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Griffs Sweep Weekly Women?s Lacrosse Awards

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Griffs Sweep Weekly Women's Lacrosse Awards

After helping the Canisius College women's lacrosse team to a perfect 2-0 start to the 2012 season, three Griffs were honored by the MAAC on Tuesday. Senior Carly Quinn earned the conference's Offensive Player of the Week, junior Gina Molfetta was named the Defensive Player of the Week and freshman Tori Quinn was selected as the Rookie of the Week.

The trio helped the Griffs to the program's second-ever 2-0 start and the first since the 2002 campaign. Canisius opened the 2012 season with an 11-10 victory over Robert Morris on Wednesday before defeating Monmouth, 19-11, on Saturday.

Carly Quinn led the Canisius attack with 11 points in the two victories, scoring five goals and adding six assists. She posted three assists in the season opener before leading the Griffs with eight points, five goals and three helpers against Monmouth. Early in her senior campaign, Quinn places sixth nationally with 5.50 points per game and fourth with 3.00 assists per game.

During the 2011 season, Quinn recorded 65 points - the second-most in the program's history - on 43 goals and 22 assists. Receiving MAAC Offensive Player of the Week accolades for the fourth time in her career, Quinn currently ranks fifth in the program's history with 136 career points, sixth with 81 career goals and fourth with 55 career assists.

Molfetta anchored the Canisius defense to its best start in 10 seasons, posting a .417 save percentage in the team's two wins during the week. Molfetta matched a career high with 10 saves in the season opener against Robert Morris, including a point-blank stop with just 30 seconds remaining to preserve the one-goal victory. She followed with five saves in the win at Monmouth.

The weekly honor is the second for Molfetta in her career.

Tori Quinn wasted no time contributing to the Griffs' success. In her first two collegiate games, Quinn recorded four draw controls, three caused turnovers, one ground ball and one goal with her three caused turnovers currently tied for the team lead. In the one-goal victory over Robert Morris, Quinn led the Griffs with four draw controls and three caused turnovers before adding her first collegiate goal in her second career game against Monmouth.

The Griffs return to action on Wednesday afternoon, playing at Duquesne. First draw is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Gina Molfetta

#0 Gina Molfetta

GK
5' 2"
Junior
Carly Quinn

#19 Carly Quinn

A
5' 7"
Senior
Tori Quinn

#20 Tori Quinn

M
5' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Gina Molfetta

#0 Gina Molfetta

5' 2"
Junior
GK
Carly Quinn

#19 Carly Quinn

5' 7"
Senior
A
Tori Quinn

#20 Tori Quinn

5' 3"
Freshman
M