The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Zuniga Named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week
9/27/2022 12:00:00β―PM | Women's Soccer
BIRMINGHAM - Conference USA announced that Asha Zuniga is the league's Defensive Player of the Week.
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The senior captain scored the game-winning goal in UAB's 1-0 victory at FIU and anchored a defensive line that had a pair of clean sheets and only allowed two total shots on goal in the Blazers' two victories last week.
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This is Zuniga's second DPOW honor this season as she took home the award on Aug. 23. Β
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In C-USA play this season, the UAB defense has allowed only one goal and is second in the league with a 0.33 goals against average.
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"This is a great honor for Asha," said head coach Erica Demers. "She stepped up massively with a huge goal against FIU to get a hard fought road win and her along with Eve Beyer, Sidney McGregor and Canby Biddle did work on Sunday to keep FAU at bay and help us win the game 1-0. It was awesome to have back-to-back shoutout performances last week."
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First place UAB (6-2-2, 3-0-0) travels to UTEP on Sept. 29 and North Texas on Oct. 2. The next home match is against UTSA on Oct. 9 at noon.
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The 2022-23 Gold Card for $65Β here. The 2021-22 Gold Card will get you access to all home events for Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Softball, and Baseball (Regions Field & Young Memorial). This card is not valid for Conference USA or NCAA Championship events.
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For more information on the UAB women's soccer team, follow @UAB_WSoc on Twitter and Instagram.
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The senior captain scored the game-winning goal in UAB's 1-0 victory at FIU and anchored a defensive line that had a pair of clean sheets and only allowed two total shots on goal in the Blazers' two victories last week.
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This is Zuniga's second DPOW honor this season as she took home the award on Aug. 23. Β
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In C-USA play this season, the UAB defense has allowed only one goal and is second in the league with a 0.33 goals against average.
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"This is a great honor for Asha," said head coach Erica Demers. "She stepped up massively with a huge goal against FIU to get a hard fought road win and her along with Eve Beyer, Sidney McGregor and Canby Biddle did work on Sunday to keep FAU at bay and help us win the game 1-0. It was awesome to have back-to-back shoutout performances last week."
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First place UAB (6-2-2, 3-0-0) travels to UTEP on Sept. 29 and North Texas on Oct. 2. The next home match is against UTSA on Oct. 9 at noon.
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The 2022-23 Gold Card for $65Β here. The 2021-22 Gold Card will get you access to all home events for Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Softball, and Baseball (Regions Field & Young Memorial). This card is not valid for Conference USA or NCAA Championship events.
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For more information on the UAB women's soccer team, follow @UAB_WSoc on Twitter and Instagram.
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