Irvine, CA—The Big West announced today that UC Riverside midfielder Blanca Barrio, and defender Amanda Roy are the conference Women's Soccer Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for matches played from October 16-23.

(View list of UC Riverside's all-time Big West Player of the Week honorees)

Barrio had a hand in each of the Highlanders four goals last week as UC Riverside blanked UC Santa Barbara, 3-0 (box score/recap), and Cal Poly, 1-0 (box score/recap). The San Bernardino, California native netted the game-winner against the Gauchos, and assisted on the final two goals of the match, pushing her career total to 17 assist, passing Tyler Cunningham '16 for the top spot on the Highlanders' career chart. She added another assist on the game-winning goal against the Mustangs.

Roy (San Diego, CA) played all 180 minutes on defense for the Highlanders last week, helping limit the top scoring team in the league, UC Santa Barbara, to just four shots. UC Riverside held Cal Poly to just three shots through 90 minutes, and Roy scored the game-winning goal on a header off of a Barrio corner kick.

The Highlanders have one match remaining on their regular season docket, as they host Long Beach State on Thursday, October 27 at 7 pm PT.