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Shelby Vakiener

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/2/2012
  • Sport
    Women's Lacrosse
  • Bio
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Vakiener had a record-setting performance on Friday as she became the all-time leader in points at RIT, while tying her own record for points in a game with 11. Her seven goals and four assists helped the Tigers to a 20-14 win over Skidmore College on Friday. The 11 points ties her own record for points in a game. Vakiener now has 184 career points (130-54-184) in just 39 career games. Her second goal of the game 6:37 into the contest gave RIT a 4-1 lead and shattered the career mark of 168 points, held by Eileen Hennigan, who played at RIT from 2007-2010. She followed that up with five goals and an assist in a 13-12 loss to Rensselaer on Saturday. Vakiener now has 42 points on 28 goals and 14 assists in just six games this season.


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