This Week in PAC Women's Lacrosse

March 18-24

3/25/2024 3:00:00 PM

Offensive Honors / Defensive Honors / Midfielder Honors / Newcomer Honors / Records & Milestones

Week 5 PAC Honors (for events between March 18-24)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2024 season.
 
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Bailey Nicely • Saint Vincent • Sophomore attack • Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk
Over Saint Vincent's 1-1 week, Nicely registered 12 points on 10 goals and two assists ... On Tuesday against Muskingum, Nicely tallied three points on two goals and one assist, while adding three ground balls, one draw control, and one caused turnover ... In Sunday's win over Ursuline, Nicely exploded for a career-high nine points on eight goals and one assist, with one ground ball and one caused turnover. 
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny junior midfielder Ema Caragein (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton LaSalle); Bethany sophomore midfielder Jada Carter (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom); Chatham graduate student midfielder Bailey Donofrio (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley); Grove City senior attack Lucy Martin (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair); Thiel junior midfielder Skylar Garlick (Fort Loudon, Pa./James Buchanan); W&J senior attack Aisa Uhler (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing); Westminster sophomore midfielder Emma Brazier (Northport, N.Y./Northport)
 
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Sybi Gerhart • Allegheny • Senior defender • Denver, Pa./Cocalico
Gerhart helped the Gator defense settle in and limit Fredonia State to only two goals in the final three quarters in a 14-8 comeback victory … Down 6-3 at the end of the first, the defense allowed only one goal in the second and fourth quarters and shut out the Blue Devils in the third … Gerhart finished with a season-high five caused turnovers, three of which came in Fredonia's scoreless third quarter … Also tied a season-high with three ground balls.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Grove City junior midfielder Abby Roetering (Glenelg, Md./Glenelg); Thiel senior goalie Madison Liggett (Baltimore, Md./Catholic); Westminster sophomore defender Isabella Cespedes (Merrick, N.Y./Sanford H. Calhoun)
 
PAC Midfielder of the Week
Lauren Petrarca • Allegheny • Junior midfielder • Simi Valley, Calif./Royal
Petrarca scored a team-high six goals to help Allegheny overcome a 6-3 first-quarter deficit and post a 14-8 victory over Fredonia State, the team's first win of the year … The six goals are her second-highest single-game total of the year and she surpassed Meg Grossman '10 (118) for 10th-place in program history for career goals with 122 ... Petrarca added three draw controls, two ground balls, and one caused turnover in the Fredonia victory.
PAC Midfielder Honor Roll
Chatham junior Sam Beall-Dennell (Sykesville, Md./Century); Grove City senior Madison Nazigian (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest); Thiel senior midfielder Ashlyn Wightman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler); W&J senior Sofia Jenkins (Hughesville, Md./The Calverton School); Westminster senior Nina Rascona (Somerset, Pa./Somerset)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Gwen Shilling • Grove City • Freshman attack • Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional
Shilling scored twice and also caused a pair of turnovers for Grove City last Thursday at La Roche ... Her goal was the first for the Wolverines and came just 1:06 after the opening score by La Roche to ignite a run of 13 consecutive Grove City goals ... Shilling added her second goal in the second quarter to make it 11-1.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman midfielder Katherine Surdykowski (Chesterfield, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional); Bethany freshman Tatum Severe (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley); Franciscan sophomore midfielder Brooke Biagi (Powell, Ohio/Bishop Watterson); Thiel freshman attack Briney Stilinovich (Long Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos); Waynesburg freshman midfielder Waverly Lorne (New Providence, N.J./Governor Livingston); Westminster freshman attack Khloe Huba (Butler, Pa./Butler)
 
PAC Records & Milestones
First-year head coach Georgie Volna earned her first-ever win as a head coach in Allegheny's 14-8 victory over Fredonia State ... Franciscan sophomore Brooke Biagi had one goal and seven draw controls against John Carroll and her 9.00 draw controls led the PAC and ranked seventh in the nation through March 22 ... With her seven points Saturday, Westminster senior Nina Rascona became the fifth player in program history to reach 100 career points.