CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Wake Forest junior forward Caiya Hanks was selected the Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Week, while Stanford junior defender Jasmine Aikey and Virginia Tech senior goalkeeper Lauren Hargrove were chosen as the ACC Co-Defensive Players of the Week for matches played September 9-15.
Hanks led the Demon Deacons with her first collegiate brace in Wake Forest’s 3-0 victory over No. 2 Virginia on Sunday. The Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, native opened the scoring in the 17th minute when she tapped in an Emily Murphy cross and gave the Deacs an early 1-0 lead. The striker sealed the win in the 37th minute when she ran down an Emily Colton through ball and gave Wake Forest its third and final goal of the match. The win marked Wake Forest’s highest-ranked victory in three seasons.
Aikey played the full 90 minutes in the center midfield and led Stanford to its sixth clean sheet of the season in a 1-0 victory over No. 11 Santa Clara on Sunday. Despite the Broncos averaging 2.29 goals per game entering the weekend, the Palo Alto, California, native helped hold the Broncos without a goal and just three shots on target.
Hargrove recorded a pair of victories between the posts to open ACC play last week, capped off by a clean sheet in Virginia Tech’s 1-0 win against Syracuse on Sunday. In the victory over the Orange, the Richmond, Virginia, native posted a season-best seven saves on the afternoon, the third-highest mark by a winning goalkeeper in the ACC this season. On Thursday, Hargrove recorded six saves in the Hokies’ 2-1 win at Clemson, marking the program’s first win over the Tigers since 2012.
ACC Women’s Soccer on ACC Network continues Thursday, September 19, when Clemson plays host to Duke for a 7 p.m. ET kickoff. On Sunday, September 22, ACCN will carry an ACC Women’s Soccer doubleheader, as Wake Forest hosts Cal at noon ET and Florida State heads to SMU for a 2 p.m. ET start.
2024 ACC Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week
Aug. 20 – Taylor Huff, Sr., M/F, Florida State
Aug. 27 – Olivia Thomas, So., F, North Carolina & Maggie Cagle, Jr., F, Virginia
Sept. 3 – Giovana Canali, Fr., F, Miami
Sept. 10 – Karlie Lema, Sr., F, California
Sept. 17 – Caiya Hanks, Jr, F, Wake Forest
2024 ACC Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
Aug. 20 – Tatum Galvin, Jr., D, Virginia
Aug. 27 – Victoria Safradin, So., GK, Virginia
Sept. 3 – Allie George, Sr., D, Virginia Tech
Sept. 10 – Cameron Roller, So., D, Duke
Sept. 17 – Jasmine Aikey, Jr., D, Stanford & Lauren Hargrove, Sr., GK, Virginia Tech