Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 - Mount Ida College women’s soccer freshman midfielder Maegan Hernberg (Eastford, CT/Woodstock Academy) has been named this week’s Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Rookie-of-the-Week as well as the Athletic department’s Mustang-of-the-Week. This is the first time Hernberg has been honored with a weekly honor in any capacity.
Hernberg scored the game-winning tally with 42.6 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Mount Ida past hosting Nichols College, 1-0, on Thursday afternoon. Hernberg helped the Mustangs top the Bison for the first time since September 2, 2006. It was Hernberg’s second collegiate goal of her career.
The Mount Ida women’ s soccer team will host league foe Albertus Magnus College Wednesday evening on Alumni Field in Newton, Massachusetts with game time slated for 7:00 p.m.