Barton's Saiki named Week Eight KJCCC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week recipient #GoBarton

Aya Saiki of the 7th ranked Barton Community College women's soccer team has been named the week eight KJCCC Offensive Player of the Week.

Saiki produced the program's 23rd nine-point effort in last week's lone contest for the Cougars in winning 7-0 on Wednesday over Coffeyville. The sophomore netted four goals on the day, three tallies and an assist in first half play leading to a 5-0 halftime advantage before scoring her fourth goal just six minutes into second half action.

Historically on the program's all-time list, Saiki's points was the 24th achievement of scoring nine or more points in Lady Cougar history. Moving into 14th all-time slot with 58 in a career, Saiki's four-goal achievement moved into the 11th all-time spot with 23 total with a now twelve assists to move into the 12th all-time slot.

Saiki's conference weekly award is the second for the Cougars this season, joining Nina Norshie's selection in the sixth week of voting.

The Cougars most recently picked up a 2-0 victory at Kansas City Kansas Community College, staying in the title race at 9-1-2 in league and overall.

Barton's next battle on the pitch comes Saturday as the Cougars look to avenge its lone conference loss in hosting 10th ranked Hutchinson Community College in a 2:00 p.m. kickoff. The Blue Dragons, 9-1-3 in the KJCCC and 12-1-3 overall, beat the Cougars 1-0 on an 84th minute goal back on September 13 in Hutchinson and feature the KJCCC's goalkeeper of the week Karsyn Slothower who has been awarded the honor three times this season.