MADISON, N.J. - With the conclusion of the Landmark regular season and one conference championship complete, a total of 15 Landmark student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
Baseball
Player:
Zack Brigman produced a .417 batting average over five games as
Susquehanna went 5-0 to take a seven-game win streak into the
postseason. He reached base in all five contests, knocking out five
hits and drawing three walks, while also scoring four times and
driving in three runs. He added six stolen bases in six attempts
for the Crusader offense which closed the week with a three-game
Landmark sweep of USMMA.
Pitcher:
Needing a win to earn a spot in the postseason
Juniata’s John Love turned in his best performance of the
season to earn a win over Scranton. He threw his first complete
game, allowing three runs on eight hits over nine innings to claim
the win, while striking out six.
Men's Lacrosse
Offensive Player:
Kyle Boncaro claims the honor for the second-straight
week after leading Goucher past Drew to complete the first unbeaten
conference regular season in Landmark men’s lacrosse history.
The sophomore scored a game-high five goals, with his fifth goal
providing the final winning margin as Goucher earned the 11-10 win.
He also added an assist for the Gophers and scooped up one ground
ball.
Defensive Player:
Sean McKenna was one shy of his season-high for saves as
he helped Catholic lock up the third seed for the Landmark
postseason with a win over Scranton. The junior stopped 13 shots
and conceded just three goals, his lowest total in a Landmark match
on the year. He also added a ground ball defensively for the
Cardinals.
Women's Lacrosse
Offensive Player:
Lyndsay Rossi turned in an all-around strong performance
as Drew clinched the second seed and a home semifinal match for the
upcoming Landmark postseason with a win over Susquehanna. The
sophomore scored a pair of goals and assisted on another for a
game-high tying three points. She also led the team with six ground
balls in the win, produced a team-best three caused turnovers and
had a pair of draw controls.
Defensive Player:
Catholic’s Becky Borrell helped the Cardinals put
the wraps on an unbeaten conference regular season with a strong
defensive effort against Scranton. The junior recorded five ground
balls, three caused turnovers and one draw control to anchor a
defense that limited Scranton to five goals and just nine shots.
She also scored her first goal of the season in the win.
Softball
Player:
Annie Zeleniak closed out the regular season by helping
Scranton to a pair of wins to clinch a Landmark postseason berth.
She drove in the winning runs with a three-run home run to give
Scranton a win over USMMA in its finale to lock up a postseason
berth. The junior had eight hits in four games on the week, batting
.615 while also scoring five runs and driving in five runs. She had
a triple and a home run while also drawing a pair of walks.
Pitcher:
Freshman hurler Samantha Boccolini came up big in a pair of
Landmark games to help Scranton earn a spot in the Landmark
postseason. In a must-win game in the season finale she tossed a
complete game, allowing two runs, one earned, while scattering five
hits and striking out a pair. The previous day she pitched Scranton
to a much-needed win after dropping the first game of the
doubleheader as she went seven innings again, allowing only one
earned run on nine hits with four strikeouts. She finished the week
2-0 with a 1.40 ERA and six strikeouts.
Men's Tennis:
Drew’s Raul Smego helped the team complete its
third-straight unblemished Landmark regular season as he earned
wins in singles and doubles in a Landmark win over Moravian. He
claimed a 6-0, 6-3 win at first singles for the Rangers, then
joined his brother Elliot Smego for an 8-6 victory at first
doubles. He also won in doubles and singles in a non-conference win
over Neumann earlier in the week, claiming wins by scores of 6-2,
6-3 at first singles and 8-5 at first doubles.
Women's Tennis:
After being sidelined for nearly a month Vivian Peng
returned to the court and picked up wins in singles and doubles
play to help Drew clinch the top seed for the Landmark postseason.
She defeated the reigning Landmark Player of the Year at first
singles with a 6-0, 6-3 victory, and then claimed an 8-6 win at
first doubles with teammate Sarit Ashkenazi to help Drew defeat
Moravian 7-2 to close perfect 6-0 Landmark regular season.
Men's Track & Field
Field:
Moravian’s Jonathan Heberling was named the Field Athlete of
the Year in helping Moravian to the 2010 Landmark Outdoor
Championships. The freshman placed second in three field events
with marks of 1.88-meters in the high jump, 6.76-meters in the long
jump and 12.49-meters in the triple jump for Moravian.
Track:
Paul Thistle of Susquehanna and TJ Breya of Juniata were named the
co-Track Athletes of the Year at the Landmark Championships.
Thistle won the 1,500, 5,000 and 3,000-meter steeplechase all for
the third time at the Landmark meet. He ran times of 3:55.60,
15:23.43 and 10:09.46 respectively in the events and his 1,500 time
was a new Landmark record. Breya also won three times, topping the
field in the 400-hurdles (54.28), 400-meters (48.84) and
110-hurdles (15.31). His 400-hurdles time was an NCAA qualifying
mark.
Women's Track & Field
Field:
Susquehanna’s Madeline Hals helped the Crusaders to their
highest point total in three seasons and was named the Field
Athlete of the Year at the Landmark Championships. She won the shot
put with a season-best throw of 11.62-meters, and then added a
third-place finish in the discus with a toss of 33.71-meters.
Track:
Symonne Scott was named the Track Athlete of the Year as she
helped Moravian claim its third-straight Landmark title. She won
both the 100 and 200 at the meet setting a new Landmark record with
an NCAA provisional time of 12.29 in the 100 and running 25.97 in
the 200. She was also a member of the winning 4x100 relay, and
added a first-place finish in the long jump and a runner-up effort
in the high jump.