(HALIFAX, N.S.) - Keona Simmonds of the Cape Breton Capers women's soccer team and George Lawton of the UNB Varsity Reds men's soccer team have been named the Subway AUS Athletes of the Week for their respective performances for this past week.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name: Keona Simmonds
University: Cape Breton University
Sport: Women’s Soccer
Position: Forward
Height: 5’4”
Hometown: Brampton, Ont.
Year of eligibility: Second
Academic program: BA
Keona Simmonds of the Cape Breton Capers women’s soccer team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport female athlete of the week for the week ending Sept. 20, 2015.
A second-year arts student from Brampton, Ont., Simmonds posted five goals in two weekend away game victories for the Capers.
Saturday, the 5-foot-4 forward recorded her first career hat trick with the Capers, scoring three times as CBU rolled to an 8-0 win over the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers.
Sunday, Simmonds notched a pair of markers, including the winner, as Cape Breton closed out their two-game road trip with a 3-0 win over the Mount Allison Mounties in Sackville.
She now sits in a two-way tie for first in the AUS for goals scored this season with six.
MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name: George Lawton
University: University of New Brunswick
Sport: Men’s Soccer
Position: Centre back
Hometown: Bolton, United Kingdom
Year of eligibility: Fourth
Academic program: BSc Kinetics
George Lawton of the UNB Varsity Reds men’s soccer team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male athlete of the week for the week ending Sept. 20, 2015.
A fourth-year centre back and team captain from Bolton, United Kingdom, Lawton led the defence to two shutouts this past weekend on home turf.
The Varsity Reds men’s soccer defeated the Dalhousie Tigers 3-0 on Saturday and played to a 0-0 tie on Sunday against Saint Mary’s at BMO Centre in Fredericton.