University of Missouri-St. Louis junior forward Kaylee Neutzling (Edwardsville, Ill./Lewis & Clark CC) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Player of the Week. Neutzling posted nine points in two GLVC contests last week for the Tritons.
In Friday’s 4-3 win over Illinois-Springfield, Neutzling had a hand in each of the tallies and recorded a hat trick for the Tritons. She scored the first goal of the match just 51 seconds in on an assist by Kelly Muesenfechter.
After UIS tied the match in the 11th minute, Neutzling completed the hat trick by scoring in the 20th and 21st minutes to give the Tritons a 3-1 advantage. She later assisted on Lynn Cerney’s game-winning goal in the 84th minute to give UMSL a 4-2 lead.
Neutzling returned on Sunday to guide the Tritons to a 3-0 victory over Lewis. She posted the game-winner in the 12th minute on an assist from Muesenfechter and Jesa Jenkins.
On the week, Neutzling posted four goals by converting on all four shots on goal and added an assist. She ranks second in the GLVC in both points (13) and goals scored (6).
UMSL (3-1-1, 3-1-1 GLVC) has won three straight matches and will visit Rockhurst and Quincy this weekend.
Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Bellarmine’s Abby Schuhmann, Drury’s Hillary Cockrell, Maryville’s Mandy Rood, Northern Kentucky’s Amanda Mason, Quincy’s Brittany Casey, Rockhurst’s Margaret Rubin and UW-Parkside’s Shannon Becker.