Becky Dillard Blanks Slippery Rock and Cal to Earn PSAC West Player of the Week Award

IUP senior goalkeeper Becky Dillard has been selected the PSAC West Player of the Week for women’s soccer after posting a pair of shutouts last week that ran the team’s winning streak to five games.

Dillard (Pittsburgh/Baldwin) made eight saves in a 1-0 victory over Slippery Rock on Wednesday that moved IUP into a first place tie with The Rock in the PSAC West standings.  She then played the first 77 minutes and registered five saves in a 4-0 win at California that gave IUP sole possession of the division lead.

For the season, Dillard has started 10 games and made 46 saves while allowing only eight goals for a 1.01 goals against average.  She has been credited as the winning goalkeeper in six of IUP’s nine victories.

In her career, Dillard ranks second in school history in goals against average (0.93) and fourth in both minutes played (2,800) and saves (224).

IUP is 9-3 overall and 6-1 in the PSAC West and is ranked 23^rd in the nation in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association poll.  Should IUP win its final three division games, it will earn a first round bye in the PSAC tournament, which gets under way October 24.

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