Rider’s Waterkeyn, Sacred Heart’s Stevens and LIU’s van Wakeren Collect MAAC Field Hockey Weekly Accolades
Offensive Player of the Week
Marion Waterkeyn, Rider
Antwerp, Belgium / OLVE
Sophomore Marion Waterkeyn continued her solid play for the Broncs last week as Rider went 1-1 in non-conference action. Waterkeyn scored three goals to go along with an assist. In a victory at Hofstra, she scored two goals. Waterkeyn followed that up with a goal and an assist in an overtime setback against Villanova. She has a career-high 16 points (6G, 4A) this season. She has recorded a point in six straight games and in seven of her eight appearances this year.
Defensive Player of the Week
Alyssa Stevens, Sacred Heart
Cheshire, CT. / Cheshire
In her lone start of the season, Stevens made 11 saves in goal for the Pioneers in a 2-1 OT loss against Yale
Rookie of the Week
Eva van Wakeren, LIU Brooklyn
Blaricum, Netherlands / Laar and Berg
Freshman Eva van Wakeren had a breakout performance in the Blackbirds 6-2 win over Lehigh on Sunday. The rookie registered her first career hat trick in the win over the Mountain Hawks. van Wakeren picked up two first half scores off the penalty corner before adding her third score in the 56th minute to give LIU the three-goal cushion. She has registered two multi-goal games on the year and paces the Blackbirds with six goals and 13 points on the year.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.