ST. LOUIS — UNI soccer picked up another weekly honor from the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) on Tuesday morning, as Allison Groothuis was named MVC Defensive Player of the Week.
Tuesday's honor is the second defensive player of the week award in Groothuis' career. She also received the award on Aug. 29, 2022. The announcement by the league office marked the second consecutive week in which a Panther soccer player has won a weekly MVC award. Last week, Olivia Knoepfle was named MVC Offensive Player of the Week and Olivia Bohl received MVC Freshman of the Week.