Burdge, Thomas & Jackson Earn First Water Polo Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
Offensive
Player of the Week
Jessica Burdge,
Wagner College
So., A, 5-9,
Stockton, Calif./St. Mary's
In four games during
the Brown Invitational, Burdge recorded 11 goals, 1 assist, 7 steals and 4
sprints, leading the Seahawks in scoring during three wins. She also scored
three goals in games against Brown, Claremont Mudd Scripps and Colorado State
while adding two goals and an assist against Brown in their second game.
Defensive Player of the Week
Rebecca Thomas,
Marist
Sr., GK, 5-11,
Cape Town, South Africa/University of Cape Town
Thomas started right
off where she left from last year's Co-Defensive Player of the Year effort,
making 32 saves while playing all but two quarters of Marist's four games
against some of the best teams in the country. She started off the weekend by
making seven saves and three steals against #5 Arizona State before making four
saves against #15 Loyola Marymount while only playing for the first half. In
the Red Foxes' first win of the season over Sonoma State, Thomas stopped nine
shots and made two steals while only allowing two goals for an .818 save
percentage. She also registered her first assist of the season. Against Santa
Clara in the weekend finale, an 8-7 win for Marist, Thomas tied her season-high
12 saves and adding another two steals which tied for the team-high.
Rookie of the
Week
Caitlyn Jackson,
VMI
Fr., CD, 5-10,
Gilroy, Calif./Archbishop Mity
In
her first collegiate action, Jackson got things off on the right foot, notching
six goals in her first-ever game at VMI, tying her with teammate Celine Lazzaro
for a weekend-high for VMI. Her 6 goals tied her with the program's second-most
goals scored in a single game. Jackson concluded the weekend with goals en
route to VMI's 3-1 start, the best in program history.