NEW ORLEANS – James Madison’s Lexi Vanderlinden and Alexandra Blom have earned Sun Belt Women’s Soccer Player of the Week accolades after leading the Dukes to a 1-0-1 week in conference action and top spot in the rankings with 14 overall points.
 
Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week
Lexi Vanderlinden
(R-So. | Seminole, Fla.)
 
Dukes’ redshirt sophomore midfielder Lexi Vanderlinden assisted on all three goals in a pivotal 3-1 win over Texas State, who is currently number one in the west. The Seminole, Fla. native followed the performance with a defensive effort in a 0-0 draw with South Alabama, who is currently number two in the west. Vanderlinden’s multi-assist match is the first since 2019 and the 14^th time in program history a player tallied three assists.
 
Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
Alexandra Blom
(R-Jr. | Degerfors, Sweden)
 
Dukes’ redshirt junior goalkeeper Alexandra Blom totaled eight saves in two matches against the top pair of teams in the west division. The Degerfors, Sweden native has totaled seven shutouts on the season with the three save performance against South Alabama, who were held scoreless for just the second time in conference action. Blom extended a streak of 576:55 consecutively without allowing a goal in the run of play and a defense that ranks number one in the country in goals against average at 0.357.
 
2022 Sun Belt Women’s Soccer Offensive Players of the Week
Week 1 – Inge Konst, ULM
Week 2 – Monique Gray, South Alabama
Week 3 – Janet Stopka, ULM
Week 4 – Lidia Nduka, JMU
Week 5 – Esmeralda Figueroa, Southern Miss
Week 6 – Madi Goss, Texas State
Week 7 – Carla Morich, Old Dominion
Week 8 – Lexi Vanderlinden, JMU
 
2022 Sun Belt Women’s Soccer Defensive Players of the Week
Week 1 – Brittany Munson, JMU
Week 2 – Brittany Munson, JMU
Week 3 – Katie Oakley, Georgia Southern
Week 4 – Alex Helbling, Southern Miss
Week 5 – Katelyn Chrisman, Texas State
Week 6 – Alexandra Blom, JMU
Week 7 – Kayla Thomas, Arkansas State
Week 8 – Alexandra Blom, JMU