Basso led the No. 10 Bullets to two victories on the week with a team-best 13 points on seven goals and six assists. She netted five goals and handed out three assists in a 17-9 win over No. 3 College of New Jersey on Wednesday before scoring twice and dishing out three helpers in a 21-8 win over Washington College on Saturday. She also had two caused turnovers and four ground balls.
Co-Offensive Player of the Week
Jade O’Connor – Springfield College
O'Connor netted a pair of overtime game-winners to lead Springfield to a 3-0 week. She tallied four goals, including the game-winner just 33 seconds into overtime versus Westfield State University before scoring twice in the lone quarter she played in the conference victory over Mount Holyoke College. In Sunday’s victory over Western Connecticut State University, she registered a career-high eight goals, including the game-winner on a free-position attempt in overtime, to push her season total to 41 goals.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Kaitlyn Hunsinger – Salisbury University
Hunsinger bolstered the No. 6 Salisbury defense with nine saves while allowing just eight goals in the net as the Sea Gulls defeated No. 9 Franklin & Marshall College on Sunday. The senior also scooped up four ground balls and caused a turnover in the matchup.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Sydney Widlitz – Union College
Widlitz saved a season-high 16 shots in Wednesday's 12-9 win over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the most saves in a win by a Union goalie since 2008. She then made four of her 12 saves in the final 2:11 to preserve Saturday's 13-11 win over No. 13 Ithaca College, Union's first win over a nationally ranked team since 2011. Opponents were successful on only 4-of-21 eight-meter attempts in the two games, including 10 saves – with five coming in the fourth quarter.
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