STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior Kiley Neushul was named MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week when the league announced its weekly honors on Tuesday afternoon.
It’s Neushul’s first award of the season and the third time a Stanford student-athlete has been selected as the week’s best from the MPSF in 2015. Goalkeeper Gabby Stone was the honoree on Feb. 3 and Neushul’s younger sister Jamie took home the accolade on Mar. 10.
Neushul led Stanford in scoring in its weekend sweep of No. 8 Arizona State (10-4) and No. 11 UC Davis (14-3), scoring one quarter of the Cardinal’s 24 total goals. The senior tallied hat tricks in both victories, her sixth and seventh of the season, and has now scored in each of Stanford’s 18 games this year, putting forth 14 multi-goal efforts.
She also accounted for a field block, three assists and multiple steals as Stanford held its 10th and 11th opponents of the season to four goals or less. Dating back to last year, the Cardinal has held its opponents under 10 goals in 35 consecutive games.
Neuhsul leads Stanford with 41 goals this season. Her 2.28 goals per game average is currently fifth in the MPSF.
No. 2 Stanford (17-1, 2-0 MPSF) closes out its regular-season slate with four games against conferences foes, beginning with Saturday’s contest against San Jose State (18-7, 0-3 MPSF) at Avery Aquatic Center (1 p.m.). The Cardinal has not lost an MPSF game since 2009, a stretch of 35 regular-season conference outings and is also is in the midst of a 23-game home winning streak.
