C.W. Post's Cortney Colern (left) and Shippensburg's Laura Wylde (right)
Lock Haven, Pa. - Cortney Colern of C.W. Post is this week’s PSAC East Player of the Week after her efforts in goal helped the Pioneers to a double-overtime upset of fourth-ranked Kutztown this past weekend. Shippensburg’s Laura Wylde becames the third different Lady Raider to earn the PSAC West Player of the Week this season after she scored game-winning goals in both games for Shippensburg last week to keep the Raiders undefeated and atop the national rankings.
PSAC East Player of the Week
Cortney Colern, C.W. Post
Junior, Goalkeeper
Barker, N.Y./Barker
Colern made a season and career-high 17 saves to help lead C.W. Post to a double overtime 4-3 win over No. 4 Kutztown on Saturday for the Pioneers’ first PSAC East victory of the year. Of her 17 saves, eight came in the overtime periods, including six in the first and two in the second. After allowing three goals in the first 48 minutes of the game, Colern became a wall in the latter half of the second period and the overtimes, as she did not allow a goal for the final 44:26 of the game. Colern also made three saves in a tough 1-0 non-conference loss to Adelphi last Wednesday.
PSAC West Player of the Week
Laura Wylde, Shippensburg
Senior, Forward
Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown
Wylde notched two game-winning goals, including one in overtime, to lead Shippensburg to two PSAC West wins last week to improve to 11-0 overall and 4-0 in the division as the No. 1 Lady Raiders remained the only unbeaten team in Division II. In a 1-0 win over 10th-ranked IUP last Tuesday, Wylde deflected home an entry feed in the 10th minute of overtime to give Shippensburg the win over the Crimson Hawks. The senior forward also scored the first goal of the game on Saturday in a 7-1 win over Mansfield.