LANCASTER, Pa. — Centennial Conference play is now about halfway complete for the majority of fall sports, with playoff chases heating up. Conference action will continue through the end of October, with the CC postseason set to begin in early November. Weekly awards for field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball are listed below. Only one cross country team competed this past week.
This week’s award winners are headlined by repeat winners Abby Birk of Johns Hopkins field hockey and Katherine Carstensen of McDaniel women’s soccer. Other award winners include Claire McGowan of Bryn Mawr field hockey, Axel Whamond of Johns Hopkins men’s soccer, Max Mouer of Haverford men’s soccer, Maddie Schwartz of McDaniel women’s soccer, and Zanze Kuba-McCoy of Gettysburg volleyball.
See below for more information on each award recipient.
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Abby Birk, Sr., M, Johns Hopkins
Louisville, Ky. | Sacred Heart
Birk totaled two goals and an assist to help lead Johns Hopkins to a pair of wins as the Blue Jays stand alone atop the Centennial Conference standings. She scored the game-winner and added an assist in JHU’s win at Gettysburg on Wednesday. Birk also scored the game-winner on Saturday as the Blue Jays shutout 10th-ranked Ursinus.
Defensive Player of the Week
Claire McGowan, So., D, Bryn Mawr
Manasquan, N.J. | Wall
McGowan made one of the greatest defensive saves in recent memory for Bryn Mawr against Washington College, as the sophomore laid out in a full dive to clear a ball right off of the line and keep the Owls’ game against the Shorewomen scoreless in the third quarter. That defensive save helped give Bryn Mawr the opportunity to go on and win the game in overtime.
Offensive Player of the Week
Axel Whamond, Jr., F, Johns Hopkins
Riverside, Conn. | Fairfield Prep
Whamond scored in both contests of a 2-0 week for Hopkins. The Blue Jays’ leader in assists, he scored his first goal of the season on Tuesday in JHU’s 4-0 win over Goucher. Whamond then scored the game’s only goal in Hopkins’ 1-0 win over Washington College on Saturday.
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