Lethbridge, AB – The Two Guys and a Pizza Place Pronghorn Athletes of the Week for the week ending September 8, 2019.
Female Athlete of the Week:
Savanna Collison – Women’s Rugby
In a convincing season opening win on the road, fourth-year prop Savanna Collison had a significant hand in the Pronghorns women’s rugby teams 27-0 win over the Alberta Pandas in Edmonton.
In addition to scoring a try, Collison was able to engage the Pandas frontline and either manipulating them with passing or dominating them in contact and offloaded to keep the Alberta defence guessing. She was also solid defensively, delivering several big tackles that resulted in Panda turnovers.
Collison and her Pronghorns teammates are off this coming weekend but return to action next Saturday to host the Calgary Dinos for the 2019 Pronghorn home opener.
Male Athlete of the Week:
Ellis Davies – Men’s Soccer
Following a season ending injury to Captain Marcus Menzies, third-year Pronghorn Ellis Davies stepped in to lead the Pronghorns and was a key contributor to the Pronghorns coming from a goal down to tie the Saskatchewan Huskies 1-1, in the men’s soccer team’s only action last weekend.
Defensively, Davies was a key factor in limiting the Huskies attack, individually breaking up the Huskie offensive pushes before they were able to even attempt shots.
Offensively, the Calgary, Alberta product pushed the ball up in transition and led the Pronghorns set pieces, placing multiple dangerous balls into the Huskies penalty area and recording one shot on goal.
Davies and the Pronghorn men’s soccer team is on the road this coming weekend, traveling to face the always dangerous Trinity Western Spartans and UBC Thunderbirds.
