Monmouth's van der Hoop, Klinkhammer & Fairfield's Gilligan Claim Weekly Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Josephine van der Hoop, Monmouth
So., F, Rotterdam, The Netherlands/Wolfert van Borselen
Josephine van der Hoop paced the Hawks’ offense in a pair of wins last weekend. The sophomore found the back of the cage three times and assisted on the game-winning goal in double overtime to lead the Blue and White. The Netherlands native notched her third multi-goal game of the season with her first half goals in the MAAC win over LIU Brooklyn. Two days later at Villanova, van der Hoop got the Hawks on the board deflecting in a long feed into the circle before capping off the 2-0 weekend by setting up Tamar Klinkhammer’s game-winning goal.
Defensive Player of the Week
Caitlin Gilligan, Fairfield
Jr., GK, South Windsor, CT/South Windsor
Gilligan made three saves against Bryant in a 3-2 win on Friday, holding strong at the end as the Bulldogs pushed to score the equalizing goal. Gilligan made a crucial save in the last minute of play to clinch the win for Fairfield. She posted five saves against Rider in a 1-0 shutout win on Sunday to give the Stags its third conference win of the season.
Rookie of the Week
Tamar Klinkhammer, Monmouth
Fr., D, Laren, Netherlands/Montessorischool
Tamar Klinkhammer, who started both games last weekend on the backline that yielded just three goals in 165 minutes of action, scored the game-winner in the 3-2 come-from-behind double overtime win at Villanova on Sunday. Off a corner, the freshman was on the end of a deflected pass from Josephine van der Hoop to cap off the comeback. With the win, the Hawks finished non-league play with a 9-2 record, tying a program-best set last season.