Wingerden Named Player of the Week
Freshman Midfielder Bolsters Rookie of the Year Bid

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- Lycoming women’s lacrosse freshman midfielder Sarah Wingerden (Macedon, N.Y./Palmyra-Macedon) capped a tremendous first regular season in blue and gold with her first Middle Atlantic Conference Player of the Week award.  As voting for postseason awards nears, Wingerden could only have helped her bid for the MAC Player of the Year honor with her showing against Wilkes last week.

Wingerden had one of the most complete games any player this season in the conference as she got the job done on both ends of the field in the Lady Warriors 18-6 triumph over the Colonels.  The first-year standout ran through the Wilkes’ defense for five goals and three assists to lead Lycoming’s offensive surge to a team record 211 regular season goals scored.  The five goals upped her personal total to 45, the second best total on the squad, and combined with 14 assists for a team third-best 59 points. 

Wingerden’s defense may have been more impressive as she tracked down opposing attackers to cause four turnovers.  She picked up a season-high 11 groundballs to improve her team-leading mark to 55.  In the conference ranks, Wingerden is seventh in goals scored and ninth in total points.

Lycoming opens play in its first ever appearance in the MAC tournament on Tuesday, May 2, as the third-seeded Lady Warriors welcome sixth-seeded Elizabethtown College to Williamsport.  Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.