SUNYAC Women's Lacrosse
Players of the Week

Date
Player of the Week
Goalkeeper of the Week
Andrea Vendetti - Cortland*
Deanne Abell - Cortland^
Andrea Venditti - Cortland
Eileen O'Toole - Oneonta
Maggie Benham - Geneseo
Ashley Taylor - Brockport
Julia Decker - Brockport
Katie Rivers - Buffalo State^
Ali Bourgal - Cortland
Ashley Taylor - Brockport
Katie Lyons - Buffalo State
Hannah McKee - Geneseo
Maggie Morris - Geneseo
Deanna Abell - Cortland

*ECAC DIII Upstate Player of the Week
^ECAC DIII Upstate Goalie of the Week

 

April 30
Player of the Week

Andrea Venditti - Cortland
Senior, (Baldwinsville, NY/C. W. Baker)
Venditti matched her career-high with nine points on seven goals and two assists in a 16-8 win over Geneseo after piling up five goals in a 16-4 win over Brockport. Venditti leads the Red Dragons in goals (44) and points (62).

Goalie of the Week
Deanne Abell - Cortland
Freshman, (Fulton, NY/G. Ray Bodley)
Abell posted a .611 save percentage and a 4.74 goals against average in a pair of wins for the Red Dragons. She made nine saves in going the distance in a 16-4 win over Brockport and came off the bench to collect three saves and allow two goals in 28:31 in the 16-8 victory over Geneseo.

April 23
Player of the Week

Andrea Venditti - Cortland
Senior, (Baldwinsville, NY/C. W. Baker)
Venditti scored a career-high nine points in a 20-4 win over Oswego on five goals and four assists, then followed the performance with a three goal, two assist outing in a 17-1 victory over Potsdam.
Venditti ranks second on the Red Dragons in goals (32), assists (16) and points (48).

Goalie of the Week
Eileen O'Toole - Oneonta
Sophomore, (Long Beach, NY/Long Beach)
O'Toole posted a .553 save percentage and an 8.50 goals against average in a pair of wins for the Red Dragons. She made five saves in a 17-10 win over Potsdam and collected 16 saves in the 15-7 victory over Oswego.

April 16
Player of the Week

Maggie Benham - Geneseo
Junior, (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua)
Benham collected eight goals and one assist for nine points in a 1-1 week for the Knights, including a six-goal barrage in a 19-5 win over Potsdam. Benham, who leads the Knights with 23 goals, eight assists and 31 points, added six groundballs, three draw controls and two caused turnovers.

Goalie of the Week
Ashley Taylor - Brockport
Senior, (Middle Island, N.Y./Longwood)
Taylor earned her second Goalie of the Week award this season by combining a .710 save percentage and a 5.02 goals against average in a 2-0 week for the Golden Eagles. Taylor stopped 11 shots in a 13-2 win over Oswego and posted 11 saves in the 12-7 victory over Geneseo.

April 9
Player of the Week

Julia Decker - Brockport
Sophomore, (Penn Yan/Penn Yan)
Decker notched two goals, one assist and two groundballs in the 12-4 win over RIT and erupted for six goals and two assists with four groundballs and two draw controls in the 16-8 victory over Potsdam. Decker stands second on the Golden Eagles scoring chart with 25 points.


Goalie of the Week
Katie Rivers - Buffalo State
Junior, (Watertown/Watertown)
Rivers posted a spectacular .706 save percentage by making 12 saves as Buffalo State defeated Goucher by a score of 8-5. The Bengals have won seven straight to open the season.

April 2
Player of the Week

Ali Bourgal - Cortland
Senior, (Sachem, NY/Sachem)
Bourgal scored seven goals and had four assists in three games as the 13th ranked Red Dragons dropped a 12-10 decision to #16 Hamilton, before defeating #15 Willliam Smith (10-8) and Colorado College (11-6). Bourgal, who added nine groundballs and six draw controls, leads Cortland with 24 goals and 32 points in seven contests.


Goalie of the Week
Ashley Taylor - Brockport
Senior, (Middle Island, NY/Longwood)
Taylor made 12 saves and allowed just three scores in a 9-3 win over Ohio Wesleyan and stopped 13 shots in the 15-13 win over Rochester for the Golden Eagles. For the week, Taylor posted a .568 save percentage and a 7.34 goals against average.

March 26
Player of the Week

Katie Lyons - Buffalo State
Junior, (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North)
Lyons collected nine goals and four assists for 13 points in two wins for the Bengals. Lyons, who had six points in the win over RIT and seven points in the victory over Kenyon, contributed three groundballs and four draw controls.

Goalie of the Week
Hannah McKee - Geneseo
Sophomore, (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca)
McKee, who is 3-0 on the year, led Geneseo to a 17-7 win over Utica on Saturday by stopping seven shots, which lowered her goals against average on the season to 7.27 and raised her save percentage to .474.

March 19
Player of the Week

Maggie Morris - Geneseo
Sophomore, (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa)
Morris collected 10 goals and two assists for 12 points in two wins for the Knights, including a six-goal barrage in a 20-5 win over Wheaton (MA). Morris aided Geneseo to a 2-0 week with wins over Wheaton and Stevens Institute by scooping 10 groundballs and harnessing five draw controls.

Goalie of the Week
Deanna Abell - Cortland
Freshman, (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley)
Abell made her first two starts of her collegiate career, stopping six shots and allowing one goal in 45 minutes of action in the 15-3 win over Division II Bentley and made nine saves and allowed one goal in 48 minutes of play in the 19-4 win over Skidmore. Abell posted a .882 save percentage and a 1.29 goals against average on the week.




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