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NCAA Week 3: Players to Watch

F – Rachel Daly (St. John’s, Sophomore) - Daly netted five goals on the week as the Red Storm improve to 6-0 overall. The sophomore struck twice in Friday’s 4-0 win over Central Connecticut and then picked up her second hat-trick of the season in a 4-0 win at Brown on Sunday. Daly now has 11 goals on the season, tops among the NCAA.

F – Devin Marshall (Arizona State, Senior) - The senior had a big weekend at the Sun Devil Classic, picking up four goals, one assist and Tournament MVP honors. Marshall scored twice in each match for Arizona State, a 4-3 double overtime win over Illinois on Friday, where she also had the assist the game winner, and a 4-0 win over Kansas on Sunday

F – Frances Silva (West Virginia, Senior) - Against tough competition at the Duke Nike Classic, Silva had a two goal, one assist performance in West Virginia’s 0-1-1 weekend. Silva scored for the Mountaineers in a 1-1 draw against Duke on Friday. Then after seeing her side go down 4-0, she buried a penalty kick and assisted on her team’s second goal before dropping a 4-2 result against North Carolina.

M – Havana Solaun (Florida, Junior)- After missing Florida’s match on Friday against Oklahoma with an injury, Solaun made a triumphant return to the lineup on Sunday. The junior forward scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Oklahoma State, improving the Gators record to 5-1 overall.

M – Morgan Andrews (Notre Dame, Freshman) - In Notre Dame’s 4-0 win over Detroit on Sunday, the Gatorade National Female High School Athlete of the Year had a two-goal, one assist effort to pace the Irish. Her second goal of the evening was a cracking effort from distance, giving the Detroit goalkeeper no chance as the shot swerved into the top corner.

M – Crystal Dunn (UNC, Senior) - Another big weekend for the 2012 Hermann Trophy winner as the UNC senior netted two goals in two games at the Duke Nike Classic. Dunn scored the game-winning goal in the 79th minute over UCLA on Friday and followed up with a tally on Sunday against West Virginia in a 4-2 win.

M – Ally Berry (Wake Forest, Senior) - On a weekend where the Demon Deacons won the Nike Portland Invitational, the senior midfielder was a key part in both victories. Berry played the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 win over Washington on Friday and then scored the game-winning goal with 14 minutes left in the second half, capping a 3-2 come from behind win over the hosts Portland on Sunday.

D – Mary Kroening (Georgetown, Senior) - In a season where the Hoyas are still without some key offensive players, Kroening has led Georgetown’s defense in only conceding three goals in a perfect 6-0 start. The senior featured in both Georgetown’s shutout victories on the week, a 2-0 win over North Carolina State and a 3-0 result over Delaware, including scored a goal & an assist against Delaware.

D – Maddie Bauer (Stanford, Freshman) - A solid performance by the freshman, who started in both on Stanford’s shutout victories on the weekend. Bauer played all but 20 minutes in those two matches, both of those victories a 4-0 scoreline over Loyola Marymount and Maryland

D – Katie Hishmeh (Marquette, Senior) - The senior defender was named Marquette Invitational Defensive MVP with strong performances in this weekends tournament. Hishmeh backed a solid defensive line in Marquette’s two victories, a 3-0 win over Saint Mary’s and a 3-1 result against Colorado College.

G – Taylor Bucklin (Michigan, Freshman) - The Michigan freshman put in a solid performance in between the posts on Friday night as she posted a three-save shutout in a 2-0 victory over Pepperdine. That result gave Bucklin her second shutout of the season.

JJ Duke

JJ Duke will be graduating from Rider University in New Jersey in the Spring of 2013 with a degree in Digital Media Studies. While his playing days may have ended back in high school, he still prides himself of being a decent shot-stopper and an all-around fanatic of the beautiful game (fervent supporter of Manchester United and the founder of a Rider supporters group, the 206 Ultras). He is the Student General Manager at 107.7 The Bronc at Rider and has contributed to various local newspaper and Web sites in the Trenton, NJ area of high school and collegiate sports including The Rider News and Fish4Scores.com. He became involved with Our Game Magazine early in 2012 when upon following OGM on Twitter, he was contacted within minutes (which caught him by surprise) by Tiffany about working with the team. After spending the summer covering the USL W-League and the WPSL-Elite league as an intern, he is looking forward to continue working with the OGM team, especially on games in the US.

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