Soccer School UC Irvine Year Junior Position Forward Hometown Cairo, Egypt High School Canadian International School of Egypt UC Irvine junior forward Lalia El Behery scored twice in two matches this week to help UC Irvine secure an undefeated week of action. This is El Behery's first career Big West Player of the Week honor. In clutch fashion, El Behery headed home an equalizer in the 82nd minute on the road against San Jose State, resulting in a 3-3 draw for the Anteaters. The draw stands as UC Irvine's only tie to date. The junior forward found the back of the net yet again versus Sacramento State after potting one inside the right post to add insurance for the Anteaters in the 27th minute, 2-0. At that point, UC Irvine had potted two tallies in two minutes to push past its opposition. El Behery capped off the scoring efforts for the Anteaters by putting away their fifth and final goal of the week.