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Centennial Conference Athletes of the Week - Oct. 4-10

Centennial Conference Athletes of the Week - Oct. 4-10
Posted: Oct 12, 2021

LANCASTER, Pa. -- Centennial Conference play is now about halfway complete for the majority of fall sports, with playoff chases heating up. Conference action will continue through the end of October, with the CC postseason set to begin in early November. Weekly awards for field hockey, men's and women's soccer, and volleyball are listed below. Only one cross country team competed this past week. 

This week's award winners are headlined by repeat winners Abby Birk of Johns Hopkins field hockey and Katherine Carstensen of McDaniel women's soccer. Other award winners include Claire McGowan of Bryn Mawr field hockey, Axel Whamond of Johns Hopkins men's soccer, Max Mouer of Haverford men's soccer, Maddie Schwartz of McDaniel women's soccer, and Zanze Kuba-McCoy of Gettysburg volleyball. 

See below for more information on each award recipient. 

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FIELD HOCKEY
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Abby Birk, Sr., M, Johns Hopkins
Louisville, Ky. | Sacred Heart
Birk totaled two goals and an assist to help lead Johns Hopkins to a pair of wins as the Blue Jays stand alone atop the Centennial Conference standings. She scored the game-winner and added an assist in JHU's win at Gettysburg on Wednesday. Birk also scored the game-winner on Saturday as the Blue Jays shutout 10th-ranked Ursinus.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Claire McGowan, So., D, Bryn Mawr 
Manasquan, N.J. | Wall
McGowan made one of the greatest defensive saves in recent memory for Bryn Mawr against Washington College, as the sophomore laid out in a full dive to clear a ball right off of the line and keep the Owls' game against the Shorewomen scoreless in the third quarter. That defensive save helped give Bryn Mawr the opportunity to go on and win the game in overtime.
MEN'S SOCCER
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Axel Whamond, Jr., F, Johns Hopkins
Riverside, Conn. | Fairfield Prep
Whamond scored in both contests of a 2-0 week for Hopkins. The Blue Jays' leader in assists, he scored his first goal of the season on Tuesday in JHU's 4-0 win over Goucher. Whamond then scored the game's only goal in Hopkins' 1-0 win over Washington College on Saturday.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Max Mouer, So., D, Haverford
Houston, Texas | Memorial
Mouer led a Haverford defense that held its two opponents scoreless and to just six total shots on goal. The Fords' backline has now recorded three consecutive shutouts, including 1-0 victories over Rutgers-Camden and Ursinus last week. Mouer helped anchor a lockdown defensive effort that constantly denied Ursinus as the Bears looked for a goal in the second half on Saturday. The sophomore also contributed on the other end of the field, scoring the game-winning goal with a lofty, floating strike directly from a corner kick against Rutgers Camden. 
WOMEN'S SOCCER

Offensive Player of the Week
Maddie Schwartz, Gr., M, McDaniel
Lancaster, Pa. | Hempfield
Schwartz led the Green Terror to two more wins on the season and kept the record unblemished at 12-0. She recorded two goals and an assist on the week, scoring one goal and adding an assist in a home victory over Franklin & Marshall before blasting the game-winner of a 1-0 win at Dickinson on Saturday.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Katherine Carstensen, Sr., GK, McDaniel
Pearl River, N.Y. | Pearl River
Carstensen posted two more shutouts to keep the Green Terror perfect on the season at 12-0. She made seven saves in a 2-0 win over Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday before needing just one stop at Dickinson for McDaniel's 11th shutout of the year on Saturday.
VOLLEYBALL

Player of the Week
Zanze Kuba-McCoy, Jr., OH, Gettysburg
Somerville, N.J. | Somerville 
Kuba-McCoy averaged 4.29 kills and 3.86 digs per set while logging a pair of double-doubles in conference matches last week. She tallied 14 kills and 16 digs as Gettysburg ended a 21-set winning streak in a 3-1 loss to top-ranked Johns Hopkins. The junior outside hitter racked up 16 kills and 11 digs in a 3-0 win over Muhlenberg.