Athlone Town's Roisin Molloy scoops player of the month award

Athlone Town's Roisin Molloy has capped off a memorable SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division season by winning the player of the month award for October.

The Sligo native featured in all 20 games as she helped the midlanders claim their first league title to follow on from success in the President’s Cup - and the Sports Direct FAI Cup final still to come on Sunday

Molloy finishes the season second in key passes (16), third in progressive runs (60), fourth in expected assists (4.35), seventh in shots on goal (43) and 11th in crosses (48).

The 22-year-old contributed five league goals but it was her overall play across the midfield and forward positions that made her stand out by creating space, linking defence with attack and consistently producing noteworthy performances.

Molloy becomes the third Athlone player to win this monthly prize this season following on from Casey Howe (April) and Madison Gibson (September), while clubmate Jesi Rossman was also nominated this month.

The voting favoured Molloy over Treaty United forward Danielle Steer – who finished the season with eight goals and Shelbourne’s Maggie Pierce.

Watch Athlone Town v Shelbourne in the Women's FAI Cup on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player from 2.15pm on Sunday. Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1.