Raso, DiBernardo, and Romano Claim Women's Lacrosse Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
MAAC Offensive Player of the Week
MELANIE
RASO, FAIRFIELD
A,
Fr., 5-4, Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale
Raso scored a team-best eight
points as the Stags ran their regular season MAAC winning streak to a
record-tying 22 games. She netted seven goals on the week, including the
game-winning tally in each game. She also handed out one assist. Raso shared
the team-lead with three goals in a hard-fought 12-8 win over Canisius and
scored the go-ahead goal after Fairfield rallied from a 7-4 second-half
deficit. Raso notched four goals in the
win over Niagara on Friday evening.
MAAC Defensive Player of the Week
JULIA
DIBERNARDO, MANHATTAN
GK,
So., 5-5, Loudonville, N.Y./Shaker
In a tight back and forth
contest, DiBermardo came up big as she made 11 saves in Manhattan's 12-11
comeback win over Siena. She also recorded three ground balls in 60 minutes of
action. In picking up her fourth victory of the season, DiBernardo has
established a new career-high in the category.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
JAMIE ROMANO, MARIST
M, Fr., 5-10, Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park
In the Red Foxes' two games this past week versus Canisius and Niagara,
Romano was the leading point scorer for the team as she notched six goals and
one assist. Her six goals were scored on an impressive eight shots taken for a
.750 shooting percentage. With goals in both games this week, Romano has now
notched points in every game (12) of her young collegiate career. On defense,
she helped the Red Foxes as she caused two turnovers on the week and collected six
ground balls.