FREDERICK, Md.--Junior forward Justina Miller of the Hood College field hockey team has been selected as the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference "Player of the Week" for the week ending Oct. 15. This marks the first time this season that a member of the Blazer field hockey team has received this honor.

Hood split a pair of non-conference games last week, falling to York College, 7-0, on Monday before returning home on Saturday to defeat Rosemont College, 5-0. Miller scored a pair of goals against the Ramblers to help Hood snap a nine-game losing streak. It was her second multi-goal game of the year, the other coming in a 4-0 blanking over Wells College on Sept. 9.

Miller registered her first goal of the game at the 14:53 mark of the first half off an assist from sophomore Jessica Head. Her second tally, an unassisted score, came just six minutes into the second half. The native of Mantua, N.J., now leads the team with four goals and eight points. Hood's five goals against the Ramblers were a season high and both victories for the Blazers this fall have come via the shutout.

The Blazers (2-10, 1-2 AWCC) are currently in third place in the AWCC and have just one regular-season contest remaining before the conference tournament. Hood's regular season finale is slated for Oct. 28 against Mary Baldwin College at Thomas Athletic Field. The 2006 AWCC Tournament will take place Nov. 4-5 at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y.