Bloomsburg Breanne Tobin (left) and Mansfield's Jaimie Purdy (right)
Lock Haven, Pa. - Bloomsburg’s Breanne Tobin and Mansfield’s Jaimie Purdy are this week’s PSAC Field Hockey Athletes of the Week as each earn the honor for the first time this year and each are also the first honorees from their respective teams this year. Tobin helped lead the Huskies to a pair of wins to vault into first place in the PSAC East, including a win in a 1 vs. 2 matchup against Shippensburg. Purdy recorded a total of 13 points, including a natural hat trick, in Mansfield’s 3-0 week that included two wins over ranked teams.
PSAC East Player of the Week
Breanne Tobin, Bloomsburg
Senior, Forward
Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge
Tobin scored three goals in two games to help lead Bloomsburg to a 2-0 week with wins over Shippensburg and Kutztown as the Huskies took control of first place in the PSAC East. In a matchup of the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country last Tuesday, Tobin scored a goal in the No. 2 Huskies’ 5-1 win over the No. 1 Lady Raiders. Tobin scored the fourth of Bloomsburg’s five goals as the Huskies jumped out to a 4-0 lead with four goals in the first 14 minutes of the game. She then scored two goals in Saturday’s 5-2 win over Kutztown, which avenged Bloomsburg’s only loss of the year and extended the Huskies’ current winning streak to eight games. After Bloom had gone down 2-1 to the Golden Bears in the 23rd minute, Tobin scored her first goal less than a minute later to tie the game 2-2 and then with the Huskies nursing a slim 3-2 lead later in the game, she made it 4-2 in the 63rd minute with her second tally of the contest.
PSAC West Player of the Week
Jaimie Purdy, Mansfield
Sophomore, Forward
Erieville, N.Y./Cazenovia
Purdy helped lead Mansfield to a 3-0 record over the last week, which included two wins over ranked teams and snapped a seven-game losing streak. Purdy recorded 13 points on five goals and three assists over the three-game span, all while impressively playing in every minute of every game. In a 7-2 win over No. 5 Kutztown last Wednesday, Purdy recorded her first career hat trick, making it a natural hat trick by scoring all three goals in a five minute span late in the first half, turning a 1-1 tie into a 4-1 Mansfield lead at the half. On Saturday, she scored a goal and assisted on two others in Mansfield’s 5-2 win over Houghton. Then, on Sunday, in a 4-2 win over No. 9 Millersville, Purdy scored a goal and assisted on another. She assisted on the second goal of the game in the 30th minute that put the Mountaineers up 2-0 and then scored what would ultimately be the difference in the game when she gave Mansfield a 3-0 lead in the fourth minute of the second half.