Sachem East alum and Holbrook native Laura Greene, a senior forward at Hofstra, was named the Colonial Athletic Association Women's Soccer Player of the Week, announced this week by the conference office, and was also named the SoccerSavings.com Big Apple Soccer Player of the Week.
According to her school, Greene earned the honors after being named the Offensive MVP of the New York City Classic this weekend, helping the Pride capture the championship with a 2-0 win over Columbia and a 5-0 win over Albany. She scored four times over the two games, all of which came after individual dribbling runs of 30 yards of more.
She spent the week involved in big plays at crucial moments for the Prde.
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Against Columbia on Friday, Greene scored the eventual game-winner in the first half when she intercepted the ball near the left sideline over 40 yards from goal.
Then against Albany, she netted three goals, one short of setting a school record.
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Greene and Hofstra will be back in action this weekend when they travel to the Texas Tech Invitational to meet the host Red Raiders on Friday night and TCU on Sunday morning.
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