OCTOBER 23, 2007
KING'S MELISSA GATES NAMED MAC FREEDOM DEFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ANNVILLE
-- King's College field hockey standout Melissa Gates
(Jenkintown/Jenkintown) has been named the Freedom Conference
"Defensive Player of the Week, the Middle Atlantic Conferences office
announced.
Gates played a major role in King’s 3-0 week,
including three key conference wins that helped the Lady Monarchs clinch
a Freedom Conference playoff berth. In a 1-0 win over DeSales, she
helped limit Ashley Sparango, the Freedom Conference’s third leading
scorer, to one shot during a game that went into overtime. In a 2-1 win
over Wilkes, she helped King’s protect a 2-0 second half lead and stave
off a late Lady Colonel comeback attempt by repeatedly carrying the ball
out of the circle.
In a 2-1 double-overtime road win over Manhattanville, the senior
defender helped King’s hold Manhattanville scoreless for the final 57:50
of the game and to one second half shots after King’s had fallen behind
1-0 early in the second stanza.
By going 3-0 last week, King's improved to 12-3 overall and are 5-0 in
the Freedom Conference with one regular-season league game remaining.
The Lady Monarchs will return to action on
Wednesday when King's hosts the University of Scranton in a
non-conference matchup at 3:00 p.m. at Betzler Fields.
