2020-21 Field Hockey Players of the Week

  • Brandy Troutman, Eastern Mennonite, Jr., Defender
    April 13, 2021
    Troutman, a junior from Mountville, Pa., put together a strong scoring and defensive week in helping Eastern Mennonite close the 2021 spring regular season with a 2-1 showing. Troutman started her week by coming forward from her defensive position to score the opening tally in a 3-0 victory at Sweet Briar. In game two, she both scored the game-winner and kept an Eagles goal off the board in a 3-2 victory over Bridgewater. With the game still in the balance in the third quarter, Troutman registered a defensive save to keep the score tied 1-1. Then, after BC had gone ahead and EMU tied it 2-all, Troutman finished off a dish from Rachel Breslin off a penalty corner in the 44th minute to secure the Royals win. In the final game of the week against league-leading Lynchburg, Eastern Mennonite held the Hornets to their lowest offensive output of the season in a 3-0 result. Troutman played a big part in that effort as she recorded a career-high four defensive saves. For the season, Troutman leads the ODAC with eight defensive saves to go along with three goals scored.
  • Grace Weise, Washington and Lee, Jr., Forward
    April 06, 2021
    Weise, a junior from Bryn Mawr, Pa., helped lead Washington and Lee to a pair of ODAC wins, improving the Generals to 6-1 overall and in ODAC play. Weise opened with three goals for her first collegiate hat trick in W&L's 5-2 win over Shenandoah. She scored the game's first goal, and her second tally put W&L ahead for good at 3-2 with less than nine minutes to play. She tacked on the game's final goal in the 58th minute. Weise was again on the scoresheet in a 3-0 road win at Randolph-Macon. She opened W&L's ledger with the game's first goal in the 20th minute. For the season, Weise is fourth in the ODAC with seven goals and fifth with 14 points.
  • Maria-Teresa Ambrogi-Torres, Randolph-Macon, Sr., Forward
    March 30, 2021
    Ambrogi-Torres, a senior from Richmond, Va., produced an eight-point week to help Randolph-Macon its first two wins of the season, both against ODAC competition. Ambrogi-Torres scored twice in a 4-0 road win at Bridgewater. She registered the second and third goals of the game in the 39th and 43rd minutes, respectively, with the first coming via an assist by Catherine Magill. Ambrogi-Torres again scored two goals in a 3-1 home victory over Virginia Wesleyan. She put R-MC ahead, 2-1, in the 38th minute off a feed from Summer Kujawa and then closed the game's scoring in the 41st minute by finishing off a double-assist from Emma Landis and Sydney Duimstra. For the season, Ambrogi-Torres is fifth in the ODAC in goals scored (4) and 10th in points (9).
  • Jackie Lerro, Lynchburg, Sr., Foward
    March 23, 2021
    Lerro, a senior from Royersford, Pa., posted a 10-point week in leading Lynchburg to a pair of ODAC victories to improve to 4-0 on the season, all against league opponents. Lerro, a three-time All-ODAC First Team selection and reigning ODAC Player of the Year, opened with three points in a 3-2 overtime win over Washington and Lee. She scored the game's opening goal and then assisted Aaryn Boatwright on the game-winner just 1:04 into the extra frame. Lerro then poured in three goals with one assist in the Hornets 6-0 road win at Randolph-Macon. She scored the first, third, and fifth goals of the game while providing the helper on Sarah Miller-Richard's tally to close the scoring in the 58th minute. For the season, Lerro leads the ODAC in points (15) and goals scored (6). She is second in assists (3). Lerro moved up to seventh on the Lynchburg all-time career points chart, now boasting 179. She is ninth on the Hornets career assists list with 31.
  • Grace Amaden, Washington and Lee, Sr., Forward
    March 16, 2021
    Amaden, a senior from East Hampton, N.Y., helped Washington and Lee improved to 2-0 on the season with her first collegiate hat trick on Friday. She found the back of the cage in the 15th, 43rd, and 49th minutes in the Generals 9-0 home win over Virginia Wesleyan. Amaden has now scored four goals on the season.
  • Emily Dudley, Lynchburg, Sr., Forward
    March 09, 2021
    Dudley, a senior from Westminster, Md., got the first ODAC spring field hockey season started on the right foot for Lynchburg as she helped her Hornets top Shenandoah, 3-1, in a rematch of the past two ODAC championship games. Dudley assisted Brittany Claybaugh on the game's opening goal in the ninth minute, and then scored the go-ahead goal for a 2-1 lead in the 38th minute. The contest was the first for both squads this season.