Tuura Named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week
9/29/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- Freshman goalkeeper Megan Tuura (Tucker, Ga./St. Pius X Catholic HS) of the University of Michigan women's soccer team was named Big Ten Conference co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday (Sept. 29) following her shutout performance in a 2-0 home victory over Wisconsin last Friday (Sept. 26). It marks Tuura's first career conference Player of the Week selection.
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Tuura holds a 2-2-2 record in eight games this season and has collected a team-best 23 saves. In her Big Ten debut, Tuura made two saves in a scoreless draw at Illinois (Sept. 19) for her first career shutout. She earned her first career victory on the road against Iowa State (Sept. 14), making two saves in 45 minutes to help U-M to its first win of the season, 4-2. Tuura held opponents scoreless in her first 159 career minutes in goal at Michigan.
This marks Michigan's first weekly conference honor since Oct. 6, 2002, when senior goalkeeper Suzie Grech (Narberth, Pa./The Shipley School) and Andrea Kayal (1999-2002) were named co-Defensive Players of the Week.
The Wolverines will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for a meeting with Ohio State on Friday (Oct 3). The match is set to start at 7:30 p.m. at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423
