Coleman, Brown, and Gutenberger Earn Women's Lacrosse Awards

3/9/2009 4:00:00 AM

MAAC Sports

MAAC Offensive Player of the Week

KRISTEN COLEMAN, FAIRFIELD

M, So., 5-11, Potomac, MD/Holy Cross

Coleman led the Stags to their second consecutive win over Boston College, with a seven-point effort. She scored six goals, scoring both of her two free position shots, and had one assist. Coleman tallied the Stags first two goals, for 1-0 and 2-1 leads, and then tallied a pair of goals and assisted on another, during a five-goal run, to put the Stags ahead 8-2. Her final goal came with 14:34 left in the game, snapping a 3-0 BC run that had cut the Stags lead to only three goals, starting another 5-0 run to put the game away.

MAAC Defensive Player of the Week

ALLISON BROWN, MANHATTAN

GK, Jr., 5-4, Tappan, NY/Tappan Zee

Brown stood tall in goal in Manhattan’s two wins this week, an 18-10 win over Lafayette on Wednesday and a 19-4 victory over Long Island on Sunday. In the two games, she only allowed 14 goals for a 7.00 goals against average, with 14 saves in each match for a .667 save percentage. She also had a total of 12 ground balls in the two matches.

MAAC Rookie of the Week

CHRISSY GUTENBERGER, MANHATTAN

M, Fr., 5-6, Stony Point, NY/North Rockland

Gutenberger tallied a total of eight goals (four in each match), as well as serving off two assists, in the Lady Jaspers’ two wins this week, an 18-10 victory over Lafayette and a 19-4 victory over Long Island. Her four goals came on six shots in the Lafayette match and came on seven shots in the LIU game. She also had four ground balls and two caused turnovers in the two wins this week for the Lady Jaspers who are now 3-1 on the young season.