RDP's Athletes of the Week, Addison Longmore and Brian Murray. (Supplied)

By RDP Athletics

ADDISON LONGMORE AND BRIAN MURRAY

RDP Athletes of the Week: Oct. 4-6

Oct 8, 2024 | 4:01 PM

Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Athletics has announced Addison Longmore (Queens Hockey) and Brian Murray (Kings Soccer) as the RDP Athletes of the Week.

Addison Longmore
Queens Hockey
Program – Bachelor of Science in Nursing (1 st)
Hometown – Swift Current, Sask.

Defense Addison Longmore had an outstanding performance in her Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) debut. The first-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing student finished with two assists in the Queens 5-2 home and season opener against the Olds College Broncos. She was later named the ACAC player of the game for RDP.

After falling down 2-1 in the early goings of the second frame, Longmore and her teammate Chloe Belter set up forward Molly Flynn three minutes later to tie the game up at two. Moments later on the powerplay, the Swift Current native followed that up with the only assist on forward Jailyn Bablitz’s goal to take a 3-2 lead which ultimately ended up being the game-winning goal.

The Queens will be back in action this weekend as they face off with the Lakeland College Rustlers on Friday at 5 pm. The following day RDP will finish the home-and-home series against the Rustlers with the puck dropping at 5 p.m.

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Brian Murray
Kings Soccer
Program – Open Studies (2 nd)
Hometown – Red Deer, AB

Goalkeeper Brian Murray continued his dominant performance in net this past Sunday as the Kings shutout out the SAIT Trojans to hold on to first place in the ACAC South Division. Murray stopped all four shots he faced in the win which included a huge diving save on a penalty kick to keep it a 1-0 game for the Kings. He was named the ACAC player of the game following the win.

Ever since coming to the Polytechnic last year, Murray has been a force to be reckoned with in the net. In the season opener against SAIT, the second year goalkeeper stopped a penalty kick but also scrambled to get a piece of the next two shots in the following few seconds to keep the ball out of his net. The Red Deer native sits in fourth place in the conference with 39 saves.

The Kings will finish off their final three games of the season at home starting on Saturday as they host the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks at 4 p.m.

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