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May 4, 2009

For Immediate Release

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Northeast-10 Player of the Week
Mallory Ferrandiz, New Haven (Sr., M, West Sayville, N.Y.) - Named the Most Outstanding Player of the NE-10 Championships. Had five goals and three assists in two games. Also collected eight draw controls and was 2-for-2 on free position shots. Finished with a .625 shooting percentage.

Northeast-10 Goalkeeper and Freshman of the Week
Maureen Spellman, New Haven (Fr., G, Trumbull, Conn.) - Had 18 saves and a .450 save percentage in a 2-0 week. Made nine saves while allowing just seven goals in the NE-10 Championship final against Southern New Hampshire. Also had six ground balls and four caused turnovers in the Championship final.

Weekly Honor Roll:

Jaclyn Griffin, Bentley (Jr., M, Barrington, Ill.) - Had a hat trick and one assist in the NE-10 quarterfinals against Merrimack. Scored at least three goals in eight games this season.

Alyssa Ritchie, Bentley (Sr., M, North Andover, Mass.) - Finished her career with a four-point performance against Merrimack in NE-10 quarterfinals. Scored three goals and had one assist.

Lauren Stille, Franklin Pierce (So., A, North Quincy, Mass.) - Totaled three goals and an assist for four points in the NE-10 quarterfinal setback to Southern New Hampshire.

Kelly Pasquantonio, Merrimack (So., M, Plainville, Mass.) - Tallied eight goals and 12 points in two Northeast-10 post-season games this past week.

Ashley Ferrandiz, New Haven (So., M, West Sayville, N.Y.) - Had seven goals, two assists and a perfect 1.000 shooting percentage in NE-10 Championships. Named to the All-Championship Team and picked up seven ground balls, caused four turnovers and collected three draw controls.

Emily Mongeau, Southern New Hampshire (Fr., M, Westborough, Mass.) - Totaled six goals and an assist in three games during the NE-10 championship. Scored three times in the semifinal win over Stonehill.

Jackie Ladino, Stonehill (Jr., M, North Dartmouth, Mass.) - Scored three times and had a draw control in the NE-10 Semifinals against Southern New Hampshire.

Michelle Salmon, Stonehill (Sr., M, East Islip, N.Y.) - Scored three times in the NE-10 Semifinals against Southern New Hampshire.

Libby Parent, Southern New Hampshire (Sr., A, Hinesburg, Vt.) - Recorded eight goals and two assists in three NE-10 championship games. Notched three goals and an assist against Franklin Pierce and totaled three goals in the championship game setback to New Haven.

Weekly Notes:

BENTLEY: Midfielder Alyssa Ritchie finished her record breaking career on Tuesday against Merrimack. In that game, she tied the Northeast-10 career scoring record of 326 points. She also broke her own program single-season scoring record with 93 points. Earlier in the season, she broke teammate Jaclyn Griffin's single-season goals record of 50, and finished with 66. She finishes her career as Bentley's all-time leader in goals (198), assists (128) and points (326).

FRANKLIN PIERCE: Franklin Pierce made just its second postseason appearance in program history and first since 2003. The Ravens set a program record with seven wins. Sophomore Lauren Stille is just the second Raven in program history to earn first team All-Conference honors, joining Courtney Boardman who was a first team selection as a freshman in 2003. Stille ends her season with 64 goals, second only in program history to her record total of 73 set during her freshman year, and she will head into her junior season just 14 shy of Boardman's career mark of 151 goals. Stille, who holds the program's career assist mark with 27, is now just nine points shy of Boardman's career record of 173. Freshman Jillian Bolduc (Atkinson, N.H.) finished her first collegiate season with 218 saves - the third-highest single-season total in program history.

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE: SNHU's senior class graduates holding a multitude of career school record. Libby Parent is the Penmen's all-time leader in goals (169) and points (248), while Jennifer Parro (Ipswich, Mass.) holds the career record for assists (134). Julie Kraus (Derry, N.H.) is SNHU's all-time leader in ground balls (212), draw controls (147) and caused turnovers (126). All three played in a school-record 63 games.