Trine University’s Hans and Adrian College’s Goldberg
Pick Up Final NCHA Women’s Hockey Weekly Honors
Trine University sophomore Payton Hans (F - Johnson Creek, Wis.) is the NCHA Women’s Offensive Player of the Week and Adrian College senior Sophie Goldberg (G - Newtown, Pa.) is the NCHA Women’s Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
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Hans is the NCHA Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season - and also the second time in her career after her goal-scoring efforts helped lead Trine to a weekend sweep of Lawrence and a move up to the No. 6 seed in the upcoming Slaats Cup playoffs. On Friday she scored the team’s final goal in the 3-0 victory to ice the win. On Saturday she exploded, recording a hat trick in the 4-0 victory, including the team’s first goal and final two. Hans wraps up the regular season ranked No. 6 in the NCHA in scoring with 28 points (21G/7A) and third in goals (21).
Goldberg picks up her fourth NCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors of the season (and fifth career) after a weekend in net that helped Adrian leapfrog from third place to first place in the NCHA standings and claim the Kronschnabel Cup with a two-game road sweep of St. Norbert. She claimed a pair of one-goal victories, starting the weekend with a 14-save shutout Friday in a 1-0 victory. She then added 27 more stops in a 3-2 victory Saturday that decided the regular-season title over the Green Knights. For the weekend, she owned a 1.00 GAA, 41 total saves, and a .953 save percentage.
2022-23 NCHA WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS
Casey Frank, Trine
Frank finished posted a pair of shutouts to lead the way to the Thunder’s third NCHA sweep of the season over visiting Lawrence. On Friday, she posted 23 saves as the team came up with a 3-0 victory and then on Saturday she had 27 saves in a 4-0 win.
Brooke Gibson, Concordia Wisconsin
Gibson scored five goals on the weekend. She opened the Finlandia series with two goals on Friday and added another three goals on Saturday.
Kayla Kolpitcke, Marian
Kolpitcke had a big weekend in net leading Marian to a four-point weekend against LFC. She allowed just one overtime goal in the opener making 41 saves. Kolpitcke then made 36 saves in the finale as Marian defeated the Foresters for the first time in program history. Her numbers for the series include 77 total saves, .975 save percentage, and 0.98 goals-against average.
Kathryn Truban, Adrian
Truban was instrumental on a defense that allowed just two goals in two games against nationally-ranked St. Norbert and also added a pair of key assists on the other side of the ice.
Annalina Van Hercke, Concordia Wisconsin
Van Hercke posted a shutout victory on Senior Day with 14 saves and also notched 34 saves at Stevens Point on Tuesday.
Brynn Weaver, Marian
Weaver had her second multi-point game of the season to lead Marian to its first ever win over Lake Forest. Weaver netted a short-handed goal to tie the game before assisting the game-winning power-play goal in the third period. Weaver now has seven points over her last four games.