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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 10/22/2024, Last updated: 10/22/2024
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USC, UCLA, Michigan State and Iowa Claim Women’s Soccer Weekly Awards

Trojans’ Sampaio, Bruins’ Perry, Spartans’ Parks and Hawkeyes’ Parten receive weekly recognition

Offensive Player of the Week 
Helena Sampaio, USC 
Sr. – MF – Porto Alegre, Brazil - Major: International Relations 

  • Led USC to a 2-0 week with wins over No. 15 Ohio State (1-0) and No. 16 Penn State (2-1)  

  • Scored the game-winning goal against Penn State with a 25-yard free kick in the final minute of regulation 

  • Played 63 minutes in the midfield in a 1-0 shutout of Ohio State on Thursday 

  • The goal against Penn State was her third of the season and helped keep USC atop the Big Ten standings, setting up a winner-take-all match against UCLA for the Big Ten title this Sunday 

  • Last USC Offensive Player of the Week: Maile Hayes (Oct. 8, 2024) 

Defensive Player of the Week
Jayden Perry, UCLA 
Sr. – D – Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. – Major: Sociology 

  • Led the Bruin defense to a pair of shutouts against Top 20 teams last week in No. 16 Penn State (0-0) and No. 15 Ohio State (1-0) 

  • Scored the game’s only goal against Ohio State, the game-winning penalty kick in the 61st minute 

  • With Perry playing the full 90 minutes in each contest, the Bruin defense allowed just three shots against Penn State and four against Ohio State, including zero in the second half 

  • Perry’s defensive play has helped UCLA record 13 shutouts in 18 matches this season, the second-most in the nation  

  • Last UCLA Defensive Player of the Week: Jayden Perry (Oct. 8, 2024) 

Goalkeeper of the Week
Kaitlyn Parks, Michigan State 
Gr.  – GK – Upper Marlboro, Md. – Major: Digital Media 

  • Helped Michigan State to a pair of shutout wins last week, defeating Wisconsin and Northwestern  

  • Played 90 minutes in goal in a 2-0 win over the Badgers, facing 18 shots and making 10 saves, one shy of her career high 

  • Registered another 90-minute outing vs. Northwestern making three saves  

  • Has recorded eight shutouts and nine wins this season  

  • Last Michigan State Goalkeeper of the Week: Kaitlyn Parks (Sept. 24, 2024) 

Freshman of the Week 
Berit Parten, Iowa 
F – St. Paul, Minn. - Major: Pre-Physical Therapy 

  • Led Iowa to a 2-0 week with wins over No. 24 Washington and Oregon  

  • Scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season against Washington which ended up being the game winner 

  • Assisted on two goals in the Hawkeyes’ 4-0 win over Oregon. It was Parten’s first two assist game of her career and third assist this season 

  • Last Iowa Freshman of the Week: Berit Parten (Sept. 3, 2024) 

 

2024 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Players of the Week
Aug. 20 
O: Sarah Weber, Sr., Nebraska 
D: Justina Gaynor, Gr., Michigan State 
GK: Molly Pritchard, Jr., Ohio State 
F: Caroline Birdsell, Minnesota 
Aug. 27  
Co-O: Khyah Harper, Sr., Minnesota 
Co-O: Kailyn Dudukovich, Sr., Ohio State 
D: Lilly Reale, Sr., UCLA 
GK: Macy Enneking, Gr., Iowa 
F: Regan Moody, Illinois 
Sept. 3 
O: Kaitlyn MacBean, RS-Sr., Penn State  
D:
Avery Snead, Gr., Indiana 
GK: Macy Enneking, Gr., Iowa 
F: Berit Parten, Iowa 
Sept. 10  
O: Layla Sirdah, Fr., Indiana 
D: Emma Phillips, Sr., Northwestern 
GK: Reiley Fitzpatrick, Jr., Northwestern 
F: Layla Sirdah, Indiana 
Sept. 17  
O:
Amanda Schlueter, So., Ohio State 
D: Mieke Schiemann, Sr., Penn State 
GK:
Molly Pritchard, Jr., Ohio State 
F: Jordan Geis, UCLA 
Sept. 24 
O: Sofia Cook, Jr., UCLA 
D: Emily Mason, Sr., Rutgers 
GK: Kaitlyn Parks, Gr., Michigan State 
F:
Shaela Bradley, Rutgers 
Oct. 1 
O: Kailyn Dudukovich, Sr., Ohio State  
D: Quincy McMahon, Sr., UCLA 
GK: Olivia Bodmer, RS-So., Rutgers 
F: Gabriela Gil, Rutgers  
Oct. 8  
O: Maile Hayes, Sr., USC 
D: Jayden Perry, Sr., UCLA 
GK: Ryan Campbell, Gr., UCLA 
F: Shaela Bradley, Rutgers 
Oct. 15 
O:
Ioanna Papatheodorou, Sr., Washington 
D: Maia Richters, Sr., Wisconsin 
GK: Mackenzie Gress, RS-So., Penn State  
F: Ines Derrien, USC 
Oct. 22 
O: Helena Sampaio, Sr., USC
D: Jayden Perry, Sr., UCLA  
GK: Kaitlyn Parks, Gr., Michigan State 
F: Berit Parten, Iowa