Kurpis Named Centennial Defensive Player of Week
from press release
LANCASTER, Pa. – After helping the Bullets beat the
top-ranked team in Division III, senior defenseman Timothy Kurpis
(Yorktown, N.Y./Yorktown) of the Gettysburg College men’s
lacrosse team has been named the Centennial Conference Defensive
Player of the Week, it was announced Monday.
Kurpis, who won the award for the second time in his career, led a
defense that held defending national champion and No. 1-ranked SUNY
Cortland to just five goals, including one in the first half, in a
7-5 Supervisor’s Cup victory on Long Island on Saturday.
Kurpis, who finished with two ground balls and two caused
turnovers, was chosen by Cortland’s coaches as
Gettysburg’s team MVP in the game, and he also led a defense
that limited Goucher College to six goals in a 16-6 win on
Wednesday.
For the season Kurpis, a preseason First Team All-American, has
helped Gettysburg hold its opponents to 5.75 goals per game.
The Bullets (4-0) return to the field on Tuesday, when they host
Merchant Marine at 3 p.m. in a non-conference outing.
