Roccaforte named Southland goalkeeper of week
Published 2:42 pm Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Recent Nederland graduate Emma Roccaforte was named Goalkeeper of the Week in the Southland Conference on Tuesday.
Roccaforte, a freshman at McNeese State, recorded two shutouts in as many games. She had four saves on four shots faced in a 2-0 win at Louisiana-Lafayette on Friday, five days after protecting a 1-0 victory at Louisiana-Monroe.
Roccaforte helped Nederland reach the 5A Region III semifinal round this past spring. Her award was part of a sweep of weekly honors for the Cowgirls; freshman Havana Johnson was named Offensive Player of the Week and senior Gabi D’Alesandro claimed Defensive Player of the Week.
— I.C. Murrell
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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