Steinbruch Adds a Pair of National Soccer Honors

Oct. 2, 2007

Coral Gables, Fla. – After registering a pair of game-winning goals to help the University of Miami women’s soccer team to a 2-0 start in ACC play, Hurricanes freshman forward Brittney Steinbruch (Wyckoff, N.J.) has been named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week and the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week.

he true freshman recorded a pair of game-winning goals and an assist as Miami knocked off NC State and then-seventh ranked and defending NCAA champion North Carolina in a pair of home contests to open the ACC slate.

Steinbruch, the reigning ACC Player of the Week, is the fourth Hurricane to be named to Soccer Buzz’ Elite Team of the Week and is the second Miami player – and first in five years – to receive the recognition from Soccer America.

In Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Wolfpack, Steinbruch registered an assist on the first Hurricane goal and then knocked in the game winner. She followed that performance with the golden goal in Sunday’s 1-0 shutout of North Carolina. It was Steinbruch’s team-leading 11th goal of the season and her fourth game-winning goal.

She ranks sixth in the nation in points per game (2.4) and goals per game (1.1), and currently leads the ACC in shots (64), shots per game (6.40) and game-winning goals (4). Steinbruch is also second in the league in points, points per game and goals per game.

A two-time New Jersey Player of the Year as a prep at Ramapo High School, she also played for the U.S. U-20 National Team in the spring.

Steinbruch and the Hurricanes hit the road for a pair of ACC contests this week. They head to Blacksburg to face Virginia Tech (4-4-1, 0-2 ACC) on Thurs., Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. and then cross the state to Charlottesville, to take on No. 4 Virginia (7-1-2, 1-0-1 ACC) on Sun., Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. Thursday’s match with the Hokies also will be webcast on ACCSelect.com.