ELMIRA, N.Y. -- Junior skaters Louisa Lippiatt Durnell '18 of the women's ice hockey team and Tyler Theodoulou '18 of the men's ice hockey team have been crowned the Elmira College Athletes of the Week for their career performances over the weekend.

Lippiatt Durnell had a hand in five of EC's seven goals scored in Saturday's 7-0 drubbing of ECAC West foe, Neumann University. She tied her single-game highs with two goals and three assists, resulting in a career-best five points against the Knights. Additionally, Lippiatt Durnell fueled Elmira's power-play unit by recording a point on all four of EC's power-play scores. After going 0-for-3 in the season-opener against Neumann the day prior, Elmira finished 4-for-9 with the extra skater in the throttling of the Knights thanks to the scoring prowess of the East Sussex, England, native.

The third-year forward began her scoring barrage when she picked up the game-winning tally on the power play only 52 seconds into the first period for the Soaring Eagles' first goal. She also found the back of the net at the 14:40 mark of the second period, at the time vaulting the Purple and Gold to a 5-0 lead. Lippiat Durnell added a trio helpers to her point total, one in each period, with all three coming on the power-play advantage as well.

Not only are Lippiatt Durnell's five points a new career high, but they are also the most by a Soaring Eagle since December 7, 2014, when former AHCA National Player of the Year Ashley Ryan '15 logged five against SUNY Potsdam. Just two games into the 2016-17 season, Lippiatt Durnell's highlight-reel effort has her tied for fourth in the nation in points per game at 2.50.

The third-ranked Elmira women continue play inside the ECAC West with a pair of home games against Chatham University on Friday, November 11th, and Saturday, November 12th, at the Murray Athletic Center. Friday's series-opener is slated for a 7:00 p.m. start.

Theodoulou guided the EC men's ice hockey team to its first victory of the year on Saturday in a wild 8-6 shootout with Lebanon Valley College in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The junior from Bedford, New Hampshire, paced the Soaring Eagles with two goals and tied the team high with three points in the win, with both marks representing new single-game career highs.

Both of Theodoulou's goals were netted on the power play, as Elmira converted four of its six extra-man opportunities after starting the year with just one goal on 18 tries. His first tally was the last of EC's five-goal run in the first period. Midway through the second period, the third-year forward recorded the eventual game-winning goal on the man-up opportunity, which gave the Purple and Gold a 7-3 cushion. In the third period, Theodoulou fed rookie Connor Powell '20 with the primary assist on an insurance goal at the 1:57 mark, which proved to be crucial, as the Soaring Eagles fended off a late Dutchmen surge for an 8-6 win.

His career game on Saturday moved Theodoulou into a tie for the ECAC West lead in both power play goals (2) and goals per game (0.50) Those two power-play tallies also doubled his previous single-season high.

The Elmira men's ice hockey team continues its ECAC West road trip with a pair of games this weekend, beginning with a 7:00 p.m. tilt against Neumann in Aston, Pennsylvania, on Friday, November 11th.