Women's Varsity Player of the Week
-- 2007
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Division

February 19, 2007 - Kristen Hudson (Fr., Wellington, New Zealand/Sacred Heart)

Hartwick College

Hudson led the Hawks to a 4-0 record at the University of Maryland Terrapin Invitational posting 10 goals, 11 assists and 10 steals in the contests. The freshman netted three goals against George Washington University in a 16-3 victory; three goals against Princeton University in a 7-5 win; two goals against Bucknell University in a 16-9 win, and two goals, including the game-winner as time expired in a 12-11 come-from-behind win over Indiana University. On the year, she has 40 goals for Hartwick.

 

February 26, 2007 - Sarah Glick (Fr., Bonita, CA/Bonita Vista)

Brown University

Glick led the Bears with three goals in a 13-7 loss to #13 Hartwick College as the freshman leads the Bears in scoring against varsity teams with 10 goals in four games.

 

March 5, 2007 - Caitlin Fahey (Sr., Bellevue, WA/Seattle Prep)

Brown University

Fahey was named Second Team All-Tournament at the ECAC Championship as the senior two-meter had four goals, five assists, four steals and three ejections drawn, as the Bears finished in second place to Princeton University. For the season, she has eight goals in seven games against varsity competition, good for fourth on the Bears. She leads the team with 16 steals and is tied for the lead with 10 assists.

 

March 12, 2007 - Lauren D'Antonio (Jr., Oceanside, NY/Oceanside)
Utica College

D'Antonio made 50 saves and collected three steals at the Penn State University Behrend Tournament during 12 quarters of action. In a 10-6 loss to PSU-Behrend, she made 19 saves to keep the Pioneers in the game. Her 50 saves this weekend pushed her into third in career stops at Utica with 149.

March 19, 2007 - Stephanie Laing (Fr., Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer)
Brown University

Laing had 56 saves with 34 goals against, a .622 save percentage and 5.67 goals against average while leading Brown to a 4-2 record as the Bears knocked off Slippery Rock University (11-2 W), Indiana University (8-4 W), #17 the University of Michigan (9-8 W) and Harvard University (8-3 W), while falling to #11 Loyola Marymount University (11-6 L) and California Baptist University (6-5 L). Against Harvard in Brown's first Northern Division varsity game of the year, he stopped 11 of 14 shots she faced before stopping six shots versus Slippery Rock and six versus Loyola Marymount with two steals. She concluded her week by making double-digit saves in three consecutive games as the Bears handled Indiana (12 saves), fell to Cal Baptist (10 saves) and knocked off #17 Michigan (11 saves) at the University of Michigan Invitational.

 

March 26, 2007 - Elizabeth Balassone (Sr., Los Altos, CA/Menlo)
Brown University

Balassone led the Bears in scoring in three of four games over the weekend at the Aztec Invitational hosted by San Diego State University. Versus the #4 ranked Aztecs, she recorded two of Brown's three goals in a 12-3 loss with a pair of steals and a drawn ejection. In a 10-4 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, she tallied four markers with three ejections drawn before scoring twice with in an 8-7 overtime victory against Pomona Pitzer Colleges. She concluded the weekend with two goals and four ejections drawn in a 9-7 victory over California State University-Bakersfield to rack up 10 goals, eight ejections drawn and two steals in four games.

 

April 2, 2007 - Elizabeth Alonzo (So., Hilo, HI/Hilo)
Hartwick College

Alonzo improved her record to 4-0 this season in goal by posting a career-high 17 saves in a 18-2 victory over Gannon University while recording two assists and two saves. In victories over Queens College (12-3 W) and Utica College (12-1 W), she notched five goals, an assist and four steals, including a hat-trick versus Utica.

 

April 2, 2007 - Paige Lansing (Sr., Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor)
Brown University

Lansing scored eight goals with three assists and four steals with an ejection drawn in four games last week after scoring 12 goals in her first 17 contests. Versus California Baptist Univeristy, she tallied two assists and three steals with a goal as her lone score gave her team a 7-6 lead early in the fourth quarter after trailing the entire contest as Brown recorded a 9-7 victory. Her biggest game of the week came against then #15 Long Beach State University as she recorded a hat-trick, including the game-winning goal with 1:39 left in regulation, in a 9-8 upset. Later in the week, she tallied half of her team's offense with three goals in a 12-6 loss to #6 University of California-Irvine before concluding Brown's West Coast swing with a goal, an assist, a steal and an ejection drawn in an 8-4 loss to #15 University of California-San Diego. For the season, Lansing is fifth on the team with 20 goals in 21 contests.


April 9, 2007 - Ellen Sevigny (Jr., Mount Desert, ME/University of Southern California)
Hartwick College

Sevigny posted eight points in two games last week, including seven goals as Hartwick defeated #19 Brown University (16-5 W) and Harvard University (12-3 W) in CWPA Northern Division action. Against Brown, she netted four goals and tallied three steals as the Hawks improved to 20-7 on the year. On the season, Sevigny has 37 goals and 15 assists for 52 points in 23 games, and has added 21 steals with 15 kickouts drawn as the Hawks have clinched the #1 seed for the Northern Division Championship on April 21-22 at Connecticut College.

 

April 16, 2007 - Alexis Blaxberg (Jr., Pinecrest, FL/Gulliver Prep)
Brown University

Blaxberg led Brown with 11 goals and 10 steals in four Northern Division wins last week. She also tied for second on the squad with four drawn ejections. Blaxberg led the Bears in scoring with three goals against Connecticut College in a 19-3 win, and with four goals against Utica in a 20-2 victory. She also led the Bears in steals with four against the Camels and with three thefts in a 13-3 win over Queens. On the season, Blaxberg has 22 goals in 26 games, good for sixth on the Bears, and her 23 steals are third on the squad.

 

 

April 16, 2007 - Kirsten Hudson (Fr., Wellington, New Zealand/Sacred Heart)
Hartwick College

Hudson helped Hartwick to a 3-2 West Coast swing with 18 goals, eight assists, nine steals and eight kick outs drawn. Her best game of the week came against California Baptist University as she tallied six goals, including two in overtime, to help lead Hartwick to a 12-10 victory. The freshman netted four goals against Claremont Mudd Scripps in a 19-7 win, and added three against Pacific in a 21-10 victory. Further, she scored three of the Hawks' five goals against #4 Hawaii in a 9-5 loss and scored twice against #3 USC in a 19-5 defeat. Currently, Hudson has 68 goals, 38 assists, 106 points and 42 steals on the season in 26 games.

 

 

April 23, 2007 - Kirsten Hudson (Fr., Wellington, New Zealand/Sacred Heart)
Hartwick College

Hudson posted eight goals and six assists, as well as seven steals in three appearances as Hartwick went 4-0 and captured the Northern Division Crown last week. The freshman scored four goals in the title game as Hartwick downed #18 Brown 18-6 and added three goals in the squad's 24-7 victory over Harvard. In her 29 appearances this season, she has 76 goals, 120 points and 49 steals. The honor marks the third time Hudson has garnered Player of the Week accolades this year as she was previously recognized on February 19 and April 16.

 

 

April 30, 2007 - Kirsten Hudson (Fr., Wellington, New Zealand/Sacred Heart)
Hartwick College

Hudson scored five goals and handed out six assists to lead the Hawks to the 2007 Eastern Championship at Princeton University on April 28-29. She tallied two goals and two assists against Harvard University in a 16-1 first round victory, before tacking on three goals and two assists in a 15-7 victory over Indiana University in the second round. In the title game versus the host Tigers of Princeton University, she handed out two assists to help her team to an 8-6 victory, an NCAA tournament bid and the program's second consecutive Eastern title.

The honor marks the fourth time Hudson has garnered Player of the Week accolades this year as she was previously recognized on February 19, April 16 and April 23.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Division

February 26, 2007 - Anna Gossett (Jr., Collegeville, MD/Hill School)

University of Maryland

Gossett made 17 saves and allowed four goals in 64 minutes of play as Maryland recorded wins over Iona College (8-2 W) and Villanova University (8-2 W) to finish out a 4-0 weekend at the Bucknell Invitational. Against Wagner College in an 11-9 win, she made three saves in the fourth period to preserve the win for the Terrapins. She added four saves with two goals allowed in three periods against Villanova and finished the weekend with eight saves and two goals allowed in a complete game victory against Iona.

 

March 5, 2007 - Julie Jacoby (Jr., Coral Gables, FL/Ransom Everglades)

George Washington University

She was outstanding in net for the Colonials last week, totaling 57 saves to lead the women's water polo team to a 3-1 mark. She set a school-record for saves in a single game with 22 as George Washington avenged an earlier loss to Villanova with a 16-6 defeat of the Wildcats in their home pool on Saturday. She also made 17 stops in an 11-7 victory over Siena and 10 blocks in a 12-6 win versus Queens (NY). She began the week with eight saves in a narrow loss to Maryland in GW's home opener on Wednesday. Jacoby is averaging 12.1 saves per game for the 4-8 Colonials, one of the highest saves averages in the country.

 

March 12, 2007 - Samantha Shaughnessy (Sr., Burlingame, CA/St. Ignatius Prep)

Princeton University

The senior began the weekend by contributing a goal, assist and three steals in a 15-12 win over Bucknell University. A night later, she was the surprise starter in goal as she filled in for Princeton's usual starter, junior Natalie Kim, who was sick. Shaughnessy and the Tigers defense tightened things up as Princeton won 8-4 over the University of Maryland. Shaughnessy stopped 12 of the 16 shots she faced in the game and the four goals scored against Princeton was a low for the season. Prior to the game, Shaughnessy had only played half of a quarter of goal in her collegiate career, that coming earlier this season.

 

March 19, 2007 - Meagan Gins (Jr., Albuquerque, NM/Valley)

Bucknell University

A 2006 All-America honorable mention selection, she had 10 goals, six assists, four steals and 18 ejections drawn in six games in California last week as the Bison downed California Baptist University (13-12 W 3OT), the University of Redlands (10-6 W), Claremont Mudd Scripps Colleges (13-8 W) and fell to #11 Loyola Marymount University (12-3 L), #5 the University of California-Irvine (15-6 L) and #19 California State University-Northridge (13-8 L). Against Cal Baptist, she netted three goals and added two steals while drawing six ejections, before tacking on a goal and two assists with a pair of steals versus Redlands. She continued her dominance against CMS as she scored three goals and handed out two assists with a game high four ejections drawn before netting an assist and a drawn ejection versus Loyola Marymount. She concluded her week and Bucknell's California trip with two goals, an assist and three drawn ejections against UC-Irvine and a goal and an assist with three ejections drawn versus Cal State-Northridge. Overall, she moved into second on Bucknell's career goals list with 167, 31 shy of Meg Blitzer's program record.

 

March 26, 2007 - Elizabeth Hopkins (So., Coronado, CA/Coronado)

University of Maryland

Hopkins led the Terrapins to a 4-4 record as Maryland voyaged to the West Coast to face #1 Stanford University (19-5 L), #17 Santa Clara University (13-9 L), Sonoma State University (15-8 W), California State University-Monterey Bay (11-8 W), #9 University of California-Davis (12-3 L), Pacific University (12-7 W), #8 San Jose State University (10-6 L) and University of California-Santa Cruz (9-2 W). She scored twice versus Stanford and UC-Santa Cruz, and added a hat-trick against Sonoma State, four goals versus California State University-Monterey Bay and solo scores against UC-Davis and Pacific to finish the week with 14 goals in eight games.

 

April 2, 2007 - Natalie Kim (Jr., Palos Verdes, CA/PV Peninsula)

Princeton University

Kim led Princeton to a 2-0 record during the week with road wins over the University of Maryland (11-6 W) and George Washington University (13-3 W) on March 31 by recording 18 saves in six quarters. Versus Maryland, she stopped 12 shots in three quarters while allowing five goals to pick up the win before notching six saes in three quarters with two goals allowed against George Washington. On the year, she is 10-4 with a 55.9 save percentage as she has 124 saves with four assists and 27 steals for the Tigers.

 

April 16, 2007 - Karina Reyner (Sr., Miami Beach, FL/Miami Beach)

Princeton University

Reyner scored seven goals as Princeton concluded the regular season with a 17-7 record, including a 6-0 mark in CWPA Southern Division competition, as she scored four goals versus Bucknell University in a 12-9 win and three goals in a 10-7 victory over George Washington University. On the year, she has 43 goals on 106 shots in 24 games with 19 assists, 48 steals, 41 ejections drawn and a block.

 

April 23, 2007 - Shannon Simerly (Fr., Miami, FL/Gulliver Prep)

University of Maryland

Last weekend in the Southern Division Varsity Championship Tournament, Simerly posted nine goals to lead the Terrapins to the division title. Against Bucknell University in the first round, she posted five goals as Maryland rolled to a 14-6 victory over the Bison before tallying four goals in a 9-8 victory against Princeton University in the title game. On the year, Simerly has 52 goals in 31 games as she is averaging 1.69 goals per game.

 

April 30, 2007 - Natalie Kim (Jr., Palos Verdes, CA/PV Peninsula)

Princeton University

Kim led Princeton to a 2-1 record and the tournament title game at the Eastern Championship hosted by the Tigers as she finished with 30 saves in three games. Against the University of Maryland in the first round, she recorded 13 saves in a 11-7 win, before posting five saves in a 4-3 victory versus the University of Michigan to advance to the title tilt. Versus Hartwick College in the title game, she made 12 saves as the Tigers fell to the Hawks 8-6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Western Division

 

January 31, 2007 -- Shana Welch (Sr., Larkville, PA/Wyoming Valley West)

University of Michigan
Shana Welch helped the Wolverines begin 4-0 on the season for the third time in four seasons, tallying a four-game total of 12 goals and four assists at the Michigan Kick-Off Invitational on January 27-28. She opened the weekend on January 27, scoring four goals and one assist in a 12-5 season-opening win over Marist College. Welch continued her hot hand against No. 20 the University of Indiana in the evening affair, netting one goal and adding two assists despite a blanket of defense covering her throughout the game in a 12-7 Wolverines' victory. She continued her dominance on January 28 scoring six times on eight shots with an assist to aid a 15-8 over Colorado State University. In a 15-10 victory over UC-Santa Cruz to conclude the weekend, Welch collected three points on a goal and two assists and drew two ejections. The honor marks her third Player of the Week award in the last two seasons as she garnered the weekly honor on February 9 and March 9 during the 2006 season.

 

February 12, 2007 -- Leah Robertson (Fr., Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor)

University of Michigan
Robertson opened the Triton Invitational with five steals and four drawn kickouts to go along with a goal and assist in a win over Cal State Northridge. In game two on Saturday, Robertson earned six steals against UC Davis for her third straight game with five or more thefts. She also tallied a goal and an assist and a drawn KO. In Michigan's first game on Sunday, Robertson scored once and recorded two steals and three drawn kickouts against UC Santa Barbara. Later that day, she tallied three points on a goal and two assists, while also notching five steals and three drawn kickouts against UC San Diego. Overall on the weekend, Robertson tallied eight points on four goals and four assists, and forced 18 steals and nine drawn ejections.


February 19, 2007 -- Kristen Davis (So., Villa Park, CA/Villa Park)

University of Michigan

Davis backstopped the 16th-ranked Wolverines to a perfect 4-0 record at the Terrapin Invitational on February 17-18 as she recorded 29 saves, five assists and three steals. She began the weekend with seven saves, one assist and a steal in a 10-8 win over No. 17-ranked Prinecton University. She followed that up on Saturday night, blocking a career-high ten shots in a 10-7 win over host the University of Maryland. On Sunday, Davis knocked away seven shots and added three assists and a steal in a 16-7 win over George Washington University and helped the Wolverines cap the weekend with an 11-7 victory over Bucknell University, making five saves and recording an assist and a steal.

February 26, 2007 -- Julie Hyrne (So., Sunnyvale, CA/Archbishop Mitty)

University of Michigan
Hyrne began the weekend with a pair of goals in a near-upset of #7 Loyola Marymount University on February 22 in a 9-7 loss. Two days later on the first date of competition at the Anteater Invitational, she contributed a goal, steal, drawn kickout and field block in a close 8-7 loss to #11 Arizona State University. On Sunday, Hyrne was back at it, scoring a goal and adding a steal and two drawn kickouts in a 10-6 loss to #15 Long Beach State University. In the weekend finale, she set a school record with 10 points in a 13-8 win over #14 UC San Diego. The sophomore tallied six goals -- the second-highest tally in school history -- and a career-high four assists. She also had a career-best four steals and drew two ejections. Hyrne has scored in 16 of 17 games this season for the Wolverines and is tied for the team lead in goals with 29.

 

March 5, 2007 -- Shana Welch (Sr., Larkville, PA/Wyoming Valley West)

University of Michigan

A Co-Player of the Week with Gannon University's Kat Bucceri, Welch scored seven goals and added two assists in a near upset of #4 the University of Hawaii as the Wolverines fell 16-15. She also contributed a team-high four steals and drew two ejections in the game. The honor marks her second Player of the Week award as she was previously recognized on January 31st for tallying a four-game total of 12 goals and four assists at the Michigan Kick-Off Invitational on January 27-28.

March 5, 2007 -- Kat Bucceri (Sr., Falls Village, CT/Suffield Academy)
Gannon University
A Co-Player of the Week with the University of Michigan's Shana Welch, Bucceri scored 27 goals and handed out nine assists in give games as Gannon won the Utica Invitational by knocking off Utica College (17-2 W, 18-4 W), St. Francis College (14-5 W, 16-3 W) and Carthage College (16-5 W) to open the season 5-0.

March 12, 2007 -- Amanda Thompson (Fr., Erie, PA/McDowell)
Grove City College
She scored nine goals in five games as the Wolverines downed Penn State University-Behrend (19-5 W), Queens College (11-6 W), Utica College (9-2 W) and Carthage College (7-5 W), and fell to Siena University (3-2 L). Against Queens and PSU-Behrend she notched hat-tricks with three goals before adding two goals and five steals versus Utica and a goal and an assist with three steals versus Carthage.

March 19, 2007 -- Mary Chatigny (So., Palm Springs, CA/Palm Springs)
University of Michigan
Chatigny tallied five goals and eight assists in five games at the Wolverine Invitational (March 16-18) to move into fourth on the team scoring with 16 goals and 25 assists. Chatigny started the weekend by notching a goal and two assists with a steal in a 14-3 win over Grove City on Friday. She then led U-M to a 12-6 win over Wagner on Saturday morning with a team-high five points (3 goals, 2 assists) and added a steal on defense. The point total tied a career high. In the evening against #11 Loyola Marymount, Chatigny led the team in points against with three helpers in a 10-7 loss. On Sunday, she earned an assist against both Cal Lutheran and Brown as the Wolverines knocked off the Kingsmen 13-3 and fell to the Bears 9-8. She also earned a steal and a drawn kickout against Cal Lutheran, while contributing a theft against Brown.

March 26, 2007 -- Brooke Zimmerman (Jr., Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Riffel-Regina)
Indiana University
Zimmerman led Indiana to a 6-0 week as the Hoosiers knocked off Gannon University (9-7 W), Mercyhurst College (14-2 W), Penn State University-Behrend (17-1 W), Grove City College (14-4 W), Slippery Rock University (16-9 W) and Washington & Jefferson College (19-7 W) to set-up an April 7 game in Bloomington versus #18 University of Michigan to decide the Western Division regular season champion and the #1 seed for the Western Division Championship on April 21-22 at Michigan. Last week she tallied 13 goals to raise her single season scoring total to 70 goals, three shy of the all-time IU single season record of 73 set by Kristin Stanford in 2003. She opened the weekend with one goal against Gannon, and rattled off hat-tricks versus Mercyhurst, Penn State Behrend and Slippery Rock before tallying a goal against Grove City and a pair of markers at Washington and Jefferson. Zimmerman's six goals raised her career total to 116 as she ranks seventh on the all-time list at Indiana.

April 2, 2007 -- Jane Wilson (Fr., Newberg, OR/Veritas School)
Grove City College
Wilson led Grove City to a 6-0 weekend at the Carthage Invitational in Kenosha, Wisconsin as she finished with 18 goals, three assists and 20 steals in six matches with wins over Colorado College (14-7 W), Penn State University -Behrend (16-1 W), Carthage College (11-3 W), Wheaton College (8-0 W), Washington & Jefferson College (6-3 W) and Macalester College (12-3 W) as the Wolverines raised their record to 12-14 on the year. In the tournament's opening date of competition, she scored four goals and handed out a pair of assists before tallying four goals in Grove City's triumph over CWPA Western Division rival PSU-Behrend. She concluded the day by scoring a career-high five goals with an assist and six steals in the Wolverines' 11-3 win over host Carthage. She concluded the weekend by scoring three goals in the team's win over Wheaton (Ill.), tallying a goal and four steals as Grove City downed CWPA archrival Washington & Jefferson and registered a goal and six steals in the squad's victory over Macalester.

April 9, 2007 -- Brittany Estrada (Jr., Coronado, CA/Bonita Vista)
Indiana University
Estrada set a her career high with three goals, including the winning tally with 1:42 remaining in the first overtime session, as Indiana University defeated rival #17 University of Michigan 9-7 in overtime on Saturday, April 7 in the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. She picked up her first goal of the game just one minute into the second frame and then tied the score at 4-4 with 50 seconds remaining in that period on her second tally. The win clinched the #1 seed in the Western Division Championship for Indiana as the Hoosiers will travel to the University of Michigan on April 21-22 for the division tournament.

April 16, 2007 -- Alicia Sutton (So., Erie, PA/McDowell)
Washington & Jefferson College
Playing with a broken thumb, Sutton led her team in goals (six), assists (eight) and steals (eight) versus Mercyhurst College (8-4 L), Gannon University (11-9 L) and Slippery Rock University (11-8 L) as W&J clinched the seventh seed for the Western Division Championship tournament set for April 21-22 at the University of Michigan.

April 23, 2007 -- Julie Hyrne (So., Sunnyvale, CA/Archbishop Mitty)

University of Michigan
Hyrne tied for the team lead in points over the weekend while leading the Wolverines to their sixth straight Western Division championship following a thrilling 8-6 overtime win against Indiana University. She opened the weekend with two points in limited time in a 19-2 win over Washington & Jefferson, and also added a steal. Later in the evening, Hyrne exploded for eight points on six goals and two helpers in a 21-5 in over Slippery Rock. She also had a steal and drew a team-high three ejections in the contest. In Sunday's championship, Hyrne scored both overtime goals in the second overtime to complete Michigan's two-goal comeback and hand the Wolverines another division crown. She also contributed two steals and a team-best three assists. As a result of her nine-goal, three-assist weekend, Hyrne is now tied for the team lead in goals with 79 on the season. The award marks the second time this season Hyrne has been named the Player of the Week as she previously earned the honor on February 26.

 

April 30, 2007 -- Brooke Zimmerman (Jr., Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Riffel-Regina)
Indiana University
Zimmerman led Indiana to a 2-1 week and third place at the Eastern Championship as she finished with six goals in wins over Brown University (9-8 W) and the University of Michigan (5-3 W) and a loss to 2007 Eastern champion Hartwick College (15-7 L).