2003 Field Hockey Players of the Week
November 10, 2003
Becca Brakeley, Middlebury
(Senior, Defense - Middlebury, Vt.)
Brakeley had a big weekend for Middlebury as she led the defense to
a pair of shutouts en route to the NESCAC Championship. The senior
also made a big defensive save late in the game to preserve the
shutout over Williams. Brakeley and the Panther defense have
shutout four straight opponents, haven’t allowed a goal in
326 minutes and are allowing a mere 0.88 goals/game. Middlebury
will host one of four NCAA Regionals this weekend on Kohn Field.
November 3, 2003
Marissa O’Neil, Bowdoin
(Junior, Forward - Manchester, N.H.)
O'Neil had an outstanding week for Bowdoin on her way to breaking
the school record for single-season points (49). O'Neil posted four
goals and six assists in a 3-0 week for the Polar Bears. She had a
goal and two assists in a 9-1 thumping of Husson before scoring two
goals and an assist against Bates. In the first-round of the NESCAC
Tournament against Tufts, she scored another goal and had three
assists in a 6-0 win.
Abigail Lamb,
Middlebury
(Senior, Forward - Mendham, N.J.)
Lamb scored six goals and assisted on three others as the Panthers
wrapped up a perfect regular season at 14-0. The senior scored four
goals in the win over Rensselaer, then broke a school-record with
three assists to go along with two goals in a conference win over
Connecticut College.
October 27, 2003
Emily Huffman, Connecticut College
(Senior, Midfielder - Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Connecticut College senior Emily Huffman netted three goals and
added an assist, leading the Camels to a 5-0 victory over Bates
College Saturday. The seven point explosion enabled Huffman to set
a new school record for points with 90.
Char Glessner, Middlebury
(Senior, Forward - Ipswich, Mass.)
Glessner scored both goals, including the game-winner in overtime
as Middlebury picked up a 2-1 NESCAC road win at Tufts. The
overtime goal was her 99th and 100th career points at Middlebury.
October 20, 2003
Louisa Mook, Wesleyan
(Junior, Forward - Newcastle, Maine)
Mook posted 2 goals and 2 assists on the week as Wesleyan notched
two conference victories. Mook tallied a goal and an assist in a
3-2 win against Tufts, then scored the game’s first goal and
then setup the game winner in an overtime win at 16th-ranked
Amherst.
October 13, 2003
Marissa O’Neil, Bowdoin
(Junior, Forward - Manchester, N.H.)
O'Neil had an incredible week for Bowdoin, leading the Polar Bears
to two wins. O'Neil scored one goal and had three assists in a 5-2
win over Southern Maine before collecting a hat trick in a 5-0
blanking of Connecticut College. For the week, the junior forward
scored four times and had three assists, having a hand in seven of
Bowdoin's 10 goals.
October 6, 2003
Tori Scott, Williams
(Senior, Forward - Cambridge, Mass.)
Scott recorded nine points in a 3-0 week for Williams as she became
the school’s all-time points leader. In a 5-0 defeat of
Union, she scored three times and assisted on another. Over the
weekend, the senior tied the Williams career goals record netting
one goal with an assist against Bates and adding another assist in
a 2-1 overtime defeat of Colby.
September 29, 2003
Molly Rice, Colby
(Freshman, Goalkeeper - South Portland, Maine)
Colby goaltender Molly Rice set a school record with 36 saves in
the Mules' 3-2 loss at sixth-ranked Middlebury. Rice broke the old
school record of 33 set by Rachel Simson '95 in 1995 against
Plymouth State. She also had four stops in a 2-1 win against
Maine-Farmington. Rice averaged 22 saves in two games and is now
6-1 and has 66 saves in her first season with Colby.
Katherine Skrivan,
Amherst
(Sophomore, Midfielder - St. Louis, Mo.)
Amherst sophomore midfielder Katherine Skrivan tallied the winning
goal in the Jeffs' 3-0 win over 17th-ranked Springfield, and scored
the tying goal in a 2-1 overtime win over fifth-ranked Bowdoin.
September 22, 2003
Kathleen Martin, Tufts
(Freshman, Attacker - Cumberland, Maine)
Martin scored both Tufts goals in a 2-1 NESCAC victory at
Connecticut College on Saturday. Her first came barely one minute
into the game to give Tufts a 1-0 lead. She then struck early again
in the second half with the eventual game-winning goal 3:42 into
the frame. The victory gave rebuilding Tufts its first back-to-back
wins since late October 2000.
September 15, 2003
K.C. Cosentino, Amherst
(Junior, Goalkeeper - Greenwich, Conn.)
Junior goalie K.C. Cosentino tallied 19 saves and surrendered just
one goal in a 2-0 week for Amherst, highlighted by an 11-save
shutout in Saturday's NESCAC-opening, 1-0 win at Tufts.






