• Madeline Feist played in role in all three UC Riverside goals to earn Big West Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors.

• The senior midfielder scored twice and assisted on a third goal as the Highlanders defeated Saint Mary’s (1-0) and Loyola Maryland (2-0) to kick off the 2018 season at home.

• Feist accounted for both game-winning goals.  Her strike in the 99th minute against the Gaels came from 25 yards out.  Feist notched another goal at the 14:00 mark to open scoring against Loyola Maryland, then picked up an assist on Darielle O’Brien’s insurance score in the 58th minute.

• The five points she racked up in one weekend equalled her entire output over 18 games in 2017.

Others nominated: Nano Oronoz (Cal State Fullerton); Bethany Fitzsimmons (CSUN); Nadiyah Siqueiros (Long Beach State); Jessica Clegg (UC Santa Barbara)

• Imani McDonald collected her second career Big West Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week award after making a total of 12 saves against No. 2 UCLA and SMU.

• The Long Beach State netminder notched her eighth career shutout in the 1-0 victory over SMU.  She stopped five shots to enable Nadiyah Siqueiros to score the clinching goal in the 57th minute.

• McDonald made seven saves against the Bruins and stymied them until the closing seconds when UCLA scored for the 1-0 win.

• McDonald finished the week 1-1 with a .923 save percentage.

Others nominated: Sophia Brown (Cal Poly); Laura Perjanik (UC Riverside); Amaya Zabalza (UC Santa Barbara)