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Centennial Conference Athletes of the Week - Sept. 6-12

Centennial Conference Athletes of the Week - Sept. 6-12
Posted: Sep 14, 2021

LANCASTER, Pa. -- Week two of the fall season is now complete as the majority of sports continue non-conference play prior to Centennial Conference action kicking off in late September. Weekly awards are listed below in the sports of men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's soccer, and volleyball. 

Dickinson's Isabel Cardi repeated as the women's cross country Athlete of the Week to headline this week's performers. Other weekly conference awards for the second week of 2021 were collected by Giles Daly of Ursinus men's cross country, Ravenel Davis and Julie Post of Haverford field hockey, James Strine of Washington College men's soccer, Xander Lefevre of Johns Hopkins men's soccer, Sierra Brophy of Franklin & Marshall women's soccer, Katherine Carstensen of McDaniel women's soccer, and Nicole Wood of Bryn Mawr volleyball. 

More details on each award winner are listed below. 

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MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Athlete of the Week
Giles Daly, So., Ursinus
Forest Hills, Md. | Fallston
Daly took first place in a field of 176 runners to lead the Bears to a runner-up finish at the Dutchmen Invite hosted by Lebanon Valley on Saturday. He completed the 8k course at Union Canal Tunnel Park in 26:12.2, helping Ursinus surpass a pair of regionally ranked programs.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
 
Athlete of the Week
Isabel Cardi, Sr., Dickinson
Media, Pa. | Strath Haven
Cardi repeated as Athlete of the Week after winning her third consecutive Little 3 Championship in the annual race between Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, and Gettysburg. Cardi clocked in with a 5k time of 17:56, defeating the 35-runner field and helping the Red Devils put up a perfect team score of 15 to hold onto the team title for the 27th straight year.
FIELD HOCKEY
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Ravenel Davis, Sr., F/M, Haverford
Richmond, Va. | Trinity Episcopal School
Davis tallied the game-winner in each of Haverford's three victories as the Fords improved to 5-0 on the season. She opened the week by recording her first career hat trick a 4-0 win over Immaculata. Davis followed up that performance with the overtime sudden-victory winner in a 3-2 triumph over DeSales, sprinting down the field and going coast-to-coast for the score unassisted in the 7v7 period. The senior captain then put a flourish on an already fantastic week with a pair of goals against Juniata, including the game-winner. She currently leads the conference in goals (7) and is second in points (14).
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Julie Post, Sr., D, Haverford
Ann Arbor, Mich. | Ann Arbor Pioneer
Post anchored a back line that limited its three opponents to three goals and just 13 shots in a 3-0 week for Haverford. Post and the Fords defense stymied attacking attempts from both Immaculata (1 shot allowed) and Juniata (2 shots). The Fords have allowed less than five shots in three different games this season. 
MEN'S SOCCER
 
Offensive Player of the Week
James Strine, Sr., M, Washington College
Hockessin, Del. | Salesianum School
Strine registered four goals and one assist for nine points, including two game-winning scores, in a 2-1 week for the Shoremen. In the Shoremen's 3-1 win at Goucher last Wednesday, he scored two second half goals in the 51st and 75th minutes. Strine's top statistical performance came in a 4-0 win over Widener, as he tallied two goals and an assist. The senior midfielder got the scoring started with a goal from 25 yards out just 76 seconds into the contest. He also factored into both second half goals, assisting on one and capping off the scoring in the 60th minute on a direct kick. 
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Xander Lefevre, Sr., GK, Johns Hopkins
Glenwood, Md. | Glenelg
Lefevre backstopped Hopkins to a 1-0 win over 21st-ranked Mary Washington Saturday night. He finished with eight saves to earn the shutout in a game that JHU played a man-down for more than 50 minutes. All eight of saves came after the Blue Jays were a man-down and seven of those came in the second half. 
WOMEN'S SOCCER

Offensive Player of the Week
Sierra Brophy, So., F, Franklin & Marshall
Massapequa Park, N.Y. | Massapequa
Brophy totaled four goals and one assist in a 2-0 week for Franklin & Marshall. The sophomore forward opened the week with her first career hat trick and an assist in F&M's 5-1 victory over Elizabethtown on Wednesday. She then scored once in the Diplomats' 4-0 win at Goucher on Saturday. She has now scored in three straight appearances with a .555 shooting percentage.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Katherine Carstensen, Sr., GK, McDaniel
Pearl River, N.Y. | Pearl River
Carstensen was key in running the Green Terror's shutout streak to four straight games to start 2021. She posted a pair of individual shutouts on the week, making two saves in a 1-0 win over York before making one save in a 2-0 win over Randolph-Macon.
VOLLEYBALL

Player of the Week
Nicole Wood, Sr., S, Bryn Mawr
Greenwich, Conn. | Greenwich
Wood helped the Owls to a 4-0 week with 4.81 kills per set and 3.44 digs per set while posting a .250 hitting percentage. The senior notched three double-doubles on the week, falling just one dig short of four double-doubles, and also tallied a career-high 26 kills in Bryn Mawr's 3-1 win over Rosemont. She also added nine service aces throughout the four matches. Wood now has the third-most kills in the Centennial Conference this season and the fourth-most kills per set.