Hecht, Hoffman, and Nakrasius Honored by AAC

IRVING, Texas- After a pair of wins over No. 12 Towson Wednesday and Big 5 rival Saint Joseph's Saturday, goalkeeper Shana Hecht, attacker Meghan Hoffman, midfielder Kara Nakrasius have been honored by the American Athletic Conference. Hecht has earned AAC Defensive Player of the Week, Hoffman garnered AAC Attack Player of the Week, and Nakrasius has been named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll for their efforts in the victories.

This is Hecht's first career AAC award. After being pulled the prior game against Drexel, the Sacred Heart transfer emerged as a game-changer this week. Hecht set a new career-high versus Towson with 10 saves. Four days later against Saint Joseph's she set another new career-high with 11 saves. Of her 31 saves this season, 21 (67%) were in the last two games.

Hoffman claims the Attack Player of the Week award for the second time this season. The fifth year was dynamic in a pair of Temple victories. Against Towson Hoffman set a new career-high with 5 goals, and added a majority of the game's assists with three. Her eight points are the most of from any Owls in a single game this season. In Saturday's game against Saint Joseph's, she led all players with another four assists. Hoffman leads the AAC in assists per game with 3.2 and is tied for the conference lead in points per game (5.2).

Nakrasius proved why she was named to the Preseason All-Conference team with a strong all-around couple of games. Against Towson, she netted a goal, picked up four ground balls, and led all players with 7 draw controls. Saturday against Saint Joseph's, she scored a pair of goals including the golden goal in double-overtime to secure the victory. She also picked up three ground balls, caused three turnovers, and again led all players with seven draw controls.

The Owls will return to action with a ranked matchup Friday, Mar. 19 against No. 11/11 Florida at Howarth Field. This will be the first of two matchups this weekend against the Gators, with the second taking place on Sunday. The game is set for 3 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+.

AAC Weekly Honors

Attack Player of the Week: Meghan Hoffman, Temple

Midfielder of the Week: Alyssa Adams, M, Cincinnati

Defensive Player of the Week: Shana Hecht, G, Temple

Freshman of the Week: Lauren Carey, D, Old Dominion

Honor Roll

Monica Borzillo, A, Cincinnati, Morgan Dukes, D, Cincinnati, Kara Nakrasius, M, Temple, Gabby Fornia, A, Vanderbilt, Cassidy Orban, M, Vanderbilt

Temple University Athletics

Hecht, Hoffman, and Nakrasius Honored by AAC

Players Mentioned

Lauren Carey

Shana Hecht

Meghan Hoffman

Kara Nakrasius

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