ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Following a brace in the Mountain West opener against Colorado College, Alèjandra Puerto was selected as the MW Offensive Player of the Week, as announced on Monday.
The senior led the Lobos to a 3-2 victory with her goals tying the match in the 58th minute and again in the 66th minute.
A cross into the box from Puerto led to a corner kick and ultimately the first Lobo goal, with the Honduras native poking it bottom right and past the approaching Tiger keeper for the equalizer. For her second goal, the Lobo forward found space amongst two CC defenders and shot it past the diving keeper for her second goal of the night and her sixth of the season. It was her second multi-goal match of the season.
Puerto played 42 minutes and took four shots against the Tigers, three on goal. She leads the Lobos and is tied for the Mountain West lead with her six goals, but leads the MW with a .67 goals per match average, needing only nine matches to reach the tally. Against conference opponents, she is one of three MW players to score two goals in the opening weekend and one of two players to score two in a match.
Monday’s selection marks the first conference weekly award for Puerto, the second MW Offensive Player of the Week award for the Lobos and the fourth conference weekly award overall this season.
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