Tottenham duo nominated for end of season awards after shining in difficult campaign

It might have been a difficult season for Tottenham Hotspur Women but that has not prevented Ella Morris and Molly Bartrip from shining in different ways and being nominated for Women's Super League awards.

Young defender Morris has been named among the nominees for the Rising Star award having starred since her return from a medial collateral ligament injury in February, while centre-back Bartrip has been shortlisted for Player Champion of Change award thanks to her work in mental health awareness.

Morris, 22 and an England youth international, has been an ever-present for in recent months and netted her first goal for the club last month in the WSL game against Aston Villa. The defender's impressive displays in her maiden campaign for saw her walk away with the Junior Supporters’ Player of the Season award.

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For the Rising Star away, Morris will be up against Brighton & Hove Albion duo Kiko Seike and Michelle Agyemang, Chelsea’s Aggie Beever-Jones, Manchester United’s Grace Clinton who spent last season on loan at Spurs, Liverpool’s Olivia Smith and West Ham United’s Shekiera Martinez.

Bartrip’s nomination in the Player Champion of Change category places her alongside Crystal Palace’s Fliss Gibbons, West Ham United’s Katrina Gorry, Southampton’s Megan Collett, Manchester United’s Phallon Tullis-Joyce and Leicester City’s Sophie Howard.

The winner of the two awards will be announced on Sunday May 11 at the inaugural Women’s Professional Game Awards Ceremony.

fell to a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday as the team's poor results in the WSL continued.

Goalkeeper Lize Kop was in fine form despite the loss, making a string of top saves, and she believed it was another game from which Tottenham did not get the rewards their efforts deserved.

"It’s disappointing to not get a point out of this game," she said. “We played really well, but it was frustrating to concede a goal from a penalty. We did well in possession, we found ways to break the press, and I think that was really good. There were still moments we could have done better, of course, and that’s still frustrating.

"It was good that we learnt from the last game as well, like we knew they were strong at corners, so I thought we did well in those moments. It means a lot that we’re still improving and working on moments where we need to be better, so that’s a positive to take out of this game. We played so much better, especially against a team like Chelsea, it’s really good and we can take that into Everton."

Asked about her own display, she added: "I always try to focus on my task and there are always little things, of course you want to make the saves, support the team in these moments, because it’s only 1-0 and you only need to score one goal to get a draw. Those moments were important, but the whole team worked so hard."