Conference

Matt Diehl, Quinnipiac
Towson, MD / Calvert Hall
M
Freshman
6-2
200

Quinnipiac’s Matt Diehl scored five goals, including the game-winner, and totaled six points as the Bobcats topped defending league champion and preseason favorite Mount St. Mary’s, 12-8, in a rematch of last year’s title game. This week’s NEC Offensive Player of the Week and Co-Rookie of the Week, Diehl marked career-highs in both goals and points in the victory. More importantly, though, four of his five goals came in the second half and helped QU pull away for the win. He has now scored at least one goal and tallied two or more points in his last four games, a stretch in which the Bobcats have gone 2-2 as a team.

Kevin Massa, Bryant
Huntington, NY / Elwood John Glenn
M
Freshman
6-0
185

Bryant’s Kevin Massa continued to remain red hot last week. The now five-time NEC Rookie of the Week won 57.9% of his faceoffs taken and scored his first collegiate goal as the Bulldogs defeated Providence 9-4 and Sacred Heart 11-8. He went 9 of 17 and scooped up four ground balls at Providence before winning 13 of his 21 attempts with 11 GBs at home against Sacred Heart. He also got in on the offense against the Pioneers, scoring the eventual game-winner as part of a two-point performance. Massa currently ranks first in the NEC in faceoff wins (122), faceoff winning percentage (.629), ground balls (72) and ground balls per game (8.00).