ODAC Athletes of the Week | Field Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball

ODAC Athletes of the Week | Field Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball

FOREST, Va. --- Conference events are in full swing will all sports featuring multiple ODAC contests thru four weeks of the fall campaign. Those earning ODAC Athlete of the Week awards for Monday, September 27, include (pictured from left): Tess Muneses from Washington and Lee field hockey, Evan Blow from Randolph men's soccer, Amanda Wigboldy from Lynchburg women's soccer, and Paris Hutchinson from Eastern Mennonite volleyball.

Below are entries for all four winners from today's multi-sport release. Most weeks this fall, the following schedule will be used for awards reporting:

  • Sundays: football
  • Mondays: field hockey, soccer, volleyball (basketball and swimming when they begin)
  • Tuesdays: cross country (indoor track when it begins)
  • Wednesdays: golf

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FIELD HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tess Muneses | Washington and Lee | Jr. | Forward
Muneses, a junior from Howard County, Md., helped the Generals improve to 6-0 on the season with a pair of non-conference victories over the weekend. Muneses started with two goals in a 4-2 victory over Catholic University on Saturday. After the Cardinals had gone ahead, 2-1, following the opening 15 minutes of play, Muneses carried the ball into the circle and sent a shot on goal that CUA's keeper saved. The rebound came right back to Muneses, and she fired the tying goal into the back of the cage. She put Washington and Lee ahead for good less than two minutes later as she converted a penalty stroke with 6:12 showing on the second quarter clock. Muneses was back on the scoreboard with a goal and an assist in W&L's 4-1 win over nationally 18th-ranked Centre on Sunday. She assisted Grace Weise on the opening tally just 1:48 into the contest. Muneses then put the game away with a rocket shot off a penalty corner setup by Kailey Fitzgerald and Peyton Tysinger in the 49th minute. For the season, Muneses has registered 13 points on five goals and three assists.

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MEN'S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Evan Blow | Randolph | Sr. | Forward
Blow, a senior from Charlottesville, Va., continued his torrid start to the 2021 fall season with nine points in a pair of Randolph wins last week to help the WildCats improve to 7-0-0 in the league table. Blow, the reigning ODAC Player of the Year, scored twice and dished out an assist in a 4-1 victory over Southern Virginia University during the midweek. Twice he turned Kyle May passes into assists, finishing off one chance in the 55th minute for a 2-0 advantage and then again in the 63rd minute for a 3-0 lead. He then assisted Tucker Leverone on the game's final goal in the 76th minute. Blow registered his third straight and fourth overall brace of the season in a 4-3 extra-time victory over Bridgewater in both school's ODAC openers. He needed less than five minutes to put the WildCats ahead, 1-0, as he finished off a through-ball from Leverone. He then forced extra time by converting from the penalty spot with a left foot in the 86th minute. On the season, Blow leads the ODAC in points (26) and goals scored (11). He has scored at least one goal and posted no fewer than three points in each game this season.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amanda Wigboldy | Lynchburg | Sr. | Midfielder
Wigboldy, a senior from Lynchburg, Va., contributed to a pair of Lynchburg victories last week to help the Hornets win for the fifth straight time -- all away from home -- and improve to 5-1 in the season. Wigboldy posted the game's first goal in a 2-0 win at Guilford. She hammered a right-footed free kick from 30 yards out off the hands of the Quakers' out-stretched keeper and into the net in the 30th minute. She again contributed to a game-winning tally in a 2-1 victory over nationally 24th-ranked Emory University. Wigboldy found Averey Wyscarver with a long pass in the 48th minute to give Lynchburg a 2-0 lead and the necessary margin to post the Hornets first victory over a ranked opponent since November 2018. For the season, Wigboldy has four points on one goal and two assists.

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VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Paris Hutchinson | Eastern Mennonite | So. | Opposite
Hutchinson, a sophomore from Waynesboro, Va., helped power the Royals to a 2-1 week with both victories ending long ODAC losing streaks for Eastern Mennonite. The 2020-21 ODAC Rookie of the Year registered 39 total kills at 3.90 per set and hit .283 for the week on the way to collected 44.5 total points and 4.5 per set. She also picked up 29 digs (2.90/set), five blocks, and three aces. Hutchinson opened with nine kills while hitting .286 with five digs, an ace, and a block in a 3-0 setback to Christopher Newport University. She responded with 17 kills on a .483 attack percentage in a 3-0 victory over Roanoke in the first of two contests in a tri-match at Lynchburg. That victory marked the first for EMU over the Maroons since 2001. Hutchinson added eight digs and a block while collecting 5.8 points per set. She capped her weekend with 13 kills and 16 digs for her second double-double of the year in a 3-1 victory over Lynchburg. That triumph is the first for the Royals over the Hornets since 2002. Hutchinson tacked on two aces and three blocks to resumé. Eastern Mennonite is now 3-0 in ODAC play for the first time since 2001. Hutchinson leads the ODAC in points won per set (4.6) and ranks second in kills per set (4.00), sixth in total kills (136), and seventh in total points earned (157.0).

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