KATIE ERWIN
Courtesy of WKU Athletics
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Soccer forward Katie Erwin has earned Conference USA
Co-Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Sunday. The award is the
sophomore’s first weekly honor of her career.
Erwin was the definition of clutch for the Lady Toppers on Friday, scoring the
match-winning goal in the 90th minute to beat Charlotte and claim the C-USA East
Division title for WKU. It is the Lady Toppers’ first regular season title since
2013 and their first since joining C-USA.
After a scoreless affair for the first 89 minutes, WKU was awarded a free kick with
51 seconds remaining in the match. Lyric Schmidt took the kick and sent it out to
Avery Jacobsen. Jacobsen saw that the play the Lady Toppers were expecting to run
wasn’t there and passed it back to Schmidt. Schmidt rocketed a pass into the box
where Erwin was waiting. Erwin had drawn the Charlotte goalkeeper out and was able
to head the ball right past her into the back of the net with 40 seconds left.
It was the Louisville native’ third goal of the season and her first match-winning
goal.
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