MINNEAPOLIS—  The University of Dubuque's Ben Farraday and Ryan Doyle earned Midwest Lacrosse Conference (MLC) offensive and defensive player of the week honors, respectively, for events April 17-23, as selected by the league's head coaches.

Farraday (Senior; Wheaton, Ill.) scored 12 goals and added two assists in the Spartans' two MLC games last week.

"Ben had an incredible week," said head coach Kasey Burst. "He had six goals and three assists Monday at Cornell and had another six goal performance against Northwestern Saturday. He was pivotal in our transition game and zone breaker. He led our team in goals and points in both games. Ben was really efficient shooting on the week with 12 goals on 16 shots.

Doyle (Sophomore; Brighton Beach, Mich.) had 18 ground balls, 16 caused turnovers, and added two goals and four assists in the two league games last week.

"Ryan may have had one of the greatest individual performances from a close defenseman this week," said Burst. "He recorded five caused turnovers in just over one half of play against Cornell last Monday. On Saturday, he was instrumental in our 10-man on the wings of faceoffs, and added two goals, three assists, nine ground balls, and 11 caused turnovers."

This is the second career MLC honor for Farraday, and second this season. This marks the eighth overall for Doyle, and fourth this season.

The MLC is comprised of NCAA Division III institutions located throughout the Midwest including Cornell (Mt. Vernon, Iowa), Dubuque (Dubuque, Iowa), Lake Forest (Lake Forest, Ill.), Monmouth (Monmouth, Ill.), Northland (Ashland, Wis.), and Northwestern (St. Paul, Minn.).

-MLC-