TROY, N.Y. –  Junior Maya Koster of the women's soccer team was honored as the Liberty League Defensive Player of the Week while six other Union College student-athletes earned honor roll recognition for the week ending on September 14, the conference office announced on Monday afternoon.

Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week: Maya Koster
Koster helped Union to a pair of shutout victories last week, earning the start in both matches and going a combined 111:24 without conceding a goal. She started the week by making five saves in the first half to keep Western New England off the board in an eventual 3-0 Union win, then added one save in the first 66:24 of action in Saturday's 4-0 victory at Plattsburgh State.

Honor Roll Mentions:

Field Hockey: Tess Parker
Parker kept Union in the game against a pair of nationally ranked opponents last week, combining for 11 saves as the Garnet Chargers took both #10 Wesleyan and #23 MIT to overtime. She made six saves in nearly 69 minutes in a tough 2-1 (OT) loss to the Cardinals on Wednesday, then added five more saves in 62:16 of action in Saturday's 3-2 (OT) defeat to the Engineers.

Football: Nico Savini
Savini led Union with nine tackles and also returned an interception 64 yards for a touchdown in Union's matchup against #23 SUNY Cortland on Saturday. Five of the sophomore's tackles were solo against the Red Dragons, while his 64-yard return was his first career interception and the longest pick-six by a Union player since 2018.

Women's Soccer: Vanessa Jorgensen
Jorgensen scored in both Union victories last week, finishing the two games with a team-leading four points. She netted the second goal of the match in a 3-0 win over Western New England on Wednesday, and then opened the scoring with the eventual game-winning tally in a 4-0 win victory over Plattsburgh State on Saturday. Her three goals so far in 2025 are already a new career high for the senior captain.

Women's Tennis: Megan McCusker
McCusker won the "B" Singles consolation bracket at this weekend's Mary Hosking Invitational. After dropping her first round match on Saturday, she came back with three straight wins in the consolation bracket, including besting senior teammate Claire Langille by an 8-6 score in an all-Union semifinal, and cruising past William Smith's Mia Jacobs by an 8-2 score in the final.

Women's Volleyball: Shannon McGrath
McGrath averaged an impressive 5.36 kills per set on .350 hitting in leading Union to a 3-1 weekend at the Union Crosstown Challenge, putting down 75 kills to go with 38 digs, five service aces and four blocks in 14 sets. She had a huge match to lead Union to a 3-2 win over Oswego to start the weekend, putting down 24 kills with 17 digs on .368 hitting, then went for 19 kills - including the 1,000th kill of her career - in a three-set sweep of Bethany to close the night. She was named to the All-Tournament team after following up with 14 kills against a quality Williams side and 18 kills on .406 hitting in a sweep of Hartwick on Saturday.

Women's Volleyball: Shea Ringel
Ringel put down 32 kills in 14 sets (2.29 kps) to help Union to a 3-1 weekend, while adding 10 digs and two blocks. She had her best match in a five-set win over Oswego, recording 13 kills, six digs and a block, and followed up with a 10-kill effort to rank second on the team against a quality Williams squad on Saturday.