ANNVILLE, Pa. (Conference News) – The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) has announced its conference weekly award recipients for the week ending Feb. 12, 2023. A total of 23 student-athletes were recognized for performances from Feb. 6 – 12, 2023.
 
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL (#MAChoops)
MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week
Malik Green (Alvernia / Jr., F / Philadelphia, Pa.) earns his third conference weekly award this season. Green led the Golden Wolves to a 2-0 week, averaging 21 points and just under 10 rebounds per game. To start the week, the junior scored 22 points on 7-for-14 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 77-69 win over Messiah. He followed that with a 20-point, eight-rebound performance in a 97-83 win over Lebanon Valley on Saturday. Green added three steals and a pair of assists in the win.
 
MAC Freedom Player of the Week
Dyson Harward (Lycoming / Sr., C / Danville, Pa earns his second conference weekly award this season.a block. The senior averaged 17.5 points and 13.5 rebounds to help Lycoming take a two-game lead on second in the MAC Freedom entering the last week of regular-season play. He started his week with a twelve-point, 14-rebound double-double against King's and followed with 23 points and 13 rebounds for a school-record 36^th double-double against FDU-Florham.

 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (#MAChoops)
MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week
Bradi Zumbrum (York (Pa.) / Sr., F / Hanover, Pa.) earns her fifth conference weekly award this season. Zumbrum led the Spartans to a road win on Wednesday at Stevenson in York's lone game of the week. The senior set a new career-high with 30 points while she also had seven rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocked shots as she played all 40 minutes of the game. Zumbrum was 11-for-16 from the floor including 1-for-2 from three. She was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line.
 
MAC Freedom Player of the Week
Abigail Rodriguez (FDU - Florham / Fr., F / Souderton, Pa.) scored a career-high 28 points in a loss to Lycoming last week. The first-year guard played 40 minutes and shot 47% from the field, including a 4-of-7 mark from beyond the arc. She added four rebounds, a pair of assists and a steal.
 
 
BASEBALL (#MACbaseball)
MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week
Kyle Brex (Widener / Sr., IF / Howell, N.J.) started his 2023 campaign with four total hits and one RBI in a 1-1 week for Widener. The senior batted .500 and added a pair of doubles as well.

MAC Commonwealth Pitcher of the Week
Hayden O'Neill (Widener / Fr., P / Bethlehem, Pa.) opened his 2023 season with a solid four-inning outing against Kean. The first-year recorded the win after allowing just one hit, zero runs and striking out two batters.

MAC Freedom Player of the Week
Zachary Boykin (Stevens / So., OF / Heathrow, Fla.) helped season to a 2-0 start last week. The sophomore homered and had eight RBI as Stevens opened the season with a doubleheader sweep of CCNY. All totaled, Boykin went 5-for-7 with a homer and a triple. He scored three runs, plated eight and was hit by a pitch.

MAC Freedom Pitcher of the Week
Erik Sibbach (Stevens / Fr., P / Boxford, Mass.) earned a victory in his collegiate debut last week. He scattered two hits over five scoreless innings in a Stevens victory over City College. The right-hander walked just one and struck out seven while earning his first career victory.


MEN'S ICE HOCKEY (#MAChky)
MAC Offensive Player of the Week
Liam McCanney (Stevenson / So., F / Aldan, Pa.) earns his third conference weekly award this season. McCanney notched three goals in the weekend series over Wilkes, securing the MAC title and the single-season goals record with 21. The sophomore also recorded a +3 rating and two blocked shots.
 
MAC Defensive Player of the Week
Tyler Sayger (King's / Sr., GK / Cheektowaga, N.Y.) earns his third conference weekly award this season. Sayger continued his strong play in net, as King's picked up a huge weekend sweep over Lebanon Valley, collecting the win in both contests. In the opening game of the weekend, Sayger shut the door on the Flying Dutchmen, stopping 41 of 43 shots faced, as the Monarchs picked up the 3-2 victory. The senior finished the weekend strong picking up 32 saves on 33 shots, keeping King's in the game, before the offense came to life late, as King's came away with a 3-1 victory. For the weekend, Sayger picked up two wins, while finishing with .961 save percentage, stopping 73 of 76 shots, and a 1.50 goal against average.

 
WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY (#MAChky)
MAC Offensive Player of the Week
Brighton Wallin (King's / Fr., D / Providence, Utah) was a force on the offensive end, tallying four goal and two assists as King's College picked up a weekend sweep over Hilbert. In the first game of the series on Friday, the first-year tallied two goals, scoring twice in the third period to put away Hilbert in a 7-0 win. On Saturday, Wallin followed up her two-goal performance by setting the program record with four points in a game, on two goals and two assists. Late in the first period, Wallin picked up an assist on the opening goal of the game before taking matters into her own hands, going top shelf to extend the Monarchs lead to 2-0 heading into the second period. Early in the second period, the first-year found the net once again, putting King's up 3-0, before adding her second assist of the game late in the third period, as King's defeated Hilbert 8-1.
 
MAC Defensive Player of the Week
Shelby Guinard (Lebanon Valley / Sr., G / Lunenburg, Mass.) earns her second conference weekly award of the season. Guinard made 37 saves, including 21 in the third period, to earn her second shutout of the year in a 4-0 victory over Arcadia in her only action of the weekend. The senior stopped six shots in the first and 10 in the second before her huge 21 saves in the final period with the Dutchmen leading by four. LVC swept the Knights in the weekend series and didn't allow a goal to clinch a berth in the UCHC Championships and move ahead of Arcadia in the MAC standings heading into the final weekend.
 
 
MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (#MACtf)
MAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week
Noah Griffin (Lebanon Valley / Gr. / Finksburg, Md.) broke a 33-year old school record in the 5,000 meters at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invite on Saturday with a time of 15:15:46. The distance runner beat the previous record by two seconds and his previous career best by 23 seconds. Griffin broke his second school record of the year and sits fourth in the MAC in the 5,000 meters. He also qualified for the AARTFC Championships in the event with his time and ranked 20th in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
 
MAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week
D'Maari Brown (FDU - Florham / Fr. / Manchester Township, N.J.) registered the top mark in the MAC and the 30th best mark in the country in the triple jump as he placed first against student-athletes from Division I, II and III programs. His mark of 13.98m (45 feet, 10.5 inches) not only ranks first in the conference and set a new school record, but is third best in the region. Brown out jumped D1 competition from Bucknell, Lehigh and George Mason in the win.
 
 
WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (#MACtf)
MAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Lauren Bunke (Lebanon Valley / Gr. / Bethlehem, Pa.) won the 800 meters at Alvernia's PLEX Shootout with a MAC-leading time of 2:21.66. Her career-best time qualified her for the MAC Championships and AARTFC Championships while also moving up to second on the school's top 10 list in the event. Bunke is ranked seventh in the Mid-Atlantic Region and 19th in the AARTFC with her time.
 
MAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week
Shinelle Felix (Alvernia / Jr. / Reading, Pa.) earns her second conference weekly award of the season. Felix took first place in the triple jump on Saturday at the Alvernia Plex Shootout. The junior jumped a personal-best mark of 11.96m to set a new Alvernia record. The jump was also good for fourth in the country.
 
 
MEN'S LACROSSE (#MAClax)
MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week
Michael Stewart (FDU - Florham / Sr., MF / Narbeth, Pa.) guided FDU-Florham men's lacrosse to their first opening day win since the 2014 season on Saturday afternoon as he registered four goals and two assists for six points against Albright. His fourth goal came late in the fourth quarter with the score even at 11-11 as he tallied the game winning goal to lift the Devils to victory. The senior also added two ground balls and a caused turnover to his stat line against Albright this weekend.
 
MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week
Dalton Povilaitis (FDU - Florham / So. / Jefferson Township, N.J.) registered eight saves in a 12-11 season opening victory on Saturday against Albright. Povilaitis, who also scooped up four ground balls in the winning effort, helped the Devils to their first opening day win since the 2014 campaign.

 
SWIMMING (#MACswim)
MAC Men's Swimmer of the Week
Stevens sophomore Edward Platonov (Stevens / So. / Milford, Conn.) was named the 2023 David B. Eavenson Award winner as the MAC Men's Swimmer of the Year after scoring 96 individual points. Platonov won gold in the 200-yard IM (1:53.50), the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.28), the 200-yard butterfly (1:53.67), the 400-yard medley relay (3:25.49), the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:07.06) and the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:57.54). He won silver in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:25.54).

MAC Women's Swimmer of the Week
Albright junior Laurel Gingrich (Albright / Jr. / Gilford, N.H.) was named the 2023 David B. Eavenson Award as the MAC Women's Swimmer of the Year after recording 92 individual points. Gingerich won gold in the 100-yard freestyle (52.29) and 200-yard freestyle (1:55.60). She won silver in the 50-yard freestyle (24.20).
 

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL (#MACvb)
MAC Men's Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week
Danny Gonzalez (Arcadia / Jr., OH / Ponce, Puerto Rico) led Arcadia to a 5-0 record last week. Gonzalez had 68 kills, 45 digs, 11 blocks and five aces. He had 3.57 kills per set, 2.36 digs per set and had a .312 hitting percentage. He opened the week with 14 kills, seven digs, two aces and two blocks against Widener. He then five kills, 12 digs and a block in a sweep over Wilkes. In the Knights' weekend opening victory over Baruch, Gonzalez had eight kills, seven digs and three blocks. In a win over Eastern Mennonite, the junior had 15 kills, eight digs, two aces and two blocks. He closed out the weekend with a career-high 26 kills in Arcadia's win over NJCU. He also had 11 digs for his first double-double of the season. Gonzalez also chipped in with three blocks and an ace.
 
MAC Men's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week
Owen McFadden (King's / Fr., L / Bethlehem, Pa.) earns his second conference weekly award of the season. McFadden helped King's to another 3-0 week to remain unbeaten. The first-year middle hitter totaled 15 blocks at 1.67 blocks per set, while adding 17 kills on 25 attempts with just one error to hit .640 for the week. In a four-set win at American International on Friday, McFadden recorded eight blocks with eight kills and two digs. Then in a 3-0 sweep over Northern Vermont-Johnson, the first year totaled four blocks with four kills, a dig, and an ace, before finishing the week in a 3-0 win over Dean with three blocks and five kills on five attempts with no errors.
 
 
WRESTLING (#MACwrestle)
MAC Wrestler of the Week
Shane Kibler ( King's / Fr. / Abington, Pa.) went 3-0 at 149 in a 2-1 week for King's. The first-year earned a 13-6 decision over Centenary on the road on Thursday. He then earned a 9-7 decision over Hunter and a 9-1 major decision win over Scranton in a tri-match sweep on Sunday that featured the first win over Scranton since 2015.