GNAC Field Hockey Report: Week 3
JWU's Jillian Miele became the Wildcats program all-time scoring leader after a 13-point week, collecting GNAC Player of the Week.
( FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 13 - 19 )
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK Jillian Miele, Johnson & Wales (RI) (Sr., F - Wilmington, Mass.) - Over two contests this week, Miele scored six goals while adding one assist for 13 points, including nine points in GNAC play, to become the all-time scoring leader for Johnson & Wales. Against New England College, she had two goals with three shots on goal before registering four goals and one assist in a 10-0 road league victory over Dean. |
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GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK Kassidy Collins, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Freshman, GK - Gardiner, Maine) - Collins posted a 2-0 record with a 1.00 GAA and a .714 SV% last week. The freshman netminder made four saves in a shutout victory over Anna Maria College on Saturday. |
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ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Lisa Ortiz, Lasell (So., M - Lincoln, R.I.) - Ortiz scored a pair of goals in Lasell's 1-1 week. She tallied Lasell's first goal in a 4-2 setback last Tuesday at Salve Regina, tying the game at 1-1 in the first quarter, before notching Lasell's third goal on Saturday in a 4-1 GNAC victory over Rivier. |
HONOR ROLL
Lauren Wilkinson, Colby-Sawyer (Jr, GK - Lynn, Mass.) - Wilkinson , the reigning two-time GNAC Goalkeeper of the Week, made nine saves for a .692 save percentage in a 4-2 setback at New England College.
Carissa Ramirez, Elms (Grad, F/M) - Ramirez totaled three goals and an assist for seven points in a 1-1 week, with all of that coming in a 6-1 win at Regis.
Sage Dodier, Lasell (Jr., D - Amesbury, Mass.) - Dodier scored two goals Saturday in Lasell's 4-1 GNAC victory over Rivier. Her first goal tied the game at 1-1 in the first quarter before she added an insurance goal in the fourth quarter.
| WEEK | PLAYER | GOALKEEPER |
ROOKIE |
| 1 | Aoife Daly, CSC | Lauren Wilkinson, CSC | Sydney Gonyea, SIM |
| 2 | Aoife Daly, CSC (2) | Lauren Wilkinson, CSC (2) | Courtney Tello, LAS |
| 3 | Jillian Miele, JWU | Kassidy Collins, SJC | Lisa Ortiz, LAS |
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