Lani Mears Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 10/31/2022 Sport Women's Soccer School Simpson College Year Senior Position Hometown Burlington, Iowa High School Burlington Notre Dame Women’s Soccer – Defensive Player of the Week Lani Mears, Simpson College Sr., GK, Burlington, Iowa/Burlington Notre Dame Mears guided the way for the Storm as they picked up two wins. The Storm defeated UW-River Falls 4-0 in the final regular season game and picked up a postseason win over Central College in the A-R-C Women’s Soccer Tournament by a score of 2-1. The senior goalkeeper appeared in 176 minutes between the two contests. Mears tallied 9 saves on 20 shots, including 8 saves where she faced 14 shots in the quarterfinal matchup against the Dutch. Simpson improved to 11-5-1 overall and ended with a record of 6-2 in league play. The Burlington, Iowa native is earning her first-career Defensive Player of the Week honor.
