LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced its Field Hockey Athletes of the Week. Shippensburg's Juana Caracotche Picone selected as Athlete of the Week while Frostburg State's Jenna Yazzetti was recognized as the Defensive Athlete of the Week.
PSAC Field Hockey Athlete of the Week
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Juana Caracotche Picone
Shippensburg
Defender
Freshman
Mar del Plata, Argentina / Instituto San Alberto
Caracotche Picone played a key role in a pair of Top 10 victories – a 2-1 overtime victory over No. 9 IUP and a 2-0 shutout at No. 6 West Chester. In Wednesday's home victory over IUP, the freshman defender worked a beautiful give-and-go with teammate Elaina Fragassi in the circle, providing the assist for the game-winning goal with 32 seconds remaining in the second overtime period. She played every second of the two 7-on-7 overtime periods that saw the Raiders weather two yellow cards. SU did not allow a shot or a penalty corner for the entirety of the second overtime. Saturday at West Chester, Caracotche Picone aided a Raider defense that limited the Golden Rams to zero shots on goal (one shot total) and zero penalty corners. She also fired home SU's second goal from a fourth quarter penalty corner to seal the victory.
PSAC Field Hockey Defensive Athlete of the Week
Jenna Yazzetti
Frostburg State
Goalkeeper
Freshman
Mahopac, N.Y. / Lakeland
Yazzetti made 11 saves in Frostburg's 4-1 victory over Millersville against 12 shots on goal. It was her fourth time recording double-digit saves this season, earning a .917 save percentage in the contest.