Josephine Lyons Earns Liberty League Weekly Award

2016 Oct 24

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Josephine Lyons of Harwood (20776) has been selected for a weekly award by the Liberty League for an outstanding effort in soccer.

A freshman from Harwood, Md., Lyons earned Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week after going 2-0 with a 0.50 goals against average and an .889 save percentage last week. She recorded four saves in a shutout of Union on Tuesday, before notching four stops in a 2-1 victory at Bard on Saturday. The starter in all 16 of RPI's games so far this season, Lyons is 13-3 with a 0.44 goals against average and a .904 save percentage, stopping 66 of the 73 shots she has faced. A former standout at Southern High School, she tied the school record for shutouts in a season with her ninth clean sheet on Tuesday against Union. Lyons ranks 17th nationally in save percentage and 23rd in goals against average. Her 13 victories are tied with teammate Tori Riopelle for second-most in school history, trailing Laura Gregor '00, who went 16-1 in 1996.

The Engineers (13-3; 5-2 Liberty League) are back in action on Tuesday night, when they travel to Castleton for a non-league game (7pm).

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