Feb. 15, 2016
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The Patriot League announced its weekly awards in women's lacrosse, men and women's indoor track and field and men and women's tennis on Monday.
Corvias Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Weekly Awards (Feb. 5-14)
CORVIAS ATTACKER OF THE WEEK
MORGAN YOUNG, NAVY Jr., A, Baltimore, Md.
Young totaled nine goals and two assists as Navy has started the season with a 2-1 record, and the junior had both game-winning goals in the Mids' two victories to begin the year. Young had four goals and an assist in a 12-6 season-opening win at Virginia Tech on Feb. 5, and tallied a goal and an assist in a 15-5 victory at Longwood two days later. She then scored four goals as the Mids fell to No. 5 Duke at home on Friday. Young has scored a goal in 10 consecutive games dating back to last season, and the four-goal efforts matched her career best.
CORVIAS MIDFIELDER OF THE WEEK
JENNA COLLINS, NAVY So., M, Clarksville, Md.
Collins accumulated seven goals, three assists, 12 draw controls, five ground balls and three caused turnovers to help Navy start the season with a 2-1 record. She had a goal, assist, four draw controls and a ground ball in a 12-6 win at Virginia Tech on Feb. 5, and came back two days later with a big effort of four goals, two assists, seven draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 15-5 win at Longwood. Collins totaled two goals in an 18-9 loss to No. 5 Duke on Friday, adding a ground ball, draw control and caused turnover. Collins has 14 straight games with a point since last season, and the six-point effort against Longwood was a career best.
CORVIAS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
LIZZY RULLAN, NAVY Sr., D, East Setauket, N.Y.
Rullan notched a combined 10 ground balls and seven caused turnovers in Navy's first three games of the season. She started the year with one of the top efforts in her career, setting a personal-best with four caused turnovers and tying a career-high with five ground balls in a 12-6 win over Virginia Tech on Feb. 5. Rullan notched three ground balls and a caused turnover in a 15-5 win over Longwood on Feb. 7, and had two of each in the loss to No. 5 Duke on Friday.
CORVIAS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
MARIE VALENTI, NAVY Fr., M, Bechtelsville, Pa.
Valenti had eight ground balls, five caused turnovers and three draw controls in the first three games of her collegiate career to help Navy start 2-1 on the season. She tallied multiple ground balls in each contest, with three in the wins against Virginia Tech and Longwood and two in the loss to Navy, and had a pair of caused turnovers in each of the victories with a combined three draw controls in the wins.
HONORABLE MENTION
AMY JOHNSTON, ARMY WEST POINT So., A, Salt Lake City, Utah
Johnston had four goals and five draw controls as Army West Point made its varsity debut with a 14-9 loss to Manhattan on Friday.
TAYLOR TVEDT, LEHIGH Jr., GK, Apple Valley, Minn.
Tvedt made a career-high 12 saves in Lehigh's 13-6 loss to No. 6 Penn State on Friday.
KRISTEN YANCHORIS, LOYOLA MARYLAND Fr., D, Sykesville, Md.
Yanchoris had a combined five ground balls and four caused turnovers as Loyola opened the season at a pair of top-10 opponents.
M-F Athletic Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Weekly Awards (Feb. 8-14)
M-F ATHLETIC PATRIOT LEAGUE MALE TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
STEVE SCHROEDER, NAVY Sr., Monticello, Ill.
Schroeder set the program record in the mile with a time of 4:00.77, shaving off 0.72 seconds from his personal best. He placed 10th among the 316 runners at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University, and the time puts Schroeder in the top 15 on the IC4A qualification list this season and first in the Patriot League.
M-F ATHLETIC PATRIOT LEAGUE FEMALE TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
CHRISTY WOOD, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Sr., Lake Oswego, Ore.
Wood came in seventh place in the 400-meter at the David Hemery Invitational with a time of 54.49, her best in two years and easily ahead of the ECAC standard. The time places Wood eighth among all ECAC qualifiers in the race this season and first in the Patriot League.
M-F ATHLETIC PATRIOT LEAGUE MALE FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
DAVID OLUWADARA, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Jr., Boston, Mass.
Oluwadara had a record-setting performance in the triple jump at the David Hemery Invitational, winning the event and breaking a school record that had held since 1985 with a leap of 16.06 meters that stands seventh in the nation this season and first among all IC4A qualifiers by a wide margin. The closest competitor in the region stands more than 0.40 meters behind Oluwadara in the event.
M-F ATHLETIC PATRIOT LEAGUE FEMALE FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
SOPHIA NNADI, BUCKNELL Sr., Columbus, Ohio
Nnadi won both the shot put and weight throw at the Bucknell Tune-Up over the weekend, and hit ECAC qualifying marks in both events. Her weight throw mark of 16.42 meters was a personal best and the top toss in the Patriot League this season, and Nnadi notched a mark of 14.17 meters in the shot put.
M-F ATHLETIC PATRIOT LEAGUE MALE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
SCOTT GULIZIO, BUCKNELL Fr., Huntington, N.Y.
Gulizio hit an IC4A-qualifying time in the 800 meter at the Bucknell Tune-Up as he won the race in a time of 1:55.23.
M-F ATHLETIC PATRIOT LEAGUE FEMALE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
KENNEDY JONES, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Fr., Castro Vamley, Calif.
Jones had a personal-best and ECAC-qualifying mark in the triple jump at the David Hemery Invite, taking fourth place with a leap of 12.32 meters which leads the Patriot League and is 10th in the region this season. She also just missed an ECAC mark in the long jump by placing sixth at 5.63 meters.
HONORABLE MENTION
DAVID LAGERBERG, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Sr., Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire
Lagerberg placed third in the 400-meter at the David Hemery Invite with a time of 46.88, which stands third in the IC4A and seventh in the nation this season.
TYLER RUSSELL, NAVY So., Fort Collins, Colo.
Russell won the high jump with a leap of 2.11 meters at the Spire Invitational, tying the top mark in the Patriot League and sixth-best in the IC4A this season.
JOSEPH BREEN, BUCKNELL Jr., Northborough, Mass.
Breen placed second in the shot put at the Bucknell Tune-Up with an IC4A-qualifying mark of 16.90 meters, which stands third in school history.
GRANT REYNOLDS, BUCKNELL Sr., Maitland, Fla.
Reynolds won the 60-meter hurdles with an IC4A-qualifying time of 8.21 at the Bucknell Tune-Up.
HANNA BROSKY, LEHIGH So., Alburtis, Pa.
Brosky won the 500-meter run with a personal-best and ECAC-qualifying time of 1:15.76 at the Bucknell Tune-Up.
Corvias Patriot League Tennis Weekly Awards (Feb. 8-14)
CORVIAS MALE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ANDREI VITIUC, BUCKNELL Fr., Bucharest, Romania
Vitiuc gutted out a three-set victory over No. 47 Penn State's Marc Collado at No. 5, earning the lone point for the Bison on Saturday. The freshman grabbed his fourth-straight win of the spring, coming back from a first-set loss and winning two consecutive tiebreaks 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0(10-3). Before his singles flight, Vitiuc play at No. 3 doubles with teammate Max Haase. The duo held the Nittany Lions from completing the sweep with a win over Nika Dolidze and Zach Lieb, 6-3.
CORVIAS FEMALE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JOHANNA HYOTY, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Sr., Tampere, Finland
Against a pair of tough Ivy League teams, Hyoty handled Yale's No. 1 singles player Madeleine Hamilton (2015 All-Ivy; 2013 Ivy Rookie of the Year) and captured a 6-4, 6-3 win on Saturday. The next day, Hyoty paired up with teammate Sabrina Faybyshev and battled No. 7 doubles-team Taylor Ng (2015 Ivy League Player of the Year) and Kristina Mathis of No. 42 Dartmouth at the top flight and came out victorious, 7-6. The win marked BU's first against the ITA Northeast region's top duo since 2011.
HONORABLE MENTION
AUSTIN JONES, NAVY Sr., Dallas, Texas
Jones earned a pair of doubles and singles victories at the No. 1 flight against Delaware and Villanova on Sunday. The senior won both doubles matches with teammate Tucker Massie by a score of 6-3. He won a third-set tiebreak to defeat the Villanova's Chris Seitz (6-2, 6-7(6-8), 1-0(10-5)) and then won in straight-sets against Delaware's Mike Furr (6-1, 6-4).
JAY LEELAVANICH, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Jr., Canoga Park, Calif.
After winning his first set at No. 1 singles 7-5, Leelavanich bageled UConn's Jacob Spreyer to earn a straight-set victory.