BOSTON, Mass. (October 19, 2026) – Emerson College junior goalkeeper Hailey Forman has earned New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Defensive Player of the Week honors for women's soccer, presented by SKYBOKX 109, the NEWMAC office announced today.
Forman earns the weekly award for the first time this season and second of her career after she averaged 4.0 saves per match in recording back-to-back clean sheets to lead Emerson to a pair of NEWMAC road wins. She posted a sterling 0.00 goals against average over 180-minutes and stopped all eight shots on goal she faced in the 2-0 week. Forman made two saves in Wednesday's 4-0 shutout win at Smith College and then added six saves to preserve her sixth shutout of the season (11th career) with Saturday's 2-0 win at Mount Holyoke College.
Forman earns NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Week accolades for the second time in her career (PHOTO BY Jacob Goldberg, '28) |
Forman has spearheaded Emerson's current three-match winning streak with three-straight shutouts to build a scoreless minute streak of over 292-minutes since last conceding a goal against Salve Regina University on September 28. She has started ten of 11 matches played for the Lions this fall and leads the NEWMAC with her six shutouts (25th nationally), while ranking fifth with a 1.07 goals against average and seventh with a .804 save percentage and 3.73 saves per match, having played 844:30 in goal.
Forman has started 28 of her 31 matches played over her career at Emerson, posting a 1.26 goals against average and .787 save percentage with 129 saves (4.2 per match) and 11 shutouts in 2,503:22. She has been named to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team for her efforts on the classroom.
Emerson (6-6-2, 4-3-0 NEWMAC) returns to action on Wednesday when it opens a two match homestand this week by hosting Worcester Polytechnic Institute for a NEWMAC matchup at Rotch Field at 6 p.m. The Lions host Springfield College for its Alumnae Game and Senior Day at Rotch Field on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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