University of Richmond Athletics
Flowers Named Lacrosse A-10 Player Of The Week
04/19/2010 | Women's Lacrosse
April 19, 2010
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -
Sophomore Mary Flowers was named the A-10 Player of the Week after a career-best six goal outing in the 18-9 win over St. Bonaventure. Flowers ended the weekend with 10 goals and 11 ground balls.
Flowers is the second Spider in as many weeks to have garnered A-10 honors. (Erica Marrocco, A-10 Defensive Player of the Week, 4/12).
Flowers has notched 13 multi-goal games, 11 of which were hat tricks or better. Flowers' six goals tied a Spider season-high. The Virginia Beach, Va. native leads the team in goals (48), points (57), ground balls (58), draw controls (54) and caused turnovers (32). Flowers ranks 13th nationally in ground balls and 20th in caused turnovers per game (2.0).
Flowers is also only four assists shy of being one of five players nationally that lead their team in every statistical category. Flowers leads the A-10 in draw controls and caused turnovers per game.
Behind Flowers, the Spiders have secured the fourth regular season title in five years and look for its fourth A-10 crown overall.
The top-seeded Spiders square off against fourth-ranked Temple Friday at Rooney Field at 1:00 p.m. on Duquesne's campus.
