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GNAC Women's Lacrosse Report: Week 5

While SJC's Lydia Dexter earned her fourth straight weekly honor, Simmons' Nicole Elliott (pictured) was named GNAC Goalkeeper of the Week for the second time on Monday.

GNAC Women's Lacrosse Report: Week 5
April 4, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 28 - APRIL 3

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Lydia Dexter, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (GR, A - Oakland, Maine) - Dexter enjoyed another fine week with eight goals and five assists for 13 total points along with nine ground balls and three caused turnovers in victories over Lasell and Johnson & Wales. The grad student attack netted five goals with three assists in a win at Lasell on Tuesday and potted three goals with a pair of helpers in a huge 11-7 victory over JWU on Saturday.

GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK

Nicole Elliott, Simmons (Senior, GK - Wayne, N.J.) - Posting a .750 save percentage, senior goalkeeper Nicole Elliott guided the Sharks to a 3-0, including handing Colby-Sawyer its first loss of the season with a convincing 11-2 victory Sunday afternoon, propelling them to second place in the GNAC standings. Against the Chargers, Elliott registered a .846 save percentage, recording 11 saves on 13 attempts to pick up her ninth win of the season. The previous day she led the Sharks to a 15-2 win over Elms, tallying three saves in 39 minutes. 

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Julia Chausse, Simmons (Sophomore, A - East Freetown, Mass.) - Registering seven goals and three assists for 10 points, Chausse guided Simmons to a 3-0 week, which included handing Colby-Sawyer its fist loss of the season in a convincing 11-2 victory Sunday afternoon. Early in the week, Chausse tallied three goals and two assists for five points in a 20-4 win over Rivier University, then late in the posted another hat-rick in a 15-2 road win over Elms College on Saturday. It was her third hat-trick in a row - and fifth overall on the season. 

HONOR ROLL 

Ashley Rufo, Anna Maria (Sr., M - Pittsfield, Mass.) - Rufo tallied four goals, one assist, ten ground balls and eight caused turnovers for the AMCATS this past week.
 
Sydney Stevens, Colby-Sawyer (Jr, ATT. - Laconia, N.H.) - Stevens had six goals and four assists for 10 points in a 2-1 week.
 
Maire Brown, Dean (Jr, C - Huntington, N.Y.) - After posting five ground balls and a couple of caused turnovers in a tough road loss at Saint Joseph, Brown tallied program records of 13 points and 11 goals in the team's 25-20 win over Lasell. She added nine more ground balls and five caused turnovers. 
 
Megan Steele, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Jr, A - Auburn, Maine) - Led Emmanuel with nine points over two games on eight goals and one assist. The junior netted a team-high four goals against Johnson & Wales and then followed that performance up with five points on four goals and one assist in EC's 23-9 GNAC win over Rivier. Steele added three draw control wins and one caused turnover over the two contests. 
 
Taina Gamory, Johnson & Wales (RI) (So., M - Warwick, N.Y.) - In a pair of games this week, Gamory totaled 11 points with seven goals and four assists. In a win at Emmanuel College, Gamory scored six goals while assisting on two more. She converted six of her eight shots and three of her four free position attempts. She also had six draw controls, four caused turnovers and two ground balls. She added one goal and two assists in a game against St. Joseph's (Me.), with three draw controls and five ground balls. 
 
Sydney Brady, Lasell (Senior, Midfielder - Westfield, Mass.) - Brady had 12 goals and three assists for 15 points in a three-game week, including an eight0point outburst in a 25-20 victory at Dean.
 
Katie Bishop-Manning, Norwich (Sr., G - New York, N.Y.) - Bishop-Manning compiled a 56.3 save percentage with a pair of wins on the week making, while making 21 saves on the week. She also caused a pair of turnovers while picking up three ground balls.
 
Allison Sturgeon, Norwich (Sr., M - Monticello, Ind.) - Sturgeon scored eight goals and dished out an assist as the Cadets went 2-0 in conference play this week. Sturgeon picked up a ground ball in Saturday's contest against the St. Joseph (Conn.) Blue Jays while she also scored five goals and dished out an assist for six points in the one-goal victory.
 
Kylee Marley, Regis (Mass.) (So., M - Westerly, R.I.) - Marley led the Pride offensively over the past week. Against GNAC co-leader Colby-Sawyer, she notched her third hat trick of the season with three goals to go along with five draw controls. Saturday against Anna Maria, Marley collected a season-high five goals, three of them within a span of 3:15 in the fourth quarter to help the Pride rally to defeat the AMCATS, 16-12. Marley scored the game-tying goal with 6:31 left in regulation, then she earned two more goals just 19 seconds apart. Marley also tied her season high with nine groundballs and caused two turnovers. Marley now leads the team with 21 goals this season. 
 
Makenzie Dinger, St. Joseph (Conn.) (Jr., A/M - Hingham, Mass.) - In a 1-1 week, Dinger scored 11 goals and set the new USJ program record for goals in a single season. Dinger opened the week with five goals, five ground balls, and five draw controls to help power the Blue Jays past Dean at home on Saturday 14-2. She followed that up with six more goals, three ground balls, and four draw controls in a tightly contested 13-12 setback on the road at Norwich on Saturday. Her sixth goal of the game against the Cadets marked her 52nd goal on the 2022 campaign, which broke the previous school standard for goals in a season of 51 set by Rose St. Hilaire in 2016.
 
Abby Stoller, Simmons (Grad Senior, A - Wayland, Mass.) - Stoller registered 12 goals and one assist for 13 points to guide Simmons to a 3-0 week, which included handing Colby-Sawyer its first loss of the season in an 11-2 victory Sunday afternoon. Early in the week, Stoller tallied four goals and assist for five points, while recording eight draw controls n a 20-4 win over Rivier. In a 15-2 win over Elms College, Stoller registered five goals and scooped up four ground balls before closing out the week with three goals and five draw controls against the Chargers on Sunday. She currently leads the conference with 55 goals on the season. 
 
GNAC WEEKLY ARCHIVE
WEEK PLAYER GOALKEEPER

ROOKIE
1 Lydia Dexter, SJC Sarah Burt, ANM Heather Hanson, CSC
2 Abby Stoller, SIM Emma Walsh, ELMS Isabella Beane, REG
3 Lydia Dexter, SJC (2) Nicole Elliott, SIM  Heather Hanson, CSC (2)
4 Lydia Dexter, SJC (3) Jada Fields, DEAN Heather Hanson, CSC (3)
5  Lydia Dexter, SJC (4) Nicole Elliott, SIM (2) Julia Chausse, SIM

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