Mercyhurst senior Meghan Agosta puts a shot on goal on a intra-squad scrimmage.: Mercyhurst Sports Information photoMercyhurst College senior Meghan Agosta has become Mercyhurst’s golden girl yet again. For the second time Agosta won gold in the Winter Olympics representing her country, Canada.

This time, Agosta cemented herself as one of the top women’s hockey players in the world.

Agosta was named the tournament’s most valuable player as she led all scorers with nine goals and six assists.

On top of her exploits on the ice, Agosta also gained a great number of rabid fans at the Olympic games.

There were a few news reports of men holding up signs proposing to her, and Agosta now boasts three fan pages on Facebook. She was also met by a number of her supporters at the airport when she returned home after winning the gold medal.

Agosta was the talk of women’s hockey as her meteoric rise caught some off guard and put her into the spotlight as she helped carry Canada’s hope of a gold sweep in hockey on home turf.

Mercyhurst Coach Michael Sisti was not in the least bit surprised about Meghan’s performance in the tournament.

“It really doesn’t surprise me. She has been gearing up for this for a long time, and it was truly one of the best performances I’ve seen and really put her on the level of being one of the best players in the world,” Sisti said.

Agosta brought a great deal of notoriety to Mercyhurst as the announcers referred to the college a number of times and referenced her ongoing collegiate career.

Agosta will be returning to Mercyhurst next season to bring another boast to a team that has already proved to be the best in the nation.

Agosta’s return will make the team even better as the Lakers will only be losing a marginal amount of players after this season.

“It’s going to pretty nice to have a player of Meghan’s caliber back playing for us and that will be even better considering we will be returning most of our players next season plus gaining some key recruits,” Sisti said.

Agosta will again look to take her game to the next level and hopefully Mercyhurst College’s game to the next level in her return and have the Lakers and her adding to their trophy cases.