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Player of the Week

Maria Nasta-UMass Boston
Senior, Forward, Andover, Mass./New England College
In three games, the senior tallied six points on three goals and three assists.  The forward picked up an assist in the Beacons' 2-1 victory over Norwich University on January 15 and came back the next day to tally her third career hat trick with three goals and added an assist in UMass Boston's 8-0 win over Castleton. Nasta's second goal of the game gave her 107 points for her career and 100 with UMass Boston to become just the third player in school history to total 100 points. She had scored seven points in her freshman campaign with New England College.  With another assist against Middlebury, she now has 109 points.

Goalie of the Week

Leah Hallett-UMass Boston
Sophomore, Rocky Hill, Conn./Connecticut Polar Bears
In two league games, the sophomore allowed just one goal in 120 minutes of action for a 0.50 goals against average, while stopping 56 of 57 shots for a .982 save percentage.  Hallett made 42 saves to preserve a 2-1 victory for the Beacons on January 15 over Norwich University, which received six votes in last week's national poll.  She returned the following day to stop all 14 shots she faced vs. Castleton to record her third career shutout. Hallett also added 21 saves against No. 7 ranked Middlebury.

Rookie of the Week

Kailey Bubier-Southern Maine
Forward, Auburn, Maine/Hebron Academy
The rookie wing helped USM post a 2-0 record for the week scoring six goals and passing out one assist.  Against Plymouth State, Bubier scored five goals, including a school record four in the first period, as the Huskies went on to a 16-0 win.  The next afternoon against Saint Michael's, Bubier had a power-play goal and an assist in a 5-2 win.  With her seven-point week, Bubier now sits atop the Huskies scoring list (11g, 7a).

Honor Roll

Julie Fortier-Norwich
Sophomore, Forward, Saint-Malachie, Quebec/Levis Lauzon
Fortier scored a short-handed goal in NU's 2-1 loss at UMass-Boston on Friday afternoon. She also netted a pair of goals in the Cadets 3-2 upset of No. 8-ranked Manhattanville College on Saturday night.

Kathleen Roche-Salve Regina
Sophomore, Forward, Boston, Mass./Boston Latin School
Roche tallied four points on two goals and two assists as the Seahawks posted a 1-0-2 record last week. She scored the opening goal and assisted on the OT winner against Connecticut College on Tuesday, then recorded a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win against Nichols on Thursday.

Rebecca Simmons-Salve Regina
Sophomore, Goalie, Averill Park, N.Y./ Keystone National
Simmons stopped 71 of 73 shots last week (.973 save pct.) to help the Seahawks earn three out of a possible four points in her two starts. She recorded 45 saves in a 2-1 OT win at Connecticut College on Tuesday and stopped 25 of 26 NEC shots in a 1-1 tie on Saturday night.

Teraysa White-New England College
Sophomore, Goalie, Belgrade, Maine/Brewster Academy
White totaled 72 saves and allowed just two goals in a pair of conference ties for the Pilgrims this week. In Friday's tie with Manhattanville White recorded an impressive 47 saves as the Valiants out shot the Pilgrims 48-21.  Saturday White allowed just one goal to 10-2-3 Salve Regina recording 25 saves.