Northern Kentucky University senior midfielder Amanda Mason (Cincinnati, Ohio/Northwest) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Player of the Week. Mason led the Norse to road wins at Saint Joseph’s and Indianapolis last week.

In the two matches, Mason posted three goals and two assists to finish with eight points.

On Friday in a 7-1 win at Saint Joseph’s, Northern Kentucky fell behind 1-0 early to the Pumas, but Mason quickly evened the score in the seventh minute. She scored the game-tying goal on an assist from Stacie Volker. She later put the Norse up 3-1 with a goal in the 43rd minute.  Mason also tallied assists on second-half goals by Allison Ponzer and C.G. Bryant.

Northern Kentucky topped Indianapolis 2-0 on Sunday and Mason tallied the game-winner in the 41st minute on an assist from Abbey Scherer.

Mason leads the league in points (36), goals (13), assists (10), points per game (3.00), goals per game (1.08) and ranks second in assists per game (0.83) this season. She also ranks second in game-winning goals with three on the year.

The 14th-ranked Norse (11-1) moved to 9-1 in the GLVC with the victories and are tied for first place in the league standings. Northern Kentucky will next travel to Quincy on Friday.

Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Drury’s Shelby Hatz, Illinois Springfield’s Kelli Kubal, Indianapolis’ Nicole Duncan, Lewis’ Susan Thomas, Quincy’s Jodi Chapie and Rockhurst’s Taylor Skala.