Sophomore Kristen Bruschi of the Muhlenberg field hockey team has been named co-player of the week by the Centennial Conference after contibuting to all six goals in a 2-0 week for the Mules. She scored two goals and assisted on two others in a 4-0 shutout of Haverford, then scored once in each half to give Muhlenberg a 2-0 win against Johns Hopkins. The 10 points gave Bruschi 40 for the season, breaking the school record of 36 that had stood since 1962.

Women’s rankings
1. Messiah (16-0)
2. New Jersey (14-0-2)
3. Scranton (13-3-1)
4. Richard Stockton (14-3-3)
5. Misericordia (17-1)
6t. Franklin & Marshall (13-1-2)
6t. Johns Hopkins (11-5-2)
8. Mary Washington (13-4-1)
9. MUHLENBERG (12-6)

Men’s rankings
1. Drew (17-1-1)
2. Carnegie Mellon (16-0)
3. Messiah (15-2-1)
4t. Arcadia (17-3)
4t. Elizabethtown (14-2-3)
6. Johns Hopkins (15-2)
7. Pitt-Greensburg (17-1)
8. Eastern (13-3-2)
9. Gettysburg (12-4-2)
10. MUHLENBERG (13-7)

The Muhlenberg field hockey team scored three goals in the first 10 minutes and went on to defeat Bryn Mawr, 4-0, in the final scheduled game of the season.

In spite of the win, the Mules (14-5, 6-3) did not qualify for the

Senior Kristen Best and the rest of the Muhlenberg defense closed out the season with three straight shutouts.

Centennial Conference playoffs. Muhlenberg finished in a three-way tie with Johns Hopkins and Franklin & Marshall for third place and was the odd team out when the tiebreaker formulas were applied. McDaniel is the top seed and host for the tournament.

Sophomore Kristen Bruschi capped her season by scoring twice in the first seven minutes. The two goals gave her 19 for the season, breaking the 40-year-old school record of 18. Bruschi also set a school record with 44 points in 2002.

Senior Laura Diez completed the Mules’ opening blitz by notching her 10th career goal. The score remained 3-0 until the final minute, when Holly Pico, another senior playing her final game, banged home her 20th career goal.

The Mules did not allow the Mawrters (0-18, 0-9) a shot in the game.

The 14 wins on the season tied a school record set in 1989 and tied in 1990. Muhlenberg’s 6-3 mark in the CC was its second-best ever (the team was 7-2 in 1993, the first year of the league’s existence.)

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