ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Empire 8 announced its weekly conference awards on Monday. Freshman Sean Forward earned Offensive Player of the Week after a dominating performance for Ithaca this past Saturday. Forward netted a career-high three goals in the Bombers' 4-1 win over Utica. Forward's offensive outburst marked the first hat trick for Ithaca since Kurt Odenbach recorded three goals in a 5-2 win over Coe on Sept. 24, 2006.

The Bombers are back in action on Tuesday, Oct. 22 in a makeup game at Alfred. The match is set to start at 7 p.m.