The Association of Division III Independents - Player of the Week - Monday, October 25, 2004

ASSOCIATION OF DIVISION III INDEPENDENTS

WEEKLY PLAYER AWARDS
Monday, October 25, 2004

MEN'S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK

DANNYLO AYLLON
California State University-Hayward
Senior | Midfielder | Guadalajara , Mexico / Alameda HS

In a 1-0 victory by California State-Hayward over St. Olaf , the No. 8 ranked team in the West Region, Dannylo Ayllon is the Association of Division III Independents Men's Soccer Player of the Week, after notching the game-winning goal with only 1:33 remaining in the game. Hayward ( 7-3-4 ), also received game-winners from Ayllon against nationally ranked UC Santa Cruz and Midwest region power St. John's University (MN) earlier this season. He leads the club in scoring this year, supplying five of the teams' 17 goals.

PREVIOUS 2004 MEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
DATE	AWARD WINNER	SCHOOL
09/13/2004	Patrick McGinnis	Colorado College
09/20/2004	Alex Mandel	UC-Santa Cruz
09/27/2004	Jose DeBernard	New Jersey City University
10/03/2004	Patrick McGinnis	Colorado College
10/11/2004	Bryan Baird	UC-Santa Cruz
10/18/2004	Chris Rosenthal	New Jersey City University
10/25/2004	Dannylo Ayllon	California State U.-Hayward

WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK

EMILY HAGEDORN
Thomas More College
Freshman | Forward | Newport , KY / Newport Central Catholic HS

Emily Hagedorn of Thomas More College is the Association of Division III Independents Women's Soccer Player of the Week, after notching three goals in two games last week, including both game-winners for the 12-3-1 Saints. In a 2-1 win over Palm Beach Atlantic University , she netted the winner just 0.6 second before the final horn to vault TMC to victory. She scored twice in TMC's 3-2 victory over Centre College . Trailing 2-0, she tied the game with five minutes remaining in the first half, and later added the eventual winner in the second half. The team-leader in goals with 10, Hagedorn has scored half of that figure while filling in for the injured Cathy Santillo , the all-time leader in goals in TMC history.

PREVIOUS 2004 WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
DATE	AWARD WINNER	SCHOOL
09/13/2004	Heather Hartman	California State U.-Hayward
09/20/2004	Caitlin Carpenter	UC-Santa Cruz
09/27/2004	Julianne Brown	Thomas More College
10/03/2004	Skye Vendt-Pearce	UC-Santa Cruz
10/11/2004	Amber Olson	California State U.-Hayward
10/18/2004	No nominations
10/25/2004	Emily Hagedorn	Thomas More College

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

LIZZELLE CINTRON
New Jersey City University
Freshman | Middle Blocker | Newark , NJ / Elizabeth HS

Lizzelle Cintron , the NCAA Division III leader in kills per game by a staggering margin, continued to rewrite the record books in a 3-0 week for the now 23-5 Gothic Knights. After averaging an overwhelming 7.00 kills, 5.00 digs, and 8.28 points per game, and unleashing her 600 th kill of the season, Cintron is the Association of Division III Independents Women's Volleyball Player of the Week for the fifth time this season and the fourth week in a row. Cintron now has 604 kills and needs 33 the remainder of the season to rank among the Top 20 in kills in one season in Division III history. NJCU has also won a school record 13 consecutive matches, including 11 via sweep.

She belted 63 kills in only nine games in three matches, rejected eight blocks, defended 45 digs, hit .495, and added four aces. She hit 63-11-105 for the week. Cintron crushed 28 kills in a 3-0 victory over Lehman College and added three blocks and 34.0 points. The 28 kills set a record for kills in a three-game match. In a 3-0 blanking of Medgar Evers College , she posted 21 kills and only one error in 26 swings for a .769 percentage, while supplying 16 digs and 23 points. The hitting percentage ranks among the Top 20 single-match performances for a player with 20 or more attempts in Division III history. She wrapped up the week by eclipsing the 600-kill threshold with 14 ( 14-2-23 ) in a sweep of Keystone College . She hit .522 in the match, defended 20 digs, and added four blocks (three solo) for 17.5 points. NJCU needs just three wins to tie the single-season record for victories.

PREVIOUS 2004 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
DATE	AWARD WINNER	SCHOOL
09/13/2004	Lizzelle Cintron	New Jersey City University
09/20/2004	Nicole Brandt-Young	California State U.-Hayward
09/27/2004	Jenny Stephenson	Nebraska Wesleyan University
10/03/2004	Lizzelle Cintron	New Jersey City University
10/11/2004	Lizzelle Cintron	New Jersey City University
	Sarah Ahrens	Nebraska Wesleyan University
10/18/2004	Nicole Brandt-Young	California State U.-Hayward
	Lizzelle Cintron	New Jersey City University
10/25/2004	Lizelle Cintron	New Jersey City University

The Association of Division III Independents Player of the Week awards program begins on September 13, 2004 and runs through May 16, 2005 , and is based on nominations from the organization's member schools.

For more information, please contact Ira Thor , the Director of Sports Information at New Jersey City University , at 201/200-3301 or e-mail via ithor@njcu.edu.

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