2006-07 NAC Players of the Week - October 16, 2006

Field Hockey

Co-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Co-ROOKIES OF THE WEEK
Michele DeSantis, Becker
(Senior, Goalkeeper - South Plainfield, N.J.)

DeSantis backboned the Hawks, with back-to-back shutouts, to two NAC wins last week. In a midweek contest vs. Elms College Michele had 2 saves and led the Hawks to their first win of the season, 4-0. On Senior Day this past Saturday Desantis made 7 saves in a 2-0 win over Wheelock.

Cori Eggert, Western New England
(Junior, Forward - Denville, N.J.)

Cori led the Golden Bears to three victories by scoring six goals for a 12-point week. She tallied two goals against Smith (3-0) on Thursday and added a pair of goals in NAC road wins over Husson (4-2) on Saturday and Simmons (3-1) on Sunday.

Elisha Dorso, Husson
(First Year, Forward - Farmingdale, Maine)

The Eagles were 1-1 this weekend with Dorso scoring in both games. She had a goal and an assist in a 4-2 loss against WNEC. Dorso had the game winning goal with 46 seconds left in a 2-1 win over Castleton State.

Emily Webb, Simmons
(Freshman, Forward - East Falmouth, Mass.)

Emily Webb scored her second game-winning goal of the season in Simmons's 3-2 overtime victory over conference-rival Castleton State on Saturday. Webb, who was held without a point in the Shark's other two games last week, scored with 1:32 remaining in the first overtime period to give her team its first overtime win if five tries this season.

Men's Soccer

PLAYER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Zach Gagne, Lasell
(Sophomore, Forward - Somerset, Mass.)

Gagne scored three goals last week against NAC opponents including the winning overtime goal against Castleton State College to keep the Lasers undefeated in the NAC.

Sean Moylan, Elms
(Freshman, Forward - Chicopee, Mass.)

Moylan netted four games in four games last week to help lead the Blazers to a 2-1-1 week. He scored the game-tying goal in last Monday's 1-1 tie with Rivier, then netted all three goals for the Blazers in their conference victories at Thomas and Maine-Farmington this past weekend.

Women's Soccer

PLAYER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Katie Lorenco, Mount Ida
(Freshman, Midfielder - Mattapoisett, Mass.)

Freshman Katie Lorenco tallied two match-winning goals to lead Mount Ida to a perfect 3-0 week. She netted a penalty shot to boost the Mustangs to a 2-1 win over Becker College on Wednesday. The midfielder then chipped in with one assist in Mount Ida's 4-0 win over Johnson State College on Saturday. Lorenco rounded out her week by scoring the loan goal in the Mustangs 1-0 shutout of Castleton State College on Sunday.

Vanessa Pare, Elms
(Freshman, Midfielder - Belchertown, Mass.)

Pare netted the game-winning goals against both Lasell and Maine-Farmington to help lead the Blazers remain undefeated in-conference this season. Pare game-winner against Lasell came with 6:06 remaining in overtime.

Volleyball

PLAYER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Adrienne Xenos, Mount Ida
(Senior, Outside Hitter - Brockton, Mass.)

Xenos posted a hitting percentage of .591, as she helped Mount Ida to a 1-1 record. The outside hitter averaged 2.50 kills and 1.00 digs per game in six games played. She also came up with seven service aces. Xenos finished with six kills, two digs and two aces at River College on Thursday. She then collected nine kills, five aces and four digs versus Daniel Webster on Saturday. The Mustangs fell 3-0 at Rivier and upended Daniel Webster 3-0.

Amanda Pereira, Mount Ida
(Freshman, OH - New Bedford, Mass.)

Pereira recorded 2.83 kills and 3.50 digs per game, as the Mustangs went 1-1 last week. The outside hitter accumulated a hitting percentage of .290. She collected eight kills and nine digs in a 3-0 loss at Rivier on Thursday. Pereira then tallied nine kills and 12 digs to boost Mount Ida to a 3-0 win over Daniel Webster College on Saturday.

Women's Tennis

PLAYER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Patty Quick, Johnson State
(Senior - Norfolk, Mass.)

Quick was 1-1 in singles action and 2-0 in doubles play in JSC's 0-2 as a team. She was victorious in both singles and doubles play against NAC foe Castleton St. and earned JSC's only point in a loss to Lyndon St.

Chelsey McRae, Becker
(Sophomore - Gloucester, Mass.)

Playing her first season of women's tennis, Chelsey went 1-0 in singles play and 2-0 in doubles this week. In her singles match against Pine Manor College she won 6-4, 6-4. Paired with Allison Flynn, McRae won her doubles match vs. Saint Joseph College (Conn.) 8-3 and with Mandy Kennedy won 8-1 vs. PMC.

Men's Cross Country

PLAYER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Drew Croteau, Maine-Farmington
(Senior - Durham, N.H.)

Croteau led UMF at the Maine State XC Championships, finishing just :30 off the school record, clocking a 27:23 over the five-mile course. Croteau placed 27th out of 115 finishers in a very competitive field.

Michael Sullivan, Castleton
(Freshman - Granby, Conn.)

Sullivan aided Castleton's run to a second place finish at the Johnson State Invitational, scoring in fifth place with a time of 29:15 in the 8K.

Women's Cross Country

PLAYER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Mary-Caitie O'Donnell, Lesley
(Freshman - Olympia, Wash.)
MC ran the 5K course in 21:15, just three seconds off of the winner, which was good enough for second place overall in the Saints Invitational Cross-Country Meet.

Kayla McKenna, Lasell
(Sophomore - Warwick, R.I.)

McKenna finished 4th with a 21:35 time in the Saints Invitational which is her best finish of the season. Her performance helped the Lasers place third overall in the meet.

Emily Farley, Maine-Farmington
(Freshman - Mt. Desert Island, Maine)

Farley continued her strong rookie campaign, finishing 24th among the 130-runner field at the Maine State Cross Country Championships. Once again the Beavers' top finisher, she covered the 5k course in 20:34.
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