SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - Junior Luke Sheehan of the football team and senior Amy Vytopilova of the field hockey team have been named the Highmark Student-Athletes of the Week for the week ending Sunday, October 25.
Sheehan had the best passing day of his career on Saturday against Ithaca, going 30-of-47 for 333 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for a team-best 40 yards. His 333 passing yards are the most by a Union quarterback since William Bellamy '20 threw for a program-record 456 yards in the NCAA Tournament against Salisbury University on November 20, 2019, while his 30 completions are tied for third on the school single-game list and match Brett Russ '92 against Plymouth State University in 1990 as the most ever completed by a Union quarterback on Frank Bailey Field.
Vytopilova scored a pair of goals for the second time this season to lead Union to a 3-1 victory over Vassar in the team's conference regular-season finale on Saturday in Poughkeepsie. The senior opened the scoring in the sixth minute of play, collecting the rebound of a blocked shot and potting her seventh goal of the year and her second straight game-winning goal. She then struck again less than two minutes later, finding the net for the career-best eighth time this season as the visitors scored three straight goals in the first half to take the early advantage.
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