Player-of-the-Week

By Patrick

How does a team with a 1-10 record - a team whose only win came against a team that currently holds a 1-11 record - manage to upset the #6 team in the country? Well, there are a lot of things that have to go right to make this happen, but when your freshman goalie steps up and essentially stonewalls your opponent, that's as good a place to start as any.

That is exactly what happened on Senior Day in West Hartford, CT, where the visiting sixth-ranked UMBC Retrievers out shot the Hartford Hawks 54-24. Unfazed by this onslaught, freshman goaltender Scott Bement turned away shot after shot, making 19 saves while only allowing 8 goals, en route to playing the finest game of his young career.

Bement's outstanding effort has earned him this week's HomeField/Overtime Media Player-of-the-Week award, but every member of the Hartford lacrosse program should be recognized for their perseverance. Despite enduring a tough season that has included four 1-goal losses and three 2-goal losses, these players and coaches refused to give up, and that determination was finally rewarded this past Saturday.

(Photograph courtesy of Steve McLaughlin)