Lu, Johnson selected as first Sabres of the Month

FOND DU LAC - Junior Yinan Lu of Marian University women's golf and sophomore Brayden Johnson of Marian University men's soccer have been named the Sabres of the Month for September.

Brayden Johnson • Sophomore • Men's Soccer

Johnson (Belvidere, Ill.) paced the Sabre offense to earn Sabre of the Month honors.  Marina went 4-4-1 on the month with Johnson scoring six goals with two assists for 14 total points.  He had the first brace of his career against St. Scholastica and finished the month with his first hat trick against Rockford.  Johnson was recently named the NACC Offensive Player of the Week after leading Marian past Lakeland and Rockford.

Yinan Lu • Junior • Women's Golf

Lu (Qindao, China) continued to cement herself as one of the top women's golfers in program history with a dominating September.  In her 10 rounds over six events for the month, she finished inside the top 10 five times with three medalist honors and a stroke average of 76.7.  Lu finished below 80 strokes seven times including a single-round record 72 to close out the Ives Grove Firebird Classic.  She earned a NACC Player of the Week award after earning medalist honors at the Marian Invite and Benedictine Fall Invite.

Marian women's golf gears up for the NACC Championship Oct. 4-6, while the Sabre men's soccer team heads to MSOE later tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 1, for a 7 p.m. kick-off.