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Player of the Week

Danielle Blanchard, Plattsburgh State
Junior, Forward - Newmarket, Ontario/Aurora Panthers

Blanchard scored all five of the team's goals, including one on the power play vs. Middlebury.  She scored three times in a 10:50 span of the third period to turn a 2-0 Plattsburgh deficit into a 3-2 win. She leads the nation with 13 goals and 17 points in six games. 

Goalie of the Week

Melissa Stern, Cortland State
Junior -Shoreham, N.Y./Long Island Waves

Stern made 32 saves in a 1-1 tie at Oswego over the weekend, including six stops in overtime to preserve the tie. She registered a 0.92 GAA and a .970 save percentage in the game for the 1-3-1 Red Dragons. For the season, Stern is 1-1-1 with a 2.05 GAA and a .936 save percentage.

Rookie of the Week

Katie Stack, Rochester Institute of Technology
Defense - Batavia, N.Y./Rochester Edge

Stack scored the game-winning goal with 12 seconds left in overtime, leading the #6 Tigers to a 3-2 win over Hamilton on Sunday. Stack picked up a loose puck at Tiger blue-line and went end-to-end, going around a pair of Hamilton defensemen and skating in alone on the Hamilton goaltender. Stack deked the goaltender and scored her second goal of the season. She also added an assist on Saturday.

Honor Roll

Samantha Rowan, Utica College
Sophomore, Forward - Belle Tire, Mich./Trenton, Mich.

Rowan , a junior assistant captain, netted two goals and added four assists in two victories this weekend.  She leads the team with 11 points on seven assists and four goals. In 50 career games she has 19 goals and 21 assists. 

Danielle Beattie, Plattsburgh State
Junior, Goalie - Brooklin, Ontario/Aurora Panthers

Improved to 5-0 on the season after compiling 30 saves against Williams and Middlebury. She made 15 saves, including several shots from close range with under 4 minutes remaining, against the Panthers--her first career win versus Middlebury.

Kelsey LaHue, Chatham University
Freshman, Defense - Kennesaw Mountain, Ga./Kennesaw Mountain

LaHue scored her first two college goals in consecutive games against Utica College.