Former Merritt Island Mustang Jordan Tomberlin Earns Defensive Player of the Week Honors
By Space Coast Daily // September 13, 2022
Graduated from Merritt Island High in 2019
BREVARD COUNTY • MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA – Former Merritt Island Musang Jordan Tomberlin drew recognition from the USA South Conference office on Monday, September 12, after leading Salem soccer to a pair of wins last week.
Tomberlin, who was named as the league’s Defensive Player of the Week, capped off the week with a 2-1 mark and logged 208 minutes in net. She tallied 15 saves and combined for shutouts of Sweet Briar (8-0) and Johnson & Wales (3-0) along the way.
Tomberlin began her week with two saves in the victory over Sweet Briar on September 6.
Two days later, in a non-conference road clash with Averett, Tomberlin recorded a pair of saves in a 2-1 setback to the Cougars. One of the goals in that match came as a result of an own goal, due to an errant pass.
Tomberlin concluded her three-match week with a 3-0 triumph over Johnson & Wales, making 11 saves along the way.
The 11-save performance against Johnson & Wales marked the second-most in Tomberlin’s collegiate career, three off the mark she established versus Greensboro on September 28, 2021.
With Tomberlin in the net, Salem has now equaled the 2009, 2014, and 2016 squads with three shutouts in the first four matches.
The Merritt Island, Florida, native also becomes the first player since Sydney Priest to win multiple Defensive Player of the Week honors in a career.
The priest did it twice in 2016, on both September 16th and October 10th. Tomberlin earned her first Defensive Player of the Week honor on October 11, 2021.
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