Freshman Sabrina Cristodero
Gators grab two BIG EAST Weekly honors
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 | Lacrosse
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida women's lacrosse team had two freshman garner BIG EAST weekly honors. Sabrina Cristodero earned defensive player of the week honors while Shannon Kavanagh earned the freshman of the week award as announced by the conference office on Tuesday.
In a game that pitted two, the final two undefeated teams in the BIG EAST against each other, Cristodero marked the then-conference leader in goals Grace Gabriel. Cristodero shut Gabriel down and put an end to her 38-game goals and points streak, limiting Gabriel to just two shots. Cristodero ended the contest with a game-high eight draw controls and helped Florida secure sole possession of first-place. This is Cristodero first defensive player of the week award in her career and third overall honor.
Kavanagh earned her first career BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honor after helping the Gators topple previous unbeaten Marquette. In the game against the Golden Eagles Kavanagh sparked the Gators offense with seven total points on three goals and four assists. She added five draw controls to her game totals and was 1-for-1 in free position attempts. This is Kavanagh's second career BIG EAST weekly honor.
On the year Florida has earned 12 BIG EAST weekly awards and this marks just the second time all season the undefeated Gators have earned multiple weekly awards in a single week.
Florida will be on the road this week with games scheduled in Cincinnati and Denver. The Gators will play the Bearcats on Wednesday at noon and the Pioneers on Saturday.
Florida BIG EAST Weekly Award History
Feb. 13:
In a game that pitted two, the final two undefeated teams in the BIG EAST against each other, Cristodero marked the then-conference leader in goals Grace Gabriel. Cristodero shut Gabriel down and put an end to her 38-game goals and points streak, limiting Gabriel to just two shots. Cristodero ended the contest with a game-high eight draw controls and helped Florida secure sole possession of first-place. This is Cristodero first defensive player of the week award in her career and third overall honor.
Kavanagh earned her first career BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honor after helping the Gators topple previous unbeaten Marquette. In the game against the Golden Eagles Kavanagh sparked the Gators offense with seven total points on three goals and four assists. She added five draw controls to her game totals and was 1-for-1 in free position attempts. This is Kavanagh's second career BIG EAST weekly honor.
On the year Florida has earned 12 BIG EAST weekly awards and this marks just the second time all season the undefeated Gators have earned multiple weekly awards in a single week.
Florida will be on the road this week with games scheduled in Cincinnati and Denver. The Gators will play the Bearcats on Wednesday at noon and the Pioneers on Saturday.
Florida BIG EAST Weekly Award History
Feb. 13:
- Haley Hicklen – Honor Roll
- Sydney Pirreca – Midfielder of the Week
- Haley Hicklen – Defensive Player of the Week
- Sabrina Cristodero – Freshman of the Week
- Shayna Pirreca – Honor Roll
- Shayna Pirreca – Honor Roll
- Shayna Pirreca – Honor Roll
- Shannon Kavanagh – Midfielder of the Week
- Lindsey Ronbeck – Attacker of the Week
- Haley Hicklen – Defensive Player of the Week
- Lindsey Ronbeck – Honor Roll
- Sabrina Cristodero – Defender of the Week
- Shannon Kavanagh – Freshman of the Week
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