This Week in PAC Women's Lacrosse

April 22-28

4/29/2024 3:00:00 PM

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

Week 10 PAC Honors (for events between April 22-28)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 10 of the 2024 season.
 
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Aisa Uhler • Washington & Jefferson • Senior attack • East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing
Uhler totaled 10 goals last week to help W&J secure a pair of wins to lock up the top seed in this week's PAC Tournament ... Uhler scored a career-high six goals in a 19-3 win over Saint Vincent Tuesday ... She then added a team-high four scores, as W&J edged Grove City by an 11-9 margin Saturday to finish off a perfect 9-0 regular season mark in PAC play ... Uhler leads the Presidents with 54 goals this season. 
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior midfielder Ashley Amato (Westerly, R.I./Westerly); Chatham senior midfielder Felicia Hutter (Rochester, N.Y./Penfield); Franciscan senior attack Joanna Hilkert (Danville, Pa./Danville Area); Grove City senior attack Lucy Martin (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair); Thiel senior midfielder Ashlyn Wightman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler); 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
Avery Redd • Chatham • Senior defender • Indiana, Pa./Indiana
Redd sparked a Chatham defense which allowed just 11 goals in a pair of PAC wins that secured the fourth seed and a home game for the Cougars in the PAC Tournament Quarterfinals ... Her top effort came in last Wednesday's 9-6 victory over Thiel when Redd totaled nine ground balls and caused four turnovers ... She also chipped in one GB and one caused turnover in Friday's 20-5 victory at Saint Vincent. 
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore defender Amelia Henderson (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny); Franciscan graduate student midfielder Ashley Morisey (Crystal Beach, Fla./Natomas Charter School);  Grove City junior defender Amber Wartman (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron); 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 led the Gators to a pair of wins against Waynesburg and Franciscan to secure the No. 2 seed in the PAC Tournament … She amassed nine points (5g-4a), eight ground balls, eight caused turnovers, and four draw controls, while helping Allegheny clear the ball at 83.3% (25-30) and opponents combined for only 28.8% (15-52) … She logged four points (2g-2a) with four ground balls, two draw controls, and two caused turnovers in a 19-1 win against the Yellow Jackets and followed that with five points (3g-2a), a season-high six caused turnovers, four ground balls, and two draw controls in a 21-5 rout of the Barons.
PAC Midfielder Honor Roll
Chatham junior Sam Beall-Dennell (Sykesville, Md./Century); Franciscan sophomore Brooke Biagi (Powell, Ohio/Bishop Watterson); Grove City senior Madison Nazigian (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest); Thiel junior Skylar Garlick (Fort Loudon, Pa./James Buchanan); W&J sophomore Caleigh Bogats (Oakdale, Pa./Chartiers Valley); Westminster senior Nina Rascona (Somerset, Pa./Somerset)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Taylor Blythe • Grove City • Freshman attack • Mendon, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima
Blythe notched eight goals and three assists for 11 points in a 1-1 week for the Wolverines ... She scored five goals and added a pair of assists Saturday at W&J after she opened the week with three goals, an assist and two caused turnovers in a victory at Westminster. 
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman midfielder Katherine Surdykowski (Chesterfield, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional); Chatham freshman defender Sarah Holt (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional); Franciscan freshman goalie Cecilia Downs (Crestwood, Ky./Homeschooled); Thiel freshman defender Heaven Fitch (Baltimore, Md./Greater Grace Christian Academy); Westminster freshman goalie Amelia Mason (White Lake, Minn./Lakeland)
 
PAC Records & Milestones
With her three goals in Friday's win over Saint Vincent, Chatham junior Sam Beall-Dennell broke the program record for career goals ... Franciscan sophomore Brooke Biagi set the program record for draw controls in a game with 20 at Bethany ... Senior Ashlyn Wightman became Thiel’s career leader in points (297) Saturday, surpassing Cassy Mahdi (296), who held the record since 2015 … Wightman surpassed Mahdi’s career goals record earlier this season ... Washington & Jefferson has earned the top seed for the 2024 PAC Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament ... W&J, as well as No. 2 seed Allegheny, have byes into the semifinals of the six-team tournament, which begins Tuesday, April 30 ... In Tuesday's quarterfinal round games, fifth-seeded Thiel is going to Pittsburgh to take on fourth-seeded Chatham, while the other quarterfinal will feature No. 3 Grove City hosting No. 6 Westminster (Tournament Bracket)