First weekly honor for Price, second for UK
LEXINGTON, KY – UK freshman soccer goalie Kayla Price was named the SEC Freshman of the Week as announced by the league office on Monday.
Price, a 5-6 goalie from Lexington, Ky., was perfect on the weekend, earning All-Tournament team honors after posting a pair of shutouts on Friday and Sunday. She made four saves in Kentucky’s 2-0 win over in-state rival Louisville Friday night and in Sunday’s shutout over SE Missouri she came up big on a shot in the 58th minute to preserve a scoreless tie.
A SEMO player got free and unleashed a hard shot from nearly 18 yards out, but Price dove to her right to make the save and thwart the Redhawk threat. It was her third shutout of the season, already just one shy of fourth on UK’s all-time freshman shutout list.
It also marked the first back-to-back shutouts in nearly a year for the Wildcats.
The award is Price’s first this season and the second for Kentucky.
UK has one final pre-conference tune-up prior to opening play in the Southeastern Conference when they travel to Dayton, Ohio on Sept. 17 to take on the Dayton Flyers. Live stats and live streaming will be available at UKathletics.com.
