INDIANAPOLIS – Nationally ranked and both ranked in the North Region, associate members Mercyhurst and Seton Hill collected Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week on Tuesday. 
 
Seton Hill and Mercyhurst are stacked up at No. 4 and No. 5 in the North Region rankings trying to qualify for the NCAA Championship bracket. Both programs have secured postseason spots in the conference tournament and SHU has clinched a share of the regular-season title. 
 
In the USILA Coaches Poll, both teams are slotted in the top 10 with Mercyhurst at No. 8 and Seton Hill at No. 9. 
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Jacob Emerson
Mercyhurst
Attack
Freshman
Northeast, PA (Cathedral Prep)
 
Emerson was tied for the league lead in points over the past week of competition as he netted a pair of goals and assisted three more for the Lakers. 
 
Mercyhurst was in cruise control against Wheeling Jesuit in a 21-4 final as many players on the roster were able to see the field in this one. 
 
Emerson matched his career-best goal total after also scoring twice against Davis & Elkins back on March 17. The assist total was a career high and he was also credited with two ground balls and one caused turnover. 
 
Emerson fired seven shots against the Cardinals defense and six of those were on goal. His brother, Hunter, was the winning keeper tending net.
 
Emerson now has 12 points (6 G, 6 A) in eight games played this spring for Mercyhurst.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Max Eismann
Seton Hill 
Goalkeeper
Junior
Rochester, NY (Irondequoit HS)
 
Eismann just keeps on ticking as a key component for a stifling defense that stands atop the Great Midwest standings and is nationally and regionally ranked. 
 
The junior stopper is looking to help the Griffins make the national tournament field for the second consecutive season. 
 
He helped stone Walsh in conference play for 52 minutes and change for another winning decision. Eismann recorded 14 stops as the Cavaliers finished with 25 total shots in the game. 
 
Eismann's save percentage is tops in the conference among qualified starting goaltenders (.567) and he makes an average of 10.77 saves per game. 
 
This marks his fifth career conference defensive weekly honor and third of the current season.