Landmark Picks Players of the Week

MADISON, N.J. - Nine student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Players of  the Week after another week of spring sports competition. The Player of the Week selections are made by the conference office.

Baseball Player:
Junior Joseph Durso was an offensive force for Moravian and helped the team go 4-0 on the week including a three-game sweep of Landmark foe USMMA. He hit .625 over the four game, with 10 hits in 16 at-bats. He knocked out at least one hit in each game, and had a four-hit and three-hit performance. Durso also scored at least two runs in each of the games to finish with nine runs scored. He added two doubles, a home run and five RBI on the week.

Baseball Pitcher:
Senior Andrew Snyder helped Juniata remain unbeaten in Land­mark play with a complete game victory over Drew. Snyder tossed seven innings, allowing just two runs, one earned, on six hits. He struck out four in the contest and picked up his second victory of the year.  

Men's Lacrosse Offense:
Jason Tosches earns offensive player of the week honors for the second time after a big offensive week for Moravian. In the Grey­hounds' only match, Tosches scored five times and added an assist in a 13-12 victory over Elizabethtown. One of his five goals was the game winner 1:45 into overtime.

Men's Lacrosse Defense:
Goucher goalkeeper Austin Main turned in two strong perfor­mances in a 1-1 week for the Gophers. His top effort came as Goucher knocked off Landmark foe USMMA. Main recorded 16 saves and allowed just five goals while adding two ground balls in the team's 7-5 victory. He had 11 saves and two ground balls earlier in the week in a 7-5 loss to Mary Washington. Main aver­aged 13.5 saves per game over the week and posted a .692 save percentage in the two contests.  

Women's Lacrosse Offense:
Goucher senior Emily Blatter had one of the top offensive matches in program history in a tight loss to Connecticut College. She scored a career-high eight goals, and added three assists for 11 points in the match. It was the first time since 2001 a Goucher player surpassed 10 points in a match. She also added six goals in Goucher's other match on the week.

Women's Lacrosse Defense:
Drew goalkeeper Stef Rutkowski had two strong performances in a 1-1 week for the Rangers. She made seven saves and came out of goal to make two key defensive plays in a 7-6 win over Ursi­nus, and then followed it up with 18 saves in a setback to 14th-ranked Colby. She closed the week with 25 total saves to go along with two ground balls. Rutkowski's save percentage was .510 over the two contests.  

Softball Player:
Kerry Crowley enjoyed an historic week for the Drew softball team as the Rangers split a pair of doubleheaders. In a victory over Hunter in the first game of the doubleheader Crowley blasted a Drew record three home runs to propel the Rangers to a 15-1 win. She hit safely in all four games during the week, including a multi-hit game in a win over Landmark foe Juniata. Crowley batted .583 over the four contests with seven hits, five runs scored and five RBI. Four of her seven hits went for extra bases.

Softball Pitcher:
Susquehanna pitcher Cara Swerdlow turned in a dominating per­formance in an extra innings victory over Susquehanna. She went all eight innings to earn the victory, and allowed just one unearned run in the start. She scattered four hits, while striking out 12 bat­ters in the contest and allowing just one walk.

Men's Tennis:
Sophomore Scott Melideo was a force for the Royals in the team's six matches on a spring break trip to South Carolina. Me­lideo was unbeaten in six singles matches during the trip, play­ing five of those matches at the first singles position, and one at second singles. Melideo has now won seven-consecutive singles matches. Four of the six victories came in straight sets. He also added three doubles victories playing at first doubles on the trip.