What Stephanie Ribeiros dad did before the University of Connecticut senior played her final regular-season home game constituted a pleasant surprise.What Mario Ribeiros daughter did during the game is increasingly no surprise at all.Honored alongside her classmates on the field before Sundays game against South Florida, Ribeiro was surprised when her father, who was supposed to be in Ohio for business and unavailable to attend, joined her and her mother on the field for the ceremony.She then made his trip all the more worthwhile by scoring twice and assisting on a third goal. The Huskies beat the Bulls 3-1 and completed a pivotal conference sweep, on the heels of a 3-0 win days earlier against UCF. Ribeiro had an active role in that result, too, assisting on the first two goals and putting away the game by scoring the third goal.For producing three goals and three assists for the week, thereby strengthening Connecticuts place atop the American Athletic Conference and all but eliminating two quality rivals from contention, Ribeiro is espnWs national soccer player of the week.Not that the week represented something out of character for the 5-foot-7 senior. Not this season, at least. Ribeiro completed the past week in a three-way tie for the Division I lead with 15 goals and second in the nation with 11 assists. No other player is already in double digits in both categories, and she has a comfortable lead as the national leader in points.In her first three seasons on the field, a run interrupted by a season lost to injury in 2014, Ribeiro totaled 16 goals and 15 assists. But it was only last season, when she was named the Americans midfielder of the year, that she truly offered a hint of the point production that was to follow this fall.On the opening goal against South Florida, Ribeiro was left startlingly open in the box but still had to do the work of chesting down Rachel Hills pass and, in the same motion, sweeping it past the goalkeeper before any defenders could react. It was a goal-scorers finish. But she was no less the playmaker in returning the favor on a goal by Hill in that game. With the ball out wide on the left, Ribeiro picked out her target and put the cross on Hills head at the far post.In the win against UCF, she played in Hill with a deft pass from midfield and delivered a quality free kick that led to a goal, but she also beat the keeper one-on-one after a turnover.Make the play or finish the play, she does it all.Once a power in the womens game, producing All-Americans and College Cup appearances in droves, Connecticut has enjoyed only a few surges this century, most notably when the combined production of Kristin Graczyk and Jessica Gjertsen took the Huskies to the College Cup in 2003. What Ribeiro made clear to her dad and everyone else this past week was that with she and Hill, another extended postseason run should not qualify as any kind of surprise. Vapormax Off White Fake . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. 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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Andy Greene felt the pressure before taking his first penalty shot in the NHL.I was just trying not to embarrass myself, Greene said. I didnt want to become the next YouTube sensation.Instead, Greene became the first Devils player to convert a penalty shot in overtime, scoring 29 seconds into the extra period to lead New Jersey in a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.Greene earned his penalty shot when he was held from behind by Buffalos Evander Kane on a breakaway up the left side.I was hoping they would let someone else take it on the ice, the Devils captain joked afterward.Greene, who has never participated in an NHL shootout, is the first Devils defenseman to score on a penalty shot since Scott Niedermyer in 1998. Greene made a move to his left and slipped a forehand between the pads of Sabres goaltender Anders Nilsson. Greenes only other goal this season came on an empty net.The Devils got both their goals from defenseman as Yohann Auvitu scored his first NHL goal to tie the game in the third period. Keith Kinkaid made 25 saves to help the Devils win their third straight.Matt Moulson scored for Buffalo and Anders Nilsson made a season-high 41 saves. The Sabres have lost three straight and are 0-4 in overtime games this season.Both teams played their backup goaltenders in the opener of a back-to-back home-and-home series.The Devils won despite going 0 for 6 on the power play. Buffalo killed a four-minute high-sticking penalty on Kane in the third period and a 5-on-3 disadvantage spanning 1:25 of the second period.The power play is just one part of the game, Devils coach John Hynes said. It was good to see the players who were on the power play, it didnt affect the rest of their game and thats why we were able to find a way to do it in a different way.Auvitu scored the tying goal 3:13 into the third period. Taylor Hall and Travis Zajac cycled the puck to the the French rookie defenseman at the point and his long shot went in off the cuff of Nilssonns glove.dddddddddddd The goal ended the second-longest shutout streak of Nilssons career at 119:46.Its obviously a save I would like to make, Nilsson said.Nilsson made 17 of his saves in the third period.For his work, youd like him to get the W, Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said.Moulson scored on a power play to give Buffalo the lead 10:34 into the game. Kinkaid stopped Kyle Okposos shot from the left slot but the rebound bounced to Moulson on the other end of the net and he fired the puck into the top right corner. Moulson has five power-play goals this season, tying him for second in the NHL.Top-line center Ryan OReilly returned for the Sabres after missing one game with a mid-body and recorded his 200th NHL assist on Moulsons goal. But OReilly aggravated the injury on a face-off late in the third period and did not return.Well see where hes at for tomorrow, Bylsma said. I dont see it lingering.Game notes Devils F Mike Cammalleri missed the game for personal reasons and his status for Saturday nights game is uncertain, Hynes said. ... Sabres D Dmitry Kulikov missed the game with an undisclosed injury. Star C Jack Eichel has yet to play this season due a high-ankle sprain but is nearing a return, Bylsma said. F Tyler Ennis is also out indefinitely with a groin injury ... Buffalo recalled F Justin Falk from the minors on Friday. ... Former Sabres G Dominik Hasek attended the game wearing his Hall of Fame jacket. He received a standing ovation from the crowd when shown on the video scoreboard during the second period. . The Sabres observed Veterans Day by wearing camouflage jerseys during warm-ups and holding a moment of silence before the game for U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Byers, who was killed last week in Afghanistan.UP NEXTDevils G Cory Schneider and Sabres G Robin Lehner are expected to start when the teams meet again Saturday night at Prudential Center. ' ' '
