Sept. 11, 2006
NORFOLK, Va. -- Senior Caroline Nichols (Va. Beach, Va.) become the second Lady Monarch to pick up a conference weekly award as she was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Player of the Week for the week ending September 10th.
Nichols anchored an Old Dominion defense, which boasted two shutouts last week as the Lady Monarchs picked up two wins against ranked opponents. Nichols' defensive effort helped ODU to its first shutout in a 3-0 victory over #19 Richmond as the Spiders were held to four total shots including just one in the first half. She followed by helping the Lady Monarchs to back-to-back shutouts with a 2-0 victory over #20 Michigan. Along with helping to keep the Wolverines without a shot in the first half, Nichols captured the game-winner as she drilled home a shot on a Lady Monarch penalty corner attempt.
To date, Nichols is fifth on the squad in scoring with four points and two goals.
The Lady Monarchs return to action this weekend beginning a five-game road trip. Old Dominion will travel to #5 North Carolina on Saturday, September 16th for a 1:00 p.m. showdown and #4 Duke on Sunday, September 17th for a 1:00 p.m. meeting.
NOTE: The next STX/NFHCA Coaches Poll and Women's Field Hockey.com Poll will be released tomorrow. Additionally, Tuesday will mark the first national field hockey statistics report by the NCAA.