Player of the Week Winners
Women’s Cross Country
Paige Wiechman – UMM
At the Pop Crowell invitational hosted at Gordon College, Paige Wiechman was able to place 16th out of 279 women runners that participated in the race. She posted a season’s best time of 20:06 for the 5 K run. The field had exceptional runners from all over New England from all collegiate divisions.
Men’s Cross Country
Marc Richardson – NHTI
Marc Richardson, a freshman at NHTI is the Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week. Marc finished with a time of 31:08 in the Pop Crowell Classic at Gordon College. His time was good for 99th overall in a competitive field.
Golf
Tommy Stirling – SMCC
Sophomore Tommy Stirling (Gorham, ME) earned medalist honors at the YSCC Championship on Saturday, October 1. He shot a low gross score of 76. Stirling travels to Pennsylvania this weekend to compete in the USCAA Golf Championships.
Women’s Soccer
Erin O’Connor – UMM
Erin had nine goals in four games this week includeing two hat tricks. She helped lead the Clippers to a 4-0 week and the top of the Yankee Conference
Men’s Soccer
Blais Whitney – SMCC
Junior Blais Whitney (Cornish, ME) scored both goals in SMCC’s 2-0 victory over University of Maine-Machias on Friday, September 30th. SMCC and UM-Machias were both undefeated in YSCC play leading up to the game, and ranked 9th and 10th respectively in the most recent USCAA Coaches’ Poll. The Seawolves are now 8-0 in conference and 8-2 overall
Volleyball
Valerie Leclerc – Unity
Valerie Leclerc, a senior Middle Hitter at Unity College is the Volleyball Player of the Week. Valerie helped Unity College go 5-2 on the week, and played a key role in helping her school defeat conference leader NHTI with 12 kills and 12 digs. For the week Valerie had 44 kills, 11 aces, 8 blocks, and 36 digs.