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JU: Della Rocca and Matthews Earn ASUN Honors

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via press release – photo via JU web site   LakePoint, Ga. – Jacksonville University saw a duo of Dolphins take home honors from the ASUN Conference this week as Danielle Della Rocca was honored as the Player of the Week and Sydney Matthews as the Defensive Player of the Week, as announced Tuesday by the conference office. Della Rocca collects her fifth career ASUN Player of the Week honor, the most of any conference player in league history. She scored a hat trick in the first half of the Dolphins victory against Davidson. Della Rocca finished with a game-high five goals to push her season tally to 13 in just four games. She put eight shots on goal and connected on five of them as Jacksonville secured the victory, 15-9 against the Wildcats. The award is the first for the senior this season. Matthews picks up her first career ASUN Defensive Player of the Week honor after an outstanding performance in the cage for the Dolphins. She finished the game with 11 saves in just over 48 minutes of action. Matthews also only allowed five goals in the first half, before shutting out Davidson for 18 minutes in the second period. Her goals against average this week was 6.17, the best in the ASUN. ASUN Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week – Mar. 7th Danielle Della Rocca, Jacksonville Senior | Attacker | Mt. Sinai, N.Y.   – Fifth Career ASUN Lacrosse Player of Week Honor; first this season – Led Dolphins to first victory of the season with game-high goal tally – Scored a hat trick in the first half, after opening the scoring just two minutes into the game – Finished the game with five goals, four of them coming in the opening period – Took eight shots on goal to score five goals and finished with a 72.7 shot-on-goal percentage – Her five career ASUN Player of the Week honors are a new league record ASUN Women’s Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week – Mar. 7th Sydney Matthews, Jacksonville Freshman | Goalie | Bel Air, Md. – First Career ASUN Defensive Player of the Week award – Was dominant in the cage in Jacksonville’s win against Davidson – Only allowed five goals in over 48 minutes of game time – Made 11 total saves with seven of them coming in first half – Finished game with 6.17 goals against average after allowing only four first half goals – The 11 saves topped her previous season-best of nine