IRVINE, Calif. - The first-place Concordia Golden Eagles received two awards and a bump in the regional rankings this Monday.

Senior captain Ashley Grubert was named PacWest Player of the Week for the third time this season. Grubert scored the game-winning goals against both Dominican and Jessup on the road this past week, and finished the NorCal road trip with three goals and an assist. Her 12 goals far and away lead the entire league as the next two top scorers in the PacWest each have eight to their name. Grubert is now a perfect 3-for-3 on penalty kicks this year as well.

This is the third time Grubert has been recognized as PacWest Player of the Week this season.

Sloane De Torres contributed two assists in Concordia's 7-1 thrashing of Jessup last Friday. She along with goalkeeper Christina Sidoti and company conceded only one goal over the course of those two matches, outscoring the opposition 8-1. The Golden Eagles also outshot the Penguins and Warriors in both affairs, as De Torres and the defense clamped down and did not allow many scoring chances.  The two opponents managed a total of 15 shots and only eight were shots on goals. The Irvine, Calif. native also now has four assists on the season which ranks second in the entire conference.

"Players like Sloane dig deep for the team, they are eager to do the dirty work it takes to be successful against talented teams," said CUI women's soccer coach Chris Gould. "We are fortunate enough to have players who can also have the same mentality in the attack. Our group is not afraid to roll their sleeves up and get to work."

Concordia also moved up a slot to No. 2 in the DII West Region rankings.  Western Washington is still first followed by CUI, Cal Poly Pomona and then two more CCAA teams in Cal State LA and Cal State San Bernardino to round out the top five. The three conference winners from the PacWest, CCAA and GNAC will automatically qualify and then the remaining regionally ranked teams will make up the seven teams that will compete in the regional bracket. The top seed with earn a bye.

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Concordia visits Point Loma in an important match this Saturday, Oct 24 with game time set for 11:00 a.m. The Sea Lions won a non-conference meeting earlier this season when they two teams met in Irvine.

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