Conference

Virginia Egusquiza, Rider

MF
Senior
5-4

Egusquiza helped Rider put an end to Monmouth’s six-game win streak, and, now, the team’s leading scorer halts the Hawks’ four-week run of possessing the NEC Player of the Week award.  The Broncs’ senior midfielder tallied three goals, including two eventual game-winners, during a pair of victories that allowed Rider to lock up the No. 1 seed in the upcoming four-team NEC Tournament.  Egusquiza’s first tally of the week came in Thursday’s 3-2 triumph over Monmouth at the Jersey Shore.    With the Broncs clinging to a 2-1 lead in the battle of NEC unbeatens, Egusquiza doubled her team’s advantage by blasting a shot into the back of the cage off a penalty corner 3:09 before halftime.  Three days later, the two-time NEC Player of the Year accounted for two of Rider’s first three goals in an 8-0 blanking of Robert Morris that extended the Broncs’ win streak to 11 games.  Egusquiza opened the game’s scoring by slamming home a rebound for an unassisted tally in the 3rd minute.  Her six points last week moved her league-leading total to 46 points (16G, 14A).