Additionally, for the third time this season and the sixth time in her career, West Virginia University women’s soccer senior Kadeisha Buchanan has been named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.
The Mountaineers (13-1-1, 5-0) hold the No. 1 ranking in all three major polls this week, as well as the NCAA RPI.
WVU received 22 of the available 30 first-place votes.
South Carolina (14-0-1, 8-0 SEC) received five first-place votes and ranks No. 2. Stanford (12-1-1, 5-1 PAC-12) earned two first-place votes and sits at No. 3. Duke (11-2-2, 6-0-1 ACC) and USC (11-3, 5-1 PAC-12) follow at No.