LANCASTER, Pa. — Week three of the fall 2021 season witnessed the start of Centennial Conference play in men’s and women’s soccer and several victories for CC teams over top-10 opponents, highlighted by McDaniel’s victory in women’s soccer over top-ranked Messiah. Weekly awards are listed below in the sports of men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball.
Award winners for week three includeded Matthew Kleiman of Johns Hopkins men’s cross country, Ellan Baran of Johns Hopkins women’s cross country, Abby Birk of Johns Hopkins field hockey, Hannah Roth of Haverford field hockey, Alex Millones of Haverford men’s soccer, Brendan Duffy of Muhlenberg men’s soccer, Hannah Schepers and Jules Dotterweich of McDaniel women’s soccer, and Juliet Young of Haverford volleyball.
More details on each award winner are listed below.
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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Athlete of the Week
Matthew Kleiman, Jr., Johns Hopkins
Concord, Mass. | Concord Carlisle
Competing against a Division I-heavy field at the Iona Meet of Champions, Kleiman crossed the finish line in 25:23.3, good for second place among 117 runners at the event. Kleiman set an 8K personal record by over 20 seconds, leading the Blue Jays to second place in the team standings.
Athlete of the Week
Ella Baran, Sr., Johns Hopkins
Germantown, Tenn. | Houston
Competing in cross country for the first time since October 2018, Baran battled to a second-place individual finish among 115 runners at the Iona Meet of Champions, moving up more than five spots over the final mile of the 5K race. The senior captain finished the event in 18:21.5 to help lead the Jays to an overall team victory.
Abby Birk, Sr., M, Johns Hopkins
Louisville, Ky. | Sacred Heart
Birk scored a pair of goals in leading Hopkins to a 2-0 week. She scored in Hopkins 3-0 win over No. 9 Salisbury on Wednesday afternoon as the Blue Jays beat the Sea Gulls for the first time since 2008. Birk followed with a goal in Saturday’s 4-3 over Christopher Newport.
Defensive Player of the Week
Hannah Roth, Sr., GK, Haverford
Wilmette, Ill. | New…
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