CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Lehigh senior forward Marissa Glatt earned her first Corvias Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week after a seven-point weekend to lead the Mountain Hawks to a pair of victories. Boston University junior midfielder was the Corvias Defensive Player of the Week after scoring a crucial goal and helping hold Bucknell to just three shots in a 2-1 victory. Holy Cross’s freshman Marcia LaPlante was named the Corvias Goalkeeper of the Week after shutting out Lafayette, while American’s Kathryn Roncoroni scored a pair of goals last week to earn Rookie of the Week honors.
 
LAST WEEK IN THE PATRIOT LEAGUE
No. 14 Boston University improved to 2-1 in League play with a 2-1 win over Bucknell on Saturday. Senior forward Amanda Cassera and junior defender Allie Renzi each had goals each scored goals and senior goalkeeper Cammy Jensen made one stop in the victory. Bucknell sophomore Nicole Rupnik scored the lone goal for the Bison.
 
No. 20 American split two games last week, falling to Liberty 2-1, before defeating Michigan State, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles remain undefeated in League play, as they prepare to host Lafayette on Saturday.
 
Lehigh has been the hottest team in the Patriot League winning its last four games, including a pair of shutout wins over the weekend against Colgate and Towson. The Mountain Hawks 6-0 win over Colgate tied the program’s record for most goals scored against a Patriot League opponent and was their first shutout win over the Raiders during the Patriot League era. Their consecutive League shutouts over Holy Cross and Colgate is the first time in program history that Lehigh has posted back-to-back shutout wins over League opponents.  Senior forward Marissa Glatt led a balanced Mountain Hawk offense with three goals and one assist during the two-game weekend.
 
Holy Cross improved to 2-2 in League play, handing Lafayette its first League loss in a 2-0 victory on Saturday. Patriot League points leader Maureen Connolly scored the eventual game winner for the Crusaders. Lafayette also fell to No. 19 Albany, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon.
 
PATRIOT LEAGUE LEADERS: Connolly leads the League in points (24) and goals (10), with American’s Natalie Konerth (19 points, 9 goals) and Leah DiGiandomenico (17 points, 7 goals) second and third, respectively. AU’s Jess Davis and Boston University’s Taylor Blood are tied for the League lead with five assists. The Terriers’ Cammy Jensen leads the Patriot League with a 1.50 goals against average, while Holy Cross’s Marcia LaPlante holds a League-best .769 save percentage.
 
THREE LEAGUE TEAMS IN NCAA RPI TOP 30: Boston University is No. 17 in the NCAA Field Hockey RPI, released on Tuesday morning. American is No. 22, while Bucknell checks in at No. 26 to give the Patriot League three teams in the top 30.
 
BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND AMERICAN RANKED IN NFHCA TOP 20
The Terriers move up one spot from No. 15 to No. 14 after a victory over Bucknell last week, while American remains at No. 20 after the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) released its poll on Tuesday morning.
 
 
2016 Patriot League Standings
10.11.16                            
                            CONF     OVERALL
American             3-0         8-4
Boston                 2-1         8-4
Lafayette             2-1         7-5
Holy Cross           2-2         6-5
Lehigh                  2-2         5-8
Bucknell               1-2         5-7
Colgate                0-4         1-12
 
Thursday, October 6
Liberty 2 at No. 20 American 1
 
Saturday, October 8
No. 15 Boston 2 at Bucknell 1
At Lehigh 6, Colgate 0
At Holy Cross 2, Lafayette 0
 
Sunday, October 9
At No. 20 American 3, Michigan State 2
At Lehigh 5, Towson 0
At No. 19 Albany 4, Lafayette 0
At Bucknell 1, Yale 0
 
Corvias Patriot League Field Hockey Weekly Awards
Corvias Offensive Player of the Week
Marissa Glatt, Lehigh, Sr., F, Doylestown, Pa.
Glatt led all Patriot League scorers this week with seven points, including one goal and one assist in the Mountain Hawks 6-0 win over Colgate on Saturday and two goals, including the game winner against Towson on Sunday.
 
Corvias Defensive Player of the Week
Allie Renzi, Boston University, Jr., M, Acton, Mass.
Renzi’s second half goal proved to be the difference in a 2-1 victory over Bucknell on Saturday. She also led a Terriers’ defense that held the Bison to just three shots on the afternoon, helping to move to 2-1 in League play.
 
Corvias Goalkeeper Player of the Week
Marcia LaPlante, Holy Cross, Fr., GK, Waasis, New Brunswick, Canada
LaPlante made five saves in a shutout victory over Lafayette on Saturday. It was the first career shutout for LaPlante and the program’s first shutout win over a Patriot League opponent since 2007. LaPlante advances to 5-3 on the season.
 
Corvias Rookie Player of the Week
Kathryn Roncoroni, American, Fr., F, Lebanon Twp., N.J.
Roncoroni had one goal in each of the Eagles two games last week, scoring once in a 2-1 overtime loss to Liberty on Thursday, before scoring a goal in a 3-2 victory over Michigan State on Sunday. The freshman is fifth on American in scoring with four goals and two assists (10 points), one of five players to have double-digit points through 12 games.
 
Honorable Mention
Kassidy Green, Lehigh, Sr., M, Emmaus, Pa.
Green led a Lehigh defense that allowed just nine shots over two games in a pair of shutout victories over Colgate and Towson. Green and the Mountain Hawks allowed just three shots by Colgate after halftime on Saturday, before holding Towson without a shot in Sunday’s match. Green also had an assist in the victory over the Tigers.
 
Amanda Cassera, Boston University, Sr., F, Fairfield, N.J.
Cassera scored the game-winning goal in Boston University’s 2-1 victory over Bucknell on Saturday. She is tied for fourth in the Patriot League with 14 points (6 goals, 2 assists).
 
Maureen Connolly, Holy Cross, Jr., F, New Canaan, Conn.
Connolly scored the eventual game winning goal in a 2-0 victory over Lafayette on Saturday afternoon.
 
Estelle Palandjian, Bucknell, Sr., M, Belmont, Mass.
Palandjian scored Bucknell’s lone goal two minutes into the second half in an eventual 1-0 victory over Yale on Sunday afternoon.
 
Paige Innarella, Lehigh, Fr., GK, Fairfield, N.J.
Innarella had a pair of shutouts in Lehigh’s 2-0 weekend, making four saves in the process. All four of Innarella’s saves came on a 6-0 win over Colgate on Saturday. The Lehigh defense held Towson without a shot in Sunday’s 6-0 win.
 
10.4.16
Offensive: Rafaela Rubas, So., American
Defensive: Laura Yuh, Jr., Lehigh
Goalkeeper: Maura Jacobs, So., American
Rookie: No nominations
 
9.27.16
Offensive: Emily Loprete, So., Holy Cross
Defensive: Lisa van der Geest, Fr., Lafayette
Goalkeeper: Katelyn Arnold, Sr., Lafayette
Rookie: Marcia LaPlante, Fr., Holy Cross
 
9.20.16
Offensive: Natalie Konerth, Sr., American
Defensive: Ally Hammel, So. Boston University
Goalkeeper: Paige Innarella, Fr., Lehigh
Rookie: Rosa Jonckheer, Fr., Lafayette
 
9.13.16
Offensive: Brittany Willwerth, Fr., Bucknell
Defensive: Ally Hammel, So., Boston University
Goalkeeper: Emily Finn, Jr., Bucknell
Rookie: Brittany Willwerth, Fr., Bucknell
 
9.6.16
Offensive: Natalie Konerth, Sr., American
Defensive: Angela Virtu, Jr., American
Goalkeeper: Maura Jacobs, So., American
Rookie: Brittany Willwerth, Fr., Bucknell
 
8.30.16
Offensive: Maureen Connolly, Jr., Holy Cross
Defensive: Allie Renzi, Jr., Boston University
Goalkeeper: Cammy Jensen, Sr., Boston University
Rookie: Brittany Willwerth, Fr., Bucknell