Bentley's Boyd NE-10 Player of the Week

Scores game-winning goals against Assumption, Pace

September 9, 2008

Cheryl Boyd

Bentley junior Cheryl Boyd leads the Falcons with two goals through four games. (Bentley Athletics)

Bentley College junior forward and Holliston, Mass., native Cheryl Boyd has been named the Northeast-10 women's soccer player of the week.

Boyd helped the Falcons to wins over Assumption and Post last week, scoring game-winning goals in both contests. The women’s soccer team is 2-2 on the season and has won two straight games.

Boyd, who led the Falcons in goals last season with seven, has already gotten off to a fast start with two goals in four games to lead the team. In last Wednesday’s home-opener against the Greyhounds, she scored the game-winning goal three minutes into the second overtime to give the Falcons a 1-0 win.

Saturday against Pace, Boyd’s goal with just under seven minutes remaining broke a 1-1 tie and provided the winning margin for the Falcons.

A NE-10 All-Conference third team and NE-10 All-Academic second team selection a year ago, Boyd is a Player of the Week for the first time in her career.

The Falcons return to the pitch this Wednesday at New York Tech for a 4:30 p.m. kick-off.