The NESCAC has released its Players of the Week for the week of February 5. The conference recognizes student-athletes for each sport based on their contributions to their team each week. This week student-athletes are honored in the sports of men's basketball and women's basketball and men's and women's ice hockey.
Men's Basketball Player of the Week | Weekly Release & Honor Roll
Nate Karren - Williams - Sr. - C - Sacramento, Calif.
Karren averaged 16.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in a 2-0 NESCAC weekend for the Ephs. The senior shot 61 percent from the field and 67 percent from 3-point range for the week. Karren scored a game-high 17 points and tied for the team lead in rebounding with seven caroms to go along with a 5-of-8 effort on 3-point shots, in a 55-54 victory over Trinity on Friday. The five made 3-pointers tied a career-high for Karren. The Ephs became the first team to defeat the Bantams during the 2023-24 season, as Karren hit the game-winning, 3-pointer with two seconds remaining, allowing Williams to overcome a six-point deficit with under a minute left in the contest. Karren also netted a team-high 16 points in a 76-65 triumph over visiting Wesleyan on Saturday to propel the Ephs into first place in the NESCAC standings.
Women's Basketball Player of the Week | Weekly Release & Honor Roll
Kate Olenik - Colby - Fy. - G - Medfield, Mass.
Olenik averaged 21.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game in a 2-0 NESCAC weekend for the Mules. Olenik extended a streak of reaching double-digits in the scoring column to 20 straight games, the guard tallied 24 points on Friday in Colby's first victory over Tufts since 2011 and 19 points on Saturday as the Mules knocked off Bates to hand the Bobcats their first conference loss of the season. The first-year point guard played 78 out of 80 minutes combined in the two road games.
Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Week | Weekly Release & Honor Roll
Christian Hayes - Trinity - Sr. - F - Milton, Mass.
Hayes registered a team-high three points behind a team-high two goals with an assist in a pair of conference victories for the Bantams. Hayes scored back-to-back third-period goals to help the Bantams dig out of a 2-0 hole and even the score at 2-2 in an eventual 3-2 victory over Williams. Hayes added an assist in a 3-2 overtime win against Middlebury.
Women's Ice Hockey Player of the Week | Weekly Release & Honor Roll
Brigitte Goeler-Slough - Wesleyan - Gr. - F - Northampton, Mass.
Goeler-Slough tallied three points (2G, 1A) for the Cardinals who swept Middlebury at home over the weekend, marking the first sweep of a ranked opponent in team history. Goeler-Slough started by assisting on a goal in regulation and scoring the overtime game-winner in a 2-1 Friday night win over the Panthers. The graduate student added a power-play goal in Saturday's 3-2 win over Middlebury. Coming into the weekend, Wesleyan had beaten Middlebury just once in team history.
