(HALIFAX, N.S.) - Acadia Axewomen soccer striker Meghan Earle and StFX X-Men soccer midfielder Randy Ribeiro have been named the Subway AUS Athletes of the Week for their respective performances for this past week.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name: Meghan Earle
University: Acadia University
Sport: Women’s Soccer
Position: Striker
Height: 5’8”
Hometown: Mount Pearl, N.L.
Year of eligibility: Third
Academic program: Bachelor of kinesiology
Meghan Earle of the Acadia Axewomen’s soccer team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport female athlete of the week for the week ending Oct. 4, 2015.
A third-year kinesiology student from Mount Pearl, N.L., Earle had a two-goal weekend in one win and one tie game for the Axewomen.
She netted Acadia’s first goal in their 2-2 tie against the Dalhousie Tigers at home on Friday. In Sunday’s 1-0 victory over the X-Women in Antigonish, Earle scored the game’s lone marker.
Earle currently leads the AUS conference in goals with nine so far this season.
MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Name: Randy Ribeiro
University: St. Francis Xavier University
Sport: Men’s Soccer
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5’10”
Hometown: Cambridge, Ont.
Year of eligibility: Fifth
Academic program: BA human kinetics
Randy Ribeiro of the StFX X-Men’s soccer team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport male athlete of the week for the week ending Oct. 4, 2015.
A fifth-year midfielder from Cambridge, Ont., Ribeiro put forth an exceptional defensive effort as the X-Men recorded two weekend shutout victories.
Ribeiro scored the first goal of the game in Friday’s 2-0 win versus Saint Mary’s. In Sunday’s 3-0 victory over the previously undefeated Acadia Axemen, the StFX captain assisted on the X-Men’s third goal.