Megan Feeg, Gettysburg College
Photo Credit: David Sinclair
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Paige Messersmith, McDaniel (Jr, M, Phoenix, Md. / Dulaney)
Messersmith notched a pair of game-winning goals this week for McDaniel, breaking a 2-all deadlock in a 3-2 win at Stevenson on Thursday before scoring the lone goal in a critical 1-0 victory over Haverford on Saturday.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Megan Feeg, Gettysburg (Jr, GK, Temple, Pa. / Oley Valley)
Feeg went 2-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average, a .846 save percentage and one shutout for Gettysburg last week. She made six saves in a 2-0 blanking of McDaniel, then turned aside give shots in a 3-2 victory over Muhlenberg.
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CENTENNIAL NOTEBOOK
Senior Becky Willert (F, North East, Md. / Rising Sun) moved into fourth place on Franklin & Marshall's career goal-scoring list with a pair of goals in the No. 4 Diplomats' crucial 2-1 victory at Washington College on Saturday. She now has 42 career scores and leads the Centennial Conference in both points (50) and goals (23) this season.
Haverford's 2-1 overtime victory over No. 14 Christopher Newport on Sunday was its first victory over a nationally-ranked opponent during the 2011 season.
With its seventh win of the season against Muhlenberg, Swarthmore has reached its highest single-season and conference win total since 2006 which is also the last time the Garnet made the Centennial Conference playoffs.
After not scoring a regular-season goal against Ursinus since 2005, Washington College scored four during an epic conference battle on Wednesday which turned into a 5-4 victory for the Bears.
NFHCA National Top 20 (10/25)
1-Salisbury (15-0)
2-Bowdoin (13-0)
3-Lynchburg (14-1)
4-New Jersey (15-2)
5-Skidmore (14-1)
6-Montclair State (16-1)
7-Franklin & Marshall (13-2)
8-Messiah (11-3)
9-Middlebury (11-2)
10-Amherst (11-2)
11-Ursinus (12-3)