INDIANAPOLIS – Walsh and Ursuline split Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week awards that were announced on Wednesday.
 
Tiffin and Findlay have each played No. 2 Lindenwood and No. 11 Grand Valley State while the Oilers also had a tough matchup vs. No. 3 UIndy, with those programs highly ranked in the most recent IWLCA Poll.
 
The road through the Midwest Region is a tough one, especially with no AQ’s in a reduced championship field for the spring postseason.
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Hannah McFeeters
Walsh
Midfield
Junior
Pickerington, OH (Bishop Hartley HS)
 
The Cavaliers played very well against No. 22 nationally ranked Mercyhurst in their lone contest of the week as McFeeters delivered her second weekly conference honor of the spring.
 
The junior midfielder scored the first goal between either team early in the opening half.
 
Mercyhurst would take the lead at the break, but Walsh played the Cavaliers to an impressive second-half stalemate tied 7-7.
 
McFeeters again had a quick-strike goal early in the half. She then scored three consecutive times against Mercyhurst defense, all in unassisted fashion in less than a two-minute span.
 
McFeeters had five goals on nine shots and added three draw controls while picking up one ground ball.  She is now tied for the league lead in total goals with Tiffin’s Elle Hamilton, each with 16. McFeeters does have the slight edge in goals per game (4.00) and is also first in shots per game (7.25).
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Jaclyn Gilmore
Ursuline
Midfield
Senior
Westerville, OH (Saint Francis De Sales HS)
 
Ursuline tangled with former conference opponent and league champion Alderson Broaddus and emerged a 15-13 winner on the road.
 
The senior Gilmore was all over the stat sheet, making notable contributions on both sides of the field as the Arrows earned their first win of the spring.
 
She had a team-best five caused turnovers, earned four draw controls and picked up four ground balls.
 
Gilmore also scored one goal on five shots, an important one at that in such a close decision against the Battlers.