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Patriot League Announces Weekly Awards

Nov. 2, 2015

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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The Patriot League announced its weekly awards for Oct. 26-Nov. 1 in men and women's soccer, field hockey, volleyball and men and women's swimming and diving on Monday.

Corvias Patriot League Men's Soccer Weekly Awards

CORVIAS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
FELIX De BONA, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Jr., F, Somerville, Mass.
De Bona scored all three goals for the Terriers in a 1-0-1 week in Patriot League action. He had both of his team's tallies in a 2-1 win over Holy Cross on Wednesday for his first career two-goal game, with the game-winner coming in the 29th minute. He earned the Turnpike Trophy MVP honor for his performance against the Crusaders. De Bona then scored on a header off a cross against Army West Point in the 26th minute on Saturday as the Terriers took the lead in a contest that ended up in a 1-1 tie.

CORVIAS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
KARL BROWN, COLGATE So., D, Silver Spring, Md.
Brown came through on both ends of the field as Colgate posted a pair of victories last week and moved into first place in the Patriot League. He scored the game-winner on a header in the 74th minute against Army West Point on Wednesday as the Raiders completed a comeback for a 2-1 win. Brown then helped the Raiders post their fifth shutout of the season in a 1-0 victory over Loyola Maryland on Saturday as the team held the Greyhounds to three shots on goal and two corner kicks in the contest.

CORVIAS GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK
DYLAN HOBERT, AMERICAN Sr., GK, Carrollton, Ga.
Hobert made a combined 11 saves in two shutouts for the Eagles as American clinched a berth in the Patriot League Tournament. He made five saves in a 3-0 win over Navy on Wednesday, then totaled six saves as the Eagles posted a 1-0 double-overtime victory at Holy Cross on Sunday. Hobert has set the school's single-season record at 760 minutes without conceding a goal, and now has 10 shutouts this year.

CORVIAS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
MARK FORREST, LEHIGH Fr., M, Douglassville, Pa.
Forrest scored both of his team's goals as Lehigh posted a 2-0 shutout against rival Lafayette on Thursday. He tallied in the 32nd and 66th minutes as the Mountain Hawks beat the Leopards for the first time in five years. The victory also secured Lehigh's second-straight 10-win season.

HONORABLE MENTION

TYLER FORBES, COLGATE Sr., F, Manilus, N.Y.
Forbes scored in both of Colgate's victories, with an assist in the 2-1 win over Army West Point and the lone goal in a 1-0 shutout of Loyola.

DALE LUDWIG, AMERICAN Jr., M, Palmyra, Va.
Ludwig scored the game-winner in the second overtime as American topped Holy Cross 1-0 on Sunday.

JESSE KLUG, BUCKNELL Sr., F, Sammamish, Wash.
Klug totaled four assists in a pair of games for the Bison, including three in a 5-0 win over Loyola on Wednesday.

CLARKE FOX, BUCKNELL Sr., GK, Berwyn, Pa.
Fox made three saves in a 5-0 shutout of Loyola and eight in a 1-1 draw with Lehigh.

JOE BOGAN, LEHIGH So., GK, Germantown, Md.
Bogan had five saves in Lehigh's 2-0 shutout of Lafayette, and three in a 1-1 tie against Bucknell.

JAKE GARCIA, AMERICAN Jr., D, Monrovia, Md.
Garcia played in all 197 minutes of two games for the Eagles last week as American posted a pair of shutout wins in Patriot League action.

Corvias Patriot League Women's Soccer Weekly Awards

CORVIAS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
KELLY DONOVAN, AMERICAN Sr., M, Gloucester, Mass.
Donovan scored the only goal of the game in the 27th minute as American got past Lehigh 1-0 on Friday and clinched the final berth in the Patriot League Tournament. The game-winner came off a rebound and marked her third goal of the season.

CORVIAS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
MEGAN GREINEDER, HOLY CROSS Sr., M, East Greenwich, R.I.
Greineder scored a goal and helped the Holy Cross defense post a shutout as the Crusaders concluded their season with a 2-0 win at Loyola on Saturday. She scored on a penalty kick in the eighth minute and led her team's effort in allowing the Greyhounds only seven shots overall and three on goal.

CORVIAS GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK
ALYSSA PARISI, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Sr., GK, Camarillo, Calif.
Parisi stopped all four shots she faced as the Terriers completed an unbeaten Patriot League campaign with a 1-0 shutout of Navy on Saturday. She has not allowed a goal in her last 475 minutes in net and completed the League schedule with seven shutouts in nine games, including the last five of the year. Parisi is on an 11-game unbeaten streak and six-game shutout streak overall. She heads into the Patriot League Tournament with a 0.70 goals against average overall and finished with a 0.23 mark in League action.

CORVIAS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
MADDIE DANO, BUCKNELL Fr., D, Mission Viejo, Calif.
Dano played a key role in Bucknell's 1-0 shutout win over Army West Point on Saturday as she played in a career-high 64 minutes. The Bison posted their fifth straight shutout and 10th overall this season as they held Army West Point to four shots on goal in the game.

HONORABLE MENTION

CLARE PLEULER, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Sr., M, Gloucester, Mass.
Pleuler scored the lone goal as Boston University finished unbeaten in the Patriot League with a 1-0 win at Navy on Saturday.

MADISON LOOS, BUCKNELL Sr., M, Centennial, Colo.
Loos tallied her third goal of the season to lift Bucknell to a 1-0 win over Army West Point on Saturday.

EMILY GEORGE, HOLY CROSS So., M, East Montpelier, Vt.
George tallied a late insurance goal as Holy Cross posted a 2-0 shutout over Loyola on Saturday.

McKENZIE HOLLENBAUGH, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Sr., D, Glastonbury, Conn.
Hollenbaugh helped the Terriers post another shutout as she led the defense in the 1-0 win at Navy.

CHARLENE BELANGER, AMERICAN Sr., GK, Alexandria, Va.
Belanger stopped all three shots she faced to lead American to a 1-0 shutout of Lehigh on Friday.

JESSICA RATNER, BUCKNELL Jr., GK, Langhorne, Pa.
Ratner earned her 10th shutout of the season with three saves in a 1-0 win over Army West Point on Saturday.

Corvias Patriot League Field Hockey Weekly Awards

CORVIAS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
TERESA CAROTENUTO, LEHIGH Fr., F, Macungie, Pa.
Carotenuto scored both of her team's goals as Lehigh concluded Patriot League play with a 2-1 victory at Holy Cross on Saturday. The goals came in the 23rd and 32nd minutes as Lehigh built a 2-0 lead and went on to the win. Carotenuto finishes the season with 11 goals, tied for second in the Patriot League.

CORVIAS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ALIZA FURNEAUX, LAFAYETTE Jr., D, Factoryville, Pa.
Furneaux played a key role for a Lafayette defense that helped the squad to a pair of 1-0 wins at home over the weekend. The Leopards locked up the No. 3 seed in the Patriot League Tournament by beating Colgate on Saturday, then completed the regular season with a win over Yale on Sunday. The team posted consecutive shutouts for the first time since 2012, and allowed only five shots on goal in the two games.

CORVIAS GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK
KATELYN ARNOLD, LAFAYETTE Jr., GK, Coopersburg, Pa.
Arnold made a combined five saves to lead the Leopards to a pair of 1-0 shutouts at home over the weekend. She made two stops in the win over Colgate on Saturday that gave Lafayette the No. 3 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, and saved all three shots she faced in a victory against Yale on Sunday. Four of her five saves came in the second half, and Arnold recorded her second and third shutouts of the year.

CORVIAS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
EMILY LOPRETE, HOLY CROSS Fr., F, Watertown, Mass.
Loprete scored a goal in each game for the Crusaders last week as Holy Cross split a pair of contests at home. She tied the score in the seventh minute against Dartmouth on Wednesday as the Crusaders went on to win 3-2, and scored the team's lone goal early in the second half of a 2-1 loss against Lehigh on Saturday. Loprete finished her freshman season tied for fourth in the Patriot League with 10 goals.

HONORABLE MENTION

SOFI LAURITO, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Sr., M, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Laurito scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Terriers to a 3-2 win at Harvard on Wednesday, and tallied an assist in a 4-2 loss to No. 5 Wake Forest on Sunday.

ELLEN COLBOURNE, LAFAYETTE So., M, New Westminster, B.C.
Colbourne scored 27 seconds into the contest against Colgate and it stood up as Lafayette won 1-0 on Saturday.

NATALIE MARSH, AMERICAN Jr., M, Trappe, Pa.
Marsh scored the game-winner for the Eagles in a 3-1 win over Bucknell on Saturday.

KATE McBEATH, AMERICAN Sr., GK, Barhamsville, Va.
McBeath made six saves to lead the Eagles to the 3-1 win over Bucknell.

MAUREEN CONNOLLY, HOLY CROSS So., F, New Canaan, Conn.
Connolly had a goal and an assist as Holy Cross split a pair of games last week.

Molten Patriot League Volleyball Weekly Awards

MOLTEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ALLISON CAPPELLINO, AMERICAN Sr., OH, Penfield, N.Y.
Cappellino had double-doubles in three Patriot League wins for the Eagles last week as American extended its lead in the League standings by moving to 13-0 for the season. She opened the week with 13 kills and 12 digs in a 3-1 win over Navy on Tuesday, then put up 10 kills and 14 digs in a 3-0 sweep of Holy Cross and 15 kills and 12 digs in a 3-1 win over Army West Point in weekend action. The win over the Black Knights gave the Eagles a two-game lead in the loss column in the League standings. Cappellino averaged 3.45 kills and the same number of digs per set in the three wins, and now has eight double-doubles for the season.

MOLTEN ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
EMILY DEVELLE, LEHIGH Fr., L, Pasadena, Calif.
Develle helped Lehigh clinch a Patriot League Tournament berth as she totaled 30 digs in wins against Colgate and Bucknell over the weekend. She tallied 18 digs in a 3-1 victory over the Raiders on Friday, and put up 12 digs in a 3-0 sweep of the Bison on Saturday. Develle also notched two assists and two aces in each of the victories as Lehigh's starter at libero.

HONORABLE MENTION

VANESSA WESLEY, ARMY WEST POINT So., RH/MB, Phoenix, Ariz.
Wesley had a school-record .917 hitting percentage in a 3-0 sweep of Loyola on Friday, and tallied 11 kills in both matches for the Black Knights over the weekend.

MANDY SIFFERLEN, HOLY CROSS Jr., OH, Sudbury, Mass.
Sifferlen posted double-doubles in both matches for the Crusaders, who lost to American and knocked off Loyola over the weekend.

STEPHANIE SLATER, LEHIGH Sr., RS, McDonald, Pa.
Slater hit .408 in two wins for the Mountain Hawks over the weekend, with double-digit kills against both Colgate and Bucknell.

Corvias Patriot League Swimming & Diving Weekly Awards

CORVIAS MALE SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
BEN CONO, LOYOLA MARYLAND So., Smithtown, N.Y.
Cono posted an NCAA 'B' standard while winning the 100 breast (55.35) in Loyola's tri-meet with Boston College and Johns Hopkins. His time broke the school record which had held since 2011, leads the Patriot League this season and is among the top-25 nationally. He remained undefeated in both the 100 breast and 200 breast (2:02.40), came in third in the 200 IM (1:57.70) and helped his team place second in the 400 medley relay (3:27.34).

CORVIAS FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
KAITLYN RUFFING, LEHIGH Jr., Murrysville, Pa.
Ruffing led Lehigh to a dual meet victory against Colgate by finishing in first place in each of her three events. She touched the wall first in the 50 free (23.69) and 100 free (51.20) while helping Lehigh to a victory in the 400 medley relay (3:56.58), where she swam the final leg.

CORVIAS MALE DIVER OF THE WEEK
No nominations

CORVIAS FEMALE DIVER OF THE WEEK
CASEY SHERMAN, HOLY CROSS Fr., Littleton, Mass.
Sherman won both the one-meter and three-meter dives for the Crusaders in a dual matchup with Fairfield. She scored 247.72 to take first place on the one-meter, and 245.77 in her first-place effort on the three-meter.

HONORABLE MENTION

JACOB MOYAR, LEHIGH Jr., Centreville, Va.
Moyar posted victories in the 200 free (1:42.06), 200 IM (1:56.03) and 200 butterfly (1:53.77) as Lehigh picked up wins against both Colgate and NJIT in a tri-meet on Saturday.

JULIAN WAINER, AMERICAN Fr., Bethesda, Md.
Wainer won the 200 IM (2:03.53), 500 free (4:56.98) and 1,000 free (10:09.10) in American's victory over Howard.

PARIS WOOD, AMERICAN Sr., Walnut Creek, Calif.
Wood came in first place in the 200 free (1:55.69) and 100 back (57.95) and was part of the winning team in the 200 free relay (1:39.64) in American's meet with Howard and Mount St. Mary's.

TYLER WRIGHT, HOLY CROSS Sr., Waterboro, Maine
Wright won the 100 back (55.17) and 100 butterfly (53.60) and was on the winning 400 medley relay (3:40.47) squad in Holy Cross' win over Fairfield.

LINDSEY STASZEWSKI, LOYOLA MARYLAND Fr., South Bend, Ind.
Staszewski won the one-meter (241.80) and three-meter (242.76) dives in a tri-meet with Boston College and Johns Hopkins.