Women's Lacrosse

Immaculata's Laxton, Neumann's Corrigan Selected for Weekly Honors

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Women's Lacrosse Players of the Week on Monday for the week ending on March 12th. Immaculata’s Liza Laxton and Neumann’s Catriona Corrigan earned Player and Defensive Player of the week honors, respectively.


Player of the Week:
Name: Liza Laxton 
School: Immaculata
Class: Junior
Position: Midfield
Hometown:  West Deptford, N.J.
High School:  West Deptford
Brief Outlook of Week: Led Immaculata to their first win of the season on March 11th defeating Eastern University, scoring four goals, and adding eight assists. The eight assists sets a new Immaculata program record for assists in a single game, and her 12 points ties the Immaculata program record for points in a single game.


Defensive Player of the Week:
Name:  Catriona Corrigan
School: Neumann
Class: Grad Student
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown:  Aldan, PA
High School: Bonner-Predergast
Brief Outlook of Week: Catriona Corrigan made 15 saves in net to pick up the 9-6 win at DeSales in Neumann's only game of the week.


Weekly Honor Roll:

Lindsey Fagan (Jr., Attack, Neumann): Lindsey Fagan scored six goals in a 9-6 win at DeSales in Neumann's lone game of the week. The junior finished the game with 12 shots, 11 on goal, and five draw controls in addition to her six goals.

Kayla McCabe (Gr., Attack, Marywood): McCabe matched the school single-game assists record in an 18-2 win over Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.). She tied Diana D'Achille (2011) and Natalie Burke (2016) with six assists. McCabe added a hat trick to finish the game with nine points, along with three ground balls, a caused turnover and a draw control.

Kristin Varilla (Jr., Attack, Gwynedd Mercy): Varilla in two games this week finished with a team-high nine goals and 11 points. Varilla also had two groundballs, three draw controls, and one caused turnover.
 

Previous Players of the Week:
2/20/23 – Olivia Little, Cabrini & Reilly Owens, Gwynedd Mercy
2/28/23 – Riley Love, Marymount & Avery Meighan, Marywood
3/6/23 - Olivia Little, Cabrini & Hannah Smith, Marymount