Acosta Named DAC Player of Week

Dallas College Richland's Emily Acosta has been named the Dallas Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Week.

It is the first league weekly award of the season.

Acosta, a sophomore forward from Rockwall, Texas, scored two goals, and had two assists in the No. 9-ranked Thunderducks' 7-1 win over Northeast Texas Community College in the season opener Friday. She scored the game's first goal eight minutes into the match, and then assisted on Linzy Villa's goal a minute later. Acosta scored again on an assist from Valeria Blanco in the 72^nd minute. Acosta drew her second assist on Savannah David's goal in the 79^th minute.

Richland (1-0-0) will host Louisiana State University Eunice (1-1-0) at 7 p.m. Thursday.