Feb 18, 2008

Danielle Nagymarosi of Manhattanville College and Maria Nasta of UMass Boston Named ECAC Women's East Co-Player of the Week Presented By Turfer Athletic

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Co-Player of the Week

Danielle Nagymarosi, Manhattanville College
Junior, Forward - Uxbridge, Ontario/RIT

Nagymarosi increased her season goal total by five this weekend, in two games. Friday, she scored twice as the Valiants defeated Saint Michael's and on Saturday, Nagymarosi recorded her third hat trick of the season and earned four points in Manhattanville's victory over Norwich.  Nagymarosi's five goals give the junior nine goals in her last four games and enabled her to surpass Plattsburgh's Danielle Blanchard for the nation's lead in goals per game, with 1.14. 

Maria Nasta, UMass Boston
Sophomore, Forward - Andover, Mass./New England College

Nasta, in two games, tallied six points on a pair of goals and four assists to go along with a plus/minus of plus-three. The center netted a goal and added an assist in the Beacons' 7-2 victory over New England College on February 15 to give her 36 points and break the single-season school-record for points by a sophomore and came back the next day to net the eventual game-winning goal, unassisted, and added three assists vs. University of Southern Maine in an 8-1 win on February 16. She matched career-highs with four points and three assists vs. the Huskies.

Goalie of the Week

Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Freshman - Loretto, Minn./The Blake School

Bowens-Rubin recorded 61 saves, a .953 save percentage, and a goals against average of 1.44 in a 1-0-1 week for MIT. In the Engineers' 3-1 win over Plymouth State, she totalled 15 saves and earned the first victory of her intercollegiate career. The next day, Bowens-Rubin stopped 46 shots in a 2-2 tie with Castleton State.

Rookie of the Week

Lauren Duran, UMass Boston
Forward - Woburn, Mass./Woburn H.S.

Duran, in two games, tallied five points on three goals and two assists, including a pair of power play goals and a game-winner and a plus/minus of plus-six. Since making the move to forward just nine games ago, Duran continued her offensive production with a pair of goals, including a power play score and the eventual game-winner and an assist to go with a plus/minus of plus-four in UMass Boston's 7-2 victory over New England College on February 15. Duran came back the next day to net another power play goal and add an assist in the Beacons' 8-1 victory over University of Southern Maine.

Honor Roll

Kelsey Johnson, Saint Anselm College
Junior, Forward - Byfield, Mass./Governor Dummer

Johnson finished the week with a hat trick in the win over Southern Maine and an assist in the win over New England College. Johnson now rides a seven-game point streak.

Alysia Goldman, Saint Michael's College
Freshman, Goalie - Bollston Lake, N.Y.

Goldman, in just her third career start, pushed aside 24 shots, including 12 in the first period alone against Holy Cross.

Brittany Squillante, UMass Boston
Freshman, Goalie - Scottsdale, Ariz./Notre Dame Prep

Squillante, in 120 minutes, allowed just three goals for a 1.50 goals against average, while stopping 46 shots for a .939 save mark. Squillante made 28 saves on 30 shots to earn the victory in a 7-2 win over New England College on February 15 and then turned away 18 of 19 shots vs. University of Southern Maine in UMass Boston's 8-1 win the following day. 

Lauren Kazmierski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Freshman, Forward/Rochester Hills, Mich./Mercy

Kazmierski tallied one goal and two assists last weekend for MIT. She earned the assist for the first goal in the Engineers' 3-1 win over Plymouth State. In MIT's 2-2 tie with Castleton State, Kazmierski scored the opening goal of the contest and then set up the equalizer during a power-play with 30 seconds left in regulation.

 

 

 

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