Huntley, McClay, Keenan, Quenner Earn Weekly Awards
Published on August 4, 2008 under Major League Lacrosse (MLL) News Release
BOSTON, Mass. - Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced Monday its weekly award winners for the week ending August 3, 2008, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. Los Angeles Riptide rookie attackman Kevin Huntley was named as the League's Offensive Player of the Week while New Jersey Pride defenseman Ryan McClay earned the Defensive Player of the Week honor.
Meanwhile, Kevin Keenan of the Philadelphia Barrage was selected as the Goalkeeper of the Week and Rochester Rattlers rookie Brett Queener was tabbed as the Cascade Rookie of the Week.
Huntley led the Riptide to a 15-9 victory over the San Francisco Dragons on Saturday night, which secured Los Angeles' second straight postseason berth. He scored a season-high seven goals in the victory, tying the team record set by Terry Riordan against San Francisco on June 30 , 2007.
Huntley, who was acquired from the Dragons after being selected with the 18th overall pick in the Collegiate Draft, has scored 28 goals this season in eight games, which has broken the MLL record for goals by a rookie. The previous record was 26 goals by Adam Doneger in 2003 when he was with the Rochester Rattlers.
McClay helped the New Jersey Pride earn their second straight victory with a 16-8 win over the Washington Bayhawks on Thursday night. He recorded a season-high 13 ground balls in the victory as the Pride beat the Bayhawks for the second time in less than a week.
With 65 ground balls in 11 games, he lead the Pride and ranks sixth in the MLL.
Playing in place of Brian Dougherty, Keenan made a career-high 27 saves to lead the Philadelphia Barrage to a 16-11 victory over the Boston Cannons on Saturday night, marking the Barrage's fourth win in the last five games. The win also allowed the Barrage to secure their third consecutive playoff berth.
Keenan, who made the first start of his three-year MLL career on Saturday, has stopped 61.4 per cent of the shots he has faced in nearly 90 minutes this season, which is a career high.
Queener made 13 saves and allowed just four goals in the second half to lead the Rochester Rattlers to a 17-13 victory over the Long Island Lizards on Friday night, clinching the Rattlers' second division title in their eight-year history. Queener replaced starter Mike Levin at half-time and made nine saves in the third quarter as the Rattlers outscored Long Island by 7-2 in the period.
Queener, who was picked by the Rattlers in the fifth round of the Collegiate Draft, has played in five games this season and has a .731 save percentage while allowing 9.61 goals per game.
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