COLONIA, NJ – Senior Rebecca Hoffman and junior Ileana Cheruiyot led the Roberts Wesleyan University Women's Soccer team to a 0-0 tie with Molloy University to wrap up the regular season and propel the Redhawks into East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship Tournament. As a result, both players earned ECC Weekly Awards for the week ending October 25.
Hoffman was named the ECC Goalie of the Week and Cheruiyot was tabbed as the ECC Defensive Player of the Week.
Hoffman capped the regular season with another clean sheet as she made six saves in the 0-0 tie with Molloy. She ends the regular season with the conference lead in goals against average (0.67) and save percentage (.877). For the year, she is 6-2-7 with seven shutouts.
Cheruiyot was a major factor in the scoreless tie with Molloy Saturday to end the regular season. She played all 90 minutes with several key stops on defense. The tie kept the unbeaten at home streak alive as Roberts did not lose at home all season and have not dropped a home game since Oct. 1 of last season. (6-0-7 during the streak).
Roberts will host ECC foe D'Youville University Wednesday night in the first round of the ECC Tournament. A 7 p.m. game time has been set for the contest.
