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GNAC Women's Lacrosse Report: Week 9

SJC's Lydia Dexter had 15 more points in the final weekly report of the 2022 campaign.

GNAC Women's Lacrosse Report: Week 9
May 2, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 25 - MAY 1

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Lydia Dexter, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Gr., A - Oakland, Maine) - Dexter racked up 11 goals and four assists for 15 total points in wins over Colby-Sawyer and Elms last week. The grad student attack scored eight goals in a 14-8 victory at Colby-Sawyer on Tuesday and posted three goals and four assists with five ground balls and a pair of draw controls in the Monks' GNAC tourney win over Elms on Saturday.

GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK

Katie Bishop-Manning, Norwich (Sr., GK - New York, N.Y.) - Bishop-Manning closed the season for the Cadets with a 59.2 save percentage on the week while picking up a win in Norwich's regular season finale with 20 saves against Dean. Bishop-Manning had a goals against average of 10.00 and also picked up five ground balls on the week.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Sammi Hogan, Simmons (So., A/M - Westborough, Mass.) - Hogan guided Simmons to a 2-0 week, which included the program's first victory in eight years over conference foe Johnson & Wales to claim the second seed in the GNAC post-season. Late in the week, Hogan opened the GNAC post-season tournament, leading the Sharks with six goals and one assist for seven points in an 18-11 victoyr over No. 7 Lasell University. In addition, against the Lasers, she scooped up two ground balls. 
GNAC HONOR ROLL
  
 Chandra Franca, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Sr, A/M - Woburn, Mass.) - Franca had five goals and two assists for seven points as the fifth-seeded Saints went on the road to Vermont to defeat fourth-seeded Norwich, 11-7, on Saturday in the GNAC Quarterfinals. She also had an assist last Tuesday in an 18-8 win over Lasell for an eight-point week.
 
Taina Gamory, Johnson & Wales (RI) (So., M - Warwick, N.Y.) - Gamory had eight goals and six assists for 14 points, including a seven-point performance with three ground balls in a GNAC Tournament victory over Colby-Sawyer, as the Wildcats went 1-1 last week and advanced to the GNAC Semifinals. 
 
Sydney Brady, Lasell (Senior, Midfielder - Westfield, Mass.) - Brady recorded seven goals and three assists, to go along with her 100th career point, during a 16-6 triumph in GNAC action over Albertus Magnus on Grellier Field last Thursday night, setting career highs in draw controls (12), points (10) and assists (3), while the seven goals were tied for the most in her career. For the week, she had 14 goals and three assists for 17 points in a 1-2 week. 
 
Abby Stoller, Simmons (Grad Senior, A - Wayland, Mass.) - Stoller guided Simmons to a 2-0 week which included the program's first victory over Johnson & Wales since 2014 that helped the Sharks clinch the No. 2 seed in the 2022 GNAC Tournament. Against the Wildcats, Stoller led the way tallying six goals and an assists for seven points, while tying her career single-game best winning 12 draw controls. She closed out the week helping to send the Sharks to the GNAC semifinals registering four goals, while winning eight draw controls and tallying four ground balls in an 18-11 win over No. 3 Lasell on Saturday afternoon.  
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
6 Taina Gamory, JWU Devin Zambruno, LAS Sophia Kuhlthau, CSC
7 Lydia Dexter, SJC (5)   Emma Walsh, ELMS Julia Chausse, SIM (2) 
8 Lydia Dexter, SJC (6) & Maire Brown, DEAN Katie Bishop-Manning, NOR Heather Hanson, CSC (4)
9 Lydia Dexter, SJC (7)   Katie Bishop-Manning, NOR Sammi Hogan, SIM

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