UMW's Alter, Reynolds Gain CAC Athlete of the Week Honors
MEN’S SOCCER
Mary Washington senior
forward MATT ALTER (Rumson, N.J./Rumson Fairhaven Regional) was
selected as the CAC Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week
while York junior defender AARON BEALE (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop
Curley) was picked as the CAC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player
of the Week for Oct. 29, 2012.
Alter was named the CAC
Offensive Player of the Week award winner after scoring UMW’s
only goal in a 4-1 setback at 14th-ranked Christopher Newport, then
scoring one goal and assisting on the other for the fifth-seeded
Eagles in Sunday’s 2-0 CAC playoff triumph at fourth-seeded
Marymount.
Beale was selected as
the CAC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in the
last three weeks after leading two stellar YCP defensive
performances. The Spartans started by limiting
Manhattanville, a playoff team in the MAC Freedom Conference, to
just two shots in a 3-0 YCP win. Beale then led the defense
in Saturday’s 1-0 first-round CAC playoff win over St.
Mary’s, in which the Seahawks managed two attempts.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Mary Washington junior
forward ERIN REYNOLDS (Oakton, Va./Oakton) was named the CAC
Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week while York
sophomore goalie MELANIE GLESSNER (Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone) was
selected as the CAC Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the
Week for Oct. 29, 2012.
Reynolds was selected as
the CAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this year
after pouring in four goals against future CAC rival Southern
Virginia in a 5-2 UMW triumph. Reynolds is tied for second in
the CAC with 13 goals this season.
Glessner was named the
CAC Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season
after registering two more complete-game shutouts, giving her a
team-record 14 this season. She had a career-high 21 saves in
a midweek scorelss draw at Catholic, then had three saves in
Saturday’s CAC match against Wesley that ended in a
shootout.
Special Mention:
With both Wesley GKs injured, freshman forward CHELSEA MARRINER
(Cape May Courthouse, N.J./Cape May County Tech) stepped between
the pipes for the first time in her career and registered nine
saves in 110 scoreless minutes of Saturday’s CAC first-round
playoff game against York, which went to the seventh round of the
shootout before YCP advanced in the tournament.
