Monmouth's Ceraso & Brager and Manhattan's Lipponer Named MAAC Women's Lacrosse Players of the Week
Offensive Player of the Week
Nicole Ceraso, Monmouth
Jr., Massapequa, NY/Plainedge
Ceraso had a banner week for the Blue & White, leading the Hawks to a 2-0 record and tallying 15 points all while setting the Monmouth record for career assists. Monmouth and Ceraso scored 38 goals in two wins to keep pace as the conference’s highest scoring offense. In Wednesday’s pivotal win over Manhattan, Ceraso tied a career-high with eight points, tallying one goal and seven assists as the Hawks cruised to the 19-5 victory. The junior recorded her 105th career assist, which set the new program record. In Saturday’s win over Quinnipiac she tallied seven points on four goals and three assists, giving her 43 assists for the season which is also a new Monmouth record.
Defensive Player of the Week
Riley Brager, Monmouth
Sr., Reisterstown, MD/Roland Park Country
Brager backstopped the Hawks to a pair of pivotal wins this week, including allowing just five goals in a win over Manhattan that gave the Hawks the eventual tie breaker for the No. 2 seed in the upcoming MAAC Tournament. The senior recorded a .500 save percentage over two games and had an 8.50 goals against average, adding 17 saves including 10 against the Jaspers. Brager also had a pair of ground balls for Monmouth this week.
Rookie of the Week
Grace Lipponer, Manhattan
Fr., Lake Grove, NY/Sachem North
Lipponer notched a goal and an assist in Manhattan's thrilling double overtime win at Niagara. Also added two ground balls on the week.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.