Conference

Patricia O'Dwyer, Monmouth

F
Sophomore

From Nicole Manziano to Michelle Pieczynski to O’Dwyer, the NEC Player of the Week award remains in Hawk hands for a fourth consecutive week. O’Dwyer played a part in three of the four goals Monmouth scored during its two NEC victories this past weekend, which pushed its win streak to six games and allowed the team to keep pace with Rider for first place in the league standings. The Irish-born sophomore staked Monmouth to a 2-0 lead in Friday’s 3-2 victory over Quinnipiac by rattling the cage twice in the game’s first 11:55. Thirty-three seconds into the contest, O’Dwyer redirected a pass from Ashley McPeek passed the QU keeper. Only minutes later, she pounced on a loose ball and tucked it inside the left post. The second-year Hawk sparked Monmouth’s lone goal in a 1-0 shutout of Sacred Heart two days later. She sent the ball across the goal mouth and Michelle Pieczynski tipped it in for what-proved-to-be the game-winning tally in the 20th minute.