Clayton State’s Sayon earns PBC Offensive Player of the Week for women’s soccer
Freshman forward scored five goals for the week, including hat trick against North Georgia

MORROW, Ga. – October 6, 2009 – The Peach Belt Conference released its weekly top players for women’s soccer on Tuesday, and for the first time this season, the Clayton State Lakers were included in the honors.

Clayton State’s Cherie Sayon was selected as the Offensive Player of the Week by the Peach Belt Conference. The freshman forward from Monrovia, Liberia is the first Laker to earn a weekly PBC honor for women’s soccer in more than a season.

Sayon sparked the Lakers last week with five goals in two games as Clayton State snapped a five-game losing skid. She recorded her first career hat trick on Wednesday as the Lakers won a thrilling come-from-behind 3-2 victory over North Georgia. Sayon followed that with two goals on Saturday in Clayton State’s 2-2 overtime deadlock against UNC Pembroke.

For the season, Sayon is ranked second in the Peach Belt Conference in both goals scored (12) and points (25), behind Armstrong Atlantic’s Kristin Burton.

Clayton State plays host to Montevallo in a key PBC showdown on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Laker Field.