Quincy University freshman Natalie Kuhlenberg (St. Louis, Mo./Incarnate Word Academy) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Player of the Week. The forward helped the Lady Hawks claim a pair of league wins in the GLVC last week.

Kuhlenberg assisted on the game-winner in Quincy’s 2-0 win against visiting Missouri-St. Louis on Friday. She fed Brittany Casey in the 73rd minute on the first and deciding goal of the match.

In Sunday’s 5-1 victory at Maryville, Kuhlenberg collected her first career goal and first career hat trick. She scored the Lady Hawks’ first goal on the afternoon in the 28th minute on an assist from Aimee Ubriaco to give Quincy a 1-0 advantage.

With Quincy leading 2-1 in the second half, Kuhlenberg notched a pair of goals to seal the victory. She scored in the 73rd minute on an assist from Jaclyn Mastroianni and returned in the 84th minute to convert an assist from Kristine Vogt.

For the week, Kuhlenberg collected seven points with the three goals and one assist. She converted all three shots on goal during the week and is now tied with Ubriaco for the team lead in points and goals this season.

No. 13 Quincy (4-0) is 2-0 in the GLVC following the weekend and will return to conference action at home against UW-Parkside and Lewis.

Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Bellarmine’s Amy Kunowski, Indianapolis’ Lauren Soza, Lewis’ Susan Thomas, Maryville’s Cydney Robertson, Missouri S&T’s Leah Williams, Rockhurst’s Lucy Sullivan, Southern Indiana’s Stephanie Bodamer and UW-Parkside’s Stephanie Barsuli.