Soccer America names Weimer Player of Week

M.A.C. Hermann Trophy candidate Tiffany Weimer earned Soccer America National Player of the Week Honors after scoring three goals in a two-win Big Ten opening weekend, including a pair of conversions against Purdue in a 3-2 overtime victory. Weimer has scored at least one goal in each of the Lions' 10 games this season, and is on pace to break 2001 Hermann Trophy winner Christie Welsh's Big Ten career goals mark.

Weimer's tally of 15 goals thus far in 2005 gives her 74 for her career, second-best all-time behind Welsh in the Big Ten and among the Top 25 career scorers in NCAA history. The Connecticut native stands eight goals short of tying Penn State alum Welsh's Big Ten record of 82. She is once again chasing Brandi Chastain's record for consecutive games with at least one goal. Last year, Weimer strung together 14 contests with at least one goal each, falling one game short of the record. This year, Weimer needs five more goal-scoring efforts to tie Santa Clara alum Chastain's record and six to call the NCAA mark her own.