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Siena’s Soures and Niagara’s O’Connor Named Hercules Tires MAAC Student-Athletes of the Week

EDISON, NJ (March 23, 2022) – Siena’s Soures and Niagara’s O’Connor have been named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Student-Athletes of the Week.
 
Mary Soures
Siena
Women’s Lacrosse

A four-year member of Siena women's Lacrosse, Soures is one of 17 members of the program's 100-point club and became the eighth player in program history to reach 100 career goals during last weekend's win over La Salle. With 16 points to her name so far this season, her performance of 10 goals and an assist over two games last week earned her MAAC Offensively Player of the Week honors this past week. A First-Team All-MAAC selection in 2021 and Preseason All-MAAC honoree prior to this season, the Rochester, New York product led the team with 44 goals and posted 11 multi-goal games last year, including a seven-goal performance that led to her earning MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honors on March 12, 2021.

An English major with a 3.87 cumulative GPA, Soures posted a perfect 4.0 mark during the Fall 2021 semester. She has been named to the MAAC All-Academic Team, MAAC Academic Honor Roll, and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll during her collegiate career. 

Cole O’Connor
Niagara
Baseball
 
Cole O’Connor is having a strong season for the Purple Eagles so far, batting a team-best .286. He leads the Purple Eagles in hits with 18, in RBIs with 11 and in runs scored with 10. He is 3-for-3 in stolen bases and has five doubles, one triple and one homerun. O’Connor is a sport management major and maintains a cumulative GPA of 3.34.
 
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 41st year of competition during the 2021-22 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.
 
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