Each week during the academic year, the NE10 honors
Athletes of the Week for all of its 24 sponsored sports while they are in season. Faces in the Crowd shines a spotlight on outstanding on-field performances that didn't earn Athlete of the Week recognition, while also highlighting academic or community efforts from student-athletes across the league.
Below are this week's
NE10 Faces in the Crowd.
DELANEY KIENDRA
School: Adelphi
Sport: Volleyball
Position: Middle Hitter
Class: Senior
Hometown: Murrietta, Calif.
Kiendra had 24 kills on 50 swings last week, smoking both Adelphi opponents for a +.400 hitting percentage. She had a flawless 10K match vs Assumption before dropping 14 kills at Saint Anselm. The matches were the sixth and seventh time Kiendra's hit better than .400 this year.
JESSIE HART
School: Saint Michael's
Sport: Swimming & Diving
Class: Senior
Hometown: Canton, Mass.
Hart posted seven wins during her team's 2-1 start and owns four top-nine times in the NE10 this season. She won twice in a 169-117 loss to Pace on Oct. 5 while adding a runner-up showing, had two wins and a second-place finish in a 147-76 win at Bridgewater State on Oct. 12, and captured three more events in a 174-126 win at Keene State on Saturday. Hart sits second in the NE10 in the 100 IM (1:09.20), fifth in the 50 breaststroke (34.46), sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.47) and ninth in the 200 breaststroke (2:41.06).
JILLIAN HENDRIKSEN
School: Bentley
Sport: Soccer
Position: Back
Class: Senior
Hometown: Pembroke, Mass.
A center back, Hendriksen has played every minute for 38 straight matches, going back to her sophomore season in 2022. She's helped lead a defense that has kept six clean sheets this season.
KYLIE PEREGOY
School: Adelphi
Sport: Field Hockey
Position: Back
Class: Graduate Student
Hometown: Medford, N.Y.
Peregoy grabbed her 27th defensive save in the fourth quarter of Adelphi's 7-1 win over SCSU, giving her sole possession of the Adelphi program record. The Medford native was also part of a defense that held AIC scoreless for over 60 minutes in Tuesday's 1-0 OT win.
NEW HAVEN PASS RUSH
School: New Haven
Sport: Football
Position: In the Backfield
Class: Sack Lunch
Hometown: New Haven?
New Haven sacked SCSU quarterback Keith Ridley eight times last week, fifth-most in an NCAA DII game this season. Jack Quander led the way with 2.5 sacks while Wilson Frederic and Jalen Fisher each had two. The Chargers pitched a shutout to improve to 4-0 in NE10 play this season.
PABLO HERRERA
School: Adelphi
Sport: Soccer
Position: Forward
Class: Graduate Student
Hometown: Madrid, Spain
Herrera has scored four goals in the last four games for Adelphi and now leads the NE10 in scoring this season. Herrera's last three goals have come off the bench and equal his career total coming into 2024. Herrera has seven scores on the year.
PRESTON NEAL
School: SNHU
Sport: Soccer
Position: Goalie
Class: Senior
Hometown: Windham, N.H.
Neal helped lead SNHU to a 2-1 win over Top-25 foe Mercy, the second ranked win for the Penmen in the last three weeks. Neal did not allow a goal during the flow of play, making two saves and allowing a score only on a PK. He has seven shutouts this season.
RAELLE GORMAN
School: Pace
Sport: Cross Country
Class: Junior
Hometown: Temecula, Calif.
A two-sport star (softball), Gorman continued her strong season for Pace at the SJLI Invitational. The sophomore lead the Setters finishing in the top 20 with a time of 21:58:5 to take sixth overall in the women's 5K event. Her performance helped the Blue and Gold capture a first-lace overall finish in the race.
RASHON BRADFORD
School: Bentley
Sport: Football
Position: Receiver
Class: Senior
Hometown: Rahway, N.J.
Becoming a regular on this list, Bentley's Bradford hauled in 11 catches last week -- most in an NE10 game this season. Only 10 players have caught more passes in a game this season, with 15 being the most across Division II.
ZOE NORLAG
School: Franklin Pierce
Sport: Field Hockey
Position: Goalie
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Amersfoort, Netherlands
Noorlag had her best performance of the season last week, stopping 16 shots against No. 7 Assumption and keeping the Ravens in the game. FPU fell 1-0 against the preseason favorites in the league.
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