WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue soccer sophomore midfielder Emily Mathews was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
Mathews, who scored a hat trick in Purdue's 3-1 victory at Nebraska on Sunday to open Big Ten Play, also was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week today. Both the Big Ten and TDS honors are the first of her career, while Mathews is the third Boilermaker to earn Big Ten weekly accolades this season. She joins senior forward Sarah Griffith and sophomore defender Nicole Kevdzija, who both were recognized on August 31.
A Macomb, Michigan, native, Mathews' hat trick is the seventh in program history, the third in Big Ten play and the first in a conference road match. Her three goals ties the program record, and she now has four career goals, all in a three-game span. The hat trick is the second by a Boilermaker this season, as Griffith also achieved the feat on August 29, and Purdue has multiple hat tricks in the same year for the first time.
Mathews' first goal came in the 16th minute to give the visitors a 1-0 lead, and she scored her second in the 71st minute to put the Boilermakers ahead 2-1. She netted her third on a breakaway in the 90th minute to complete the hat trick. Her second goal also was her second career game-winning goal.
Purdue has won four in a row and six of its last seven games. Sunday's win at Nebraska marks the first time since 2017 that the Boilermakers opened the Big Ten slate with a road win, and their 6-1-2 start to the season is the best since 2007.
Up next, Mathews and Purdue make the short trip west to Champaign, Illinois, to face Illinois on Thursday, September 23 at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT. The Boilermakers then return home to host Iowa on Sunday, September 26, with kickoff at Folk Field set for 1 p.m. ET. It's the annual Reunion Weekend, and Purdue soccer alumnae can visit https://boile.rs/SOCReunion21 to RSVP and register.
For more on the Purdue soccer team, visit PurdueSports.com/Soccer and follow and connect with the Boilermakers at @PurdueSoccer on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Mathews, who scored a hat trick in Purdue's 3-1 victory at Nebraska on Sunday to open Big Ten Play, also was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week today. Both the Big Ten and TDS honors are the first of her career, while Mathews is the third Boilermaker to earn Big Ten weekly accolades this season. She joins senior forward Sarah Griffith and sophomore defender Nicole Kevdzija, who both were recognized on August 31.
A Macomb, Michigan, native, Mathews' hat trick is the seventh in program history, the third in Big Ten play and the first in a conference road match. Her three goals ties the program record, and she now has four career goals, all in a three-game span. The hat trick is the second by a Boilermaker this season, as Griffith also achieved the feat on August 29, and Purdue has multiple hat tricks in the same year for the first time.
Mathews' first goal came in the 16th minute to give the visitors a 1-0 lead, and she scored her second in the 71st minute to put the Boilermakers ahead 2-1. She netted her third on a breakaway in the 90th minute to complete the hat trick. Her second goal also was her second career game-winning goal.
Purdue has won four in a row and six of its last seven games. Sunday's win at Nebraska marks the first time since 2017 that the Boilermakers opened the Big Ten slate with a road win, and their 6-1-2 start to the season is the best since 2007.
Up next, Mathews and Purdue make the short trip west to Champaign, Illinois, to face Illinois on Thursday, September 23 at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT. The Boilermakers then return home to host Iowa on Sunday, September 26, with kickoff at Folk Field set for 1 p.m. ET. It's the annual Reunion Weekend, and Purdue soccer alumnae can visit https://boile.rs/SOCReunion21 to RSVP and register.
🎩🎩🎩 All three of Emily Mathews' goals 🎥⬇️!#BoilerUp 🚂⚽️ pic.twitter.com/a4X9mXIG8t
— Purdue Soccer (@PurdueSoccer) September 19, 2021
For more on the Purdue soccer team, visit PurdueSports.com/Soccer and follow and connect with the Boilermakers at @PurdueSoccer on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.