EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Freshman defender Emmy Brenner (Arlington, Tenn. / St. Benedict at Auburndale HS) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week.

With the game-winning goal against the Southern Illinois Salukis, Brenner earned her second weekly honor in her first collegiate season. MVC Conference office staff decide on the MVC Freshman of the Week and other weekly accolades. Brenner’s first Freshman of the Week Honor came at the beginning of the month as she bookends the month of October.

In the Aces’ final game of the 2024 season, Brenner continued her strong conference performance with her third goal of the year. In the 40th minute of Sunday’s game against Southern Illinois UE was awarded a corner kick following the Salukis kicking the ball out past the goal. On the corner from sophomore midfielder Ashlyn Koutsos (Cumming, Ga. / West Forsyth HS), Brenner headed the ball from the six into the middle of the net.

Along with the goal, Brenner had Evansville’s only shot on goal in the match that didn’t result in a score. In the 86th minute, Brenner took an attempt from just outside the right corner of the penalty area. The shot sailed to the middle of the net where the Salukis goalkeeper made a grabbing save.

With a goal on Sunday Brenner became the Aces’ leading scorer along with sophomore forward Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind. / Reitz HS). Both players have three goals on the season for six points behind UE’s leading offensive player senior forward Hailey Autenrieb (Cincinnati / Seton HS). Brenner also had the third most shot attempts on the roster with 16 tries while nine landed on goal for a shot accuracy of 56.3%.

Evansville ended their season Sunday with a 2-0 win over SIU. The Aces’ overall record ended at 2-7-7 with a conference record of 1-4-5.