PITMAN, N.J. - A trio of TCNJ student-athletes took home weekly NJAC awards, as announced by the conference this afternoon.
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Brigitte Racey and
Jadyn Huff were tabbed field hockey's Defensive and Offensive Players of the Week, respectively, while
Tyler Hurst garnered his first-ever honors as cross country's Rookie of the Week.
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A first-time NJAC weekly award winner, Racey was sensational in two games at Centennial Conference foes last week. The graduate netminder racked up a career-high 17 saves for her 17th career shutout as the Lions blanked Haverford, 3-0, on Wednesday, then came back to produce 14 saves at No. 4 Johns Hopkins on Saturday. Racey's two-game save total of 31 is the most in back-to-back games in TCNJ history, and both contests marked top-seven single-game save tallies. She only conceded one goal in the run of play for the week (Hopkins converted three penalty strokes).Â
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Huff scored all three goals, all in the second half, in the Lions' 3-0 win at Haverford on Wednesday. The senior opened the scoring by converting a penalty stroke in the third quarter, then added two more tallies for her third career hat-trick and first since 2024. Now a 6-time NJAC Offensive Player of the Week, Huff leads the Lions with five goals on the year.Â
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Hurst was the top freshman in the Herb Lorenz Invitational, placing second overall and first among TCNJ runners. He posted a time of 19:50.1, outkicking Stockton's top freshman in the race by two tenths of a second.
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