Marist's Hailey Wagner & Monmouth's Nicole Ceraso Earn First Women's Lacrosse Weekly Awards of 2017
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Offensive Player of the Week
Hailey Wagner, Marist
So., M, Brookhaven, NY/Bellport
Marist College sophomore midfield Hailey Wagner tallied six points on three goals and a team-high three assists in a narrow loss to local rival Army West Point, 13-12 on February 11. Marist tied the score on one of Wagner’s goals and built a 10-8 advantage on her other two late in the first half of the 2017 regular season opener. She also won a draw control in the defeat.
Rookie of the Week
Nicole Ceraso, Monmouth
Fr., A, Massapequa, NY/Plainedge
Monmouth University freshman attack Nicole Ceraso led all scorers in goals with four and points with eight in her collegiate debut. It took the Massapequa, NY native 2:09 into her first start to score, putting the Hawks up 1-0 with an unassisted goal. Just over two minutes later she recorded her first career assist, feeding junior Alexa Smith on a marker that put the Hawks up 2-0. After Monmouth fell behind 9-3 with seven minutes to go in the first half, Ceraso assisted on a pair of goals and scored her second to cut the MU deficit to three going into the break. She scored two more goals during Monmouth’s run of six unanswered goals in the second half that tied the game up,12-12. The freshman attacker was 2-of-3 on free position attempts and committed just one turnover.