Douglas College’s Marni McMillan was the PacWest woman’s athlete of the week (for week 5), it was announced Oct. 8.
The midfielder earned the nod for her play with the Douglas College Royals women’s soccer team in their two-game contest with the Langara Falcons starting Oct. 4.
he Royals ended tied 1-1 in the first game and pulled out a 3-0 win in the second game.
McMillian was a force to be reckoned with in both matchups. She scored the only Royals’ goal of the first game and assisted on a decisive goal in the Sunday game.
She is a third-year psychology student at Douglas and hopes to be a counsellor or teacher in the public school system after she graduates.
McMillan’s Royals won 1–0 against Kwantlen Polytechnic University on Oct. 11, but then the Royals lost 1-0 to Squamish’s Quest University on Oct. 12.
The Royals are in second place in the PacWest standings at 8-1-4 on the season. Douglas next takes on Vancouver Island University on Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. at Nanaimo Turf Fields.
