LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Women’s Lacrosse weekly award winners on Monday, as Cabrini’s Olivia Little and Caroline Gallagher sweep Player and Defensive Player of the week honors respectively.
Player of the Week:
Name: Olivia Little
School: Cabrini
Class: Graduate Student
Position: Attack
Hometown: Springfield, Pa.
High School: Springfield
Brief Outlook of Week: Little highlighted Cabrini's week with 13 points en route to breaking the program’s all-time record. In her five goal, three assist game at Ursinus on Saturday, Olivia Little became Cabrini women's lacrosse’s all-time leader in points. She now has a career mark of 337 by way of 196 goals and 141 assists. In addition to leading the offense and making program history, Little added 6 ground balls, 5 caused turnovers, and 27 draw controls across both games.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Name: Caroline Gallagher
School: Cabrini
Class: Senior
Position: Defender
Hometown: Cape May Court Houses, N.J.
High School: Middle Township
Brief Outlook of Week: Gallagher turned in a terrific week for the Cavaliers, leading the team in caused turnovers while delivering a hat trick in both games. In Cabrini’s 22-9 win over Moravian, Gallagher collected five caused turnovers, four ground balls, five draw controls, and three goals. In a 16-11 win over Ursinus, Gallagher recorded five caused turnovers, three ground balls, three draw controls, and three goals.
Weekly Honor Roll:
Catriona Corrigan (Gr., Goalkeeper, Neumann): In the lone game of the week for the Knights, Catriona Corrigan made eight saves in a 7-6 win at Goucher. She made a free position shot save with just over a minute remaining to keep the lead and five Neumann the win.
Avery Meighan (S0., Midfield, Marywood): Meighan tied a single-game school record with six assists versus Mount St. Vincent. She added two goals for eight points. She collected nine draw controls, three caused turnovers, and four ground balls against the Dolphins.
Jacki Murray (Sr., Midfield, Immaculata): Murray had a combined nine goals, three assists, 12 points, three ground balls, one caused turnover, and eight draw controls over two games this week. She had four goals, two assists, for six points, with two ground balls, a caused turnover, and six draw controls in the team's win over Delaware Valley on March 13th. She had five goals, with one assist, six points, one ground ball, and two draw controls against DeSales on March 16th.
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
Feb 26, 2024 – Olivia Little, Cabrini & Caroline Gallagher, Cabrini
March 4, 2024 - Tessa Liberatoscioli, Immaculata & Nora Dornich, Centenary
March 11, 2024 - Nora Dornich, Centenary & Hannah Smith, Marymount