LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Women’s Flag Football weekly award winners on Monday, as Immaculata’s Sydney Butcher and Rory Watson won Player and Defensive Player of the Week honors respectively.
Player of the Week:
Name: Sydney Butcher
School: Immaculata University
Class: Freshman
Position: Quarterback
Hometown: Coatesville, Pa.
High School: Coatesville
Brief Outlook of Week: Sydney Butcher was 11-18 passing, for 184 yards and two touchdowns. Butcher had 12 rushes for 80 yards and scored three rushing touchdowns in Immaculata's win over Holy Family that clinched an AEC playoff berth for Immaculata.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Name: Rory Watson
School: Immaculata University
Class: Senior
Position: Linebacker
Hometown: Allentown, Pa
High School: Salisbury
Brief Outlook of Week: Rory Watson had a combined 11 tackles, with one interception, two sacks, and three pass breakups over two games for Immaculata. Watson had five tackles, two sacks, an interception, and a pass breakup in the game vs Eastern on Thursday. She had six total tackles, two pass breakups in the win over Holy Family on Thursday that clinched a playoff spot for Immaculata.
Weekly Honor Roll:
Aalyce Davis (So., Holy Family): Davis led HFU in receiving yards in both games of a ti-match against Eastern and Immaculata, accumulating 151 yards and two touchdowns, and she also had an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown.
Yariliz Torres (Fy., Marymount): Yariliz Torres pulled down three receiving touchdowns for the Saints last week as they went 2-0 in conference action at Neumann. She totaled 79 yards across the pair of games.
Aleyandra Bartley (Fr., Holy Family): Bartley led HFU in tackles in both games of a tri-match against Eastern and Immaculata, totaling 16 on the afternoon
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
(3/10) - Player of the Week: Nadia King, PSU-Schuylkill;
Defensive Player of the Week: Cam Fulcher, Centenary University
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3/17) - Player of the Week: Cara Vollmer, Marymount University;
Defensive Player of the Week: Eliana Szatkowski, Immaculata University
(3/24) - Player of the Week: Gia Santorello, Neumann University;
Defensive Player of the Week: Kayla Maisch, Neumann University
(3/31) - Player of the Week: Aalyce Davis, Holy Family University;
Defensive Player of the Week: Yesly Xante, Marymount University
(4/7) - Player of the Week: Aalyce Davis, Holy Family University;
Defensive Player of the Week: Abigail Lentowski, Immaculata University
(4/14) - Player of the Week: Samantha Bulik, Marymount University;
Defensive Player of the Week: Carly Rivera, Marymount University