Field Hockey Weekly Release #5
Gabriella Capone, Swarthmore College
Photo Credit: Swarthmore College
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mary Hobbs, Haverford (Jr, F, Wilmington, Del. / Tower Hill School)
Hobbs notched a program record 10-point game in Saturday's shutout victory over visiting Gettysburg. She scored four times and assisted on two other goals to eclipse her own mark of nine points set last season.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Gabriella Capone, Swarthmore (So, GK, Gladwyne, Pa. / Friends Central)
Capone came up big in the cage when it mattered for Swarthmore, finishing the week with 18 saves and a .783 save percentage. She made several key second-half saves in both the overtime win at Eastern and the victory against Johns Hopkins.
CENTENNIAL NOTEBOOK
No. 4 Franklin & Marshall is off to its best start in program history with a record of 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Centennial Conference. Its No. 4 ranking in last week's Kookaburra/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) poll marks the first top-10 ranking for the Diplomats since Sept. 13, 2005, when they held the No. 10 spot.
Gettysburg defender Megan Bernstein (Sr, Paoli, Pa. / Conestoga) made three defensive saves to break the Gettysburg career record in a 4-1 loss at Lebanon Valley on Thursday. She now has 13 career defensive saves, one more than Michelle Marsnick '08 posted in her 2004-2007 seasons.
Swarthmore's 3-2 win over Johns Hopkins was its third consecutive win of the season and its first over the Blue Jays since the 2006 season.
Washington College has now won four consecutive road games for the first time since the 2001 season.
NFHCA Rankings (10/4)
1-Salisbury (10-0)
2-Bowdoin (6-0)
3-Franklin & Marshall (9-0)
4-Lynchburg (9-1)
5-Skidmore (9-1)
6-TCNJ (8-1)
7-Messiah (5-3)
8-Amherst (6-1)
9-Montclair State (11-0)
10-Ursinus (7-2)
