Oct. 14, 2008

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Amie Survilla, a junior from Mountain Top, Pa., and Bob Dirks, a senior from Malden, Netherlands, have been selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Co-Players of the Week. Survilla is a forward for the Duke Blue Devils and Dirks plays up front for the Boston College Eagles.

Survilla posted two goals in No. 9 Duke’s 3-2 upset win at top-ranked Maryland. Her sixth and seventh goals of the season came in the first 20 minutes of the game. She now ranks 11th in the conference with 0.58 goals per match this season.

Dirks scored all four Boston College goals in wins over No. 4 North Carolina and Dartmouth. On Friday night, Dirks scored twice in just over 90-seconds to spur the Eagles’ 2-0 win over the Tar Heels. On Sunday, Dirks equaled the feat with a 37th minute goal to open scoring and a game-winning goal in the 67th minute to lift BC to a 2-1 win over Dartmouth. With 17 goals scored this season (1.31 per match), Dirks ranks third in the nation and second in the ACC.

The Blue Devils host their only mid-week match of the season on Tuesday against Ohio University before traveling North for a pair of weekend non-conference games against William & Mary and Old Dominion. Boston College hosts a pair of non-conference matches against Northeastern and New Hampshire this weekend. Sunday’s match against New Hampshire will be broadcast on ACC Select beginning at 3 p.m.