2 soccer Statesmen earn Liberty League awards

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2 soccer Statesmen earn Liberty League awards

Megan Metz

11/16/2009 3:49:19 PM

Two members of the Hobart College soccer team collected weekly Liberty League honors today. Sophomore midfielder Chris King was tabbed the league’s Co-Offensive Performer of the Week, while first-year midfielder Alex Kittelberger was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week.

King netted Hobart’s lone goal in a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Swarthmore in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The Statesmen nearly made the goal stand up despite playing a man-down for the entire second half, and part of the first. The tally marked King’s third of the year.

Kittelberger tallied Hobart’s second goal, the eventual game-winner, in a 2-1 victory over St. Joseph’s of Long Island in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. He scored his team-high sixth goal of the year in the 47th minute, putting away a loose ball in front of the net.

The Statesmen closed out the season holding a 15-4-2 overall record, after making the program’s fifth NCAA Tournament appearance.

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Athletes of the Week

Joe Gibbons

Hobart Basketball

Gibbons averaged a team-high 18.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg in a 1-1 week for the Statesmen. He scored 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting, grabbed five rebounds, and recorded two steals at RPI. The following afternoon, Gibbons had 15 points and seven rebounds at Skidmore. For the week, he shot 64 percent from the floor and made all five of his free throw attempts.

Tyler Mitchell

William Smith Squash

Mitchell went 4-0 at the Smith Round Robin over the weekend. Playing in the No. 7 and No. 8 spots in the order, she posted 3-0 sweeps of her opposition against Smith (a 6-3 Heron win), Northeastern (W 8-1), and Wellesley (L, 3-6). Vassar's Katherine Cornish was the only player to take a game from Mitchell this weekend. After dropping the opening game 11-9, Mitchell bounced back with 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 wins to take the match 3-1. She has the team's best individual record this winter (7-5) and has won five straight matches.

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