Syracuse Sweeps Big East Weekly Awards
from press release
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Orange has swept BIG EAST
Player of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks.
Junior Stephen Keogh (Toronto, Ontario) has been tabbed BIG EAST
Offensive Player of the Week, while senior Matt Tierney (Montclair,
N.Y.) has been named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, the
conference announced on Monday, March 15.
The duo was rewarded for their performances in Syracuse's inaugural
BIG EAST victory against No. 11 Georgetown on Saturday.
Keogh tied his career high with five goals against the Hoyas. His
five scores were the most by a BIG EAST player in any game so far
in 2010. All five of his goals came in the first half, including
four in a row in the first quarter, to give the Orange a 5-2 lead
it never relinquished. Keogh also tacked on a goal in the second
period.
It was the 12th time in the last 22 games that Keogh scored at
least three goals, and the performance extended his point-scoring
streak to 26 games, the fifth-longest streak in the nation.
Tierney guarded Georgetown's Rickey Mirabito for the majority of
Saturday's game against the Hoyas. Mirabito entered the contest
tied for the BIG EAST lead in goals per game and Tierney kept him
out of the scoring column for the first time this season. Tierney
also collected three ground balls in the victory.
It's the second weekly honor for Tierney, who was also named BIG
EAST Defensive Player of the Week on March 1.
Syracuse returns to action on Saturday, March 20. The Orange will
face off against Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field. Start time is 8
p.m.
