NEW ORLEANS - Old Dominion women’s soccer’s Riley Mullen has been named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday.
The junior midfielder from Staten Island, N.Y. put on a shooting clinic over the Monarchs’ last two games. She scored the opening goal in ODU’s 2-1 victory over #20 Virginia Tech. Mullen followed the performance up by scoring both goals in ODU’s 2-1 victory over in-state rivals VCU.
Mullen scored on 60% of her shots taken over the two games and scored 100% of her shots on target which included the game-winning goal at VCU. The junior only scored two goals over her first two years at Old Dominion but has already eclipsed this number in two consecutive games. She has started every game this season for the Monarchs. She has also earned ODU’s Player of the Match against Liberty and VCU.
ODU is 4-1-1 heading into the Sun Belt Conference opener in Norfolk against App State on Saturday, September 13 at 6 p.m. at the ODU Soccer Stadium.