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MWLC Selects Players Of The Week For March 18-24

Kara-Jade Gordon (l), Maddie Seykora (r)
Kara-Jade Gordon (l), Maddie Seykora (r)

Monmouth College's Kara-Jade Gordon and Augsburg University's Maddie Seykora have been named the Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference offensive and defensive players of the week for events of March 18-24, as selected by the league's sports information directors.

Gordon (Nashville, Tenn.) scored 15 goals in three games as the Fighting Scots went 2-1 on the week. The junior attacker tallied a school-record nine goals in a 20-14 win over Loras College Wednesday to go along with a pair of assists. She opened the week with five scores in a 9-7 win over Cornell College Saturday and had her final tally in a 21-3 loss to Hamline University Sunday.

Sykora (Owatonna, Minn.) stopped 16 of the 30 shots-on-goal she faced for a .533 save percentage and had six ground balls in a pair of road victories for the Auggies. The sophomore goalkeeper recorded 10 saves on 16 shots-on-goal, with two ground balls, in Augsburg's 15-6 win at Cornell Saturday, then claimed six saves on 14 shots-on-goal, with four ground balls and a caused turnover in the Auggies' 12-8 win at Wartburg College Saturday.

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Other offensive nominations: Annika Hegrenes, Augsburg; Claire Carlson, Aurora; Sam Tikalsky, Benedictine; Anna Kellar, Concordia Chicago; Lauren Paquin, Concordia Wisconsin; Lexus Tatge, Hamline; Shanie Scoles, Illinois Tech; Sally Moris, Marian; Samantha Wiebold, Northwestern; Bri Greiskalns, Wartburg;

Other defensive nominations: Lauren Paquin, Concordia Wisconsin; Tori Baird, Hamline; Mallory Tognetti, Illinois Tech; Molly Gross, Marian; Lexi Tibbs, Monmouth; Laura Sinkovitz, Wartburg.