CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Albany, the 12-ranked field hockey team in the nation, won two games by a combined score of 14-0 over the weekend and swept America East weekly honors as a result:
Player of the Week
Fiori Van Rijswijk, So., Albany
Blarcium, Netherlands
- Led Albany to wins over Vermont and Columbia by tallying two goals, an assist and a defensive save.
- Had an assist and a defensive save in Saturday's 8-0 win over Vermont.
- Scored twice in the Great Danes' 6-0 victory at Columbia Sunday.
Defensive Player of the Week
Maxi Primus, Fr., Albany
Berlin, Germany
- The sophomore goalkeeper registered two shutouts, in Albany's wins over Vermont and Columbia last weekend.
- The clean sheets were her sixth and seventh of the season.
- Primus leads the league with a 0.83 GAA.
Rookie of the Week
Paula Heuser, Fr., Albany
Monchengladbach, Germany
- Racked up five points in Albany's 8-0 win over Vermont Saturday
- Scored three goals and had an assist against the Catamounts.
- The Rookie of the Week honor is her fourth of the season and third in five weeks.
- Hauser ranks second among league leaders with 30 points on 12 goals and six assists.
Around the League
- Albany, which is ranked 12th in the nation, holds a half-game lead on New Hampshire for first place in the America East standings after the Great Danes beat Vermont Saturday to move to 2-0.
- Meg Flatley's overtime goal lifted UNH to a 3-2 win over Maine in its America East opener.
- Fairfield fell at Harvard and had its six-game win streak snapped.
- Maine bounced back from its loss to UNH with a 3-2 in over Northeastern.
- The Black Bears have won five-straight non-league games.
- Albany beat Columbia, 6-0, Sunday.
- The Great Danes have an impressive +55 goal differential this season.
2013 America East Field Hockey Weekly Award Winners
Sept. 3 - Player of the Week: Liza Morgan, Albany
Rookie of the Week: Paula Heuser, Albany
9 - Player of the Week: Nicole Sevey, Maine
Defensive Player of the Week: Carlie Tarbell, New Hampshire
Rookie of the Week: Julie de Paeuw, Fairfield
16 - Player of the Week: Hannah Richard, New Hampshire
Defensive Player of the Week: Maxi Primus, Albany
Rookie of the Week: Paula Heuser, Albany
23 - Player of the Week: Daphne Voormolen, Albany
Defensive Player of the Week: Caitlyn Bennett, Fairfield
Rookie of the Week: Julie de Paeuw, Fairfield
30 - Player of the Week: Meg Flatley, New Hampshire
Defensive Player of the Week: Carlie Tarbell, New Hampshire
Rookie of the Week: Ann Burgoyne, Fairfield
Oct. 7 - Player of the Week: Hillary Fitts, Fairfield
Defensive Player of the Week: Natasha Ford, Maine
Rookie of the Week: Paula Heuser, Albany
Oct. 14 - Player of the Week: Fiori Van Rijswijk, Albany
Defensive Player of the Week: Maxi Primus, Albany
Rookie of the Week: Paula Heuser, Albany