By: Jonathon Zenk, Assistant Director of Communications
NATCHITOCHES—When multiple items haven't occurred in at least eight years, it should come as a surprise when Northwestern State takes home multiple weekly conference honors.
Following a 7-0 rout of Mississippi Valley State in which all seven goals were scored in the first half and no shot attempts were surrendered all game,
Emily Gundin (Offensive) and
Kate Bouck (Defensive) both earned Southland Conference weekly awards, the league announced Tuesday.
Of the nine weekly awards given out by the conference, the Demons have earned five of them.
It is the first weekly award for both players.
Gundin scored twice for the first multi-goal game of her collegiate career and added an assist during a stretch of five goals in 6:03 to blow the game open. It is the first time the Demons scored seven goals in either half of a game since 2005.
She started and finished the run of goals, both of which were assisted by
Riley Stern. Her assist came on the fourth goal of the game on a pass to
Emily Senatore.
Bouck led a back line that helped the Demons post their second shutout in three games. In this game, NSU held MVSU without a shot for the entire game and didn't even allow the Devilettes to maintain sustained possession or move into NSU territory for much of the game.
It is the first time the Demons didn't allow a shot for the entire game since their 2018 victory over LSU-Alexandria.
If that wasn't enough, Bouck also chipped in offensively, scoring her first collegiate goal during the first half scoring onslaught. Like both of Gundin's goals, Bouck's tally also was assisted by Stern.
The pairing of award winners join Senatore and
Kennedy Rist as Demons who have earned conference weekly awards this season, the latter of which has won it twice.
The team is back in action Thursday when it hosts Grambling, the start of a two-game home weekend for NSU.