A blistering week for Goldey-Beacom Athletics not only was rewarding on the playing field, but off it as well with eight student-athletes garnering weekly awards from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference.
Sophomore Sophie Woods (Manchester, England) was crowned Women’s Soccer Rookie of the week and senior Joe Traynor (Warminster, PA/William Tennant) was tabbed Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week to highlight the bunch. The remaining six made the Weekly Honor Roll for their respective sport and that includes junior Mateus Silvestre (Picarras, Brazil) for men’s soccer, senior Cindell Aguirre (El Paso, TX) for women’s soccer, senior Nina Sengl (Puchheim, Germany) and freshman Alma Garcia Valle (Valladolid, Spain) for women’s tennis, junior Jordan Dodson (Port Deposit, MD/Perryville) for cross country and senior Grace McCarthy (Middletown, DE/Delaware Military Academy) for volleyball.
Woods scored twice to help Goldey-Beacom improve to its best start in school history. She scored in double overtime of Wednesday’s 2-1 victory at Chowan and then netted the Lightning’s first goal in their 2-1 triumph Saturday at Nyack.
Traynor was pressed into service Saturday at Nyack and got the victory in goal, making three saves in the Lightning’s 1-0 victory. For the week, he made four saves over 108 minutes.
Silvestre converted a penalty kick in the 59th minute of Saturday’s victory at Nyack. It was his fourth career goal and third against the Warriors, including an overtime tally last season.
Aguirre went 2-0 last week, only needing to make four saves over 193 minutes. She did not have to make a save over 103 minutes Wednesday at Chowan and came up with four Saturday vs. Nyack.
Sengl did not drop a set during singles play and also teamed for a double victory in her lone appearance last week. She rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at fifth singles over Emily Zygmunt of Philadelphia University and teamed with senior Francesca Beg (Westbury, England) for an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles vs. Jala Hamada and Linde Zwaan.
Garcia Valle won in both singles and doubles Friday against Philadelphia University, an 8-1 triumph for GBC. She recorded a 6-1, 6-0 victory at fourth singles over Mariana Sampaio and also paired with freshman Silvia Hortelano Pey (Castelldefels, Spain) for an 8-3 win at third doubles over Katelyn High and Emily Zygmunt.
Dodson continued to buoy the Lightning by ending ninth overall and second among non-Division I runners at the DSU Hornet Invitational. She closed in 21:53.10 over the 5,000-meter course.
McCarthy totaled 27 kills, 20 digs, a .368 hitting percentage, six aces and a block assist over two matches last week. She had 10 kills, a .474 percentage, 11 digs and three aces Tuesday at Bowie State before totaling 17 kills, a .316 percentage, nine digs and three aces Thursday vs. Cheyney, both GBC wins.
Sophomore Sophie Woods (Manchester, England) was crowned Women’s Soccer Rookie of the week and senior Joe Traynor (Warminster, PA/William Tennant) was tabbed Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week to highlight the bunch. The remaining six made the Weekly Honor Roll for their respective sport and that includes junior Mateus Silvestre (Picarras, Brazil) for men’s soccer, senior Cindell Aguirre (El Paso, TX) for women’s soccer, senior Nina Sengl (Puchheim, Germany) and freshman Alma Garcia Valle (Valladolid, Spain) for women’s tennis, junior Jordan Dodson (Port Deposit, MD/Perryville) for cross country and senior Grace McCarthy (Middletown, DE/Delaware Military Academy) for volleyball.
Woods scored twice to help Goldey-Beacom improve to its best start in school history. She scored in double overtime of Wednesday’s 2-1 victory at Chowan and then netted the Lightning’s first goal in their 2-1 triumph Saturday at Nyack.
Traynor was pressed into service Saturday at Nyack and got the victory in goal, making three saves in the Lightning’s 1-0 victory. For the week, he made four saves over 108 minutes.
Silvestre converted a penalty kick in the 59th minute of Saturday’s victory at Nyack. It was his fourth career goal and third against the Warriors, including an overtime tally last season.
Aguirre went 2-0 last week, only needing to make four saves over 193 minutes. She did not have to make a save over 103 minutes Wednesday at Chowan and came up with four Saturday vs. Nyack.
Sengl did not drop a set during singles play and also teamed for a double victory in her lone appearance last week. She rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at fifth singles over Emily Zygmunt of Philadelphia University and teamed with senior Francesca Beg (Westbury, England) for an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles vs. Jala Hamada and Linde Zwaan.
Garcia Valle won in both singles and doubles Friday against Philadelphia University, an 8-1 triumph for GBC. She recorded a 6-1, 6-0 victory at fourth singles over Mariana Sampaio and also paired with freshman Silvia Hortelano Pey (Castelldefels, Spain) for an 8-3 win at third doubles over Katelyn High and Emily Zygmunt.
Dodson continued to buoy the Lightning by ending ninth overall and second among non-Division I runners at the DSU Hornet Invitational. She closed in 21:53.10 over the 5,000-meter course.
McCarthy totaled 27 kills, 20 digs, a .368 hitting percentage, six aces and a block assist over two matches last week. She had 10 kills, a .474 percentage, 11 digs and three aces Tuesday at Bowie State before totaling 17 kills, a .316 percentage, nine digs and three aces Thursday vs. Cheyney, both GBC wins.