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Wadsworth Secures Program’s First Consecutive Freshman of the Week Recognition
September 19, 2022 | Soccer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For the first time in program history, a Mississippi State player has earned back-to-back SEC Freshman of the Week honors after Maggie Wadsworth secured the recognition for the second week in a row following her two-goal performance in an upset win over No. 14 Arkansas.
"Earning Freshman of the Week honors is a great achievement, but to do it back-to-back is phenomenal," head coach James Armstrong said. "Maggie was tireless in her efforts against a very good [Arkansas] defense and capped it off with two wonderful finishes. We are very proud of the progress she continues to make."
For the sixth time this season, Wadsworth registered a perfect shots on goal percentage in a match and for the second time, she achieved the feat after recording multiple shots. Four of her six goals have been game-winners and her two assists on the year are tied for the second highest on the team.
Wadsworth's six goals is already the most a Bulldog has scored in a season since 2019 when McKayla Waldner finished with 10. Her four game-winners are already tied for the third-most in an MSU season and is only one away from tying the school record for most game-winning goals in one season (5).
State has seen at least one player earn weekly honors from the SEC in eight straight seasons and has picked up a pair of honors in five of the of the last six years.
Wadsworth and the unbeaten Bulldogs prepare for their first conference road match of the season on Thursday, Sept. 22, against Texas A&M (5-2-2). Kickoff against the Aggies is set for 7 p.m. CT, and the match will be broadcast on SEC Network+.
"Earning Freshman of the Week honors is a great achievement, but to do it back-to-back is phenomenal," head coach James Armstrong said. "Maggie was tireless in her efforts against a very good [Arkansas] defense and capped it off with two wonderful finishes. We are very proud of the progress she continues to make."
For the sixth time this season, Wadsworth registered a perfect shots on goal percentage in a match and for the second time, she achieved the feat after recording multiple shots. Four of her six goals have been game-winners and her two assists on the year are tied for the second highest on the team.
Wadsworth's six goals is already the most a Bulldog has scored in a season since 2019 when McKayla Waldner finished with 10. Her four game-winners are already tied for the third-most in an MSU season and is only one away from tying the school record for most game-winning goals in one season (5).
Five weeks into the 2022 season, Wadsworth's recognition marks the third time a Bulldog has earned Freshman of the Week honors. It's now the seventh time in five years that a Bulldog has been chosen as the league's Freshman of the Week. MSU had earned just three Freshman of the Week honors prior to the 2018 season.𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. 𝐓𝐎. 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. @SEC 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐇𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊.
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State has seen at least one player earn weekly honors from the SEC in eight straight seasons and has picked up a pair of honors in five of the of the last six years.
Wadsworth and the unbeaten Bulldogs prepare for their first conference road match of the season on Thursday, Sept. 22, against Texas A&M (5-2-2). Kickoff against the Aggies is set for 7 p.m. CT, and the match will be broadcast on SEC Network+.
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