The University of Delaware men’s lacrosse team  swept the first weekly Colonial Athletic Association player and rookie of the week awards. Blue Hen sophomore attackman Andrew Romagnoli earned player of the week honors and freshman attackman Charlie Kitchen was named rookie of the week at UD opened the season with a 1-1 mark.

The Hens started the year with a heart-breaking 14-13 loss to Bucknell on Feb. 4 but bounced back with an 18-5 romp over Mt. St. Mary’s on Saturday.

Romagnoli collected eight goals and three assists during the two games. In the season opener against Bucknell, he scored four goals and dished out an assist for five points. He followed with another four-goal performance, along with two assists, in a six-point effort in the win over Mount St. Mary's. Romagnoli has now recorded seven career multiple-goal games in 16 career outings.

Kitchen has gotten off to one of the best starts ever by a freshman in UD history, collecting seven goals and four assists during the two games. He recorded four goals and two assists for six points in his collegiate debut against Bucknell and came back with another huge effort in the win over Mount St. Mary's as he netted three goals and two assists.

Kitchen became the first UD player to score four goals in his collegiate debut and the first player in head coach Bob Shillinglaw's 39-year tenure at Delaware to open his career with consecutive hat tricks.

UD will continue action on Saturday, Feb. 18, when the Hens host No. 17 ranked Navy (0-2) at 3 p.m. at Delaware Stadium.