Lindsey Porter, UC Davis  Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week  Junior • Midfielder • Loomis, Calif.

• Lindsey Porter contributed a goal in each match as in-form UC Davis took two more games at home last week to clinch a spot in the 2022 Big West Women’s Soccer Championship as Porter earned Big West Offensive Player of the Week honors. The Aggies are winners of a season-high four in a row, the longest current streak in the league. 

• The junior midfielder out of Loomis first notched the opener just 68 seconds into a 2-1 decision over visiting Cal State Fullerton on Thursday evening. Porter then grabbed the 33rd-minute winner in a come-from-behind, 3-1 triumph against UC Riverside on Sunday afternoon. 

• Porter totaled five shots over the two matches, with four on goal. The first-year transfer from UC Santa Barbara started against the Titans and came off the bench against the Highlanders. She remained on the pitch for 126 minutes. Porter has three goals on the year, two of them winners. 

• UC Davis sits in a two-way tie with Cal State Fullerton in third in The Big West standings with one matchday remaining this Thursday night, Oct. 27. The Aggies are still in contention for a top-two seed and first-round bye in the Big West Championship, just one point back of Cal Poly and Long Beach State. 

• Porter is a first-time Big West weekly honoree for her career, and is UC Davis’ first offensive award recipient since current teammate Leslie Fregoso to begin the 2019 campaign on Aug. 26, 2019. 

Also Nominated: Camryn Borg (UC San Diego); Kaylee Covert (CSU Bakersfield); Madison Demijohn (Cal Poly); Amber Gilbert (Hawai’i); Claire Grouwinkel (UC Santa Barbara)

Evann Smith, UC Santa Barbara  Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week  Senior • Goalkeeper • Santa Clarita, Calif.

• Goalkeeper Evann Smith helped UC Santa Barbara in tremendous ways as the Gauchos took out two of the top teams in The Big West to close out the regular-season and secure a spot in The Big West Championship. For her efforts, Smith was rewarded as Big West Defensive Player of the Week 

• Smith recorded six saves in the 1-0 shutout against UC Irvine, the fourth clean sheet of the season for the senior.  

• The native of Santa Clarita, Calif., added two more stops and allowed one goal in the regular-season finale for the Gauchos. The 2-1 victory over Long Beach State clinched a postseason spot. With final seeding still to be determined in the expanded six-team field, the postseason conference championship bid for the Gauchos marks their fourth straight, and 10th all time. 

• This is Smith’s second career weekly honor, also earning the defensive weekly nod on Oct. 4, 2021. 

Also Nominated: Keara Fitzgerald (UC San Diego); Mackenzie Samuel (Cal Poly)

Allie Luo, UC San Diego  Women’s Soccer Freshman of the Week  Freshman • Defender • San Diego, Calif.

• UC San Diego freshman back Allie Luo helped the Tritons to a 1-0-1 week to earn Big West Freshman of the Week acclaim.  

• Luo assisted on both scores as UC San Diego rallied for a 2-2 tie at CSU Bakersfield Thursday, and played a key role in the Tritons' clean sheet at CSUN.  

• Luo has started all 18 matches and logged 1,610 minutes on the pitch. Lou's four assists leads the Tritons in helpers.

• This marks the San Diego native’s first weekly award, and just the second in program history for UC San Diego, joining teammate Katelyn Meyer who earned defensive honors on Oct. 10. This is just the program’s second season competing in The Big West after reclassifying from Division II. 

Also Nominated: Amber Gilbert (Hawai’i); Kaylin Raibon (Cal State Fullerton); Sara Ybarra (Long Beach State)

2022 Big West Women's Soccer Weekly Winners