HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Haverford College field hockey team swept the Centennial Conference weekly awards as sophomore Elena Veale was selected as the Offensive Player of the Week and senior Allison Martin was picked as the Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced.
This is Martin's third career player of the week award as she was honored twice last season. For Veale, it's her first career weekly accolade. Haverford has had at least one player win player of the week in each of the past seven seasons.
Veale scored the only goal in both of the Fords' 1-0 victories last week in conference play. The sophomore has recorded a goal in four straight games for the first time in her career. She has five goals during that stretch, adding to her career high of seven this year, which is tied for sixth in the conference.
Last week, Martin recorded defensive saves in back-to-back games for the first time in her career. In the Fords' win over Muhlenberg, the senior registered her 10th career defensive save in the 24th minute. On Saturday at Gettysburg, the defender came up with a huge clear off a dangerous rebound in the 67th minute and a defensive save after the Bullets were rewarded an untimed penalty corner as time expired.
The Fords sit 7-2 overall and 3-0 in the Centennial Conference. Haverford has won six in a row, which is the longest streak since 2012 and is tied for the fourth longest in program history. Head coach Jackie Cox's squad will face back-to-back top-ten teams with No. 8 Ursinus at Swan Field on Wednesday (7 p.m.) and No. 7 Franklin and Marshall on the road next Saturday.