MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After helping the Mountaineers earn a come-from-behind win over Houston last week, senior forward Taylor White and freshman midfielder Ava Arnold of the West Virginia University women's soccer team collected a pair of Big 12 Conference weekly awards, as announced by the league on Wednesday.
 
White was tabbed the Co-Offensive Player of the Week, while Arnold was named the Co-Freshman of the Week. The honors mark the first for both student-athletes this season, while White's is the second of her Mountaineer career. White becomes WVU's first offensive player of the week since she earned the award last year on Oct. 28, while Arnold was tabbed the first freshman of the week for West Virginia since Lilly McCarthy on April 5, 2021.
 
Additionally, the awards push WVU's total number of conference weekly awards to five this season.
 
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, White tallied a brace to help WVU earn a come-from-behind, 3-2 win over Houston on Oct. 10. The brace marked her second of the season and fourth of her career. She scored both goals in the final 10 minutes of the match to help seal the victory. After the Mountaineers went down 2-1 in the 80th minute, White put the team on her shoulders and responded to UH's score just 30 seconds later. Following the equalizer, she tallied the go-ahead, game winner in the 83rd minute.
 
White leads the team with eight goals, seven assists and 23 points this season. She ranks No. 5 in the Big 12 in total goals and goals per game (0.62).
 
Arnold hails from Littleton, Colorado, and tallied a pair of assists in the win over Houston last week. Both of her assists came on WVU's equalizers, first at 1-1 and then again at 2-2 before the Mountaineers took a 3-2 lead with just six minutes remaining in the match. The performance marked the first multi-assist game of her career. Arnold is now tied for second on the team with three assists this season.
 
Up next, WVU heads back on the road for its final road games of the regular season with a swing through the Sunflower State. The road trip begins at Kansas on Thursday, Oct. 16. Kickoff at the Jayhawks' Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
 
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