Kyra Byron & Devin Pierce Named Big South Player of the Week
Longwood now has its second ever Big South Player of the Week with Kyra Byron being named the conference’s defensive player of the week. Byron shut out the UMBC Retrievers on Sunday with six saves in a 1–0 Lancer victory.
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Coastal Carolina’s Kacey Kelley was named the Attacking Player of the Week for the conference. Kelsey Pardue of Longwood was also nominated for this week’s award.
Byron follows senior captain Lindsey Ottavio who was named the Attacking Player of the Week back on August 28. The 4–2 Lancers finish their out of conference schedule this weekend as they host East Tennessee State (6–1) on Friday and then head to take on Cleveland State (2–5) on Sunday. The Lancers Big South season starts next Thursday, September 20 when they take on UNC Asheville (2–5).
On the Men’s side Devin Pierce was named the Big South Attacking Player of the Week after scoring a goal against UNC Greensboro and also scoring the game winner against UNC Asheville for the team’s first victory of the year and the school’s first ever Big South victory. This week the Lancers will host VMI (1–3) on Wednesday night and then visit High Point (4–0) on Saturday.
