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Splain collects ECAC Goalkeeper of the Week honor
April 28, 2004
GENEVA, N.Y.—William Smith College senior Becca Splain (Middlebury
Union/Middlebury, Vt.) recently was named the Eastern Colleges Athletic
Conference Upstate Lacrosse Goalkeeper of the Week. Also selected as the
UCAA Defensive Performer of the Week, she helped the Herons capture the
regular season UCAA title and the top seed in the conference tournament
with 21 saves in a pair of victories this past weekend.
Splain collected nine saves in a 15-7 win over Vassar College for her record 56th career victory. The following afternoon at Rensselaer she stopped 12 Red Hawks’ shots, including three on free position attempts, to come away with a 10-9 triple overtime win. For the weekend, Splain posted a 7.44 goals against average, a .568 save percentage, and picked up three ground balls.
Collecting a career-high 171 saves this season, she ranks 10th in the nation in save percentage (.629) and 12th in goals against average (6.62).
The eighth-ranked Herons will play again on May 1, hosting fourth-seed Skidmore at 11 a.m. on McCooey Field. Second-seeded Union College will take on No. 3 Hamilton College in the second semifinal at 2 p.m. The winners of those games will advance to the title tilt on May 2, at noon, on McCooey Field.
WEOS-FM (89.7/90.3) will broadcast the William Smith semifinal, and, if the Herons advance the championship game. Fans can follow all three games online at http://campus.hws.edu/athletics/herons/lacrosse/live/xlive.htm.