We missed this earlier this week, but junior attackman Jack Rice was named the BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week by the conference late Monday afternoon. The accolade is the first player of the week honor for Rice and comes on the heels of an 8-goal week in Villanova's first two wins of the season. Rice went on to add 2 more in the win over Drexel on Tuesday night.
Rice had previously been named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 5 times over the course of his first two seasons at Villanova.
Senior goalie Dan Gutierrez was named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll for the second straight week after posting a career-high 15 saves in a 13-12 overtime win over Bucknell.