INDIANAPOLIS – Quincy University junior midfielder Ashley Burton and Lewis University senior goalkeeper Mara Bennett have been named the final Great Lakes Valley Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for the 2014 women’s soccer season, it was announced by the league office Monday.
 
Bennett recorded six saves in 100 minutes of play in a 0-0 tie at No. 4 UW-Parkside that was stopped short due to darkness on Wednesday. The scoreless draw was just the second time UW-Parkside had been shutout all season. The tie also enabled Lewis to secure the No. 8 seed in this week’s GLVC Championship Tournament, which was the Flyers second GLVC Tournament bid in the last three years after going 15 years without a postseason appearance.  The Portage, Michigan, native earns her first weekly honor and is the first Lewis defender to win the award since Allison Wilkerson on Oct. 19, 2004.  The last time a Flyer standout earned a weekly award from the league office was Sept. 30, 2013 when Jessica Chavez was named GLVC Offensive Player of the Week.