Mazzucco Named CC Defensive Player of the Week
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Swarthmore goalie Frank Mazzucco was named the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the week of March 31- April 6, as announced by the Conference office on April 7.
Mazzucco (Redding, Conn. / Joel Barlow), a senior, turned away 30 of 39 shots on goal (.769 save percentage) in a pair of Garnet wins last week. He had six of his 14 stops in the fourth quarter in the 7-6 overtime win at Goucher on April 2. Mazzucco then stopped 16 shots, including five in the final 15 minutes, in a 4-3 win against McDaniel on April 5.
Mazzucco, a History major and two-time team captain, leads the Centennial in save percentage (.631) while ranking second in goals-against average (6.77).
Mazzucco joins attack Gavin Musynske ’10 as the second Swarthmore lacrosse player to be honored by the Conference. Musynske was named Offensive Player of the Week on March 18. This is Mazzucco’s second Centennial weekly honor—he was named the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week last season.
The Garnet are 6-4 overall and 1-4 in the Centennial. Swarthmore returns home on this Wednesday, April 9, hosting fifth-ranked Washington (Md.) College at 7:00 p.m.