Rafferty and Gellerman Nab Empire 8 Weekly Honors
Junior midfielder Kara Rafferty of Stevens Institute of Technology and Mary Kate Gellerman of Elmira College earned Empire 8 Player and Goalie of the Week honors.
Rafferty led Stevens to a spot in the Empire 8 Championship, scoring eight goals and dishing out one assist as the Ducks defeated Utica College to lock up the fourth seed in the conference tournament.
The junior finished a 1-1 week – the 18-4 win over Utica and a 15-8 loss to No. 9 The College of New Jersey – with 11 points behind 10 goals and one assist. She also recorded seven draw controls, four ground balls and one caused turnover, putting 87.5 percent of her shots on goal.
Gellerman made 14 saves in 86 minutes of action on the week for Elmira. She played the entire game against Nazareth College on April 27, which proved to be an Emprie 8 playoff play-in game, making 13 big saves as Elmira narrowly missed out on its first playoff appearance since 2006.