Southeastern Louisiana’s Jones and Griffin earn Southland weekly soccer honors

HAMMOND, La – After helping the Southeastern Louisiana University Women’s soccer team, Emma Jones and Olivia Griffin earned Southland Conference Players of the week.

Jones, a junior defender, won Southland defensive player of the week. Jones helped SLU to its first shutout of the 2022 season in Friday’s 3-0 victory to Jackson State. She also took a feed from teammate Claire Huston and scored a goal in the 58th minute to give Southeastern a 2-0 cushion

Griffin, a sophomore goalkeeper, got her first Southland honors after earning her first shutout of her Lady Lion career in Friday’s victory. The sophomore posted three saves in the victory.

Southeastern will open its home schedule on Friday, hosting Southern at 7 p.m. in Strawberry Stadium. The SLU-Southern contest will be televised on ESPN+.

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