Jan 18, 2010

Landmark Honors Four Players of the Week

MADISON, N.J. - A full schedule of Landmark basketball and swimming and diving competitions this past week has led to four players to being selected as Landmark Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.

Men's Basketball:
Sophomore guard Jon Snead helped USMMA to a 1-1 record in Landmark play with two strong games. He scored 21 points in a road win over Goucher, while shooting 58-percent from the field. It came one night after he scored a career-high 30 points in a loss to Catholic. He also pulled in four rebounds with two assists in each game, and added three steals over the two games. He shot 53-percent from the field and 47-percent from three-point range over the games.

Women's Basketball:
Drew’s Danielle Barber had a memorable week in helping Drew to a 1-1 record. She posted the first triple-double in Landmark history, and hit a buzzer-beating three to give Drew a win over Catholic. She scored 21 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had 10 assists, along with four steals in the victory. The previous night she scored 12 points with six assists and four rebounds with three steals in a loss to Goucher. She averaged 16.5 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and 3.5 steals per game for the week.

Men's Swimming & Diving:
Scranton freshman Andrew Urban won a pair of events as he helped the Royals pick up a Landmark win over Catholic. He touched the wall first in the 50 freestyle in a time of 22.80 and the 100 freestyle 49.89.

Women's Swimming & Diving:
Lindsey Phillipson-Weiner turned in two individual event wins and was a part of two winning relays as Goucher swept a Landmark tri-meet with Drew and USMMA. She won both distance events at the meet, posting a time of 11:38.87 to win the 1,000 freestyle and 5:38.53 to win the 500. She won both races by more than 19 seconds, and was also a part of Goucher’s winning 200 freestyle relay team.

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