This Week in PAC Women's Lacrosse

April 20-26

PAC Women's Lacrosse Players of the Week for April 27
PAC Women's Lacrosse Players of the Week for April 27

Women's Lacrosse | 4/27/2026 4:00:00 PM

Week 10 PAC Honors (for events between April 20-26)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 10 of the 2026 season.

PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Bella Walski-Rodriguez • Chatham • Freshman attack • San Antonio, Texas/Antonian College Prepatory
In the Cougars' 2-0 week last week, Walski-Rodriguez recorded a team-high 13 points with 11 goals and two assists ... In an 18-4 win over Saint Vincent, she scored a team high eight goals while assisting on two others ... In the Cougars' 15-6 victory over Westminster, which clinched the two seed in the PAC Tournament for Chatham, she added three more goals and scooped five ground balls.


PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior attack Kendall Cox (Silver Spring, Md./Albert Einstein); Bethany junior midfielder Tatum Severe (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley); Geneva senior defender/midfielder Hannah Skwarek (Laurel, Md./Rockbridge Academy); Grove City senior defender Reese Hasley (Cheswick, Pa./Deer Lakes); Thiel senior attack Hayden Wightman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler); W&J sophomore midfield/attack Avery Byard (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown); Westminster senior attack Julia Ravazza (Twain Harte, Calif./Dublin)

PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Gabri Hallam • Grove City • Freshman defender • Buffalo, N.Y./Clarence
Hallam set a single-game Grove City record by causing 10 turnovers Wednesday in Grove City's 18-8 home win over Otterbein … She added five ground balls and five draw controls in the win … Saturday, she helped lead a defensive effort that limited Thiel to one shot in the Wolverines' 25-1 victory … Hallam totaled seven caused turnovers and 11 ground balls in the victory.


PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior defender Sarah Santicola (Moon Twp., Pa./Moon); Chatham junior goalie Meghan Cuza-Berry (Gambrills, Md./Arundel); Geneva sophomore defender Madi DeRuiter (Zeeland, Mich./Zio Christian); Thiel sophomore goalie Edith Lithkousky (Carthage, N.Y./Carthage Central); W&J senior attack Anna Kloehn (Canton, Ohio/Jackson); Westminster junior defender Emma Baldwin (Seven Fields, Pa./North Catholic)

PAC Midfielder of the Week
Emily Wenger • Bethany • Senior • New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff
Wenger led the Bison with 12 ground balls, five caused turnovers, and five draw controls last week and scored seven goals in a 1-1 week ... She recorded a team-best six-goal performance Saturday to help lead Bethany to the program's first PAC Tournament berth with a 15-9 victory over Allegheny ... Four of her goals came in the second half as the Bison outscored the Gators 7-2 after halftime ... Wenger also totaled six ground balls, four caused turnovers and four draw controls in the win.


PAC Midfielder Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore Erin Lowthert (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area); Chatham freshman Campbell Murphy (Saline, Mich./Saline); Grove City junior Jess Robinette (Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley); Thiel senior Aidrianna Green (East Liverpool, Ohio/East Liverpool); W&J senior Caleigh Bogats (Oakdale, Pa./Chartiers Valley); Westminster senior Michaela Neelin (Henritetta, N.Y./Rush Henrietta)

PAC Newcomer of the Week
Bekah Meiklejohn • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman midfielder • Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro
Meiklejohn led the W&J offense for another week, posting a seven-point performance in the team's victory over Hiram ... Meiklejohn had two goals and facilitated five assists for her fourth game of compiling seven or more points in a game this season ... The freshman also had two caused turnovers, two ground balls and three draw controls.


PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman defender Maddie Krieger (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East); Chatham freshman attack Bella Walski-Rodriguez (San Antonio, Texas/Antonian College Prepatory); Geneva sophomore midfielder Alyse Smith (Mahaffey, Pa./Calvary Baptist Academy); Grove City freshman midfielder Addy Porter (Jenks, Okla./Jenks); Hiram freshman midfielder Janelle Steiner (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/Cleveland Heights); Thiel freshman midfielder Camille Turner (Conneaut Lake, Pa./Conneaut Area); Westminster freshman midfielder Kaylin Henry (Martinsburg, W.Va./Martinsburg)

PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Erin Lowthert posted career highs in points (eight) and goals (seven) with nine draws, four ground balls, and two caused turnovers in a 19-5 win vs. Thiel ... Geneva's Hannah Skwarek logged a six-goal performance in Saturday's 12-5 victory over Hiram while also picking up five ground balls ... Reese Hasley scored a career-high six goals and added a career-best two assists Saturday in Grove City's 25-1 Senior Day win over Thiel ... Hiram's Janelle Steiner finished her first collegiate season strong, recording her first game with three goals on Saturday against Geneva ... Two-time defending champion Grove City earned the top seed and home-field advantage for the 2026 PAC Women's Lacrosse Tournament ... The 2026 Tournament begins with two quarterfinal games Tuesday night with No. 6 Saint Vincent at No. 3 W&J and No. 5 Bethany at No. 4 Westminster, with both games starting at 6 pm ... The W&J/Saint Vincent winner advances to play at No. 2 Chatham, while the Westminster/Bethany winner will travel to No. 1 Grove City for 7 pm semifinal match-ups on Thursday ... The semifinal winners will meet for the PAC Championship on Saturday, May 2, hosted by the highest remaining seed ... Game time will be announced following the semifinal round ... The PAC Sports Network will have the free-to-view broadcast of the championship game.