Five SUNYAC Athletes Earn ECAC Weekly Nod
Women's Cross Country
Division III Upstate
Female Runner of the Week
Alyssa Drapeau – SUNY Oneonta
Sophomore, Glenville, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston
Drapeau was the top runner for Oneonta, as she led the women's cross country team to a sixth place finish at the Purple Valley Classic hosted by Williams College this past Saturday. It was the first 6K event of the season for the women and the meet was held at Mt. Greylock High School in Williamstown, Mass. Drapeau covered the distance in a time of 23:52 in finishing 33rd overall out of a field of 159 competitors. Oneonta ended the meet with 190 points, which was 23 points ahead of seventh place Christopher Newport University.
Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week
Division III – Mid-Atlantic Region
Offensive Player of the Week
Kayla DeAngelis – SUNY Geneseo
Senior, Forward, Liverpool, NY
DeAngelis registered both game-winning goals as Geneseo went 2-0 on the road to open SUNYAC play over the weekend. In Friday's 2-1 victory over defending SUNYAC Champion New Paltz, DeAngelis assisted the game-tying goal in the 33rd minute and then scored the eventual game-winner in the 41st minute. All seven of her shots were on goal. On Saturday, DeAngelis' second goal in the 53rd minute proved to be the game winner as the Knights defeated the Red Dragons, 6-5. She also scored a goal that tied the game early in the first half and also assisted another goal that again tied the game before halftime. The senior leads the team and is currently ranked fourth in the SUNYAC with 2.38 points per game and sixth with 0.88 goals per game.
Men's Soccer
Division III Upstate
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
Pat Lynch – SUNY Geneseo
Senior, Defense, Canandaigua, N.Y.
 Pat Lynch was credited with the overtime game-winning goal in Geneseo's 3-2 overtime victory over visiting Fredonia on Saturday. The senior captain also was credited with an assist in the Knights' 3-2 overtime win over Buffalo State on Friday.
Division III Upstate
Defensive Player of the Week
Rachel Axt – SUNY Cortland
Freshman, Goalkeeper, Basking Ridge, NJ
Axt recorded back-to-back double-overtime shutouts on the road in conference play over the weekend. In a 0-0 tie at Oneonta on Friday, she made a career-high 10 saves. Axt followed up with one stop in a 0-0 tie at New Paltz on Saturday. She extended her shutout streak to 264:23 and has posted three shutouts this season with a 0.51 GAA and an .857 save percentage.
Division III – Metro/Upstate
Volleyball Player of the Week
Jenna Blujus – SUNY Potsdam
Senior, Setter/Right Side, Baldwinsville, NY
Â
Two-time all-conference setter Jenna Blujus had another monster weekend for the Bears, to lead Potsdam to a 3-0 Pool Play weekend and a spot atop the SUNYAC standings. She had 11 kills, 20 assists and 18 digs in Potsdam's five-set victory over Cortland on Saturday. It was the Bears first win over the Red Dragons since 2008 and just the third victory in the series since 1984. Blujus finished out the weekend with 27 kills, 58 assists and 47 digs.
