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Centennial Conference Athletes of the Week - Oct. 3-9

Centennial Conference Athletes of the Week - Oct. 3-9
Posted: Oct 11, 2022

LANCASTER, Pa. -- With mid-October approaching, the fall 2022 season is officially entering the home stretch as Centennial teams vie for playoff positioning and the first conference championship of the fall is now just a few weeks away (cross country). 

Repeat weekly award winners for this week include Oscar Horwitz of Franklin & Marshall men's soccer, who earned his second straight and third overall CC honor this fall, Rachel Conhoff of Ursinus women's cross country, and Anna Scott of Johns Hopkins field hockey. Other winners from last week include Aidan Cantine of Swarthmore men's cross country, Kate Ervin of Bryn Mawr field hockey, Ben Mulford of Muhlenberg men's soccer, Breukelen Woodard of Johns Hopkins women's soccer, Katherine Carstensen of McDaniel women's soccer, Sydney Levins of F&M volleyball, and Alyssa Faville of Muhlenberg volleyball. 

See below for more details on each of this week's award winners. 

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MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

Athlete of the Week
Aidan Cantine, Sr., Swarthmore
Ridgewood, N.J. | Eastside Catholic
Cantine earned his first collegiate cross country first-place finish in the 8k as he led the pack through the corn fields of DeSales University. Cantine crossed the finish line at 25:19.2 to finish 10 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
 
Athlete of the Week
Rachel Conhoff, Sr., Ursinus
Christiansted, Virgin Islands | Good Hope Country Day School
Conhoff finished second overall in the DeSales Invitational on Saturday. She led the Bears on the 6k course with her time of 22:53.70 and was the top finishing Division III women's runner in the race.
FIELD HOCKEY
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Kate Ervin, So., F, Bryn Mawr 
Millington, Md. | Kent County
Ervin scored four goals in the Owls' lone game of the week as Bryn Mawr pushed its record to 10-1 on the year. On Thursday against Washington College, Ervin found the back of the cage four times in an 8-2 Centennial Conference victory. Ervin's four-goal game tied teammate Hazel Miller for the most single-game goals in program history. 
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Anna Scott, Sr., D, Johns Hopkins
Ann Arbor, Mich. | Huron
Scott repeated as Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Blue Jay defense to a pair of shutout wins in conference play. She and the JHU defense held Gettysburg to four shots, just two on goal, and zero corners on Wednesday. At Ursinus on Saturday, Scott had a defensive save late in the second quarter when it was still a one-goal game. The defense also held the Bears to seven shots and zero goals.
MEN'S SOCCER
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Oscar Horwitz, Jr., D, Franklin & Marshall
Glen Rock, N.J. | Glen Rock
Horwitz earned Offensive Player of the Week for the second straight week and third time this season after scoring in each of the Diplomats' victories last week. 
Horwitz has now scored in four straight matches and leads F&M in both goals (7) and points (15). His most meaningful goal of the week came during the 74th minute against Gettysburg when his header helped level the match late as the Diplomats picked up a key point against a strong Bullets team.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Ben Mulford, Fr., GK, Muhlenberg
North Bethesda, Md. | Georgetown Prep
Mulford was spotless in goal in a pair of games, recording back-to-back shutouts. He stopped two shots against Moravian and three against Swarthmore, including a diving save late in the second half that preserved the Mules' first shutout win against the Garnet since 2007. Mulford has not allowed a goal in his last 294 minutes.
WOMEN'S SOCCER

Offensive Player of the Week
Breukelen Woodard, Gr., M, Johns Hopkins
Rutland, Vt. | Burr and Burton Academy
Woodard netted three goals in a 2-0 week for the Blue Jays. She scored twice in a 4-0 win against Gettysburg and then added the first goal in a 3-0 win at Washington College.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Katherine Carstensen, Gr., GK, McDaniel
Pearl River, N.Y. | Pearl River
Carstensen posted two clean sheets on the week including a four-save performance at No. 24 Franklin & Marshall. On Saturday she made a pair of key saves against the Red Devils in a 1-0 win, completing a scoreless 180-minute week in net. 
VOLLEYBALL

Offensive Player of the Week
Sydney Levins, Jr., OH/RS, Franklin & Marshall
Waxhaw, N.C. | Cuthbertson
Levins hit .325 for the week during a pair of Centennial Conference sweeps against Haverford and Washington College. She recorded 11 points in both matches and added two blocks and one service ace against the Fords, with two more aces against the Shorewomen after nearly identical hitting performances. Levins and the Diplomats have now swept their last six matches, the longest such streak for F&M since the 2013 season.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Alyssa Faville, Jr., Libero, Muhlenberg
Wilmington, Del. | Conrad Schools of Science
Faville averaged 6.80 digs per set in a 2-1 week for the Mules. She averaged 7.14 digs in two CC matches, pulling up 27 in a four-set win vs. Ursinus and 23 in a three-set loss to Gettysburg. Faville added 18 digs in a sweep of DeSales and made only one reception error in the three matches. She also had 6 assists and 4 service aces.