Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Rookie of the Week

League Honors Three With Weekly Awards
Progga Das, Briana Earle & Matt Lussier garner Liberty League recognition

TROY, N.Y. – The Liberty League has announced its weekly women’s tennis, field hockey and men’s golf award winners and three Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes have been selected. Progga Das earned the Performer of the Week in women’s tennis while Briana Earle and Matt Lussier were named Rookies of the Week in field hockey and men’s golf, respectively.

A freshman goalie out of Baldwinsville, N.Y., Earle earned her second straight weekly honor after backstopping the Red Hawks to a 2-0 record last week. She allowed just two goals while making 17 saves in 150:19 minutes. In a 1-0 shutout victory over Rochester, she stopped all six shots she faced. Briana then recorded 11 saves, allowing just two goals in a dramatic 3-2 overtime victory against #11 William Smith.

The C. W. Baker High School graduate has played in eight games for RPI, posting a record of 6-2. She has a goals against average of 1.23 and a save percentage of .855. Earle leads the Liberty League in shutouts with two and is third in saves per game (7.38 average) and fourth in goals against average. She has also garnered Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week honors once.

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