LANCASTER, Pa. -- Centennial Conference weekly awards have been announced for the week of Oct. 2-8 in cross country, field hockey, soccer and volleyball.
Simrin Carlsen of Johns Hopkins volleyball becomes the first three-time award winner of the fall, while cross country standouts
Peter LaRochelle of Haverford and
Amiyah Priebe of Dickinson earned weekly honors for the second time.
See below for the full list of Centennial winners from last week's action.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Athlete of the Week
Peter LaRochelle, Jr., Haverford
Great Barrington, Mass. | Monument Mountain Regional
LaRochelle was the top Centennial Conference finisher at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational hosted by Dickinson, which featured 12 nationally-ranked teams competing on the same course that will host the Division III Championships later this fall. LaRochelle paced the Fords for a 29th place overall finish in 25:32.0 on the 8k course. As a team, Haverford finished 11th overall, outpacing a pair of nationally-ranked squads - No. 34 SUNY Brockport and No. 35 Hope.
2023 Men's Cross Country Weekly Awards
Sept. 6 -
Emmanuel Leblond, Johns Hopkins
Sept. 12 -
Liam Johnston, Ursinus
Sept. 19 -
Peter LaRochelle, Haverford
Sept. 26 -
Brock Overlander, Dickinson
Oct. 3 -
Emmanuel Leblond, Johns Hopkins
Oct. 10 -
Peter LaRochelle, Haverford
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Athlete of the Week
Amiyah Priebe, Jr., Dickinson
Newport, Pa. | Newport
Priebe raced to 44th place among 366 runners at the Pre-National Invitational at Big Spring High School, site for next month's NCAA National Championships. The Red Devil junior crossed the 6k finish line in 22:54.9, helping Dickinson to 16th place out of 39 teams.
2023 Women's Cross Country Weekly Awards
Sept. 6 -
Sara Stephenson, Johns Hopkins
Sept. 12 -
Bailey Mullen, McDaniel
Sept. 19 -
Sara Stephenson, Johns Hopkins
Sept. 26 -
Amiyah Priebe, Dickinson
Oct. 3 -
Sara Stephenson, Johns Hopkins
Oct. 10 -
Amiyah Priebe, Dickinson
FIELD HOCKEY
Offensive Player of the Week
Abby Marthins, Sr., F/M, Dickinson
Haddonfield, N.J. | Haddonfield Memorial
Marthins scored in both of Dickinson's wins last week as the Red Devils went 2-0 with a pair of conference road games to continue their climb up the standings. On Wednesday against McDaniel, she cashed in off a corner opportunity to give the Devils their third goal in a 3-1 win over the Green Terror. Marthins followed that up on Saturday with the only goal of the contest in a 1-0 shutout of 23rd-ranked Bryn Mawr. For the week, she recorded just two shots and scored on both.
Defensive Player of the Week
Kate Gromacki, Sr., D/M, Washington College
Forest Hill, Md. | John Carroll
Gromacki helped lead the Shorewomen defense to a pair of 2-0 shutouts with victories over Haverford and 16th-ranked Ursinus. In the win over Haverford, the Shorewomen gave up just four shots, including zero in the fourth quarter. Against Ursinus, Gromacki helped Washington hold Ursinus to just nine shots after Ursinus had averaged 23.7 shots per game in the prior three contests. Gromacki also contributed on offense with the assist on the game-winning goal versus Haverford 53 seconds into the fourth quarter. The shutout victory over Ursinus marked the first time the Shorewomen blanked the Bears, their first win over Ursinus since 2012 and their first win vs. a ranked team since 2011.
2023 Field Hockey Weekly Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Sept. 6 -
Siena Urbanski, Johns Hopkins
Sept. 12 -
Mary Lauren Franz, Ursinus
Sept. 19 -
Katherine Kohn, Swarthmore
Sept. 26 -
Magdelana Jordan, Swarthmore
Oct. 3 -
Emily Amsden, Johns Hopkins
Oct. 10 -
Abby Marthins, Dickinson
Defensive Player of the Week
Sept. 6 -
Maeve Montgomery, Ursinus
Sept. 12 -
Charlene Basque, Bryn Mawr
Sept. 19 -
Mikayla Schoff, Johns Hopkins
Sept. 26 -
Liz Falterer, Johns Hopkins
Oct. 3 -
Kat Thistlewaite, Franklin & Marshall
Oct. 10 -
Kate Gromacki, Washington College
MEN'S SOCCER
Offensive Player of the Week
Saul Iwowo, So., Fr, Dickinson
London, United Kingdom | The Brooks School
Iwowo scored three goals as Dickinson went 2-0 with wins against Hood and McDaniel. Iwowo began the week with a pair of scores, including the game-winner, in a 4-0 win over Hood before tallying the opening goal for the Red Devils in a 2-1 road win against McDaniel. For the week he recorded three goals (six points) on 13 shots (eight on target) in 162 minutes played.
Defensive Player of the Week
Nolan Booth, So., GK, Franklin & Marshall
Nazareth, Pa. | Nazareth Area
Booth picked up his second shutout of the season and the third clean sheet of his career in the Diplomats' 4-0 win over Alvernia Monday night. Booth then went on to make five saves in a win over No. 16 Muhlenberg, including a diving stop in the 75th minute to keep the Mules from tying the game.
2023 Men's Soccer Weekly Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Sept. 6 -
Julian Faust, Ursinus
Sept. 12 -
Ethan Jarden, Dickinson
Sept. 19 -
Oscar Horwitz, Franklin & Marshall
Sept. 26 -
Taylan Akdag, Muhlenberg
Oct. 3 -
Griffin Meyer, Johns Hopkins
Oct. 10 -
Saul Iwowo, Dickinson
Defensive Player of the Week
Sept. 6 -
Austin Heid, McDaniel
Sept. 12 -
Isaac Mintz, Franklin & Marshall
Sept. 19 -
Ben Mulford, Muhlenberg
Sept. 26 -
Joshua Coster, Ursinus
Oct. 3 -
Chris Comber, Washington College
Oct. 10 -
Nolan Booth, Franklin & Marshall
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Offensive Player of the Week
Bri Skidmore, Sr., F, Franklin & Marshall
Mount Airy, Md. | Urbana
Skidmore totaled three goals and one assist in the Diplomats' 2-0 week. Skidmore scored the game-winner in the 30th minute of the 5-0 win over Ursinus Wednesday afternoon. The senior then buried her second goal of the game in the 50th minute to put F&M up 3-0 over the Bears. In a 3-0 win over Muhlenberg on Saturday, Skidmore found Zoe Warne in front of the net to put F&M up 1-0 in the eighth minute and later found the back of the net in the 48th minute for her team-leading seventh goal of the season.
Defensive Player of the Week
Ava Venuti, Fr., D, Johns Hopkins
Bedford, Mass. | Buckingham Browne & Nichols
Venuti helped anchor a Blue Jay defense that posted a pair of shutout victories with a 3-0 win over Washington College and a 5-0 victory at Gettysburg. JHU didn't allow a shot against the Shorewomen and just two shots at Gettysburg. In addition to her exploits on defense, Venuti added an assist in the win over the Bullets.
2023 Women's Soccer Weekly Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Sept. 6 -
Katie Sullivan, Johns Hopkins
Sept. 12 -
Keira Prince, Haverford
Sept. 19 -
Allie Zitelli, Swarthmore
Sept. 26 -
Ava Gizzie, Swarthmore
Oct. 3 -
Alison Francis, Franklin & Marshall
Oct. 10 -
Bri Skidmore, Franklin & Marshall
Defensive Player of the Week
Sept. 6 -
Lila Brown, Dickinson
Sept. 12 -
Sara Pecorelli, Muhlenberg
Sept. 19 -
Lauren Hoolahan, McDaniel
Sept. 26 -
Annie Isphording, Johns Hopkins
Oct. 3 -
Maddie Nau, Ursinus
Oct. 10 -
Ava Venuti, Johns Hopkins
VOLLEYBALL
Offensive Player of the Week
Simrin Carlsen, Jr., OH, Johns Hopkins
Edison, N.J. | J.P. Stevens
Carlsen built on her already impressive 2023 campaign with a historic night in a week in which the Blue Jays went 3-0. The junior started her week with an 18-kill, 16-dig effort in a 3-1 win over Gettysburg before making history by setting a new program record in kills in a five-set match with 27 — paired with 12 digs — in Hopkins' 3-2 win over Stevenson. Carlsen finished her weekend with another 12 kills in a sweep of Muhlenberg, bringing her weekly averages to 4.75 kills and 5.13 points per set. The Edison, NJ-natives marks of 4.56 kills and 5.18 points per set lead the Centennial Conference.
Defensive Player of the Week
Roxy Karrer, Jr., DS/OH, Johns Hopkins
Los Altos, Calif. | Menlo
Karrer did it all for Hopkins last week, leading the team to wins in both of the matches she appeared in. In the Jay's midweek matchup against Gettysburg, Karrer secured her second double-double of the season with 10 kills and a career-best 23 digs to go along with four service aces and her second block of the year. Later in the week versus Stevenson, the junior added another eight kills to pair with 15 digs, bringing her weekly average a team-best 4.22 digs per set.
2023 Volleyball Weekly Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Sept. 6 -
Kaylee Zhang, Swarthmore
Sept. 12 -
Simrin Carlsen, Johns Hopkins
Sept. 19 -
Helena Swaak, Johns Hopkins
Sept. 26 -
Simrin Carlsen, Johns Hopkins
Oct. 3 -
Kylie Ulrich, Gettysburg
Oct. 10 -
Simrin Carlsen, Johns Hopkins
Defensive Player of the Week
Sept. 6 -
Chelsea O'Leary, Gettysburg
Sept. 12 -
Juliet Young, Haverford
Sept. 19 -
Meredith Mangum, Franklin & Marshall
Sept. 26 -
Alyssa Faville, Muhlenberg
Oct. 3 -
Chelsea O'Leary, Gettysburg
Oct. 10 -
Roxy Karrer, Johns Hopkins
