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Coast Division Player of the Week
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Division Player of the Week
Heartland
Division Player of the Week
March
5, 2007 - Emily Evers
Iowa State University
Evers led the Cyclones to
two exciting victories in their very first CWPA tournament including
a hard-fought 6-4 victory over 2006 Heartland Division champion Carleton
College. The versatile junior was a force on both ends of the pool,
frustrating opponents as the team’s primary 2-meter defender as
well as finishing with 11 goals on the offensive end, including six
markers in a 13-4 victory over St. Mary's University.
April 16, 2007 -
Daniela Faas
Iowa State University
Faas helped the Cyclones to
a second place finish at the Heartland Division Championship Tournament
hosted by Grinnell College. A dominating player, she tallied 16 goals
in the regional tournament and recorded her best game against South
Region #1 seed Grinnell College with six goals as the doctoral student
helped lead Iowa State to an 8-7 win.
Mid
Atlantic Division Player of the Week
February
5, 2007 -- Sheena Curtin
University
of Pennsylvania
A graduate student and first
year Penn player, Curtin is no stranger to water polo following an impressive
career at Occidental University in California. Thanks to her strong
play off the bench, the Quakers rolled to a sweep of the Mid-Atlantic
northern region's teams at home on February 3-4. Curtin fueled an explosive
Quakers offense that put up 38 goals over three games, netting 13 goals
on 16 shots and adding five assists and five steals as the Red and Blue
knocked off Penn State (10-5 W), West Chester University (15-2 W) and
the University of Pittsburgh (13-1 W).
February
12, 2007 -- Natassa Kordic
University
of Pennsylvania
A freshman, Kordic led Penn
to a 2-2 showing and a third place finish at the Ivy Tournament scoring
four goals, including a pair of scores in a 7-4 loss against the varsity
squad of Harvard University as the Quakers were tied with the Crimson
4-4 entering the fourth period. In addition, she added four assists
and was a strong presence in the Quakers defense, which on the weekend
allowed only one goal on man-up opportunities.
February
26, 2007 -- Marina Whelan & Jenna Maloka
Duke
University
The Blue Devils' goalie, Maloka
had 33 saves and anchored the Duke defense with a 67.3 save percentage
as the team went 4-0 in their first CWPA competition of the season.
Further, she recorded her first career shutout in a 9-0 victory over
the University of Richmond. Whelan led the Duke offense notching 16
goals and four assists, including the game-winning goal in overtime
against James Madison University in a 5-3 win and recorded a team high
six goals in a 12-7 win over Virginia Tech University.
March 26, 2007 --
Carolyn Corona & Elizabeth Lawrence
University
of Pennsylvania
The goalie tandem led the
University of Pennsylvana to an undefeated 5-0 weekend against the Southern
teams in the CWPA's Middle Atlantic Division while combining to allow
eight goals in five games, racking up over 50 saves and eight assists.
A senior, Corona was in cage for Penn's 8-1 victory over James Madison
University, allowing one goal with six saves and two assists. In the
team's final game of the tournament versus Virginia Tech University,
Lawrence, a freshman, allowed two goals and grabbed eight saves in an
11-2 victory as the Quakers clinched the #1 seed for the Mid-Atlantic
Championship on April 14-15.
April
16, 2007 -- Sheena Curtin
University
of Pennsylvania
Curtin provided the spark
for Penn's offense that led to the Quakers second straight Middle Atlantic
Championship. Trailing 3-1 in the first quarter of the Championship
game versus Pittsburgh, Curtin notched four goals in the opening minutes
of the second quarter leading Penn to a 8-1 second quarter. On the weekend,
Curtin had 14 goals on 19 shots and added seven assists, nine steals
and five kickouts drawn.
April
16 , 2007 -- Stephanie Wallace
University
of Pittsburgh
Wallace led Pittsburgh with
13 goals, including six in a 13-9 over Duke University to advance to
the championship game, and four in the championship game against Penn
while leading the team in ejections drawn.
Midwest
Division Player of the Week
New
England Division Player of the Week
April 16, 2007 --
Lee Corbett
Middlebury College
A senior from Vernon, Vermont,
Corbett was instrumental in helping Middlebury go 4-0 last week as she
recorded 10 saves versus Wesleyan University (13-1 W), nine against
Yale University "B" (12-4 W), 11 versus Yale University (7-4
W) and nine against Williams College (7-6 W).
New
York Division Player of the Week
April
2, 2007 -- Natalie Levine
Columbia University
Levine led
Columbia to a 4-0 record and the #1 seed for the New York Division Championship
on April 14-15 at New York University, as she scored 16 of the team's
36 total goals with the game-winner versus NYU in a 13-12 win and the
deciding factor in a 13-12 overtime victory against Cornell University.
Overall, the Lions finished the weekend 4-0 as Columbia concludes the
regular season in the New York Division with an 8-0 mark.
April
16, 2007 -- Amy Lin
Columbia University
Lin averaged
seven saves per game in wins over Colgate University (5-0 forfeit),
Syracuse University (17-6 W) and defending division champion Cornell
University (15-4 W) as she anchored the Lions to the 2007 New York Division
title and a berth in the National Club Championship Tournament set for
May 4-6 at Williams College.
North
Atlantic Division Player
of the Week
February 19, 2007
-- Annalise DeConti
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
In her Collegiate Water Polo
Association debut, DeConti tallied three goals, four assists, five steals
and drew three ejections to lead the MIT Engineers over Boston University
13-1.
March 5, 2007 - Kelly
Cavazos
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Cavazos allowed a total of
nine goals in five games while averaging nine saves and tallying nine
assists and 10 steals as the Engineers downed Boston University (5-3
W, 11-1 W), Bates College (12-1 W) and Bowdoin College (10-2 W, 8-2
W).
March
12, 2007 - Christi Winiarz
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
In the Engineers'
lone game of the week, she scored three goals and contributed three
assists, eight steals and four drew four ejections as MIT defeated Wellesley
College 10-4 to improve to 10-0 on the year, including a 7-0 record
in conference play.
April
16 , 2007 - Kelly Cavazos
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Cavazos averaged
nine saves per game as the Engineers defeated Wellesley College (9-1
W), Bates College (11-2 W), Boston University (12-2 W) and Boston College
(6-5 W) to capture the division title and a berth in the 2007 National
Collegiate Club Championship tournament set for May 4-6 at Williams
College. She saved her best performance of the tournament to the title
game as she made a tournament high 13 stops versus Boston College, including
four in the final two minutes of play to preserve the victory for MIT.
Northwest
Division Player of the Week
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Pacific
Coast Division Player of the Week
Sierra
Pacific Division Player of the Week
March 5, 2007 - Kristen
Swader
California Maritime
Academy
Swader scored 13 goals in
four games last weekend at the conference regional tournament hosted
by the University of California-Davis as Cal Maritime fell to UC-Davis
(18-3 L), California State University-Fresno (19-2 L), St. Mary's College
(19-13 L) and UC-Davis "B" (17-9 L). Overall, she accounted
for seven assists as she factored in 20 of the 27 goals that Cal Maritime
scored at the tournament.
March 12, 2007 -
Megan Braun
California Maritime
Academy
The primary two-meter player
for the Keelhaulers, Braun was pressed into service in the goal when
the Keelhaulers normal goalie hurt her knee and was unable to continue
in the goal. She played the last quarter in the goal on Sunday morning's
game versus Fresno State, recording four saves. She also recorded three
steals in the first three quarters while playing in the field. Playing
exclusively in the goal in the later game versus UC Davis "B",
Braun recorded 11 saves and two steals and kept the Keelhaulers in the
game until the very end in an 11-8 loss. The goal-keeping assignment
was not something new to Braun as she had a background as a goalie,
althought she had not played the position since her sophomore year in
high school for a four-year layoff between the pipes. In the field for
Saturday's games, Braun scored two goals and recorded four steals versus
St Mary's College, and scored twice and had one steal in the team's
first game versus California State University-Chico.
Southeast
Division Player of the Week
February
6, 2007 -- Elizabeth Stevulak
University
of Arizona
A senior, Stevulak made a
"Rockyesque" comeback this weekend. After going to the emergency
room on Friday evening, unsure if she was going to be able to play in
the first conference tournament for the Southwest Division, she received
doctor's clearance to play but did not play in the first game against
Northern Arizona. Taking to the pool in the second game versus the #12
ranked Falcons of the United States Air Force Academy, she netted a
hat-trick for the difference in an 8-5 victory. She added five
goals in an 11-4 win over the University of Utah as she finished the
tournament with nine goals, three steals and an assist.
Southwest
Division Player of the Week
Texas
Division Player of the Week
March
26 , 2007 -- Cory Dickey
University
of Texas
A newcomer to the sport of
water polo, Dickey took up the sport late this semester and only recently
took up swimming as a hobby. Playing in her first games, she anchored
the Longhorns' to the Texas Division regular season title as she tallied
two goals and three steals as Texas knocked off Rice University (11-8
W), Baylor University (12-1 W), Trinity University (10-0 W) and Texas
A&M University (7-1 W).
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