Lacrosse's Purcell Earns A-10 Honors
04/21/2003 | Women's Lacrosse
April 21, 2003
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Junior right-hander Tim Stauffer (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) earned his league-leading third Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week accolade. Lacrosse's junior Polly Purcell (Ellicott City, Md.) received A-10 Player of the week as well.
Purcell earned her third Player of the Week citation of the year after leading Richmond to a 2-0 record this past week. She ended with 11 points on five goals and six assists, while picking up four groundballs, causing three turnovers and winning eight draws. In an 18-5 win over George Washington on April 17, Purcell had four goals and two assists and on April 20, she netted one goal and assisted on four in a 12-7 win over La Salle. Purcell leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring with 60 (40 goals/20 assists) and leads the Spiders in both scoring and assists.
A preseason All-American, Stauffer hurled his first complete game shutout of the season against La Salle on Friday, April 18. In the outing he fanned 10 and did not allow a walk. Richmond's ace allowed only three hits, two of which came in the first inning.
Stauffer leads the team in strikeouts with 97 and has only walked seven this season. The previous National Player of the Week broke the career strikeout record of 291 earlier this season and has amassed 313 K's during his career. He carries a 1.64 ERA with nine starts and seven complete games.
Richmond baseball returns to Pitt Field on Saturday, April 26 in a Noon doubleheader against Xavier. Spiders' lacrosse hosts St. Bonaventure their final home game on Friday, April 25 at 3:30 p.m.