Fall Regular Season Concludes With 11 Player of the Week Honorees
MADISON, N.J. - With the fall sports regular season came to an end and one winter sport continued early-season play a total of 11 Landmark student-athletes have been picked as Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
Men's Cross Country:
Senior Paul Thistle was named the Male Landmark Outstanding
Performer for the third time as he helped Susquehanna win the 2009
Landmark Men’s Cross Country Championship. He won the
Landmark event for the third time, posting a time of 26:39 to
finish 17 seconds ahead of the second-place performer. His time was
the fastest at a Landmark Championship in the three-year history of
the conference.
Women's Cross Country:
Susquehanna sophomore Casey Hess was the first female runner
across the line at the 2009 Landmark Women’s Cross Country
Championships. She ran a time of 23:34.98, the second-fastest in
Landmark Championship history, to finish nearly 54 seconds ahead of
the runner-up, and help Susquehanna to a second-place team finish.
Hess was honored as the Landmark Female Outstanding Performer.
Field Hockey
Offensive Player of the Week:
Liz Carugan had a pair of game-winning goals as Scranton closed
its season with a 2-1 week. The Royals earned their second
conference win of the season as Carugan struck for two goals,
including the match-winner in the second half, as Scranton topped
Goucher 3-1. Earlier in the week she scored the only goal of the
match as Scranton claimed a 1-0 road non-conference win over
Vassar.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Susquehanna goalie Erin Ferguson conceded only one goal in two
matches to help the Crusaders wrap up the regular season with two
victories. In the regular-season finale she stopped nine shots to
earn a shutout victory over Landmark foe Drew, and clinch the third
seed for the upcoming conference postseason. Earlier in the week
she posted six saves and allowed one goal in a 3-1 non-conference
win over Neumann. The Drew shutout was her second of the season.
Men's Soccer:
Offensive Player of the Week:
Jonah Silk had a memorable senior day performance for Drew
men’s soccer as he helped the Rangers earn a 2-0 win over
Susquehanna. He scored the first goal of the match in the 31st
minute to put Drew up 1-0, and then he drew a penalty kick that was
converted by a teammate in the second half to put the match away.
The win clinched the top seed for Drew for the Landmark postseason.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Drew senior John Jabar closed the regular season with another
strong performance as he helped the Rangers clinch the top seed for
the Landmark postseason with a 2-0 win over Susquehanna. The center
back anchored a defense that limited the visiting Crusaders to a
season-low four shots, as Drew earned its sixth Landmark shutout,
and its 13th overall on the season.
Women's Soccer:
Offensive Player of the Week:
Catholic’s Kelly Donnelly scored helped the Cardinals to a
pair of wins, including an overtime victory in their Landmark
finale that clinched the top seed for the conference postseason.
Donnelly found the back of the net in the 92nd minute as Catholic
rallied to top Moravian in the Landmark finale. Earlier in the week
she scored twice in a convincing 7-0 win over Trinity (D.C.) and
added a pair of assists, giving her eight points for the week.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Scranton junior Emily Boyce was strong defensively and came up
with a big offensive play to help Scranton earn a win in its
regular-season finale. Needing a win to have a shot at the
postseason she was part of a defense that did not conced a shot to
Goucher the Landmark finale, and she scored the only goal of the
match in the 87th minute to give Scranton a win, and clinch the
fourth-seed for the Landmark postseason. It was the first goal of
her career.
Men's Swimming & Diving:
Scranton’s Marc Dezii opened his season in good
form by collecting a pair of individual first-place finishes for
the Royals in a dual-meet loss to Widener. He won the 200 freestyle
in a time of 1:49.60 and then added a victory in the 500 freestyle
by swimming 5:06.45. He then was a part of the winning 400
freestyle relay which notched a time of 3:18.99.
Women's Swimming & Diving:
Christie Savard won two individual events, and swam a
record-breaking performance in exhibition as Susquehanna swept a
tri-meet with Landmark foe Juniata and non-conference opponent
McDaniel. She broke her own school record with a time of 2:17.62 in
the 200 IM competing as an exhibition, then added wins in the 100
and 200 backstroke by swimming 1:01.64 and 2:11.38 respectively.
Volleyball:
Senior Mary King turned in two strong performances to help
Moravian close the regular season at its own tri-match. In a
season-ending win over York (Pa.) she knocked out eight kills,
while tossing in nine service aces and added four blocks
defensively to help Moravian to a 3-0 win. Earlier in the day she
produced 13 kills with a .522 hitting percentage in a 3-2 set-back
to regionally-ranked Lebanon Valley. She also had four blocks and a
pair of aces in that match. She hit .488 for the week and averaged
4.17 points per set.
