GNAC Field Hockey Report: Week 9
SJC's Emma Rutledge have five goals and two assists for 12 points for the Monks, who earned a GNAC Tournament victory as the No. 3 seed on Saturday.
( FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 25 - 31 )
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK Emma Rutledge, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Senior, F - Alfred, Maine) - Rutledge scored five goals and added a pair of assists for 12 total points in two wins last week. The senior forward notched three goals and two assists for eight points against University of Saint Joseph on Wednesday and scored two goals, including the 50th of her career, in a GNAC quarterfinal win over Lasell on Saturday. |
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GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK Hannah Tobey, Anna Maria (Jr., GK - Falmouth, Mass.) - Tobey played the game of her career on Saturday in the GNAC Tournament Quarterfinals, stopping the first eleven shots-on-goal from top-seeded Colby-Sawyer and carrying the AMCATS into double-overtime. Tobey posted a .917 save percentage for the contest. |
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ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Courtney Larson, Colby-Sawyer (Fr, F - Auburn, Maine) - Larson had a productive week in a pair of crucial wins for the Chargers. Against Lasell she tallied the games first goal her 11th of the year. In the GNAC Quarterfinal Larson dished out the assist to Aoife Daly who scored the game-winner. |
HONOR ROLL
Aoife Daly, Colby-Sawyer (Jr, F - Harwich, Mass.) - Daly's overtime game-winner propelled the Chargers into the semi-finals of the GNAC. Daly had 15 shots on goal this week.
Lauren Wilkinson, Colby-Sawyer (Jr, GK - Lynn, Mass.) - Wilkinson continues to be a brick wall in front of the Chargers cage picking up two big wins. First she made seven saves in a win at Lasell to clinch the #1 seed in the GNAC. Next she had a four save overtime shutout win over Anna Maria College to move Colby-Sawyer into the Semi-Finals.
Jillian Miele, Johnson & Wales (RI) (Sr., F - Wilmington, Mass.) - Miele scored five goals in three contest this week, with a hat-trick in an 11-0 victory over Albertus Magnus on Monday. She added two goals in a victory over Regis (Mass.) on Wednesday, before assisting on the game winning goal for Johnson & Wales in the GNAC quarterfinals on Saturday. Miele finished with a .607 shot on goal percentage, taking 28 attempts, scoring one game winner, and tallying 11 points.
Sydney Gonyea, Simmons (First Year, A - Lebanon, N.H.) - Gonyea registered her third hat-trick of the season and fifth multi-goal game of the season in a convincing 14-1 victory over Albertus Magnus College on Thursday afternoon.
| 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 |
| 4 | Allyson Shaw, ANM | Emma Sheehan, SIM | Anna Tedeschi, SIM |
| 5 | Aoife Daly, CSC (3) | Nora Newman, ELMS | Courtney Larson, CSC |
| 6 | Sheridan Blaha, LAS | Nora Newman, ELMS (2) | Makenzie Dinger, USJ |
| 7 | Emma Rutledge, SJC | Emma Sheehan, SIM (2) | Sydney Gonyea, SIM (2) |
| 8 | Carissa Ramirez, ELMS | Emma Sheehan, SIM (3) | Emilia Elko, SIM |
| 9 | Emma Rutledge, SJC (2) | Hannah Tobey, ANM | Courtney Larson, CSC (2) |
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