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Women's Hockey's Leah Olson Tabbed ECAC Rookie of the Week
11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
ALBANY, N.Y. – Brown women's hockey freshman Leah Olson (East Harwich, Mass.) was named ECAC Rookie of the Week after scoring two goals and adding an assist in a 1-1-0 weekend for the Bears, the conference announced on Tuesday, Nov. 24. The award marks the second straight ECAC honor by Brown, as sophomore Sam Donovan (New Brighton, Minn.) was named ECAC Player of the Week on Tuesday, Nov. 17.
Olson scored her first collegiate goal on Friday, Nov. 20 at RIT. The following day, the defender recorded the primary assist on junior Maddie Woo's (Plymouth, Minn.) game-trying goal in the second period, and then scored the game-winning goal at 16:58 in the third to lead the Bears to a come-from-behind 2-1 win at RIT.
With her three points on the weekend, Olson is now tied for the team lead in points with five on the year, in two goals and three assists.
For the complete ECAC release click here.
Brown will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 28 at Schneider Arena in the 21st installment of the Mayor's Cup versus Providence. The game is set to start at 1:00 p.m.
